Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
COOLIDGE 0. KS
BUDGET PROJECTS.
Supplemental Estimates of
$1,674,000 Are Included in
J Measure Given House.
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persons, the Budget Bureau reports.
For street and road improvement and
repair, $205.000.
For many years the store yards and
shops of the Highway Department have
been located on United States territory
in the center parking of Canal street,
between Second street west and South
Capitol street. This property was
transferred to the director of the
Botanic Garden. The Botanic Garden
development requires the early removal
OF the Highway Department shops to
another location. The purpose of this
estimate is to provide for removal of
these shops to the Bryant street pump
ing station and to make certain other
desirable economical arrangements for
servicing. repairing end housing auto
mobiles
It is proposed to consolidate the
shops of the Highway Department with
those of the Water Department at the
Bryant street pumping station. In or
repair of the highways department
automobiles at the District automobile
repair of the Highway Departments
pumping station and provide housing
for those automobiles. the estimates In
clude $4,000 for an addition to the
District automobile repair shop: $685.
600 for a new garage and $4,000 for
shop construction and removal of
equipment to the new location. The ad-
ditional construction will be on land
already owned by the Government.
Would Move Garage.
It is contemplated that the garage
and shops of the Trees and Parking
Department, in buildings and on the
grounds Of the Gallinger Municipal
Hospital. shall be moved to the Bryant
street pumping station.
For repairs to AnacoStia River Bridge
$4,000 is carried. This bridge was
built in 1908 and consists Of six steel
arch spans and draw span. The road
way. IS feet wide, with 2-foot sidewalks,
carries two street car tracks. The
asphalt surface of the floor has rolled
so that in places the curb height is
reduced to one inch. This is very
inadequate protection to vehicular
traffic and the railing Is not of sufi-
impact of modern traffic. The entire
floor system is in need of replacement
AT lower level to provide an increased
height of curb.
For buildings and grounds for the
public schools. S255,000 is included.
When the estimates of the District of
Columbia for the fiscal year 1880 were
under consideration, 1t was proposed
that an addition be constructed at
the Park View School to relieve crowd
ed conditions and also to provide a pla-
toon type Of school organization. This
plan contemplated the closing Of
considerable part of Otis place north
west. but objection having been made
by the property owners affected, no &C
ton was taken pending further study
OF the matter. A plan has now been
prepared which will provide for the
construction OF the necessary additions
at the Park View School without the
necessity OF closing any part of street.
It Is the purpose of this estimate
70 provide the necessary funds to carry
out this plan.
Another buildings and grounds prof.
ect for the public schools calls for an
appropriation of $1,000 The Buchan- |
an School is 16-room building lack |
ing the usual combination gymnasium |
and assembly hall The enrolment In |
this and adjoining schools is such as to |
make necessary the early construction
at the Buchanan School of four addi-
tional classrooms. The purpose of this
estimate is to secure an economical con-
ditional classroom construction with the
construction of gymnasium and as
sembly hall.
Another project in school building
and playground sites calls for an ap-
preparation of 100000. The purpose
of this estimate is to provide land for
the construction of junior high school
in the northeast section of Washington
When the f1ve-year school building pro-
gram was submitted. it was thought
that Junior high school facilities for
colored pupils in Northeast Washington
might be provided through extension
of the facilities at the Lovejoy School
However, the situation has changed so
materially with regard to the number
of pupils of junior high school claSsifi-
cation In Northeast Washington that
it Is now considered necessary that a
separate and distinct junior high school
building be constructed to accommodate
children Of Junior high school age in
that section