Evening star., 1933-06-28
S22,716,5O0 improvements
Would Include Hospitals,
Schools and Libraries.
RECOVERY ACT AID WOULD
PROVIDE FOR MANY JOBS
Public Works Plans Emphasize
How Development of Washing
ton Has Been Delayed.

The District Government today asked
the Federal administrator of public
works to approve grants amounting to
s22, 500 out of the $1,000, 900 900 ma
tional recovery act appropriation for a
list Of more than 80 needed District
projects which otherwise cannot be car
ried forward.
The long list forwarded to Col. Dom
aid Sawyer, public works administrator,
after the District Commissioners this
morning placed their stamp of approval
on the proposals. revealed graphically
how the development of Washington has
been delayed by economic conditions
and by drastic cuts in the 1884 District
appropriation.
Many improvements
The projects outlined in the request
for Federal funds include hospitals,
schools. branch libraries, two units of
the new municipal center, development
of which was ordered by Congress sew
eral years ago; new jail, new
morgue, additional buildings for Ma
tional Geological Park, extension Of the
sewer system and new fire engine
house
This list Of requests does not include
highway improvement programs which
may be carried forward at once under
an allotment of $1,9l8,400 which the
District Commissioners have been noti-
fed will be made to the District out Of
the s400, 100000 in the recovery act ap-
preparation for road work.
The projects requested will give in
creased employment opportunities in
very large measure to Washingtons
destitute and thereby relieve the Dis
trict of much of the growing burden Of
emergency relief.
Three Glasses.
The program proposed by the Dis
trict Commissioners Is in three classes.
The first would come under the recov-
cry act provision for grants by the
Federal Government up to 80 per cent
of the cost of projects, the remainder
to come from local finances. The sec
ond calls for 100 per cent grants for
other projects which may be started at
once and the third group for projects
for which the District lacks funds, but
which could be started within six
months if finances are provided out of
the national act.
The first group is rather limited, since
the District government has but little
money available, comparatively speak
ing, for developments not included in
the District appropriation act.
This group includes a contagious
disease ward for Gallinger Municipal
Hospital, for which Federal grant of
S150,000 is asked. The District now
has available for this building an appro-
priation CT s250,000. The second on
this list is the Anacostia Junior High
School, for which the District asks
100000, the District now having avail
able $225,000. The next item Is the
Woodrow Wilson High School, in the
Reno section, for which $330,000 is
asked, the District now having an
authorization of $475,000. The other
item in this group is the Calvert Street
Bridge over Rock Greek, for which
$360000 is asked. If the Bureau of
the Budget approves the District will
have available to start this bridge
S575 ,000 out of the Districts own gaso-
line tax surplus
Under the 1910 provision OF. the ma
tional recovery act, therefore, the Dis
trict would be limited to projects having
SOoIo IOtdAllS S0OO,OOU II dIltS COIIl-
ing from the Federal act.
Declared Pressing Need.
In asking approval of the contagious
ward hospital building, the Commits
sioners told Col. Sawyer: THE need for
this structure is very pressing in taking
care of the appropriate cases in the
National Capital. The very heavy need
is largely due to the special situation
resting in the National Capital by reason
of the fact that private hospitals will
not take cases for which this hospital
is intended"
AS to the Anacostia Junior High
School, which the Commissioners de-
clared is badly needed, it was pointed
out this project has been postponed be-.
cause the needed appropriation was not
included in the 1884 District appropria-
ton bill 1t would be the first junior
high school in this community.
In urging approval of the grant for
the Woodrow Wilson Senior High
School, the Commissioners pointed out
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