Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-07
$1,000 lob INCREASE
IN i. S. BUILDING IS
SEEN BY PRESIDENT
Hoover, in Report on Prog
ress, Says 1OO,O 900 to Be
Employed by January /.
81 AUGUST CONTRACTS
TOTAL OVER S25, 900, 600
$50 Projects in $700,00O,0 900 Pro.
gram Authorized-164 Architect
Firms Are Engaged.

Reporting on the progress of the Gov
ernment's $700,000,000 building program
throughout the country, President
Hoover has estimated that 100, 900
workers will be employed on hundreds
OF projects by January /, at a time
when unemployment is supposed to
reach its peak
The President estimated the number
now employed on Government projects
as $4,000. while 1874 firms of architects
are engaged in plans and specifications
for the $50 building projects thus far
authorized.
The Governments gigantic building
program, with Washington as the focal
point, is plentifully scattered in every
State. Every effort is being made, Mr..
Hoover said, to expedite construction
work SO as to aid the unemployment
situation this Winter.
The President in his statement said ::
That portion of the Federal program
Of aid to unemployment, comprised in
the great expansion Of public buildings
under the Treasury Department, shows
the following progress since the report
OF July is. There are a total of $50
projects which have SO far been spe-
cifically authorized, and 1874 firms of
architects are engaged in plans and
supervision. The attached tables show
the progress Of individual projects
which may be summarized:
First: A total Of l21 buildings have
been completed at total cost of $780,
S6S,569. Three buildings have been
completed during the past month.
Second: There were 229 buildings
in construction at the first of Septem-
Der by contract. at an estimated cost of
Sl8l 1893, 100. There having been 81
contracts let during the last month of a
total value in excess of S25,000,0 900.
Third: There are IS projects in
which the sites have been arranged
drawings are completed, for which con-
struction contracts have been invited
Of total estimated cost Of Sle319. 500.
Fourth: There are 202 projects In
which sites have been selected and on
which plans are now under way of a
total estimated cost Of $178.766.523.
Fifth: At the first Of this month
there were 1919 projects In which the
sites have been determined upon and
are in process Of being acquired. The
estimated cost of the buildings thereon
being 49,545. 400.
1T is estimated that the number OF
men now directly and indirectly en-
ployed on this prog am is $4,000 1t Is
estimated that the number that will be
directly and indirectly employed on
January l is 100 900"
For the purchase of building sites in
the District of Columbia. the P! esident
reported. there is available 81 .003. 949.
Omitting the Sl7,500.000 Commerce
Department Building, now in the last
stages Of completion, the completed
Federal projects in the District were
estimated at $39, 800 569 This includes
$1.768.74l for the purchased site of the
United States Supreme Court Building
and S225, 900 for water mains, etc
Projects under contract in the District
OF Columbia include, besides the Com
merce Building $12,800.000 for the
extensible building, Agriculture Depart
ment: 100000 for the connecting
wing of the Labor Department; $4,000,
600. Interstate Commerce Commission
:4,750,co0, Labor Building: S85 900
power plant. Agriculture Department
S908.250. Public Health Service, and
100000 for water mains. etc.
Among the projects for which sites
have been selected plans completed and
the projects are now in the Speciflca-
ton stage or in the market for bids is
included plans for the State Department
Building remodeling at cost Of SO,
600. 900.
Projects in the District Of Columbia
where sites have been selected and plans
are partially completed include the So
$50, 600 Archives Building; $3,857 ,023 for
a central heating plant $4,000, 900
Coast Guard Building: $12.000,000 De-
partment of Justice Building; $4,000
for landscape work and 100000 for
the Post Office Department Building.