Evening star., 1932-02-10
|$79Q,0DO HEATING
| UNIT TO Be BEGUN
| AFTERL0NG DELAY
Grant Arranges for Plans for
Project in Potomac Park
Section.
FUND NOT AVAILABLE
LATER THAN JUNE 80
Location at Goth to 21st Streets
Indicates Adjacent Northwest
War-Navy Site.

Uncle Sam today decided to build his
long-deferred s750,0OO heating plant
for the buildings in the Potomac Park
area. This will be located between
Twentieth and TWenty-first streets
New York and Virginia avenues.
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, director
of public buildings and public parks
has made arrangements for the draw
ing Of plans and within a couple OF
months, it is expected, specifications
will be ready and contractors asked to
bid on the project.
This move indicates that the new
War and Navy Department buildings
will be located in the adjacent north
west area
The new plant. which will replace
the heating apparatus at Eighteenth
street and Constitution avenue will
heat the White House, State. War and
Navy Building. the present Navy De-
partment and Munitions Buildings, and
the projected new national defense
structures, as well as other Govern
ment ediflceS in the vicinity.
Heating Tunnels Connecting.
The plant will be connected by heat
ing tunnels with the surrounding Gov
eminent buildings and will contain
eight 1.000-horsepower boilers and two
250-horsepower boilers for auxiliary
purposes and will be one-story In
height. The size of the smokestack will
be limited to approximately the height
OF the surrounding structures. The
Fine Arts Commission and the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
will be consulted as the plans develop
1t is expected that the new heating
plant will take seven months to build
AS the S750.000 is available only until
June 80 of this year. the letting of a
contract will soon have to be accom-
plished. The plant will act as an aux
Iiary to the new heating plant being
erected under jurisdiction of the Treas
ury In the vicinity of the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. officials said
the plant projected for the Northwest
area might supplement the plant near
the bureau. should the latter become
partially disabled, although it could not
heat all the Government buildings In
case of total breakdown.
Delay Over Location.
Erection of the new heating plant il
the Northwest has been held UP pend
ing a decision on the location of tn.
new war and Navy Department Build
ngs. While there was no official an
nouncement forthcoming on the con
nection between these two, it wa.
learned that the plant will fit into tn.
general program for erection of the ma.
tional defense group and provision i
being made for heating them.
The present heating plant, which
serves the Navy and Munitions Build.
1ngs and other structures In this group
Is in the building connected with
the Federal Trade Commission, a
Eighteenth street and Constitution ave
nue.. The Public Buildings Commission
has plans for the placing of the Fed
eral Trade Commission in space re-
leased because of the shifts revolvin.
around the occupation of the new De.
partment of Commerce
When the Federal Trade Commission
is moved out Of its present quarters
the Government proposes to tear dowr
that temporary building, SO that tn,
Pan-American Union can proceed witt
the erection of its $1,000, 900 oftic,
building. for which it has been wait.
ing for a number Of years.