Evening star., 1934-03-29
$500 TO co UNDER
BANNER Of f. WA.
HERE NEXT WEEK
Group Now With District
C. w. A. viii Work on
Variety of Projects.
ADDING OF WORKERS
TO START THURSDAY
Planning Committee Approves
Jobs for 1000 Costing
$1,710,0O0.

More than $500 men and women
who otherwise would be unemployed
will start work next week on wide
and varied assortment of projects for
improvement of District and Federal
properties here. They will be engaged
under the banner of the Emergency
Works Administration which on Mon
day will succeed the Civil Works Ad-
ministration.
The $500 persons who we're left
with the District c. w. A. to the last
were those formerly subject to Dis
trict relief. Enrolment of others
found eligible for relief will be started
next Thursday.
Study of the projects already ap-
proved by the Planning Committee
of the new District work relief set-up
shows the new projects range all the
way from replacing outworn electrical
fixtures to rebuilding of golf greens
and tees. from painting of traffic lines
ON Washington traffic arteries to paw
ing of minor roadways and the lay
ing OF a number of small sewers
Will Improve Buildings.
A score of District Fairgrounds will
be improved generally, many buildings
of District and Federal institutions
will be painted. repaired, or remodeled
to some extent, and some small build
Ings will be erected
To date. the Planning Committee.
headed by Capt Howard F. Clark
Assistant Engineer Commissioner, has
approved projects totaling more than
S1,710.0O0. but since this program is
calculated to provide jobs for but
about 1000, more are to be added
Expectations are that possibly as
many as Is, 900 will be eligible for jobs
by showing they are dependent on re-
lief.
District officials today asked officials
of the Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
miriStration to make grant OF
S793 900 to finance the several phases
of relief activities here during April
This figure is considerably less than
monthly expenditures during opera
ton of the c. w A. program before its
demobilization was begun in earnest.
The request was carried to Federal
officers by Maj. Daniel j Donovan,
auditor; Capt Clark and William c.
-Cleary. secretary to the District Emer-
gency Works Planning Committee.
$4,000 for Materials.
The request includes an item of
$4,000 for transient relief, 1925, 900
for direct relief. s375,00O for work re-
lief for an estimated total of $4,000
families and $4,000 for materials
needed for the emergency works
projects.
Capt. Clark was informed that
skilled workers under the new work
program may not be employed for less
than 30 hours month. The earlier
instructions set the minimum at 54
hours a month. If skilled workman
would receive for 80 hours work
month more than his personal budget
requires, he may not be employed un-
der the emergency works program. II
any aid is needed in such cases 1t
must come as direct relief.
The new Improvement program is
similar in character and scope to that
adopted for the C. w. A. plan. In
fact, there are many projects started
but not finished under the C. w. A.
program which have been transferred
to emergency works. There are, on
the other hand. numerous new prof.
ects. and others will be added 10 pro-
vide continuation of the system.
Will Study Road Cost.
A 100000 program for improve
ments to District roadways has been
approved by the Planning Committee,
but before work is ordered by the
Commissioners the cost of materials
and equipment is to be studied.
Hundreds of improvement projects
are scheduled. some of which individ-
ually are small in scope, but others
large.
Embraced in the plans of the sewer
department are orders for the laying
of a stormwater sewer in Conduit road
at a cost of about $8l 900 and calling
for the employment of 5l4 men. Other
sewer projects are construction of a
replacement sewer in Conduit road be-
tween Nebraska avenue and Watson
place; a sewer in Eighth street south
east, between 1 and D streets:
stormwater sewer in Thirty first
street between Aberfoyle place and
Worthington street; building of re-
placement sewers in Nineteenth street,
between L and M streets, in an alley
in the vicinity of Tenth and T streets
and in K street between Rock Greek
and Twentyfourth street, these to
cost about $66,000; stormwater
sewer in the vicinity of Nebraska ave-
nue. and Chesapeake streets; Cool
Spring road northeast between
Twenty-third and Twenty fourth
streets; Stanton road southeast near
Bryan place. and stormwater sewer
in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and
Douglas streets northeast The cost
of the later is estimated at $103, 900.
Wading Pool Planned.
A score of Fairgrounds under the
supervision of the District are to re-
ceive various improvements. More
than $4,000 is to be expended on
development of recreation center fa-
cilities at the Bloomingdale Play
ground. The shelter at the George
town Playground is to be remodeled
and the fence and ground surface are
to be improved.
A wading pool is to be developed
at the Raymond Playground, along
with several other Improvements. A
wading poo;. athletic track and play
courts are to be improvements at the
Hamilton Playground. General i'm
provements are scheduled for the Vir-
ginia Avenue Playground. Wading pools
are to be provided at the Lincoln,
Takoma and Twin Oaks Fairgrounds.
Many improvements will be made
at the properties of the Army War
College. Several roads at the reserva-
tion will be rebuilt. Golf greens and
tees will be built on the enlisted
mems golf course and green's and
tees of the officers course will be re-
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