Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
$177, OOO. 900 WILL BE OUTLAY
IN CITY UNDER CONGRESS PLAN
Sixty-Ninth Session Will Be Gratefully
Remembered Because of Encouraging
Large Appropriations.

/ buildings have been authorized in sub
stantive law, one for new poilc"
court building and one for recorder
of deeds building. AS there was con
siderable conflict over the proposal 10
place the police court building IN
Judiciary square, the appropriation
of 5000. 900 for this new building was
deferred. The plan now is to co-ordi-
nate all of the District activities in
the proposed group.
This plan has received the hearty
announcement of the Public Build
ings Commission, the Commission OF
| Fine Arts and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Senator Smoot, chairman or the
Public Buildings Commission. promised
his active support to carry out col
Bells plan. The Commissioners are
to make definite report. with esti'
mates of cost. to the SEVENTEEN Con
gress soon after it meets in December.
| The second deficiency appropriation
bill that failed carried increases on
the limit of cost on two Of the new
Federal buildings. an additional S3, :
600 900 on the Commerce Building and
an additional $2,500,000 on the In
ternal Revenue Building, which
makes the total contract authorize
ton under the $4,000, 900 program
Sal 500 900.
Besides the SS2O, 900 in the deficiency
bill that failed, for acquiring the site
for the greater Botanic Garden, an
other measure has been passed au-
thorizing an appropriation of $S7b.3SS
for the erection of Conservatives ana
other buildings.
Gibson Is Active.
In the closing days of the Congress.
| Representative Ernest w. Gibson OF
| Vermont introduced q bin providing
| for the Federal Government 10 al
! vance to the National Capital PARK
and Planning Commission $40 .OO0,Ooo
over a five-year period. so that DE,
sirable park, playground and scnooi
sites could be acquired before WOOD,
land valleys. watersheds. springs and
such natural features might be de.
spoiled. It was Mr.. Gibson who worked
| through the House the substantive
| law for the organization of the com
mission and authorizing an appro'
| priation of 81 ,100,0 900 year for park
| land purchase.
! APPROXIMATIONS have been made for
new schools in the District faster
| than the municipal architects office
was able to handle the work. TIC
| meet this situation the office OF ths
| munlCiDal arCnlIecJ mas Dee1l Dulll ~
and specific appropriations made foI
| the preparation of plans, so 1t Is ex
pected that this work will be speeded
up and the entire 500. 900 900 school
building program carried out without
serious delay.
The memorial boulevard to Mount
Vernon Is expected to be built In time
| for use when the bicentennial OF
! Washington's birth Is celebrated ir
| 1882. BY direction of the House com
mittee on roads. the Bureau of Public
Roads of the Department of Agricul
| ture made a survey of the land be
tween Washington and Mount Vernon
and staked out two alternative routes
| The riverside route was favored by
| the Commission of Fine Arts and other
agencies. The report with estimates
! of cost transmitted by the Secretary
| of Agriculture was filed with the
! House committee on roads severa
months ago, but in spite Of repeated
requests for hearings, especially by
| Representative Moore of Virginia
! Chairman Dowell postponed consider
alton of this project. The Depart
of Agriculture recommended that ar
| appropriation OF at least q million
| dollars should he made immediately
available, so that important fllls could
be made and allowed sufficient time
| to settle before the actual work Oh
! laying the road started.