Evening star., 1935-10-22
BID IS ACCEPTED
FOR DEM0L|SH|NG
ALLEY DWELLINGS
$1,337 to Be Paid Authority
for Salvage Without
Clearing Cost.
SITE TO BE CONVERTED
INTO A PARKING LOT
Crew of Workers Sent to Drive
Out Rats-New Courts
Contracted.

The District alley dwelling au-
thority today paved the way for ex-
tensive further action in eradication
of Washington alley houses by ac-
cepting bids from two contractors Tor
demolition of so dwellings and con-
struction of new development on three
alley courts"
Successful bidder for the demolition
work in O'Brien and Thimble courts
and Columbia Terrace, near E street
between Twentieth and Twenty-first
streets. was the Heckinger WrecKlng
Co., which offered to clear the site
and pay the authority 1887 for SAL
wage materials. This site is to be con-
verted into a parking lot for auto
mobiles.
As a prelude to the razing opera
tions there. the beard was to send
a crew of workmen to the site today
to drive out rats which are said to
infest the place. Experts from the
Department of Agriculture were to
be on hand to aid in direction. Poison
food, lethal to rats. but said to be
harmless for dogs or cats, was to be
spread for the rodents.
Ward Low on Garages.
The Alley Authority reported Heman
S. Ward was low bidder for con-
struction of 10 garages in Browns
court. between First and Second. +
and G. streets, southeast, and In Stan
ton court. between L and M. Twenty
third and Twenty-fourth streets, and
construction of an automobile repair
garage in Rupperts court. south OF
PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast be-
tween Second and Third streets.
John Ihlder, executive officer, pre-
sented to the authority an outline
of principles Of three-point pro-
gram for housing developments for
rehousing families moved out OF alley
homes, which the board approved.
Meanwhile, the authority was re-
strained from insuring any properties
coming under its control against hre
theft or the destructive elements by
Controller General McCarl in q de-
clSlOn maze puUllC Vooay'[
The authority said that it was nee
essary to carry insurance and nae
wanted to know if its funds were
, available to pay premiums.
McCarl said that it was an estao-
lished policy of the Government moi
to pay insurance premiums, but II
carry its own risks.
Housing Types Approved.
| The three types of housing develop
ments approved in principle by the
board Ihlder outlined as follows:
l. A three-story apartment house
providing for light, ventilation ant
sanitary conveniences, but containin!
no equipment that cannot be JUST
| fed on economic grounds. The III
| of this building is assumed to be 81
to 40 years and costs would be fig
ured on the basis of both construction
and installation expense and esti
mated maintenance. operation anc
! repair during the life of the building
2. A group of existing alley dwell
ings opened to the street, new dwell
ings to be added to them in the form
of two wings so that the existing
dwellings and the new dwellings woult
frame a wide, tree.Shaded grass plo
on which all would face. This woult
result in a three-sided court open
ing to the street. The old dwellings
now in disrepair. would be repaired
The new dwellings would conform Il
District building requirements.
3. A community of cottages built a.
inexpensively as practicable. yet con
tanning all the essentials of whole
some living. These must be on vacan
land at a distance from the city cen
ter in order that the site cost ma!
be low. Their erection depends or
securing an ALLEGATION or appropria
ton not restricted to inhabited allie!
squares. They are designed for fam
lilies with incomes comparable to those
of alley dwellers."