The Omaha guide., 1940-02-03
Opening of Sewer Road Projec-s Will Give $500 Men Worl

employment especially during this
crisis.
Sanderholm said this work would
continue from thirty to forty days
and this project was solely for win
ter work only, stating that when
the weather receded from our cold
spell, other WPA. projects includ-
ing the Goth St., paving from Pratt
to Redmond Ave-, in Benson and
the 81" St, paving and grading
project from 42nd to saith ST., and
other constructive WPA. projects
would be open to take care of more
than $500 men, starting sometime
in March, 1910.
As chairman of the Roads and
Bridges, Sanderholm said hat he
had set up in his budget more than
5000, 10000 as their part of spon-
sorship, which will give Douglas
County in the Rural Districts more
than 81, 900, 10000 tone million dol
lars) worth of constructive projects
during 1910, which is more than has
been spent as a total for the past
three years, in order to relieve the
unemployment situation which is
prominent at this time.
Roy Maloney, past president of
the Benson Commercial Club; jam
es Dugher, Chairman of the I'm
proyement Committee of the Ben
son Commercial Club; and former
President of the organization, Ern-
est A. Adams, Senator of this Dis
trict; and the members of the Ben
son Commercial Club, also Mr..
Schroeder, President of the South
west Benson Improvement Club and
his membership, and other Civic an
patriotic organizations in Benson,
have fought during the past two
years to eliminate this nuisance by
building a Storm Sewer in this dis
trict.
~Sanderholm said that the City
was willing to cooperate in this pro-
ject and felt sure that they will do
everything to see the completion of
this improvement which the Benson
people have been fighting for dur
ing the past few years.
City Commissioner Harry Knud-
sen from Benson, has been a
staunch supporter of this project
along with the City Council, to have
this project started, and he
is wholly in accord with the action
taken by the County Assistance
Board today.
Fred Bailey, former Mayor of
Benson and an active worker in all
Civic and Community organizations
was overjoyed with emotion over
this contemplated project and also
over the announcement that Goth
Street be paved from Pratt to Red
mond Avenue, stating that he has
fought with former County Boards
in asking this improvement for
more than 20 years, and has real
lied this year hat his prayers have
been answered and that Commiss-
ioner Frank o. Sanderholm, a Ben
son boy, has been able to accomp-
fish this fete in one year which he
has tried to accomplish in % years,
for the betterment of all citizens of
Benson, these two big projects.
Lou E. Adams, County Survey.
or, has also approved these two pro.
jects and has been a staunch sup
porter in interest of all Benson cit
liens in cooperating and working a.
long with the County Commission
ers for the improvements recomm-
ended by the taxpayers and civic
organizations of Benson.
Sanderholm said that approxim-
ately 1900 men are now working on
WPA. projects in Douglas County,
and that this addition quo will no
doubt be a great help in solving our
relief problems in Douglas County
which has been a serious question
during the severe weather.
A wood Cutting" project to cut
down old dead trees in all parts of
Douglas County, which is recon-
mended by the World Herald, is
contemplated at this time as a
WPA. Project, the wood to be given
to the Relief Clients. This project
should take care of more than 500
men for the duration of the sub
zero weather under the supervision
of the chairman of Roads and
Bridges, Commissioner Frank o.
Sanderholm,~ according to the Coun-