Tag: WPA


This Week in Chester History…

Working with the WPA in 1938, Chester Borough laborers transformed Budd Avenue from a single lane road into two lanes. They accomplished the task by removing ditches that had been on both sides of the street. The workers also added a hard surface, turning it into one of the “best thoroughfares in the town.” Source: Mendham-Chester Tribune


This Week in Chester History…

In 1938, at the Chester Board of Education meeting, the Nurses Association reported treating 13 cases of mumps. The Board also discussed using a Workers Progress Administration (WPA) project to drain and grade the grounds in the rear of the Chester Grammar School. Source: Mendham-Chester Tribune


This Week in Chester History…

The Mendham-Chester Tribune alerted readers to a substantial WPA project occurring in Morris County. More than 2,500 miles of roads, highways, and other public thoroughfares throughout the county would be verified and indexed according to the Old Road Returns Survey. The newspaper explained, “a road return is a formal report certifying the establishment or elimination of any portion of a public route… It serves as the original deed of the road, and is filed as the basis of public title.”