Evening star., 1928-03-31
DISTRICT ENTERS GREAT ERA
OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Many Projects Planned by Government
Here-Son2e Have Already Been
lnaueurated

j budget restrictions on the District APP
preparation bill will allow
out of II projects under contract
row IN the Office of Municipal Archi-
tees A. L. Harris most of them are Tor
school buildings, and the major part OF
the construction III the District appro-
prlat'on bill for 1929 is for schools.
The big new structure for Mckinley
Technical High School At Second and
I streets, is being completed at a cost
of $2,c50 600 by a contractor. who will
move his men and materials over onto
the Mall gradually to construct the
great administration building for the
Department Of Agriculture, connecting
the two white marble wings, which for
so many years have stood apart and
unconnGct2d. The new Mckinley
building is due for completion July /,
bat the first construction work on the
Agriculture building viii start next
week. and gradually increase until
about 400 men will be employed
Among other projects started by Mu
n.cipal Architect Harris are:
Exhibition house for birds at the
Zoo. $4,000, nearly complete.
New buildings for Gallnger Hospital
including service building and ward 4,
at cost of Sl000,000, due to be COM
pleted July J.
Water Tower at Fort Reno S85, 900
completed by July l.
Garnet-Patterson Junior High School,
New Hampshire avenue and U street
S530,00o. to be finished January Is,
1929
Gordon Junior High School, Wiscon-
sin avenue and u street. S460000 TO
be ready September 20 1928.
Fircmen's Drill Tower.
Barnard School addition. on Decatur
street between Fourth and Fifth.
100000, to be finished September /.
1928.
Drill tower for District firemen near
No. s company. southeast. $4,000. to
be completed July ]. 1928.
Field house for Playground ASsocia-
ton. Potomac avenue, between Tenth
and Eleventh streets southeast, to be
ready May IA, 1923
Potomac Heights School Hurst Ter
race and Dana Place, $4,000, TO b.
ready September. 1928.
tuberculosis Hospital addition. $500.
to be completed June Is. 1928
The District 1929 appropriation bill
in its present status IN the Senate car
rieS several additional school buildings.
Elght-room eXtensible, Grant road,
Sl75.0e0: E. A. Paul Junior High Bright
wood to cost S500.000. eight-room ex-
tensible at Fourteenth and Upshur,
SI65,000: addition TO Raymond School.
Sl85, 900; gymnasium and hall at Ta-
kona School 100000: elementary
school, Nineteenth and Columbia road.
to coss S500000. gymnasium and
assembly hall Wheatley School. $50 900;
eight-room addition to Morgan School.
Sl57 600: ten-room addition. including
gymnasium and lunch room. at Francis
Junior High School. S250.000 eight
room addition Burrville School, $780,
000: four room addition S. j. Bowen
School. $4,000; eight-room cxtensible
building, 10 commence replacement of
old Bell School and Cardozo School.
SITS 600: grading seeding and athletic
equipment for grounds at Langley
Junior and Mckinley High Schools,
S250000. In all this is S2.367 900 in the
bill for schools.
Federal Housing Program.
In the great Federal housing pro-
gram, actual work on the first con-
strlction project will begin this week
at the Department of Agriculture Ad-
ministration Building Already three
excavations have been made for the
three principal structures starting the
Federal program-Agricultur Internal
Revenue and Department Of Commerce
the latter two in the Triangle
But the Department of Agriculture is
furthest advanced, with a contract let
TO complete the building In March, 1890
To this 50 900 900 structure Is TO be
added another south Of Il street south
west for about s5,750,O00.
Further progress VIII be made shortly
on the site Of the Department Of Com
merce Building. the longest building IN
tn National Capital. al Fourteenth and
b streets. The old Income Tax Build
ing now Is being torn down of the Com
merce site, some excavation has been
completed and other contracts for adj
ditional excavation VIII be let soon
Plans are ready 10 proceed With this
project as rapidly as the site can be
cleared Congress has authorized the
Commerce Building ~ cost sl7,500 600.
and appropriated enough for the Treas
@uy Department. in charge, TO proceed
rapidly with construction.
The site for the third Federal build
ing Internal Revenue Building. is being
cleared of the remainder of the farmers
market sheds, and another whole block
oi buildings viii be razed within few
weeks The last TWO viii be burned
down I'm spectacular fire 10 test the
fire resistance of safes The Internal
Revenue plans are ready To proceed
steadily nov with the structure tO cover
the site bounded by Tenth and Twelfth
streets. y and & streets. and 70 cost
about so, 900 900
Economics Building Purchased.
Already the Government has piif~
chased the Economics Building at Lin
worth place and Thirteenth street south
west f0f the Department VI Agriculture
II mas also virtually completed two add
iiOnai stories on top VI The Liberty Loan
Building adjacent 10 the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, 81 a cost Of about
Sa75 900
OtHer projects for which Congress
Continued ou Twentieth Page