Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-24
UNEMPLOYED
TO START GRADING
At BOILING FIELD
Civil Works Grant of $780,.
600 Will Provide Jobs for
1000 Additional Men.
S562,500 OF ALLOTMENT
MUST BE PAID IN WAGES
Site Will Become One of Finest
Military Airports and Capital
Show Place.

Within few days approximately
Boiling Field, it was learned today,
following announcement last night OF
grant Of S750,0O0 by the District
Civil Works Administration toward the
project. When completed, it is to be
one OF The finest military flying fields
in the country
The $3.50. 900 grant is to be employed
chiefly in grading of the landing area.
cent OF the amount, or 1852 500. must
be paid in wages. The remaining Is
per cent may be used for tools and
The s750.000 will make possible en-
ployment of an additional 1000 men
for 80 working days. Capt. A. j.
Brandon, construction quartermaster
in charge of the new project. said that
under the terms of previous grant OF
S290,000 five contracts have been
awarded for construction projects at
the new field. The fifth of these for
officers mess facilities, was awarded
yesterday
Provide for Dispensaries.
These five contracts provide for con-
struction of dispensaries, incinerator,
electric installations in buildings and
street lights, grading. drainage and
paving in the quarters area. grading
and seeding of lawn areas around the
barracks and quarters, and the officers
mess. From 200 to $50 men will be
employed on these five projects at their
maximum
Because of the uncertainty as to
weather during the Winter, 1t is prob
lematical just how much grading of
the landing field can be done during
the next 80 working days. it was point
ed out. The $3.50, 600 grant will not
provide for completion of the flying
field. 1t was said Since the portion
which Is graded cannot be seeded or
turfed under the terms of the new
grant, it Is not expected the big field
will be in shape for flying next Summer.
Quarters at the new field. however,
will be ready for occupancy soon after
January l. it was said This will vastly
improve the living conditions for officers
and men now housed in the dilapidated
wooden shacks of Word War days on
the present f7r'r - - -
i11ed funds Needed.
20 put the new landing field in con-
dition for flying will require further ap-
preparations for completion of grading.
installation of sub-surface drainage and
seeding. The amount required for this
purpose is indefinite owing to the I'M
certainty as to the amount the civil
works force will be able to grade this
Winter
Approximately one-third of the sur
face area of the new flying field has
been graded, but this represents less
than IS per cent of the yardage Of
earth TO be moved. since the heaviest
grading remains to be done.
When completed. the landing area
will provide runways 1000 feet long in
a northeasterly -southwesterly direction.
with minimum cross runway of $500
feet. The 7.000-foot runway will be one
of the longest in the East
The new Boiling Field grant is one
Of the largest submitted for inclusion
in the local civil works program. 1t
was approved by the District admins
tration after the request for the funds
had been transferred from the Public
Works Administration.
Work on Roads Planned.
In addition to the operations on the
landing area. the civil works men prob
ably will be employed to some extent in
the grading of roads in the building
area of the new post, which is expected
to be one OF the show places of the
Capital.
Thirty buildings already have been
completed in this area. Approximately
81 100000 has been expended to date
on the project ara the civil works
grants this year will bring the total
investment in the new Army flying field
past the 100000 mark
Meanwhile, the CIVIL Works Admins
tration is preparing to distribute pay
checks tomorrow to the 10 285 men and
women employed on its programs here
1t is estimated that there are about
5000 men and about 1000 women on
the pay roll list.
The men will be paid off at the Dis
near Sixth street, and the women will
form in line at Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue and receive their
Government pay checks from the tenn
porary Office in the old President Thea
ter Building
2,420 to Get Allowances.
In addition to the Civil Works Ad-
ministration workers to be paid tomor-
row. 4,420 persons still on the emer-
gency relief rolls of the District will
receive their allowances from a dis
bursting center at the Bradley School
Building near the Department of Agri-
culture Administration Building.
A readjustment of the status OF
nearly 400 women engaged In NURSING
service, household and canning occupa-
lions was ordered today on authority OF
Harry L. Hopkins, head of the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration and
the Federal Civil Works Administration.
For these classes of workers a mini
mum wage of 80 cents an hour was or
dered. They will be paid from the
emergency relief fund and will not
have Civil Works Administration status.
The minimum rate for Civil Works Ad-
ministration employees is As cents an
hour.
The change was ordered. it was ex-
planned, SO that charwomen and other
such workers would not be paid more
under Civil Works Administration plans
than they would receive in the COM
mercial field. .-'