Evening star., 1934-12-07
GLENN DALE WORK
BY MARCH | SEEN;
SULTAN WILL SIGN
Preliminary Phases to Begin
In Spring-ActuaI Start
in June.
YEAR TO BE ALLOWED
FOR FINISHING JOB
tuberculosis Hospital Can Be
Completed by July l, 1885,
Engineer Commissioner Says.

sis hospital at Glenn Dale, Md, will
be started by March !, it was indi-
Gated today by Engineer Commissioner
Dan I. Sultan, when he announced he
would sign the contract forwarded yes
terday by Public Works Administrator
Ickes.
The contract, sent unsigned by Sec
retary Ickes to the Commissioners, in
move to speed construction of the
sanatorium, calls for completion of
the project by July l, 1885, but
hasty check showed this was a mis-
take and that the P w. A. intended
to require completion by July l, 1886.
The latter date would allow approx
mately one year and half.
While astounded by the requirement
that the building be finished in about
six months, Commissioner Sultan said
today correction Of the time period
would allow "a reasonable time" and
that he believed the plant could be
finished under that schedule.
will Crowd Work.
"a year and a half will crowd the
work of construction of so large a
plant. but it can be done" Col. Sui
tan said. I'VE understand the objec-
tive of the P. w. A. in Fastening COM
pletion is to stimulate employment
during the present need, and We are
just as anxious as any one to make
available as soon as possible more ade-
quate hospital facilities for tubercu-
losis patients"
Two points a. issue in the contract,
one dealing with the site and the
other with the water supply, over
which the Public Works Administra-
ton has chosen to exercise control.
were cleared Up today by aides Of
Administrator 1ckes.
Regardless Of the wording of the
contract, Ickes fully expects the hos
pital 20 be built at Glenn Dale. it was
said, but P. w. A. engineers made
it clear the Commissioners must take
steps to provide additional water at
the Glenn Dale site.
Supply Held Inadequate.
The present water supply at Glenn
Dale is inadequate for the needs of
the proposed hospital, according to
Clarence McDonough, director of the
engineering division. but the quality
Of the water, he said was entirely
satisfactory
P. w. A. engineers made an ex-
haustive report on the Glenn Dale
water, a report covering some so pages.
There is no question about the amount
OF available water on the site. Nc
Donough said, but the Commissioners
must drill one or more wells at suffl-
cient depth to strike the main steam
to insure an adequate supply.
The alternative. McDonough said is
to tap the the city or suburban water
mains. This would cost about $3.50 .0OO
which, under the terms of the con-
tract, would have to be charged
against the 81 100000 allotment.
Contract Ordered Drawn.
Before going to Warm Springs, Ga,
to confer with the President, Secre-
try 1ckes ordered his legal depart
ment to draw up safe" contract for
the tuberculosis hospital.
Legal officers inserted the clause re-
quiring the hospital to be constructed
on "a site satisfactory to the admin
istrator," which officials interpreted
today as mere legal verbiage to safe
guard any possible complications.
Secretary Ickes has no intention of
exercising these powers in the con-
tract. as yet unsigned, to compel the
Commissioners to abandon the Glenn
Dale site.
While a committee OF physicians
appointed by the President disagreed
with Ickes' views in selecting the site
at eileen Dale, it was said today that
the administrator is reconciled.
The Engineer Commissioner said
ployed to speed completion of the
specifications and working drawings
Municipal architects now have about
finished the preliminary sketches.
Some have been working overtime on
the design work.
Col. Sultan said he believed bids
could be invited from contractors some
time in January for construction of
such auxiliary buildings as a ware
house and boiler house and that
specifications for the foundation of
the hospital itself should be ready by
March I.
Present estimates call for starting of
construction on the hospital building
proper about July l. Such a schedule
would leave just one year for compile
tion.
Col Sultan believes this can be
accomplished by warning contractors
they must submit bids based on speedy
construction. Normally l8 months
would be allowed for construction of a
building Of this size. but, in fact.
engineers said, projects of Sl,5OO.OO0
in size have been built here in about
II months.
To Provide for 400.
The hospital is to provide beds for
about 400 tuberculosis patients. The
overcrowded condition of the old
tuberculosis hospital at Fourteenth
and Upshur streets and the long list
of patients waiting for disqualification
led to the decision by Congress to
authorize the District to borrow funds
from the P. w. A. to build the new
sanatorium.
Congress appropriated 100000 out
of District revenues for the drafting
of plans for this building and for the
stwo wings to be added to the Chill
dren's Sanatorium. already built at
Glenn Dale. In the same act $40O,-
900 was made available for construc-
tion of the additions to the children,s s
building.
The District now is completing
construction of filtration plant to
purify the we'll water now serving the
children's building.
The financial arrangements in the
hospital contract are the same as
those contained in the contract for