Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-03

Permits for buildings are issued upon
the payment OF fees which are designed
/ to cover the cost OF the operation Of
| the building INSPECTORS ONCE. The fees
collected during the year were. how
ever, due to falling on OF building
| operations, S3,20s less than the cost Of
the operation OF this Office. While there
was decrease in the number Of per-
was 100000 greater than the previ-
Gus year. as the permits were issued
for greater number Of larger and
more expensive buildings.
| Under date Of June 1, 1917, q new edi-
ton OF the building regulations was
! printed.
Construction Of Municipal Buildings
During the year eleven buildings
were under construction, as follows:
| Powell School, No. 1877, School street,
opposite Lamont street northwest.
| Elzabeth v; Brown School, No. lis.
Fish market, water street between
llth ana 18th streets southwest.
Third shelter. farmers produce mar
ket. B street between 10th and 18th
| streets northwest.
Public convenience station, No. 4,
Maryland avenue. 18th and H streets
northeast.
Central garage. D street between
13th and 1871 streets northwest.
| Garage for health department, South
| Capitol and I streets southwest
Street cleaning department sheds,
square between 18th, 14th. e and F
| streets southeast.
| In addition. to the above buildings,
! notifications were made in the new
| Central High School. Clifton street be-
| tween 11th and 18th streets northwest:
| the Dunbar High School, LIST street be.
] tween N and Q streets northwest, and
Q greenhouse was erected at the J. O.
! Wilson Normal School at 18th and Har-
ward streets northwest
Plans and specifications for all build
made were completed within the fiscal
year, with the exception of those for
the municipal lodging house. the East
ern High School and the Woodbridge
and Lansdon school buildings Pre-
iiminary plans have. however. been
made for the Eastern High School. and
dnal plans are under consideration. It
should be borne In mind that estimates
for buildings are made about one year
In advance Of the appropriations there
for and eighteen months or more in adj
vance Of the advertisement for bids.
Owing to the increased cost OF labor
and material within the last eighteen
months the bids for the construction
Of eleven buildings overran the funds
available from 20 to 40 per cent In
consequence the alteration work at the
Central High School and the public
| convenience station at 10th and H
the supervision OF the municipal archi-
tect. In other instances deficiency ap-
preparations had to be asked, and In
| still other cases the buildings have
not yet been constructed. Besides the
high cost Of labor and materials, the
scarcity Of laborers and mechanics has
been serious obstacle to the progress
Of the work. Specifications and pro-
the work advertised.
Repairs to Municipal Buildings.
All municipal buildings are kept in
repair under the direction of the NUM-
c!pal architect. These include school
buildings. engine houses. police sta
lions and the Police Court building /
They number about 800 in all. The re-
pair shop. transferred to the supervi-
sion of the municipal architect. by act
OF Congress in 1903. was remodeled
during the year and arranged for the
moro systematic and orderly storage of
the stock and materials. new sys-
tenn OF property accounting has been
inauEurated. and the office force reor-
shop relate to about 500 buildings and
grounds
The District building-The routine
work incident to the care OF this build
Ing includes operating power plant:
wood. working, paint. and electrical
shops; blueprint and photo shop;
printing shop. and the elevator and
force. One Thousand eight hundred
and sixty tons of coal We're consumed:
1884 kilowatt hours Of current gen.
ir s:ss. Of which sss.sso were consumed
the latter. 32.054 was consumed by the
electrical department One thousand
ana fifty orders for blue prints were
completed at a cost Of sl,1so.7o; 172
ana $50 orders for printing. $4.772.61.
one thousand five hundred and forty
POUNDS OF waste paper were sold for
y378:11. A deficiency appropriation Of
$4,000 was made primarily for the pur-
chase of coal.
Stables-The stables located at list and
CanaI streets southwest are used by the
plant of the disbursing officer. plumbing
inspector, sewer department. part Of the
surface division, surveyor and depart
ment OF weights, measures and markets.
northwest by that Of the municipal archi-
etct repair shop. part Of surface division
ana the Engineer Commissioner and as.
sistants. OF the eighty-six employees five
Fifty three horses and forty-three mules i
are used by the instrumentnlities named.
Details as TO- employment are given In the
a e sasa report; The aysrage annual cost
very desirable that the 1st street stables
should be removed from this location SO
near the Capitol. but measures to this
demsnds are more i imperative. - 's'e'
Workhouse and reformatory-In ac- !
cordance, with orders Of the Commission |
ers, all plans. etc. available have been
collected in the ONCE Of the municipal |
architect, and layout Of the grounds |
and buildings was prepared and submitted |
to the penal commission and the Commits
sioners. A constructing engineer, appoint
cd In Octoher, 1916 has taken charge OF |
the construction work and reports weekly
a. to the progress on the work and as TO |
the preparation Of plans and estimates |
HIS report Is repiste with details g to |
cost Of work and Of material manufac- |
tursA at the institution
Rlumbing and Plumbing Insp4ctiou.
During ths ysar the p!umbtng once made |