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Show W P A PROJECT IS NOW UNDERWAY Improvement on the Main highway w.vs begun Monday when 15 WPA laborers commenced commenc-ed laying oil mulch covering the Dry Fork water pipeline laid last fall. When this work is finished the workmen will begin on the construction con-struction of a drainage channel in Freeman. Both improvements are pari of a $9040.30 WfA project. pro-ject. Faye Mitchell is supervisor and Claude" Tibbie foreman. The city's share of the cost is $3,449.30, which includes $300 for a superintendent's salary and the remainder for materials. Labor costs amounting to $5,591.00 are to be paid with federal funds. The drainage channel will be 614 feet long and reinforced by a concrete flume 36" by 36". The old flume is of wooden construction, construc-tion, is rotted and crosses private pri-vate property. The channel to be constructed will be on the city's right-of-way, and is being constructed con-structed to take care of the heavy spring runoff. The road up Freeman Free-man is also to be improved. If the WPA grant is sufficient to cover cost, besides road improvements im-provements already begun, Main street above No. 2 Fire hall will be widened and the City cemetery ceme-tery will be improved. |