Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
PLANT WILL HEAT
S u. S. BUILDINGS.
Treasury Gives Out Further
Details of $5,OOO,OO0
Triangle Project.

Further details concerning the new
| SIS ,0000 900 central heating plant which
| the Government plans to build in the
square bounded by c, D, Twelfth and
| Thirteenth streets southwest were fur
/ nished yesterday in formal statement
issued by the Treasury.
The plant is designed to furnish heat
to new Government buildings projected
for the gigantic triangle bounded by
{ Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Mary
| land avenue southwest and Fifteenth
street. Architects for the heating
plant were chosen recently.
The large area to be supplied in
| cludes in reality two triangles, one on
the north and another on the south
side Of the Mall. Two large new build
ings already have been constructed in
the north triangle-the Commerce De-
partment's $17,500,000 structure and
the new $10,000,000 Bureau of Internal
Revenue Building. Many new struc-
lures are to go up in the early future,
with demolition work now being car
ried on rapidly in several parts Of the
! north triangle.
Triangle Land Available.
In the triangle south of the Mall,
which falls within the jurisdiction of
the so-called Keyes- Elliott bill, land
can be purchased for Government
structures. One large new building,
the Department of Agriculture Admin
-! istration Building, already has been
completed and occupied on the edge
of the Mall, and another large struc-
ture, known as the "extensible" build
ing for the Department of Agriculture,
has been well advanced in the square
bounded by B. and Thirteenth streets
and Linworth place.
Construction has been stopped there,
however, as the contractor, Nelson
Pedley Co., went into receivership
about the middle of March.
The great extensible building for the
| Agriculture Department eventually is to
cover three blocks.
The new heating plant, it was ex-
| planned in the Treasury statement, has
been under consideration for a period
of years, and the decision to build it
at this time has been reached because
OF the requirements for supplying heat
and power to the new Government
buildings recently completed, now
under construction, or contemplated in
the district known as the triangle"
Steam to Be Supplied.
1.-THE plant" continued the Treasury
statement, lis planned ultimately to
furnish steam for Is buildings, which
in an average year will consume ap-
proximately 1900 oo0, 900 pounds of
steam. The present installation will
be about 25 per cent less, and the
future increases in demand will be
taken care of by extending the plant
and the mains to supply the additional
load.
Steam will be distributed to the
buildings through pipes varying in
diameter from inches to 13 inches
and having an aggregate length of ap-
proximately five miles. These pipes
will occupy underground pipewayS in
the form Of tunnels and conduits.
I'm connection with the heating
plant, an electrical substation will be
built, which will distribute power from
the Potomac Electric Co.
THE buildings which will be supplied
with steam and electric light and power
/ in the initial installation will consume
approximately $4,000, 900 kilowatt hours
Of electric current in an average year
with maximum demand on the cleo
| trical distribution system of approx
mately $4,000 kilowatts The future
extensions will increase these demands
| by about 35 per cent
| Special attention will be given to
the architectural features of the plant,
which will be approved by the Fine
Arts Commission of Washington.
THE site selected will permit Of fu-
ture extension of the plant as required
and will provide for the supply Of fuel
| by railroad connection"