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Show FEDERAL FUNDS INCREASE PUBLIC WORKS IN UTAH A total of $9,505,667 of Federal funds was expended in Utah on the construction or improvement of public property during the past 1939 fiscal year. This statement state-ment was made today by W. T. Lockwood, state director for the Office of Government Reports. Declaring these buildings and improvements will be permanent additions to the wealth of the state, Mr. Lockwood said that all such Federal expenditures since 1933 totaled $48,166,454. Construction work has been supervised by six federal agencies, agen-cies, of which only the Public Roads Administration, the Public Pub-lic Buildings Administration, the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau Bur-eau of Reclamation were in existence ex-istence prior to 1933. Expenditures Expendi-tures of these federal agencies during the fiscal year ended last June 30th, follow: Public Roads Administration, $2,319,205; Public Pub-lic Buildings Administration, $71,313; Bureau of Reclamation, $1,350,662; Public Works Administration, Admin-istration, $2,812,271; Work Projects Pro-jects Administration, $2,933,668; and Rural Electrification Administration, Admin-istration, $18,548. |