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Show ADEQUATE SCHOOL BUILDIN BUILDINGS S AT MOAB NOW POSSIBLE P r { - 'FEDERAL FEDERAL lWfRAL ' FDERA [ . FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BUILD NEmm NEEDED NEmmSTRUCTURES NEEDEDSTRUCTURES NEEDEDI STRUCTURES ATHAF AT HALF LTHE THE NORMAL COS COST COSTThe COST " 'II II ' " v ti - - , Tie The Times-Independent Times Independent - Urges Citizens to Give Questiol Question QuestionI iJ < I ; ; ? Serious Thought and Request Boardof Board of Educationto Education Initiate Project Now to Aid : to Unemployment . . ; . 1 1An r An oppoitunity opportunity OppOl tunity to construct new , modem modeln modern high and andgrade < , grade school buildings buildmgs at \ Moab l\Ioab l Ioab to replace the crowded , ' } obsolete and entirely inadequate structures now in use , y " , has bas presented itself to the Grand county school district . ' ( { It is an opportunity of a lifetime hfetime--and hfetime and hfetime-and - - and unless our schoo1 school schoolY schoolk schoolI'1 schoolI1 presenti Y k \ ' officials andi and the citizens generally seize the present presentchance presenti i\ i \ icJtance i . chance cJtance c iance to equip the local schools schoo1s at a cost fully 50 per 1cent 4cent 4 1 } . cent below normal figUI figuies figures es , they will be derelict in their theirG3uties theirf Suties uties G3uties ( . The opportunity comes through the National Industrial Indus-t Indus t Indus- Indus Industrial - * . trial Recovery act , which makes the sum of $3,300,000- $3,300,000 3300000 $3,300,000000 $ , , , - vi ) 000 available for construction of public works in theUnited thea the a : ; United States . States , counties , cities and school districts districts dis- dis districts - - ? tricts may obtain these funds for building purposes at anI an aninterest ant t interest rate far below commercial charges , and further-t further t further- further furthermore furthermore - more thegovemment thegovernment the _ government makes an actual grant of 30 perper perper per per cent of the cost of a project . In other words , if theMoab the | ; Moab school sch l buildings were to cost $100,000 100000 $ , , $30,000 30000 $ , of ofthis ' this would actually be given to the school district by the thegovernment thegovernment government , and the remainder could be repaid over along along a long period of years in amounts so small that they wouldhaldly wouldhardly would haidly haldly hardly be felt . tEvery : ) Eveiy EvelY Every county has the lesponsibility esponslblhty responsibility 1 of caring carmg for its unem unemployed un em- em emloyed - t unem-ployed unem ployed itsunemployed - ployed . : ] ) loyed . The National Industrial Recovery act is aimed to place-funds place funds place placefunds ; | ; funds - at the disposal of counties counbec ; , school districts dlstncts and towns so that thatthey thatlhey ; ; they can pioceed ploceed proceed withworthy with , worthy , orthy public projects that are needed , and.at and.at and and.at .at at . . the same time piovide plovlde provide employment . The R . F . C . relief fundsor fundsor funds -or or - - or doleb-cannot doleb cannot doles--cannot doles cloleb - - - cannot continue contmue . Gland Grand county must lecogmze lecognlze recognize its itsresponsibility itsresponsibility responsibility and initiate llubate piojects ploJects projects which whIchwIll will help solve the un unemployment un- un unt unemployment - - t ; & . employment .employment emeigency emelg'ency emelgency emergency ' . . The const constniction construction ! uctIOn of the \ Moab 1\loab 1 loab schoolbuildings school 1 > buildingssould buildings Ulldmgs would "ould ould \sould sould " \ solve the unemployment problem , would put an anend an'fiend an'end anend 'fiend fiend ' ? ' end to the doles , and would make every man self-sustaining self sustaining self-sustammg sustammg - . i iThe The piesent plesent present Moab IVloab school buildings should be scrapped . The TheCentral TheCentral TheCentral Central building is nearly 30 yeal yeais s old . Its walls are crumblmg crumbling crumblingSome . [ Some of the looms rooms aie me are so pooily pOOlly poorly lighted , and ventilation is so In- In Inadequate inadequate in inadequate - adequate adequate , that the old sb stiucture structure ucture is a menace to health . The high.school highschool high ; school .school . building bUIldmg buildinghile , \\hile hile "hIle 'hale hale ' \ " \ newer , is at best only a makeshift makesluft . It hasserved has -served served - ; served its puipose pUlpose purpose It is badly overciowded overclowded . Classes are jammedtogether Jammed Jammedtogether jammedtogether together . ' We 'Ve Ve understand that preparations are now under wayto wayto way wayto -to to - to add some SQme