• School Repairs - Charlestown NH
    In the 1935 municipal Town Report, the School Superintendent reports on WPA assistance: "It seemed right that if we were to have music again in the schools we should have a special room and equipment; the W.P. A. offer was too valuable to refuse; and we placed extra coal in the schools this year to be prepared... "Late in the fall W. P. A. projects were begun at the Village Schools. Mr. Fred Huntley supervised the work and Mr. Fred Hutchins had charge of the paint work. The inside of the Primary building including the music room has been painted three coats,...
  • Water Mains - Charlestown NH
    The federal Public Works Administration provided grants to the town of Charlestown, New Hampshire for the development of its water system through the construction of water mains. The BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS in the 1936 town report noted: PWA WATER PROJECT Receipts From Town of Charlestown $12,000.00 U. S. Government July 17, First Grant 5,454.50 U. S. Government Oct. 23, Second Grant 2,181.80 Water Dept. advance in anticipation of Final Grant 1.550.00 $21,196.30 Expenditures 15,802 ft. 6" cast iron pipe @ 74^ less freight $10,445.02 Freight on above and other freight charges 1,286.39 Pay roll 5,955.94 Trucking 75.43 Hydrants and valves 1,406.25 Cast iron fittings 193.19 Copper pipe and fittings 549.26 Lead, jute, and misc. pipe...
  • Work Relief - Charlestown NH
    The 1936 Town report mentions Flood repair from the 1936 flood as a WPA project employing 8 men with $1,231.50 contributed and a WPA sewing project for the making of clothing for the poor as costing $246.70 and employing employing 11 people.