WPA Projects in 1935 - Park Plan Sketched
ARC News article dated July 19, 1935 -- "The special committee enumerated this morning the projects it had in mind for Hatfield park, designed to make it a playground for northwest Oklahoma. The work calls for:
1. Concrete swimming pool
2. Concrete wading pool
3. Bath houses of native stone
4. Concrete public tennis courts.
WPA Projects... The committee asserted that after investigation it appeared there had not been sufficient funds set up in the new estimate to provide the material for this job. Committeemen reported the WPA would furnish the material and the unskilled labor. The city would be required to furnish the skilled labor. Men employed on WPA will receive a minimum of $24 a month, Mr. Berry said. They will be employed for a 12-month period. No work will be started, he said, unless there are enough projects ready to assure a full work program for all clients. He said definitely that those on WPA jobs could quit at any time if private employment were offered and that this would not forfeit their right to return to the job in the event the private one is but temporary. Amount of local participation in each project will average about 10 per cent of the total cost, Mr. Berry said. 'The government wants the local governments to put up some of the money, 'he said, 'so that worthwhile projects will be assured. Local people will not put up money for jobs that are not of lasting value.'
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