Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-06

sponsor Il. elementary schools SpOn-
sor five and high schools sponsor
six.
The tuberculosis ward at the
county farm was completed De
cember Q, 1885. and vas consider
cd one Of the most beneficial WPA
projects to the county. Space for
10 additional beds was provided by
the project ana il was possible 70
have separate wards icr the male
and fcmale tuberculosis patients.
A complete. new water system
was installed which included two
concrete settling basins. one cor
crete gravity lter. ono clear water
deep we'll with a capacity o. 10
600 gallons. one tower 20 feet il
height with a 10000 gallon elevat-
ed steel tank, Hickox said.
Funds Exhausted
Funds 10 carry on the Imperial
Irrigation district project for clean
Ing canals were exhausted Febru-
airy q. The previous three-month
report showed there had been 1873
miles of canals cleared of brush.
eight miles of canals reamed and
II miles of canals Shoveled. From
November Is. 1885. to February Is.
1896, there were sos man-months
OF labor working on the canals at
a cost to WPA of S13.464.
Manufacture Of adObes for the
new city hall at Westmorland is /
complete and the concrete founda- |
tions now are being installed. Hick- T.
OK said.
The workers on this project hold /
the record for the number of adobes /
made for any given period. Hickox
said, and cut in half the time that |
was allotted TO their manufacture |
by the WPA Adobe bricks were
made for a total cost of 5l2 cents |
each, according to Hickox.
35 on Gopher Project
There are IS men working on
the county wide gopher eradication
project. The work consists Of poi |
soning the animals with strych-
nine. Crews are working between
inland and Calipatria and are
working their way south through
the valley. This project is being
carried forward under the supervi-
sior Of B. A. Harrigan, agricultural
commissioner.
Salton Sea-Sandy Beach road
was completed December 10. 1885.
and consists of four miles of road
from Highway No. 80, to the south
end of Salton Sea. II vas posi- BILE
to build the road. Hickox pointed
out, by hauling clay and spreading
it on the sand. A total of 5000
cubic yards of clay were hauled
on trucks and spread on the road
at a total labor cost of so cents a
cubic yard.
Calipatria's sewer repair project
was said TO have been needed for
the last 10 years. Ii is approaching
completion and has accomplished
the following objectives: repaired
all sanitary sewers, filled in the
driveways across the slough which |
formerly was wasteway of Water |
company No. 5. and removed a I
treacherous and unsghtly ditch /
along the highway in front of the |
school. TIE project was supervised /
by the city of Calipatria. Hickox /
said. and the cost was well below /
the estimate.
Gravel Plant Project
The gravel plant project Al Su- I
perstitious mountain IS being op- /
Grated to provide crushed rock for I
l8 miles of road The road begins I
at Thompson's crossing. runs north /
through Westmorland, and east in +
TO Calipatria. The rock crusher and I
the camp are operated by WPA. +
Gravel is being hauled and distri- .
buted in stock piles by road dis +
tricts No. 3 and 4 Of Imperial coun- /
ty. As soon as there IS sufficient /
rock accumulated. it is understood /
that the state will let contracts for /
the actual building of the road. /
The ultimate road project for which |
the gravel IS being accumulated /
will provide work for 220 men for /
several months.
There are six clothing projects /
in the county. One each is situated |
in Calexico, FL Centro, Imperial, /