- City:
- Bedford, NH
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Schools, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1940
Description
Annual municipal reports for the fiscal year ending in 1941 detailed New Deal involvement in several local projects:
“The highway department reported that W.P.A. APPROPRIATIONS equaled $682.22 and 13 men were employed.”
“The FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE BEDFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT July 1, 1939 x— June 30, 1940 reported about a WPA project employing 20 men costing $1,047.51”
“WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST CONTROL FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1940 TOWN OF BEDFORD
W.P.A. Funds expended $1,301.45
Area covered 4,757 acres
Currant and gooseberry bushes destroyed . . . .10,551
Number of local men employed 5”
Source notes
Annual Reports OF THE Selectmen, Treasurer, Town Clerk and Appraisal of Real Estate OF THE Town of Bedford FOR THE Year Ending January 31 1941Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on June 9, 2014.
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