The evening times., 1900-06-25

The Appropriations act for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1891 provides for the pur-
chase OF sites and the erection OF some
twenty public buildings st various places
in the District. These include the addi-
tionaI workhoues for nat, prisoners. chem
! ical engine houses for Brocslaud ard Ten
| leytown, a truck house for Columbia
Heights, a stationhouse for the territory
Iorth Of Florida Avenue, and number OI
school houses.
The purchase Of sites for the buildings
is being carefully considered by the Com
aissioners, ard proposals have already
bsen asked for offers Of sites
for the stationhouse. for two
| school houses in the city ana
| one at Takoma Park The plans and spec
ihcatIons for the new buildings are being
worked out as rapidly as possible il the
Office Of the Inspector CT Buildings and It
is expected that actual operations in put
ting up some Of the buildings viii begin
within a few days.
The largest Of the buildings 20 be erect
ed is the additional male worshJusa- The
sum Of S50.O00 was Appropriated by Con
gress for this building by the act Gpprov-
ed March 3. SS9 and the Appropriations
act OF June 6. 1900. contains az item Of
5000 to continue the work OF c3ustruc-
tion. The plans offered 10 the COLmis-
siOuers by &. A. Didden for this building
We're accepted some time ago, and the
/ Inspector Of Buildings has been busy upon
the specifications getting them ready for
advertising for proposals. i Is expected
that this preliminary work viii He com
pieted within q few days, and that rrO-
pOsaIs viii be asked for the erection OF
structure three stories high wiz three
wings and a frontage OF $50 feet, 10 Gc-
commodate SEQ prisoners when finished
The question OF the location OF this
building has been discussed good deal by
the members OF the East Washington Ciri-
zeLs' Association and by property Eo'd=Ts
IN the eastern section of the city Insr
is great objection 10 any further extension
Of the buildings which 60 10 make Up the
Washington Asylum. The several jusitg-
tious Of which IL Is composed together
with others near IT, such as the smallpox
hospital, the pOJter's field. and the deu,en-
tion camp. il is claimed, have rendered the
locality an undesirable one Tor other hab-
itatiOn, and for that reason real estate
holdings are constantly decreasing in value.
Property Olders say that the city c=s-l OF
grow beyond Lincoln Park. because Of me
presence Of the Institutions referred %, an
the East washington Citizzns' As=oci2G-n
has been especially active in Its efforts 20
have the buildings removed TO some re-
mote part Of the District, where land 90
not so valuable ard where they would rot
stand in the way OF The natural and prop
CT growth CT the city
II is the intention OF the Commissioners.
however. 10 proceed with the erection OF
the new workhouse in the grounds of the
present Washington Asylum. They have
no Instructions 10 do otherwise. and they
are without any iutinatiOn that Congress
c0ntemplates any removal Of the buiid.d5s
elsewhere. The citizens Of East Washing
ton view the prospect with a feeling Of
alarm. for they think that Congress will
be all the more averse to a removal Of the
several Institutions after another 100000
building has been added TO the existing
OUTFIT at the Washington Asylum.
II is understood that the specifications
Of several Of the proposed sch0oIhcuses are
about ready for inviting proposals, and
that the work Of making up the rest viii
be pushed forward as fast as the limited
force IL the cllce Of the Inspector Of Build
iuEs will allow.
In this connection IL may be stated that
the contract for making the excavations.
laying the drains. and the foundations Of
the Public Library in Mount Vernon
Square has been awarded to Richardson &
Burgess at a cost CT SlS.Io6. Il is expected
that the work Of excavation for the library
building viii soon begin.