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4-2196 FEDEr1..AL \'IORKS AG-E:rnY WORK PROJECTS ADEI NISI'P.A~ION ;::;,\\-iteitern Un \.~ JAN 20 1 ., ., - .i:-IBRAi=t'i For Release to Afternoon Papers , Wednesda;\' , Januar y 15 , 1941. WPA DEFEKSE PROJECTS AF?ROVED TEI?.OuGH DECBMJ3ER TO'.I.'.A.L $157 , 000 , 000 More than $157 , 000 , 000 of i'iPA fund.a were earmarked for expenditure on nat ional defense projects during the first six months of the fisca l year , Howard Pr ojects , announced tod.ay . o. Hunter , Acting Com~1issione r of Work Seven hundred seventy- two i:ndivi dunl :projects were n:pprovod. during tha :;_:;ariod ending January 1 . The bulk,· of these f unis is for construction and r e11a ir work at Army ancl Navy posts throughout c ontinent:::.l Uni tecl St2.tes , its territories ancl T,)Oss0ssions and for the development of stratogicalJ.y located civil air:r,:,orts , r.:r . Hunter said . Pr ojects for work on the network of mi l itary ro stds r e cent ly c e rti f i ed. b:r the Wo.r Dc-;-_:,artr.ient n.s importan t to tho defense ::;-r ogr am 2re not includoa. i :r. this total , he ad.d.ed . During December , the la::;t month in tho perio d c cvorod by the re~ort, 116 new y.irojocts with a totnl vcilue in WPA funds of $40 , 991 , 279 were ap~rovcd . Of t his sum $8,839 , 538 was for projects s ponso r ed by the l\2.tional Guard; $6 , 807 , 837 for civil ,,irport :::•roj0cts ; $3 , 700 , 391 for projects sponsored by the Army and $1,745 , 777 for projects sponsored b:,- the lfo.:v;<,' • A su:::,plemcntar:r c1.llotmcnt. of $17,821 , 630 was mnde to t;1e nntion- wide p ro,j oct for voco.tion,11 trai ni ng in defense i ndustries during the period. . Smaller sums were allottoct for projects sponsored by Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2196 - 2 - the Coas t Guard and for miscel l aneous defense projects in r egular WPA state programs . One of the lar gest single defense projects to be approved during the entire six months period. was ap1Jroved in December for the Texas National Guard Armory Beard . This calls f0r the expenditure of $7 , 540 , 874 for the construction and improvement of armories and other National Guarc" facilities at a number of points throughout the State . Mr . Hunter :po :\.nted. out , however , that each construction unit under this :9r0ject will be acted uy.,on separately in Washington and that ap:provo,l of the project should not be t2.ken to mean thn.t the ent ire arm0r ~r building program is t o be launched immediately by the Texas i,?A . The l-;aval Air Station at Capo May , New Jersey , will benefit from extei1sive improvements as tho result of two pro.jects totaling $657 , 597 approved late i n December . One project for $242 , 007 calls for n.:n e:<:tsnsion of the flying fi eld and im1Jrovemonts to runways , taxi strips o.nd. li 6 hting .:1.ncl communications systems . Tho other , in the sum of $415 , 590 , is for repnirs a nd improvements to buildings, r o~cls .!lnd water n.ud lighting s;rste,ns at the station ~ Another important J)roject spo!1sored bJr the Nn.vy in.volvos nn expenditure of $308 , 206 for construction of D, Havn.l Res0rve Air Trrdnin 6 :Sc'.se at New Orle-'. : ns . Four impo2·to,!].t Arm;y posts in the metro:poli tn.n New York area shnre in new :pro,jects totr.