The Washington times., 1915-01-18
LABOR IN CAPITAL
TO Be KEPT BUSY
Public and Private Improvement
to Bring Expenditure Of
s10,000,000.
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. sixteen-room structure. Plans and
specifications for this building will be
ready Ct the of'ices Of the Municipal
tract will ba advertised at once.
Contract has been given to q Arm of
architects for the plans OF 1the new
mTnisip.l .1Gn dsa hospital; @ which to cost
be provided IN the pending District ap-
preparation, bill. II this goes through
there will be no delay getting the work
For the Pennsylvania avenue bridge
let In December. and work IL now be-
ginning. There is Sl6e,Ooo available for
this structure, which 10 to be finished
this year.
Certain School Work.
The contract for rebuilding the par
TALLY burned Western High School has
been let. and the work. now in progress.
will require an enlarged force before
long. Tho building is to be fireproofed
and made more modern and convenient
For q new high school for colored
pupils, q contract has just recently
been awarded. This structure is to
Cost; Cost ~, complete: $4,000; Of which about
mainder 10 expected to be provided ia
the pending District bill.
BY dint Of pressure to get It finished
| early. 1t ID expected that the new Cen.
trai High School building win be under
: Congress has provided $3.50. 900 hereto
fore, which il now available, and the
pending measure carries 3300. .0oO more.
Tho close Of the present calendar year
will see this building about ready for
The Q street bridge. across Rock
creek. has been placed under contract,
and this $275,0 900 work IL expected to be
completed by about September !.
For Central Market.
| One important improvement depends
on the final decision OF the conferees on
the District appropriation bill. The
Senate has put in the item giving
500, 900 for the erection Of a new whole.
sale marketing central establishment
on the river front. For this. tentative
plans have already been prepared by
the municipal architects. and II the
item is not lost In conference there will
be occasion for very little delay getting
work started.
One Of the most important public
| works In this jurisdiction IL that on the
county roads: that is. the highways in
the outlying parts Of the District
much money on these roads. year after
year. as Congress ia making availa BILE. ;
said Major Kutz. District engineer. to-
day. 1T Is fact that the Maryland
roads coming to the District line ART
trict roads with which they connect
For the 1915 fiscal year we were givel
$142,5O0 for this work. and for the mex
year We asked $4,000. The Senate ha
fxed the amount at $l52.ooo. which Il
ne biE government work now in prog
resi-. is the Lincoln Memorial. on th'
Mall, for which 100000 is being ex
pended; pTSs n,,n..v rr,. c,.rn.,v ,,a. ..
cured It's permit for erecting the nev
section OF the present Munsey bankin
and office building on Pennsylvania ave
nue. and work Of excavating 10 alread
In progress.
Railroad improvements.
In addition to works Of a strictly loca
character. It Is believed that the rail
roads in this section will spend a~Eoo
deal more money on improvements thi
year than in the last two seasons. Tn
outlook Is that a new tunnel under tn
business section Of Baltimore will b
started this year by the Pennsylvani
system. That Company 10 also goin
TO erect hne new bridge over tn
In general. the probability for employ
ment in Washington is better than 4
, most other Eastern cities. largely be
, cause SO great proportion OF publ
ever. less stagnation in private work
than In many other cities The fact tina
this Is a time 70 build at the lowest pos
Z sible costs Is impresslng many Washing
, ton investors.
to them. and 10 likely to bring som
substantial results this season.
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