Evening star., 1919-12-04
FISCAL ESTIMATES
INCLUDE FUND FOR
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
$500,0OO Proposed for WAL
ter Reed Hospital-$433,-
600 for St. EIizabeth'S.


year ending June 80. 1921, which have
been submitted to Congress.
| For commencing work on the project
to make Walter Reed Hospital a great
lmedical center at a total cost of S1O.-
100000. an appropriation of 100000 is
recommended.
An appropriation of s433, 900 for gen.
eral repairs and improvements at st.
! Eliz3beth's Hospital is urged. among
the items being 100000 for laboratory
building. 100000 for building porches
on the hospital buildings and S35, 900 for
extending the bakery.
| Freedmen's Hospital. it is estimated.
requires S147.000 for new buildings and
repairs to the existing buildings. New
| buildings proposed are pathological
building at $4,000. 4 new ward at
$4,000 and enlarging nurses home
$4,000
| Enlarge Howard University.
| In a plan for enlarging Howard Uni
versity a total of s1.4S7.50O is pro-
posed for new buildings as follows:
| Agricultural building. $4,000.
Engineering building and shops,
| $15O000.
Home economies building. to include
dining hall and Kitchen, $4,000.
Athletic field. $47,500.
Gymnasium and armory, $3.50 900.
Administration building, $4,000.
University hall, with organ, $780,
| 600.
Enlarging conservatory of music,
! s60, 900.
Medical buildings, $4,000.
Law buildings, $4,000.
One dormitory for girls, 100000.
One dormitory for boys, 100000.
An item of $4,000 to add to the
grounds of Gallaudet College for the
deaf is recommended. 1t is proposed
to purchase 6.2 arces of land between
Montello road, West Virginia avenue
and the northeast boundary of the in
Stitution'S grounds.
For the National Training School
for Boys an item of $4,000. to con-
struct new building. is submitted
To remedy the present insanitary
conditions in the auditors building.
which was formerly the bureau of en-
craving and printing building. $4,000
is asked. For additional building and
equipment at the bureau of engraving
and printing, s54,5O0 is estimated; for
remodeling the fourth story of the
Treasury building and an entire roof
for the building, $4,000; for new
electric elevator in the Winder build
ing, $4,000; for remodeling and en-
larging and extending completed and
occupied buildings under the Treas
ury Department, $4,000, with pro-
viso that not more than $4,000 is to
be expended ON any one building.
Buildings and Grounds Estimates.
The buildings and grounds in and
around Washington under the super
vision of the engineer department are
estimated for at S1,039,550 Some of
the items are as follows: For inn
provement and care of Smithsonian
grounds, $4,000: for storing ground
ings in the Smithsonian grounds,
$1,000: for new roads and walks in
Judiciary Park. Immediately sur
rounding the remodeled courthouse
building. s30.50O, with a proviso that
the superintendent of public buildings
and grounds is authorized to remove
and store in a suitable place the Lin
coin statue and pedestal now stand
ing in that park; for care and i'm
provement of Rock Creek Park and
Piney Branch parkway, $4,000; for
improvement and care of West Po-
tomac Park, s50, 1000; for care and i'm
provement of East Potomac Park in
Guiding the construction of COM
bined lodge and public comfort sta
ton and for starting the construction
of waterway for small boats across
the park. $4,000; for care and i'm
provement of Montrose Park, SIS 5000:
| for placing and maintaining special
portions of the park in condition for
outdoor sports, $4,000; for improve
ment and care of Meridian Hill Park,
100000.
Items for the Improvement of the
bathing beach and the tidal basin are
recommended as follows: For puri-
fication of waters in the tidal basin
and care and maintenance and opera
ton of the bathhouse, $4,000, pro-
vided that hereafter uniform fee
may be charged the public for the
use of the bathhouse and beach. For
the construction of an extension to
the bathhouse and beach $4,000 is
asked. For a combined lodge and
comfort station in Stanton Park
$1,000 is estimated: for completing
construction of the fieldhouse in East
Potomac Park, 100000; for the con-
struction of road surrounding the
Lincoln Memorial and roads leading
thereto. 100000; for the construction
of seawall along the waterfront
between Easby's point and the foot
of New Hampshire avenue, 100000;
for improving the grounds around
the Freer Art Gallery in the Smith
sonian grounds. $4,000; for continu-
ing the construction of a reflection
pool in West Potomac Park soon OO0