partitions in the auditorium audltormm ito to provide new class classIooms classrooms class.rooms classrooms . Iooms rooms to aid aIdm aidin in m the overciowded overclowd overcrowded d condition , but this would only be aJ.temporalY a atemporal J.temporalY JtemporalY . temporal temporaiy y makeshift . It is practically impossible to heat the theCentral theCentral Central and high school buildings with the obsolete heating heatmg plantiin plant plantin ; in use , and each year the cost of operating operatmg the plant is terrific . ft - All in m all , the situation demands new buildings bUIldmgs . Labor andJmatenal andmaterial and andmaterial material Jmatenal costs aie ale are low , and with the 30 per cent gift the government govern govern- government government - ment , ment is offering , it is possible to erect the structures at a cost cost.easIly costeasily easily .easIly . 50 per cent below normal fIgures figures.1 figures1 . Then why isn.t isnt , ' . NOW the logical tamerto time tame to rto give Moab children childrenthe children'the childrenthe ' the school facilities other communitieb communities enjoy ? We Vie urge the citi- citi citi7ens citi clb- clb citizens - - ! zens 7ens ? ens and taxpayers of Grand county to 'to ' think th1nk the proposition over'taking overtaking over , ' taking into mto account th liberal offer our ourfedeial oUl-fedelal oUl fedelal ' . - federal _ government is ismaking ismakmg is ismaking making makmg and the obvious truth that within the next tew lew : years the thedistrict thedistrict theDistrict district will WIn HAVE to erect new buildings buildmgs here , anyway ; and con- con consider con con- conider consider - sider sider ider , also , that something somethmg MUST BE DONE to provide local em- em emloyment employment em employment - ployment loyment . Then go to the school board members ll1embers and urge that thatthey thatthey they tthey -they : - take steps to obtain obtam a government loan and proceed with the theerection theerection erection rection of the buildings . i ' The following fonowing letter , sent out to all county and city commlS- commlS commis- commis commissions commlSuons commis-.sions commis.sions commis .sions sions - . uons sions and school boards by the Utah Building and Construction'Congressntells ConstructionCongressntells Construction ConstructionCongress.tells ConstructionCongress ' Congress.tells Congresstells Congress , . otells how the fedeial fedelal federal funds may be obtained : "Under Under " the terms of the National Industrial Recovery act , the made available for construction construcbon of ofpublic ofpublic ofpublic sum of 3,300,000,000 3300000000 $3300000000 $3,300,000,000 ? $ , is -public public - woiks WOlks WOlksby by by 'the the , ' the , ' federal government to states , counties , ' cities , school districts and other public bodies bod1es to the end that theunemployment the theunemployment ! he hefunemployrnent funemployrnent unemployment funemployrnentsItuation unemploymentsituation [ , situation may be ameliorated and that a beginning'may beginningmay begmn1ng beginning begmn1ngmay beginningmay ' may be made toward economic recovery . . . "Not Not " only is an opportunity opportumty afforded to all public bodies tosecure to tosecure secure ecure worthwhile building bUIld1ng and construction projects at mInImUm mInImUmcost minimumcost minimumFcost cost , but there is iC3 an actual obligation on all a l such su h agencies agencies to co- co - ' operate with the president in this . \ "Construction Construction " costs are at an index mdex well below normal and inaddition in inaddition addition 3dditIon to this ; the government is authorised authoriz.ed authorized . to make direct directgrants directgrants directi srants grants to public agencies of thirty per cent of the cost of labor andmaterials and7 and7material and material materralb materials . Thus , one dollar will do the work of two , unemploy unemploy- unemployment unemployment un employ- employ employent - ment ment ent will be relieved and permanent improvements will be pro- pro proVltled provided pro-F pro F - vitled Vltled vided . ' J > . kseventy "In In " addition to the grant of thirty per cent , the Ithe balance ofseventy ofkseventy of | seventy per cent will be loaned by the government on such termstjthat terms termsthat . that the annual cost for interest 1nterest and principal prmcipal will be about equiv equivalent equiv- equiv equivalent equivtalent - alent alent talent to usual interest i , yitcs Iates ates . . . [ "You You " are urged to cast about for far worthwhile projects in in your yourloeahty yourlocality , loeahty locality and to have plans plan ' ) prepared at once so that application tor for forfunds | "funds funds " may be made as soon as possible posblblE ' . " _ n |