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, • •, s 1t y .L r a r y THE W ORKS PROGRAM 4-117 6 --Works Progre s s Administr a tion-- I' For Rel ea se in Morni ng Newspapers Monday, May 25 , 1936. Works Pro gress .Administr ation Purchases of Industrial Suppli es T0tal $120,978,953. Mat erial s and supplie s purcha s e d by the Works Progres s Admini s tration since last Sep t ember rose to a cumul a tive total of $120, 978 ,95 3, as of May 1, Administr ator Harry L. Hopkins announced today. Orders have been made at the r a t e of $500 , 000 a day si n ce Sep t ember 1, when pur chase s b egan on a l ar ge scal e . Thi s tot al do es not include ma t er ials bought by other governmen t al agenci e s in t he Work s Pro gram, nor equ i pment r ent als , tru ck hir e , and s ervi ce s such as t el ephones and li ght. t wnoer, cement, ca st iron pipe and brick ar e among t he l eadi ng commoditi e s bought. All mat erials for the program ar e pur chased t hrough t he Tr ea sury Department's Division of Procur ement. ( 'r aoles are attache d sho wi ng pur chases ma de by t ype of mat eri al.) Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY -2- 4-11'?6 WORKS PROGI-t.E SS ADMINI STHATION Purchases and Contributions of Mo.teria1s, Supplies, and Equiument for Work Proj ect s Operated by the Works Progress Administration By TYPe of Material Cumulative through April 30, 19 36 (Preliminary - Subject to Revision) Amount TYPe of Material Percent of Total $120,978,953 100.0 Construction ma t erials , exc. of iron and steel - Total Lumber and its products (excl. furniture) Paints and varnishe s Sand and gravel Crushed stone Cement Concrete products Brick, hollow tile and other clay products Stone and glass products, etc. 61,441,067 14,997,7 82 2,205,534 7,543,485 6,189,683 11,402 ,579 7,255 ,036 7,6 66 ,346 4,180,622 50.8 12 .4 Iron and st ee l products, exc. of machinery Total Structural and r e inforcing st eel Cast-iron pipe fittings Plumbing equipment and supplies Heating and ventilating equipment and supplies Tools (excluQing machine tools) Other iron .and steel produc ts 27,984,,565 7,420 , 605 9 , 255 ,712 1,142,830 1, 029 ,1 84 4,043,001 5, 093 , 233 23.1 6!1 7.7 0!9 0~9 3.3 4.2 4,604,934 2 ,209 , 041 248,921 71, 690 2 ,075 ,2 82 3.8 1.8 0 .2 0 .1 Petroleum products - Total Paving mat erials and mixtures, bituminous Other pe trol eum pr oducts 12 ,933 ,112 10,5'±6,287 2 ,386 ,825 10 .7 8 .7 2.0 Miscellaneous 14,015 , 275 11. 6 Grand Total Machinery and equipment - Total Electrical machinery, ap:paratus and suppli es Paving machinery, apparatus and supplies Motor trucks Other machinery and equipment 1. 8 6.3 5.1 9.4 6.0 6 .3 3 .5 1. 7 j Division of Research, Statistics & Records May 20, 19 36 Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - 3- 4-117 6 WO?J(S PROGRESS ADlAINI STRATTON Purchases and Contributions of Mi:'. t eria:i. s , Supl'.llies , ancl Equipment for Work Projects Or,erE:.t ed b;r the '.'.'orks Prosres s Administration By Type of Project Cumulative through April 30 , 1906 (Pr e liminary - Subject to Revi s ion) A - General Types of ?re j ec t Perc ent of Total C'rrand Total $120 , 978,953 100 . 0 Highways , Roads and. Streets 39 , 382 , [89 32 .6 Pub lic Build.ing s 22,881 , 91 8 18 .9 Sewer Syst e;;1s D.Ild Ot her Utilities 20 , 537 , 486 17.0 Park s and Oth er Recr eational F,-c.cili ties 1 8 ,10 1, ~500 15~0 Flood Control and Other Con servatio n 6 , 033 , 802 5.0 Airp orts and Other Transportation 3 , 369 , 049 Goods Proje cts 3,154,5 85 2 .6 White Collar 2 , 343 , 473 1. 9 Sanitation end Heal th 2 ,335 ,1 62 1.9 Miscellaneous 2,839 , 589 2 .3 B - ft Constn,1. ction and Non- Co ,istr uction Types A.rn0unt Type of Pro,j e ct Gr and Tot a l Pe r cent of Total $120 ,97 8 , 953 100.0 112 , 372 , 916 92 .9 New Cons truction 58 ,728 , 468 48 . 6 Reprdrs ancl Imp rovem e nts 53 , 644 , 448 4 4 .3 8 , 60 6,037 7.1 Con stru ction Pr oj ec ts - Total Non- Constr uc tio n Proj ec ts - Total Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 2.8
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