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DOCUMENT NO. 87 (FILES OF PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION),
 AUGUST 30, 1935

AuTHORIZATION OF THE FLORIDA CANAL BY THE PRESIDENT ALLOCATING
 $5,000,000 TO ITS CONSTRUCTION UNDER DATE OF AUGUST 30, 1935

 Under date of August 30, 1935, the following order was issued by
the President:
 AUGUST 30, 1935.
The Honorable the SaJc Aasr or TaH TaeasuTy.
 Mr Drua MX. Sucirar: By virtue of the authority vested in me under the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935, it is re-
quested that the following funds be transferred from the appropriation made in
said act to the War Department, Corps of Engineers, for the purpose indicated
below:
 Amount: $5,000,000.
 Purpose: To provide work relief and increase employment in accordance
with the attached schedule of projects. Subject to the application of title III
of the Treasury and Post Office Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1984. to the acqui-
sition of articles, materials, and supplies for use in carrying out such projects.
(0. P. No. 18-315 to 13818.)
 Sincerely yours,
 FBANKLIN D. Rooe~EvIzT.

 WAz DiNABTlNT, Coa orF ENGINrme

 To carry on the following projects designed to assure a maximum employ-
 ment in the State of Florida:
 ATLANTI--OGUI SHIP OANAL

 (A sea-level ship canal across Florida by way of the St. Johns River from
 its mouth to Palatka, thence by way of the Oklawaha and Withlacoochee Rivers
 enters the Gulf near Port Inglis, connecting the Atlantic and the Gulf of
 Mexico to provide a shorter and safer route for ocean-going vessels, saving
 from 1 to 2% days, representing an annual saving in transportation costs
 estimated at $7,500000.)
 Clearing right-of-way, housing, and excavation in central area to give em-
 ployment to those on relief rolls (during the first 12 months the money in-
 cluded in the estimates for wages amounts to 73 percent of the total allot-
 ment which is for a period of 12 months), work to be started immediately to
 absorb not only a large portion of the local relief load but also workers from
 transient camps and adjacent States.

 Character of work Allotment Project

 Claing tght-of-way--........... .--------.---... --...---... 000 0. P. No. 13-315.
 Houi, shop, torehouses, and minor structures..--------------- 500,000 0. P. No. 13-316.
 Excavationn central areas ...........--------- ------------- 3,500,000 0. P. No. 13-317.
 Bridge foundations --....--....----.......... ...-............... 500,000 0. P. No. 13-318.
 Total..-...------------...----------------........... 5000000

 DOCUMENT NO. 88 (FILES OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS), SEPTEMBER 3,
 1935

 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OCALA DIrs'Tm'r FO CONSTRUCTION OF THE
 CANAL

 On September 3, 1935, the Chief of Engineers issued orders estab-
 lishing the Ocala district, designating Lt. Col. Brehon B. Somervell
 as district engineer, with headquarters at Ocala.
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