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· ..; rtn 1;. - - er . Un JvHrsity ' ' ": •. " •• • 4-1073 . ::.., r-tr y t T H E WO R K S P R O G R A M -- Works Progress Administration For release in afternoon newspapers Monday, March 9, 1936 More than half o·f Arkansas 1 W"PA project cost to be spent for construction and repair of public buildings and roads. Approximately 63 per cent of the money for WPA projects in Arkansas will be spent for the construction and repair of highways, roads, bridges and public buildings, both educational and federal government, according to an announcement made today by Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administrator • .An additional 16.3 per cent will be spent on parks and pla.,vgrounds, flood control and other conservation, water supply and sewer systems, electric utilities and transportation. The balance of the money will be spent to provide work for women, white collar, and other profes sional and technical unemployed. A listing by types and cost of p rojects shows that of the total of $14,335,580 to be spent on projects, by the state WPA Administrator as of December 31, 1935, each classification will receive the following: Highways, farm-to-market roads, streets fmd bridges, $7,305,537; or 51 per cent; public buildings, $1,750,365 or 12.2 per cent; parks and playgrounds $860,195, or 6 per cent; Flood control and other conservation, $1,002,972, or 7 per cent; water suppli e s n.nd se,.7 er systems, $401,350, or 2. 8 per cent; electric utilities, $24,422 or 0.2 per cent, and transportation, 0.3 per cent. In the white collar and women 1 s projects a total of $2,945,400 or 20.5 per cent will be spent. Note: A detailed ta~¼ltiz~~ b~ttached. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-1073 ARY..Ai'JSAS WORKS PROGP.ESS ADMINISTRATION Works Progress Administrn,tion Projects Selected for Operation Through December 31, 1935 (Subj e ct to Rev ision) Total Cost Estimate Pe rcerrt Amou.~t Dist. Ty;:ie of Work Number of Proj e cts Pe rcent Numb or Dist. GRAND TOTAL 1,812 100 .0 $ 14,335,580 100 .0 759 7,305,537 195,395 5,330 ,948 1,138,945 258,810 381,439 51. 0 1.4 37.2 7.9 1.8 2.7 Highw.::iys, Roads ;,_n d Streets - Total Highwnys Farm to market & other secondary roads Streets and alleys Bridges and viaducts Other* 528 148 27 50 41.8 0.3 29.1 8.1 1.5 2.8 Public Buildings - Total Educational Buildings Federal Government buildings Other* 235 149 3 83 13. 0 8.2 0 .2 4.6 1,750,365 825,184 59,284 865,897 12.2 5.8 0 .4 6.0 Parks and Playgrounds 58 3.2 860,195 6.0 Flood Control & Other Conse rve,tion - Totnl Forestation Erosion control & land utilization Irrigation Md \:at er conservati on Other* 98 5.4 0.1 0.2 4.9 0 .2 1, 002 ,972 16,138 14,397 926,520 45,917 7.0 0 .1 0 .1 6.5 0 .3 Water Supply & Sewer Syst ems - Tot al Water purification & supply Sewe r systems Other* 50 16 31 3 2.8 0 .9 1.7 0 .2 401,350 122,467 262,042 16,841 2.8 0. 9 1.8 0 .1 Electric Utiliti e s - Total 5 0.3 24,422 Transportation - Total Airports and airways Other 5 3 2 0.3 0 .2 0. 1 45,339 31,694 13 ,645 8')5 13 22 128 9 33 11.3 0. 7 1.2 7.1 0 .5 1.8 414,818 56,402 40,737 190,874 49,992 76,813 2.9 0 .4 0.3 1.3 0 .4 0.5 Go ods Projects - Total Sewing Other 94 88 6 5.2 4.9 0.3 723,9 06 690,865 33, 041 5. 0 4,8 0.2 Sanitation Md Health 140 7.7 1,279,914 8.9 Miscellaneous 163 9.0 526,762 3.7 6 1 3 90 0 4 Educational, Professional & Cle ric a l - Total Educational Clerical Professi ona l Md technical Research & statistics survey Art, li terury nnd recreq,ti ,m r,l * Includes projects classifiable under more th~n one of the headings above. Division of ' Research, Statistics & Records Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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