Evening star., 1933-06-24
D. c. GETS S1,918,469
of S12,899,753 FUND
FOR ROAD BUILDING
Army Asks Additional ST.
707,856 to Repair Service
Quarters Here.
MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA
FORTS ALSO ON PROGRAM
Public Works Board Completes Al.
location Of $500, ,OOO,oO to
States for Highways.

After stamping its approval on funds
for highway construction work in this
area amounting to s12,S99, ,753, of which
the District of Columbia's share is ST.
918,469, the Public Works Board of the
National Recovery Administration to-
day was considering a proposal sub
mitted by Army officials to allot s2,7o7.-
856 fer rehabilitation of service quar-
ters here.
The Army's building program recon-
mendation also includes expenditures of
s2,831,510 in Maryland and s4,469, 1865
in Virginia.
At the same time the Navy Depart
ment submitted a recommendation to
the board seeking to reduce working
days in the Washington Navy Yard and
in other stations Throughout the coun-
try to 80 hours.
Program Of Army.
The Armys building program in
cludes new quarters for officers, nurses,
non-commissioned officers, medical
school and telephone connection extern
sions at the Medical Center at Walter
Reed. This expenditure was estimated
at S663,058.
Boiling Field, the Arrny's local air
center, was allotted S2,012,098 for i'm
provement of the general landing field.
officers and commissioned officers
quarters, barracks, field shops and
hangers, heating plant, post exchange,
quartermasters' storehouse and ware
house, paving runway and approaches
and telephone construction work.
The Army War College was allotted
S43O,700 for new quarters and renova-
ton of old barracks and for a drainage
system.
Expenditure of s4,46s,964 for con-
struction at military posts in Virginia
was recommended. The sum was the
third largest of any State out of a
total of s135,000,000 sought for con-
struction by the Army.
S1s9,285 for Fort Myer.
Fort Humphreys would receiver the
largest amount of the fund-s1, ,375 ,087
Langley Fields tentative allotment was
SLOTS. 1873, and Fort Monroe, in the
same vicinity, would receive 1903 1926.
SN-SA tAL2OI1tso PiOEOoC0 " DC CAD6QUeQ
IN Virginia include: Fort Myer, $780,
285; for the restoration of Lee Mansion
in Arlington National Cemetery, S12,47o,
and for the Arlington National Gene
terry proper, S287, ,299
For public highway construction in
Virginia the board approved the sum
of $7,416,757.
Expenditure of s2,S31 $40 is proposed
by the Army for construction at reserva-
tlons IN Maryland. This includes S466..
900 for Fort George G. Meade, s518,30
Tor Aberdeen proving grounds, S59,500
Ior Fort Washington and $199,500 for
Edgewood Arsenal
For public highway construction in
TINS State the board approved the sum
of $3,564,52
Road building in this vicinity, as well
as on huge scale throughout the coun-
try, will get underway early next month.
becoming the first big expenditure in
President Roosevelt's campaign for re-
employment and economic recovery.
ALLEGATION Completed.
ALLEGATION to States of the s40o .0o0.-
600 highway fund has been completed
by the Public Works Board. Promul-
gated today were rules for spending it:
Thirty hours work a week with fixed
pay will govern all contracts,
no convict labor will be permitted, ma
must give way to pick and
shovel, the actual projects must be
widely scattered
The road money will be available on
July l, when President Roosevelt re-
turns. He expects to be able to approve
thereafter appointment of
State public works administrators, who
Will direct expenditure of more than
i 900, 100000 under the entire $780,
100000 public works program
Meanwhile, the Navy Department,
pushing its extensive ship-construction
plans. sought arrangements to have the
30-hour work week applied to all its
probably will be written into the call
'or bids on the half of the 32-vessel pro-
gram which will go to private builders.
Similar regulation will control the con-
'truction in navy yards.
Must Submit Plans.
The State Highway Departments must
submit to the Public Works Board for
approval their assignment of funds to
the following types of projects:
Federal-aid highway systems outside
Of municipalities.
Extension of Federal-aid highways
Secondary or feeder roads.
In the selection of projects to be In
GUIDED in these classifications the board
stipulated these things must be con-
;idered, in the order named:
Closing up gaps in the Federal-aid
system.
Appropriate landscaping of parkways
or roadsides.
Correlation and experimentation Of
Existing transportation facilities by
'oad, rail, air and water and provision
IT service to freight receiving stations
lirports and emergency air fields.
Reconstruction intended to reduce
costs and lower future
State and local highway expenditures.
A large number of small projects TO
mploy the maximum of human labor.
Elimination of safety hazards, such
IS railroad grade crossings. widening of
narrow roads or bridges, replacement of
nsafe bridges, construction of routes
o avoid congested areas.
In recognition of efforts to rehabiH-
ate the railroads. the board set forth
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