P.W.A. State Engineer Transmits Wedowee Waterworks Loan Application to Washington ($35,000)

Synopsis

A carbon copy of a December 1933 letter from George J. Davis, Jr., State Engineer of the Public Works Administration (P.W.A.), on letterhead of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, State Advisory Board, Montgomery, Alabama. It is addressed to the Administrator of the Public Works Administration in Washington, D.C. Davis reports sending, under separate cover, four copies of an engineer's report and three copies of Wedowee's application for a loan for waterworks. The project is listed as 'Eng. Ref. No. 111 - Wedowee, Alabama - Waterworks - $35,000.' A copy went to Town Clerk J. E. Perry, and a date stamp reads December 26, 1933. This is one of the earliest records of Wedowee's effort to get federal New Deal money to build a public water system.

Key facts

• Loan application for Wedowee waterworks: $35,000
• Engineering Reference No. 111
• Four copies of the engineer's report and three copies of the application sent to Washington
• Received/date stamp: December 26, 1933
• Copy sent to Town Clerk J. E. Perry

FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WORKS
STATE ADVISORY BOARD
Montgomery, Alabama
December 1933  [stamp: DEC 26 1933]

Administrator
Public Works Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I am sending you under separate cover four copies of engineer's report and three copies of application for loan for waterworks at Wedowee, Alabama.
Eng. Ref. No. 111 - Wedowee, Alabama - Waterworks - $ 35,000.
Respectfully,
George J. Davis, Jr.,
State Engineer, P.W.A.
GJD:D
Copy to Mr. J. E. Perry, Town Clerk

Physical description

Thin onionskin carbon copy with heavy creases and a diagonal fold; faint blue date stamp.

Reading notes

The day in the typed date is blank or obscured; the stamp appears to read DEC 26 1933.