The Post reminded me of Raystown Lake. Done by the [GREEN Construction Company ] Any connection? Same time period, and interesting/specific numbers
[ Army Engineers have told the committee that 62 percent of the reason for building the dam is for recreation. ]
'The construction of the dam was a project of the Baltimore Corps of Engineers with Colonel Love in charge, Karl Kauffman chief of outdoor planning, and Michael Kolessar as project planning chief, and the **Green Construction Company. Construction started in 1968 on the dam and operation began in 1973 (Anon., 1987).
The construction of the dam did leave an impact on the area which included covering many of Huntingdon County landmarks, such as the old Raystown Dam, Fink's bridge, Murrell Worthing property near Entriken, Entriken Barn, Earl Fisher property near Entriken, Hawn's Bridge, six cottages by New Hawn's Bridge, Entriken Mansion, Charles Hoover Feed Mill near Aitch, Entriken Bridge, Juniata Township Community Center near Hawn's Bridge, and Schell Bridge (Anon., 1966).
Although it might appear that the dam was well accepted in the area there were some controversial issues. One of the main controversies dealt with funding the project. During this time period the Vietnam War was occurring and so leisure spending was not received well by most individuals who had ties with Vietnam. Also, there was the concern that this was a purely recreational unnecessary project and not for flood control. At the time the Chairman of the Senate Public Works Committee, Senator Allen J. Ellender, did not approve of funding this unnecessary project. In the "Help Save the Raystown Dam" petition it states, "Senator Allen J. Ellender… has expressed his dissatisfaction with the new dam because he feels the Army Engineers should be taking care of flood control, navigation and hurricane projects, and not building recreational areas. The Army Engineers have told the committee that 62 percent of the reason for building the dam is for recreation." This petition listed five areas of concern:
The federal government should not be spending money to build recreational projects at this time;
The Army Engineers should spend their time in projects that are more concerned with flood control, navigation and hurricane projection;
All available money should be spent in supporting Armed Forces in Vietnam;
All unnecessary spending should be cut to help keep the dollar sound;
The average taxpayer in Central Pennsylvania does not support this new dam (Anon. 1968)
This petition was to take action for the May 8, 1968 hearing. The dam was approved for a total expenditure of 67.8 million dollars.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raystown_Lake )