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FED:rmAL WORKS A~EJCY
WORK PROJECTS ADl'lDH ST:'._:.ATION
For Rele~se to Morn i ~g Papers
Fr idr,y , Fe bru.ar y 7, 1 941 .
WPA ORDERS SC:i-i"EDUJ,E STEPPED UP TO SPEED COEPLETION OF SANTEE-COOPER
HYDRO-ELECI1RIO P01/1.:R PROJECT FOR DEFENSE I NDUSTRf
Immed.i at e ste:ns to spe3d t he clea ri ng of t he San te e-Coo:pe r hydroelectric po11Jer development bas ins in South Ca rolina were announced tod['.,y by
Howard. O. Hunter, Acting Commiss ioner of the Work Proj e cts Admi n istrr, tion.
The project was d esignated yesterday by Willj_am S. Knudsen , Dir e ctor Genernl
of the Office of Proc1-uction M.c1.nagement , a s
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necess ity to ne,tional defens0 ;·11
Mr . Hunt e r snid that he was sending Frr-.ncis P.: . Ilryden , Assistan t
WPA Comrnissioae r in cht,r ge cf Emgi n ee rinc; and p r oject control , nnd R. L.
MncDougall , Regional Director with hoo..dquarters at Atlnnta , to confer with
t he South Carolina Stat e Administrator, L . M. Pinckney , a:1d work out details
of the new operations schedule .
They will meo t at the rir oje ct site Sn turdny
morni ng .
Approx.ir(]['. tel y 8,400 WPA wo r ke rs n r e noi;.r e:ignged in cl enr ing mo re
thnn 100 , 000 acres i n t h i s $45 , 000,000 power development designed to produce
electricity needed in producing ferro- a ll o:rs a ncL other rr,etals classifi ed as
of tho utmos t i mpo rt an ce in d efense me;:csur cs .
Authorizatio ns f :, r i ncrea::ied emplo:rment of W.?A workers in tho cD,mp s
on this site wore given b;r ibelephono l a te yiss t er day.
Mr . ViacDougall said thnt
a total of mo r e thRn 9 , 000 men would_ be ern:;?lo:red shortly .
A 48- hour work-week will be placed in ef fec t on t h is project Saturday .
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- 2 The project is now authorized to employ workers 40 hours n week .
This has
been the maxi mum work week on WPA projects excent in m:1ergency work following
disasters .
Clea ri ng O:)Crations orifinally we re sched,.'- loc. to be com:i;:,letecl.
December 31 , 1941, out Mr . Dr:,den SA.id every 0ffort would bo r.indo to finish
the j ob by Oct Gber 1 .
Between 80 ai1d 90 per c0:1t of the timbor in the a r ea
has beec1 cut , yielcUng me r e thc.n 200 millicm feet of timb or which has been
sold by the South Carolina Public Service Authcri t y .
Floocl.ing of the first
arce. on a branch of the S2.ntee river is schedulccl for this spring and closure
of tho Santee rivur is expected this summer .
Giant t urbines of tho Pinopolis powerh ouse rna;,r be r ~1aJ.y to b egi n
generating :power by nox-:; fol l, officials of the :r:mblic service authority belie'
T1.vo lr~rge res er voirs wilJ ·oc li::i'. :'.,d by
p_
7) -mile di .r ersion channel .
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There wil=
be two darns, a navigatir;n l0c 1;: a: ,d. i.liles ,,f e c1rthon d. ikcs, in addition to the
powerhouse .
Pcwer output is ostimatoci at 700 , 000 , 000 kilowa tt hours in a yet:i.r
of avc1r ,1t;c stroc.m flo\l.' •
Private contro..ctors :,.re c0;J~L Jting tho powe r developA PWA lol.',n /.'.nd grD.nt ofS40 , 300 , 00C
ment, as the site is cle{'.red by WP.A la':) ') r .
was secured by revenue bonC.s of t ho sto. t.o riuolic s 1.::rvice authority and WP.A
funds totaling ap~oroximntely $6 , 500 , 000 have beo"1 .::i,lloca t ed for the project .
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