Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
FEDERAL BUILDING
IS GIVEN IMPETUS
Bill Authorizing $3.50, 900, 900
Sent Hoover - Open Bids
for New Project Tomorrow.

The action of Congress yesterday in
sending to President Hoover for sigma
ture the new Reyes Elliott bill carry
ing an authorization of $230,000, 900 fol-
new public buildings, half of which Is
for the National Capital and half for
the country at large, will be followed
tomorrow afternoon by another impor-
tant step In the local Federal building
program when bids will be opened at
the Office of the supervising architect
for construction Of another major
building here.
The structure is to be the first unit
of the huge eXtsnSible building for the
Department of Agriculture. This initial
unit will cover the site bounded by B
and G streets and Thirteenth and
Thirteen street, also known
as Linworth place southwest. This Is
directly in back of the new administra-
ton building for the Department of
Agriculture which now is nearly ready
for occupancy.
Plan Nationwide Survey.
AS a result of passage by Congress of
the KeyeS-Elliott bill a nationwide sur
vey of all cities and towns will be
started soon by the Treasury and Post
buildings shall be recommended to
Congress for construction under terms
Of the measure.
The plans for construction in Wash
ington under this bill are we'll along
and estimates will be prepared for con-
struction Of the great public buildings
planned for the Mall area.
For the country at large, q new sur
vey will be launched, to go into the
lafaQt Y1QaHC In H0Na VTrNa
the money should best be spent to re-
lieve congestion. The report on this
survey will take long time, and will
probably not be ready for Congress
until next December, it was estimated
last night at the Treasury.
The KeyeS-Elliott bill also contains
provisions which will Immediately speed
up the program here and throughout
the country. 1t increases the yearly
maximum from $1O,000,0 900 to $15,000,-
600 for Washington, and from SIS, 000,-
600 to 100000 for the rest of the
country. AS announced yesterday, the
office of the supervising architect will
take on IS more technical men in car
rytng out the enlarged program.
Authorizes Land Purchase.
The Keyes-Elliott bill also author
ICES the purchase of more land most
OF which lies west of the White House,
south of the Mall, and also the block
between Pennsylvania avenue and H
street, on which Is located the Treasury
Annex No. l, BelaSco Theater and the
Cosmos Club. Just when the land will
be purchased under the bill has not
been decided.
The other large areas of land to be
purchased are thus described in the
bill: ANY land and buildings
within the area bounded by Pennsyl-
vania avenue and New York avenue on
the north, Virginia avenue and Mary
land avenue projected in a straight
line to Twining Lake (Tidal Basin)
on the south and Delaware avenue
southwest on the east, including prop
critics within said area belonging to
the District of Columbia. but exclud-
ing those portions of squares 267. 26S
and 298 not belonging TO the District
of Columbia, the square known as south
Of 463, all Of square 493, lots 16, II,
90 and 81 and 80S in square 536, and
lots 16 and As in square 635."