Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18
COOLIDGE 0. KS
BUDGET PROJECTS
Supplemental Estimates of
$1,674,000 Are Included in
Measure Given House.
(From yesterdays $500

submitted to the House yesterday by
President Coolidge, transmitting Budget
Bureau recommendations. These will
be included in the District appropriation
bill, which is expected to be reported to
the House next Monday.
Chairman Simmons of the Subcom-
mittee drafting this appropriation bill
said yesterday that all of these supple
mental items will be paid out OF 1880
revenues and that there still will be
left approximately $1000,000 to take
care of deficiencies and other emer-
gencies that may result from subsequent
legislation.
Inclusion of this additional budget
has resulted through the initiative OF
the subcommittee on District appro-
priations, which, during the hearings,
developed the fact that appropriations
were not being made to the full amount
of District revenues, and then started
an investigation to find out what addi-
tional District projects could be under
taken with this surplus.
Conferences with the Budget Bureau
have resulted in submission OF the list
sent to Congress yesterday.
| In the course OF this lnVeStlgatlon
it was brought out that the District
| Commissioners in submitting their esu-
mates to the Budget Bureau had pre-
sented a supplemental list which was
rejected by the Budget Bureau because
it provided for more jobs, salaries ana
general maintenance expenses. the
Budget Bureau intimated that II the
| District Commissioners would submit
s,lpplemental list of new projects FOR
CAPITAL developments they probably
would receive favorable consideration.
$4,000 for Library.
The list includes the following items:
For the Free Public Library, $35 1000
| for a branch library in the Northeastern
section of the city as the most urgently
needed item in the library's extension
program. This branch library, wnen
completed, will serve almost lOO,oOo
persons, the Budget Bureau reports. -,
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 and 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
! der to accomplish this, provide for the
repair of the Highway Departments
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; $135,-
600 for 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, 35 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 l inch. This is a very in
adequate protection to vehicular traffic
and the railing is not of sufficient
strength to safely withstand the impact
OF modern traffic.
The entire floor system is in need of
replacement at Lowell level to provide
an increased height Of curb.
For buildings and grounds for the
public schools $255,000 is included.
! When the estimates of the District of
Columbia for the fiscal year 1880 were
under consideration, it was proposed
that an addition be constructed at
the Park View School to relieve crowd
ed conditions and also to provide pla-
toon type OF school organization. This
plan contemplated the closing of a
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 a street.
| 1t is the purpose of this estimate
TO provide the necessary funds to carry
out this plan.
$4,000 Project Proposed.
\ Another buildings and grounds prof.
ect for the public schools calls for an
appropriation of $4,000 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-
tonal claSsrooms. The purpose of this
estimate is to secure an economical con-
struction program by combining the ad-
dltional classroom construction with the
construction of a gymnasium and as
sembly hail.
Another project in school building
and playground sites calls for an APP
preparation of 100000. The purpose
OF this estimate is to provide land for
the construction of junior high school