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' · nwestern "' iveraHlr l ibrary THE WO R K S 4-1330 P R OGR A M ***** --Works Progress Administration-- For Rele~~e in Morning Newsp pp a rs Oct ober 8 , 1936 President Allocptes $771,700 For Flood Reh"l.bilitation Work in MAine, Connec ticut and New Hampshire. The President touay a lloc8ted $771,700 from the fu.,ds of the Emergency Relief Act of 1936 to construct or reconstruct bridges damaged or dest r oyed during the 1936 floods i n Maine, Comv:, cticut and New RaI!lpshire. The p ro.ie cts will be carri e d on under the sup ervision of the Bureau of Public Roa ds, Depa:::-tment of Ag ricul ture. Trer:, sury ·.v-s.rrant s have been counter- signed by t he Co!:'pt ro lle r Ge ner2l. An allocat i on of $102 ,200 was a:pp rove d for r e c ons tructi ng a bridge over the Androscoggi n River b etv,een Lisbon and DurhaM , Maine . The following thr ,,;,e p roj e cts calling for a.llocations totaling $49 ,250 were app r oved for Connectic1, t : LHc hf:;_.,,ld Co. Con-;t n1ct i· t: i. :tfor-c :", ..:i conc1·e t ·, 'J:::-i 'I,;: n vd' the E.ss t $ 6,500 .l.s-i:: -.: t ;.._vi-'.: :ljv:n. J\Jew L c--id_c:i Co. No r ~~ci end Li sbon Rout 9 #90 C,.-,s~, r uct ste,, l ~ru:, s b ~·i ,:6 e ove";.' t::e Shetucket RiV9 1". 40,000 Tollo11d Co. Sta fford Rout e #20 Soustruc t reinf orc e d concre t 8 bride~ ove r Sqw=ire Pond Brook. 2 ,750 Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-1330 -2- New Hampshire p roj ec ts, with a lloca.tions totaling $620 , 250 , are as follo ws : Locp.tion - - - - - - - - "N~a~m~c'-'o~f=--=B~r~i~cyi~~,e= ------------"-All otment $ 18 ,750 Hillsboro Co. Hancock Greenfie1d Construct bridge over Contooco ok River on Forest Road at town line be t ween Hancock and Gre enfi e ld. MP- rrirnack Co. Bosc:=,wen Can t erbury Construct st0e l supe rstructure over Merrimack River. 45,000 Hillsboro Co. New Bos t on Construct bridge on cut-off from Route No. 13 to Route No . 114 at Pa r ke r Station. 15, 000 Hillsboro Co. New Bost on Construct bridge over Southlan d Branch on Route No. 13 South of New Boston Village. 12, 000 Merrimack Co. WE: rn <J r Construct bridge at Davis~ vill e off Route #103. 22 ,500 Hillsboro Co. Goffstown Construct bridge a t Grasmere Village . 22,500 Cheshire Co. We stmoreland Construct bridge on County Farm Bopd ove r Partridge Brook. 21, 000 Merrimack Co. Henniker Reconstruct Pratt trus s bri dge on ComDerci al Street, 11, 250 Grafton Co. Lyme Cons true t bridf,':3 over Connecticut River between Lyrr.e, N. H. and East The tford, Vermont. 90,000 Merrirr,ack Co. Hill-Alexandria Reconstruct st eelpony t!'llss bridge at Me rri mack . 22 ,500 Coos Co. J eff erson Reconstruct bridge over Isr sP. l River in Jefferson. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 9,000 4-1330 - 3 - NEW HAMF-SHIRE (Continued) Loc ation Allotment Name of Bridr;e Hillsboro Co. Greenville RP-construct concrete T-beam bridge - Power Dam Bridge . $ 37,500 Cheshire Co. Chesterfield Reconstruct 325 ft. bridge over Connecticut River at Chesterfield, N.H. 123 ,750 Hills't)oro Co. Wilton Reconstruct bridge in town of Wilton over Souhegan River. 11,250 Grafton Co. Orford Reconstruct 432 ft. wooden bridge bet ween Orford, N.H., and Fairlee, Vermont. 123 ,750 Merrimack Co. Webster Reconstruct 65 ft. wood lattice truss bridge Blackwater Bridge - on road from Tyler to Snyders Mills. 15,750 Hillsboro Co. Greenville Reconstruct bridge opposite Columbia Mills. 18,750 ---0000000--- Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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