Evening star., 1933-06-28

reporting it had long been planned to
move this institution elsewhere to q
District-owned site at Muirkirk. Md.
A new building for the Municipal
Lodging House. costing 100000. to re-
place the temporary quarters now To-
Gated on the Municipal Center site.
Training School Building.
A building for the District Training
scribed as "vitally necessary"
The second unit Of the Municipal
Center, to be erected on the west side
of John Marshall place, which would
accommodate the executive and admin
istrative Offices Of the District govern
ment, which will be ousted from pres
ent quarters In the District Building.
For this project request Is made for
$4,000 900.
The Michigan avenue viaduct over
the Metropolitan branch Of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad. project
planned for considerable time but post
poned to await completion of the Mon
roe street bridge, and needed to remove
dangerous grade crossing, for which
S400. 900 Is asked.
For improvement or additions to
school buildings, for which total Of
$2,395 900 is asked, as follows: Addition
to Truesdell School, 500 900: compile
tion Of Young School, $3.50. 900: voca-
tional school in Southeast Washington
$500 600: for plans for q Manor Park
senior high school. $50. 900: high school
for colored pupils at Twenty-fourth
street and Benning road northeast,
81 400, 900; additional class rooms for
Roosevelt High School. $l25,000, and
repairs and improvements to play
grounds and school grounds. 100000.
Replacement of obsolete heating
plants in number Of school buildings,
grant of $4,000. Funds available
for such a program are so meager that
progress has been very slow, the Com
missioners said.
New Petworth Library.
New Petworth Branch Library at
Georgia and Iowa avenues and Uushur
street, forming part of the campus Of
Roosevelt High School, Sl25, 900.
Enlargement Of the Central Public
Library Building, which would practi-
cally double the size Of this building,
$500 ,000
A new fire engine house on Rhode
Island avenue. $4,000.
The following improvements for Ma
tional Geological Park: Completion Of
lAiC WIN AiOuac, SlVOUVJ, new ulOnkeJ
house, S250,O00, and new elephant
house. 100000.
The following sewer projects totaling
$l.7l9,500 in cost and which the Com
missioners say would provide the vital
element of relief Of unemployment, both
local and in the manufacturing field"
1t being estimated these projects would
provide local employment for more than
1000 men over q period Of one year.
Sewer Extension.
Northeast boundary sewer extension,
$3.50 900. which would eliminate q de-
cided nuisance Of pollution at Kingnan
Lake; Anacostia main interceptor ex-
tension. 1921 900, to intercept crude
sewage now discharged into hte Ana
costa River, and also to provide an
outlet for sewage coming from the
Bladensburg area: Piney Branch relief
sewer, $400 900, needed to prevent floods
during heavy transforms at Fifth and
Ingrham streets and to prevent sewer
overcharging and surface flooding at
that point and at Seventh and Hamil-
ton streets and at Arkansas avenue and
Delafleld place, which has caused severe
property damage over q period Of years.
Two other sewer items are an out
fall sewer extension which must be
undertaken eventually in connection
with any proposed sewage treatment
plant for the District, $220, 500; and an
Upper Potomac interceptor. to cost
$4,000. to be used to intercept raw sew
age discharging directly into the Upper
Potomac River. This work could be
started within six months and COM
pleted within three months thereafter.