Show Ute water project gets federal to aid Roosevelt City When Congress recently approved more funds for the accelerated public works program a local water project was included in the list of eleven projects that were seeking funds from the Federal Government ACCORDING TO Frank E. one of the proponents of the bill in the federal grants in excess of 1 million dollars for eleven Utah public works projects were Most of the sum went to small communities in the but it was a combined Ute Indian Tribe and Roosevelt project that got the biggest allotment in the amount of The funds coming to the Ute Tribe are for constructing a culinary water system for various communities on the The City of Roosevelt has joined forces with the Indian people and will claim a share of the project as an aid to their present water TOTAL AMOUNT of the proposed project to be built by the Ute people and Roosevelt City will amount to SSI with being a grant from the am gratified that Utah is receiving a good share of the recently appropriated accelerated public works said Moss These are allocated only to localities which have above average I would also like to emphasize that all of these projects are financed only partially with federal The communities themselves are making substantial contribution Many of them have voted bond issues to vide their portion of the financing PLANS WILL GO ahead very rapidly by the Tribe and the city to get the contract let for constructing the A meeting was held Monday and another is set up for Wednesday between the city and Tribe to complete the final phases of the The project will provide man months labor and should be under construction within so reports Moss |