The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.
.... -~·
., ,.
'-'!.
t. . .. . , •
L io··cl.:y
No. 4 -- 1066
THE
WORKS
PROGRAM
Works Pr9cress .Administration
For release in afternoon newspapers
Monday, March 9, 1936
Bulk of WP.A project cost for Pennsylvania to be spent for construction and repair
work.
Approximately 85 per cent of the money for Works Progress
Administration projects in Pennsylvenia will be spent for highways, ro ads and
streets,buildings of all typ es, parks and playgrounds, flood control and other
conservation, water supply and sewer systems and. transport a tion, according to an
announcement made today by Harry L. Hopki ns , Works Progress Administra tor •
.A listing by type s and cost of projects shows that of the total
of $114,400 ,252 to be spent a s of December 31, 1935 the following cl ass ifications
will receive th o bulk:
Highways, f a rm-to-ma rket roads and streets, $64,419,339, or 56.3
per cent; public buildinr,s, both educ a tion a l and t;Ov ernmen t al, $7,255,204, or 6.3
per cent; parks and -playg ro1.mds $8,970 ,653 or 7.9 per cent; flood control and
other conservation , $5,728,963 or 7.9 per cent; water supply and sewer systems,
$9,580,306 or 8.3 per cent; and, transporta tion, $1,577,600 or 1.4 per cent;
The b ala.'1ce of the money will be spent to provide work for women,
white-collar, and other professional and technical unemployed v;orkers.
Note: A det ailed table is a ttached.
Digitized by
Original from
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
No. 4 -- 1066
PE!iJlJSYLV.AIU A
WOP.KS PROGP~SS .ADMINISTRATION
Works Progress 1cuainistration Projects Selected for Operation
(3ubject to Revision)
Through December 31, 1935
TYPe of Work
Number of Projects
Percent
Number
Dist.
Grand Total
Highways, Roads, a~d Streets - Total
Highways
Farm to market & other secondary ro ads
Streets and alleys
Bridges a11d viaducts
Other*
~
5,306
1,865
6
652
574
40
593
Public Buildings - Total
j Educational buildings
Federal Government buildings
Other*
817
546
Parks and Playgrounds
4,16
Flood Control and Other Conservation - Total
Forestation
Erosion control and lroid utiliz.ation
Irrigation and water conservat ion
Other*
251
26
Water Supply and Sewer Systems - Total
Water purification and supply
Sewer systems
Other*
Transportation - Total
Airports and airvrays
Other*
-~ducational, Professional & Clerical - Tot al
Education
Clerical
Professional and technical
Research and statistical surveys
Art, literary, and recreational
Other*
9
262
100. 0 $114,400 ,252
100. 0
35.2
.1
12.3
10.8
0.8
11.2
64,419,339
800,609
12,159,658
9,135,174
348,292
41,975,606
56.3
15.4
10 .3
0 .2
4.9
7,255,2('4
4,774,817
56,589
2,423,798
166
52
5,728,963
441, 072
117,310
4,284,996
885 ,585
553
109
432
12
10 .4
2.1
8.1
.2
9,580,306
1,688,982
7,335, 053
556,271
9
8
c.2
0.2
1,577,600
1,575.640
1,960
7
1
!:)
900
17. 0
2.2
4.7
7.4
1.1
118
252
391
56
30
53
91
87
4
Sanitation and Health
70
334
c.6
1.0
1.7
1.6
0 .1
7,636,763
1,277,538
626,988
2,402,863
1,119,592
663,866
1,545,916
3,430 ,648
3,344,969
85,679
1,465,253
6.3
4,335,523
• ' Includes projects cl assifiable under more than one of the headings above.
Less than . 05 per cent.
!/
Digitized by
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
o.s
10.6
7.9
0.3
36.7
8,970 ,653
4.7
C.5
0 .1
3.1
l. C
Goods Projects - Total
Sewing
Other
Miscellaneous
Tot al Cost Estima te
Percent
Dist.
.Amount
6~7
1.1
0.6
2.1
1. 0
o.s
1.3
@FedFRASER