>.ling $557 , 976 . Approximately one- hnlf this su.~ wil l be spent at the Port of E,.1 barkatio21 , in Er o,::-klyn, in warehousing Army supplies anc1. in m:::.king iraprovcments to, the hugo warehouses and docks . Smaller su..rns will be used for improvements to grounds , Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2196 - 3 - buildings a nd utiliti e s n t Fort Totten , Fort Tilden s.nd Fort Hamil ton . Other outstn.nding p roj e cts for t he Army , all c-1.lling for tt..e c onstructi on a nd i mprov eme nt of buildings , r oacl s Ctnd other f n.ciliti e s , a re locn tea_ a t Fort Logan , Colorado , $591 , 046 ; Cc.mp Jacknon , nec.r Columb i a , South Cet rolin.:i , :p35G , 908 , l'-.nd t he Pic£1. tinny .Arsenal, Morris Count y , New Jerso:r , $ 207 , 017 . A.111ong t he i m:po rtn.nt civil n. irpo rt :0r oje cts appr oved during Decemb er n r e tho se nt Hobil e , Aln bamn. , c os ting $3:.30 , 7 98 in WPA f unds; Linclberg Fi e l d , So.n Di ego , Ca li fo r n i n , cos t ing $395 , 000 ; Ome1.h n , Nebraskn , munici p['.,l n.ir,o rt , $490 , 614 , n.ncl Ln c on i a , :tfow Hampshire , municirE'..l airport , $4.47 , 69 8 . Two pr o j e ct s r a l n t ed to t he Now Orl en.ns 2, ir·o'.) rt appr ov ed. during th o m0n t h t o t 2.l $ 798 ,516. Ono , i n t ho s1-1.rn of ;:;260 , 269 , call s fo r t ho c ,)nstru cti on of o. hanga r 2.nd £'.cimin is t r .:,, ti on build i ng whil e t he ot he r , t ot<'.ling $538 , 247 , i s f or i mp r nv or,,ont s to Downm2.n Road , l oaf.inc; t o t ho C1.ir:)o rt . I n the Di s trict 'J f Col ,_1mbia , t ho Arm? is s;jonsn r fo r n ~258 , 707 p roj ect fn r wo r k a t Boll ing Fi el d . Ex t ons ic:,r..s c, f r unw'.tys 1:u'ld. n.pr rm s , :pavi ng , grnd i :ig nncl d r a i na ge w:, r k i s c on tcm) l at ed . Sma l l er p r ojo ct s wer e also appr ov ed f or Fort M~re r , t ho C".' r ps of ErJ.g i neors ~,nd. t he Di s trict of Colunbio. Nati cnn.l Gue.r d . (At tn ched i s n t ;>.b l e showi n 6 , b y s t ates ::i.nd sxinsnrs , ~.TPA na ti onnl de f ense y>rojc ct s o..:p~'l r nved. dur i ag Doc er:;b e r , 1 940 , n.nd cur.ml a tivel:.from July 1 , 1940 , thr ::,ugh Dec emb e r 31, 1940 . ) 0 Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY I.P.A. NATIONAL DEFENSE PRO.£ CTS APPROVED BY THE PRESI DENT UNDER Tl£ EMERGENCY RELIEF AP PIil FR IAT ION ACT, FISCAL YEAR 1941 fROM JULY 1, 1940 AND OECEUf£R 1_. 1940 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1940 P-619 FROM JuLY 1, 19,40 THRlUOH Dec. 311 1940 STATE l ,ri ~ or FEDERAL or PROJECTS fUNO& PAD.S.CTI 22 2,417,910 892,392 884_.470 3,527,188 24 5,782,242 31 5 13 $ 3 1 5 6 3,201,856 $ 538,1162 2,446.172 3 181,829 121,504 115., 781 65,313 -463,757 25,905 KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND 7 12 1e 18 18 1,859,322 ,,eXl.,417 3,001,598 4,1~.,4!» 