Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-05 | Page 11 | County Approves $935,995 WPA Relief Plan

1 APPROVES u u m RELIEF PLAN LAN HUGE HUCE PROJECT ORA DRAWN WN TO US USE f IN EMERGENCY Work Set Up UA So Much or Little Can Be BeD BeDone BeDone D Done ne as N Needed Needed- ee le A huge works progress administration administration administration adminis adminis- project designed to forestall forestall forestall fore fore- stall any major unemployment crisis arising in Salt Lake county during 1938 was approved Wednesday by county commissioners Surveyor George M M. Haley said the program which if carried to completion will involve expenditure of will be presented not ater than Thursday to state W P P-A P A officials Projects are arranged so th that t as many or as few of them as Unemployment unemployment conditions demand can can be carried out Also the program is set up so that projects can be st started start started t ed in any sect section on of the the county where emergencies are most acute te explained Mr Haley In Three Classes Under a consolidated W P A program pro pro- pro program program gram projects may now be grouped into nto three major classifications it was said One group includes all I projects on roads and bridges an another another an an- other is for building construction renovation or repairs and the third group is typed generally as social reform educational and recreation projects Salt Lake county's current program program program pro pro- gram embraces for roads and bridges and for building building building build build- I ing improvements and aid repairs Mr Haley explained pr projects under the third classification are still being I studied The projects if all are undertaken undertaken under under- I taken will furnish more than 1026 man-hours man of employment Emergency Program Officials indicated that it is doubtful doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful if the entire program will be completed or even undertaken ken this year unless the employment problem problem problem lem becomes extremely serious The roads and bridges work will willbe willbe willbe be financed with federal money for payrolls federal money for materials and if undertaken undertaken undertaken ken in its entirety will result in expenditure of county funds Included in the road work is preparation and general renovation of the sheriffs sheriff's residence near the city and county building on Second Second Sec See ond and East street of the county garage and general painting cleaning and renovation tion work at atthe the county jail general hospital in infirmary infirmary in- in and laundry serving tho those e institutions