Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-03
Contracts for Plans of Six
Monumental Structures to
Be Complete in 80 Days.
MELLON DESCRIBES
PROJECTS IN DETAIL
Department of Justice Progresses
in Acquiring Sites in
Triangle Area.


Department today
Contracts have been or will be mad,
within 80 days with private architect
for complete plans for six monumental
new structures, and remodeling of an
other.
The Washington development is par
of the Governments huge building pro
gram throughout the country, which
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon in
formal statement last night reported
was progressing "favorably" in line will
President Hoover'S announced policy tt
relieve unemployment.
Working Plans Pushed.
Following the Secretary's statement
it was learned at the department toda!
that with legislation far advanced OF
the building program, architects who
have had contracts for tentative
sketches are proceeding with actua
working plans so that the building pro.
gram here may be expedited without
delay, as soon as the land is available
This Is in line with the President!
policy.
Meantime, the Department of Justice
is making steady progress towarc
acquiring sites in the Federal building
triangle, bounded by Pennsylvania
avenue, rllGe6IlJH SIIeeG anu Tic MAIL
Under authorization of the Reyes
Elliott bill for new construction here
the second deficiency bill, which has
passed both House of Congress anC
now is in conference. carried $44, 165, 00C
for eight buildings here, which are
under the Treasury program for eX-
pedited construction.
Six of these buildings already have
been developed in preliminary sketches
by members of the Treasury Board Of
Architectural Consultants under earlier
contracts. 1t now Is understood that
these architects soon are to be giver
contracts to proceed with actual work.
ing drawings. These buildings, Their
estimate of total cost, location and the
architects who will complete their plans
are as follows:
$4,75O,000 for Labor Building.
Department of Labor, Fourteenth and
streets, $4.750,000, Arthur Brown OF
San Francisco, architect; General Ac-
counting Office, $4,500,00O, corner OF
Twelfth and B streets, Arthur Brown
architect; auditorium, in form of a
wing connecting Department of Labor
and General Accounting Office, along
B street, 100000. Arthur Brown, ar
chitect
Post ONCE Department, 10000 900
pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street
running south on Twelfth street t.
connect with the General Accounting
Office, William A. Delano of New York
City, architect.
Department of Justice Building, So
100000, Pennsylvania avenue, B street.
Ninth and Tenth streets, zantzinger
Bori q Medary Of Philadelphia, archi-
tects.
Archives Building, on site of Center
Market, $8,750,000, John Russell Pope
New York City, architect.
Public Health Building, planned To or
on B street facing Lincoln Memorial
$865,0O0, architect yet to be selected.
State, War and Navy Building re.
modelling to conform to the appearance
OF the Treasury Department Building
$3,oOO,o00, Waddy B. Wood, architect
Other Big Projects Listed.
Other big projects. outside of Wash
lngton. are in line for early action, the
Secretary explained in his formal state
ment last night, the total limits of cost
OF all these projects here and in the
field amounting to $40 900 600. with.
out specifying which projects out OF
Inns lot Will be placed on the market
nrst, the Secretary said that plans will
De completed for at least $50 600 DON
worth OF construction before the end of
the calendar year. -
This program does not include other
large public building projects under wav
mere, which are not in the hands of the
treasury Department, such as the House
once Building, Supreme Court Build
ing, Municipal Center and others.
Extensible Structure Is Speeded.
The extensible building for the De-
partment OF Agriculture was recently
put under contract by the Treasury. and
actual tearing down of old buildings on
the block bounded by B and c, Thir-
tenth street and LinWorth place south
west is expected to start soon. This is
a S2,O74,O00 contract and is to be com
pleted In $50 calendar DAYS.
The secretary opened his formal an
nouncement by explaining that in a
previous statement last March the de-
partment indicated that its plans for
public-building construction would be
expedited to the fullest extent nos
sible in line with President Hoover's
ployment."
THE program formulated at that
time" he explained, contemplated the
placing under contract during the
calendar year 1880 of approximately
S92 ,OO0, 600 worth Of construction in ad-
dition to the $4,000. 900 under contract
at the beginning of the year. Progress
reports for the first half of the wear
are favorable to the successful carving
out Of this program"
80 New Contracts Awarded.
"On January 1, 1880, So construction
projects were under contract. involving
approximately $40,00O,000," Secretary
Melons statement said. Since January
/, 80 additional contracts have been
awarded The total limits OF cost
authorized by Congress for these 80 new
projects amount TO nearly $28 900 600
This work is distributed over rs States
and includes one project each in the
District of Columbia and Hawaii Eight
of the contracts exceed $1,000 900 each.
OF the S28,000,000, Sl7,000,000 was
placed under contract during April,
May and June.
During this same period over $500
contracts were awarded for repair, re-
modelling equipment and miscellaneous
projects aggregating a total obligation
of over $4,480 900. A similar amount
is estimated to be placed under contract
from July to December 81, 1890
I'm addition, contracts have been or
will be made within 80 days with pri-
vate architects for complete plans for a
limited number of monumental build
ings, the total limits of cost of which
amount TO $70,000,000. 1t is expected
that Of this group plans will be COM
pleted for at least $4,000 900 worth OF
construction before the end of the
calendar year.
THE estimated output of the office of
supervising architect of the Treasury for
-, A-g.w a