2,199,458 1 8 1 2 328,782 138,829 1.,354,092 6,124 MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI 35 11 10 13 11 4,468.,665 2 873,367 2,920.,609 1,582.,632 767,'400 1 2 2 322.,611 125.,539 W,479 147,&47 25,123 MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEI HAMPSHIRE NEW .£RSEY 12 6 2 6 32 869,537 726,818 195.,899 893.,720 5,276,193 3 3 1~,9'7• 654,105 NEW MEXICO NEI YORK Cl TY NEW YORK (EXCL. N. Y.c.) NORTH CAlllllNA NalTH DAKOTA 12 576.,293 3,783,264 2,783,901 1 1 853,543 355, GHIO OKLAHOMA <llEGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAN> 12 8 7 SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH 15 11 22 21 16 4 40 4 9 36 8 1,785,874 1,284,995 595.,280 3,e36.,407 5,43,1az Al 3 3 2 4 1 2 Al 203.,558 3., 172,667 4,327,179 168., 133 1,588.,031> 162,537 ALASKA HAWAII PUERTO RICO VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 4 1t 3 1,375,030 1e.,332.,689 7311,100 769 122,328,690 , 5 772 17l.,890 674,1191-457,868 438,000 $ 330,798 $ 2,894 36,395 618,100 23,014 $ 1,37! 1,742,000 94,739 6,003 28,093 311,381 123,782 10'1,078 ,,,,221 60,325 50,-168 25,905 211.,95'1 6,124 308,206 168,800 3C.,299 153,811 328,782 138.,829 798,516 35.,413 2,9115 73.,596 76,5D'I 41rl,698 , ,6-40 .,ec:t $ $ 0Tf-£R 1,429 154,045 2Z1 , 479 119,43& 23,766 28,411 15.,85 9,265 87,530 27, 368 17, 394 lfl,033 626,-n'/ 447,698 297.,017 ,,crzo,324 657,976 16,14'3 404,508 172,SS 457,868 417,439 83.,253 20.,5151 22,550 22,550 513., 780 301.,352 215.,126 513., 780 3>1.,352 20.,497 191.,186 3,443 6,588 6,588 1 3 4 5 3 3:B.,137• 35,782 1'f1.,875 7,894t,24'9311.,204 1,220 3., 1Q7 20.,eoo 7,540,874 33.,610 355.,908 106.,947 1!111,282 32,585 127.,875 239,216 121,312 6,936 4'0,911 247.,608 100.,000 100,eeo 4 410.,251 'lZl.,834 116 23,169,59 2 1,212 33,975 247,65! 82.,417 5,021 $157,181 . - 3,700,391 1,745,777 8,839,538 59,409 6,807,837 116 t,40.,991.,279 2,016,647 17,821,680 17,821,&eO- 34,852,718 NATIO-IOE PR>ORMI AtRPORTE 83,253 2,475,699 331,273 409,581 9,734.,15 9&1,849 26 23 7 14 Al 1 5 n• VERMONT VIRGINIA IASH INGTON IEST VIRGINIA IISCON61N IYOIIINO 8RANO TOTAL 5 PROGRAM GUARD 164,697 2 1,se1,e2s 2,330,922 80,541 3,084.,234 STATE Ct'ABT [TC• 86,072 623,016 3 3 19 NAVY 154,070 623,016 117,753 6,003 339,47¥ 336,087 15 4 Ai 208,164 2 2 1 3 3 8£000 IA IDAHO ILLINOIS INOIANA IOIA 52 154,193 ,, 172,541 9,764,326 $ 154,07C,,. 205,3!111 19 11 7 13 1,951.,762 STAT£ GUARD NATI CNAL ARIIY ~T COLORADO CONN£CTI CUT 0£LAWARE DISTRICT or COLI.USIA fLOR IOA TOTAL STATES l TERRITORIES ) N\JUeER NUMBER ALABAMA ARI ZONA ARKANSAS NORTl£1f< CAl.trORNIA SOUTl£RN CAL If ORN IA 1940 fEOERJt. fUND6 APPROVED ,Rou 0 £C£115ER 1 I 1940 THROUGH DECEt.e CR 31 1 TOTAL $3,700,391 $1,745,777 $8,839,538 $59,409 $6,!!07,837 $19,838,327 R£PORT8, STATISTICS Al'O REC<ltOI SEC1'10N INCLUDES IUPPLEIIENTMY UPROVAL8• AD,AJITID FOR 9'EDUCTION8 A,C, atM1£8 IN CLAl61FICATION• PllhECT COffTROL 01Vl$ION 1 loRI< PRO.,R:CTS ADIIINIITftATtON FEDERAL WORKS AeENCY Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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