Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-18 | Page 1 | City School Board Given Works Loan

CITY cip SCHOOL BOARD GIVEN WORKS LOAN Districts District's Application for Approved in Washington UTAH TAH TO GET Money for State Waits Presidents President's Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's Signature Notification of approval by the pub pub- lie lIc works administration in Washington Washing Washing- ton D. D C. C of ot the loan application application application ap ap- of the Salt Lake City school district and of a loan request of the Grand county school board was received Wednesday by R. R A. A Hart Hart federal public works engineer for Utah and Nevada These are the first school district applications from this state to be approved Mr Hart said The amounts are not included in the 1 state building program approved approved ap ap ap- proved late Tuesday Included in the local school program pro pro- gram ram is a item for tor building an m extension to the West junior high school and two items for making improvements and extensions to the Garfield and McKinley grade schools Mr H Hart rt said Members of the federal public works advisory board for Utah of which WJ W W. J J. Halloran i is is' chairman n stat stated d PLEASED SED BY APPROVAL We are particularly gratified over the approval of ot the school projects since the question of ot the the- right of school districts to negotiate loans without th the formality of bond elec dee lions ions is 15 involved and this same ques ques- Lion Jon Is pertinent In practically all the school districts that had applied for tor loans These applications and all others pertaining to loans to school districts were submitted on the basis of a special special ape ape- cial provision In the state public works act pass passed d by the legislature which authorizes school districts and municipalities to borrow funds and to issue bonds by securing the approval of the governor A f final inal step step signature signature of President Roosevelt Roosevelt-is is all that stood Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day between allotment of ot to o Utah for a state building program following approval by the public works board in Washington of the states state's application for that sum APPROVAL GIVEN Approval was given late Tuesday after 20 days of of effort eUort by Governor Henry H. H Blood Seventy per cent of the money is isa isa a loan for tor which Governor Blood must sign contracts with the works administration and the remainder is isa isa a grant The state program affecting every state institution is separate from the Utah reclamation program school district dis dis- projects and municipal undertakings undertakings under under- takings lakIngs which have either been approved approved ap op proved or are un under d consideration