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sewer projects for employing 1,O5o
men at $96056 and miscellaneous
projects for jobs for 3,571 men at
total cost of $3,s48,713.
The District Project Board, named
about a week ago by Commissioner
Allen, yesterday announced approval
of II additional projects to cost $473,-
$50 and to employ 600 more persons
for a year. If approved by Aleln these
two will be sent along to Federal
officers.
Zoo Work to Cost S229,632.
Among the new proposals are prof.
ects for improvements at the Zoo at
q cost of $229,632. They are designed
to give steady work to 225 men. The
items include new fencing, new cages,
a shelter, new restaurant building, new
convenience stations and new walls
for the lion house.
The Project Board consists of As
sistant Engineer Commissioner How
ard F. Clark, the deputy works ad-
.ministrator; Auditor Daniel j. Dono-
van and William c. Cleary, assistant
deputy administrator, with Ross
Haworth, secretary. The board has
approved projects for a variety OF
grading, landscaping, repairs, walks
and road projects for the Zoo; quarry
ing stone for building construction to
employ 81 men at cost of S13,832; a
new attack on the starlings, giving
work for IS men at cost of SIC, 1905;
mosquito control work for 40 men
with the cost calculated at $45,372.
Construction work at the 260th Coast
Artillery Armory at Water and o
streets southwest for employing 20
men with a cost of $3,864; rifle range
improvements would give work to SO
more men at cost of $24049.
Other work at the rife and small
caliber ranges would cost $4,000 and
give work to 70 men.
Jobs Drafted to Fit Need.
Projects are being drafted to fit the
employment need. Labor is the guide
rather than mere construction plan
ming. Thousands of dollars will be
spent for white collar projects for the
reason that there are 211 professional
and technical persons on relief and
1,48o office workers
Studies show there are 1886 skilled
workers: 2,377 semi-skilled workers,
such as chauffeurs and watchmen, and
8,640 unskilled laborers subject to re-
lief. There are 1000 others having
no experience in any kind of work.
About Is per cent of the total on re-
lief are women and about rs per cent
are colored.
Delays that have logged all efforts
of Federal and District officials in
getting the program started since
April are shown in newspaper &C.
counts of steps taken in the pre-
liminary moves.
Allen was named District admin
tstrator June II. The matter had been
discussed for weeks previously. On
June II, IS and 10 Federal Works
Progress Administrator Hopkins held
u conference for his State admins
traitors at the Mayfower Hotel here.
District engineers already had
ready for approval series of high
way and sewer projects. On June 81
Allen sent to Federal officials five
highway projects to cost $1,236,7ls
and two series of sewer projects to
cost s1.144,075.
On June "a Allen called District
department heads into conference
and told them to make speed in
submitting additional projects. They
began to flow in several days later.
On June "a Hopkins staff asked Allen
to submit names of his work assist
ants. This was done the next day
and approval came back on June 26.
= On July l the Federal Allotment
Board recommended granting the
District S2,017,043 to make an early
start on projects. Grants for New
York City, Alabama, Georgia and In
diana were also recommended. Presi-
dent Roosevelt was reported to have
approved these grants on July 3.
On July 10 Allen received notice