Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
BUDGET PROVIDES
SCHOOL EXTENSION
Plans for Four New Buildings
Urged With Funds to Com
plete Nine Others.

Authorization for the preparation OF
plans and specifications of four new
school buildings, and appropriations
for continuing and completing work
on nine others are recommended in the
District appropriation bill reported tC
the House yesterday.
Included among these are $1,000
900 for continuing construction of Nc.
Kinley Technical High School and
$275.000 for completion of the Gordon
4 Junior High School in Georgetown.
The bill recommends $37,250 for the
purchase of school building and play
ground sites to remain available until
June 80. 1929, for the following spe-
cific items:
- For the purchase of land in the vi
entity of the Langdon School, to pro-
vide for the erection of new 16-room
school building to replace the present
Langdon School.
For the purchase of land adjoining
the site on Grant road now owned by
the District of Columbia.
Athletic Fund Retained.
For the purchase of land in the vi
cinity of the Peabody School for play
ground purposes.
For the purchase of land in the vi
entity of the Wcrmley School for play.
ground purposes.
The sum of $4,000 contained in
the District bill for the fiscal year
1925 for an athletic field for the West
ern High School remains available
until June 80, 1928.
[ Five thousand dollars is recon-
mended for the preparation of plans
and specifications for the erection of
a 24-room building, including com
bination gymnasium and assembly
hall, on a site already purchased at
Nineteenth street and Columbia road
For the erection of a 16-room build
Eng, including combination gymnasium
and assembly hall, to replace the pres
ent Langdon School building, $275,000
is recommended.
Bryan School Addition.
- For the preparation of plans and
specifications for combination gym
nasium and assembly hall for the
Wheatley School. $500 is recon-
mended.
For the construction of a Sixroom
addition 10 the Bryan School, includ-
ing the necessary remodeling of the
present building. S125,000 is recon-
amended.
For the preparation of plans and
specifications for the construction of
an eight-room addition to the Morgan
School, including combination gym
nasium and assembly hall and the
necessary remodeling of the present
building $4,000 is recommended.
Dor the construction of an eight
room addition to the Margaret MUIR
ray Washington Vocational School,
located on o street, including the nee.
essary remodeling of the present
building, $l50,000 is recommended.
For continuing the construction of
the Mckinley Technical High School
100000 is recommended.
Provision for Construction.
For repair and construction of
school buildings the bill makes the fol-
lowing provisions, totaling $2,767, 900:
For repair. replacement and extern
sion of equipment, furniture and fur
nishings. including pianos, to adapt
for use as junior high schools. the old
Eastern High School, $500; the JEFF
ferson school, Sc 900, and the Powell
School, $1,000; in all, $1,000. For the
completion of the Garnet Patterson
Junior High School, SITS. 900. For the
completion of the construction of the
Gordon Junior High School in George
town. $275,000. For completion of the
construction of the addition to the
Aand the authority to enter into con-
Nract or contracts for this addition con-
tanned in the District of Columbia ap-
preparation act for the fiscal year 1927
Is hereby increased by $4,000. For
the erection of four-rOOm extenSibie
building in Potomac Heights, SIS, 600.
For the construction of an eight-room
addition. including combination gym
fnasium and assembly hall, to the Bar
=, Ne
catur streets northwest, including the
necessary remodeling of the present
building, SI75,00e. For the prepare
ton of plans and specifications for the
erection of an eXtensible junior high
school building in Brightwood, in ac-
cordance with the plans of the Mac
farland Junior High School, modified
as the limits of the site may require.
IS 900.
Hospital Fund Division.
ALLEGATION of funds to the various
washington hospitals for care and
Areatment of INDECENT patients under
contracts to be made by the Board Of
Public Welfare, Is recommended as
follows:
Freedmen's Hospital, $42 500.
Columbia Hospital for Women and
Lyingin Asylum, $4,000.
Children's Hospital, $4,000.
Providence Hospital. $4,000.
Garfield Memorial Hospital. $4,000.
Central Dispensary and Emergency
Hospital, $4,000.
Eastern Dispensary and Casualty
Hospital. $4,000.
Washington Home for Incurables,
$4,000.
Georgetown University Hospital.
$4,000.
George Washington University Hos
pital. $4,000
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