Evening star., 1935-06-24
RAz|NG Of SLUMS
TO START BY FALL
13 Acres to Be Cleared in
Southwest for LoW.CoSt
Homes Project.

wrecking crews will be moved into
Southwest Washington within three
months to start clearing away colored
slums in the 13-acre area selected as
the site for the first low-cost housing
project in the District of Columbia.
The project, it was estimated, will
provide a total pay roll of 81 ,496, 900
for direct and indirect labor during
the next year.
Condemnation proceedings, filed last
Saturday In the District Supreme
Court to enable the Government to
obtain title to the site, are expected
to require about two months. This
period will give tenants in the area
ample time in which to vacate and
look for other homes, officials said.
Meanwhile, housing officials are
going ahead with plans for one or
more projects for white residents.
They said several other sites are un-
der consideration, sites generally un-
der one ownership. These, including
the one frequently mentioned on
Rhode Island avenue northeast, may
or may not be secured through con-
demnation proceedings. officials said
they will be governed entirely by con-
ditions encountered.
Work to Require Year.
P. w. A. housing officials were esti-
mating today the economic aspect OF
the $4,000, 900 slum clearance program
for colored residents in the southwest
section. 1t was estimated the actual
construction work, beginning probably
in September, will provide a full years
work. Engineers today had set up a
working chart showing the number Of
man hours of employment and the
cost of labor employed on the site and
in the transportation and manufac-
ture of materials.
The southwest project, it was eSti-
mated, will provide a total of $780,
852 man hours for direct and indirect
labor. This is made up of number
of individual estimates. The con-
struction work creates to skilled and
unskilled labor 750, 1000 man hours on
the site plus 12s,9 s,903 man hours for
field supervision, engineering and
clerical forces, or total Of 879, ,908
man hours of direct labor at the site.
In addition, the project will create
228, 8,261 man hours of indirect labor to
provide the raw materials and 742, ,925
man hours for fabricating materials
at mills and factories, such as making
shingles, window frames, rain spoutS,
etc. Transportation, including truck
man hours of labor. The total for
indirect labor is estimated at 1,100y y944
man hours.
Pay Roll Is Broken Down.
p. w. A. officials have not as yet
broken down the man hours into the
actual number of workmen expected
to be employed on the housing site.
The sl,496,000 total pay roll, like
the hours of labor, was broken down
in the estimate. For skilled and un-
skilled labor at the site the project
will create a $7l2,500 pay roll. The
pay roll for supervising service Is esti-
mated at $112, 500, making total of
$825, 900 In direct pay rolls at the
site. The indirect labor pay roll was
estimated at $e71 900.
The regular P. w. A. wage scales,
based on a 30-hour week and meet
ing conditions in the Washington
area, will prevail. Under general con-
ditions the P. w. A. wage scale in this
section is $1.10 per hour for skilled
labor and As cents per hour for un-
skilled labor.