Evening star., 1935-04-28
|CkES EXPED|TES
D. c. PROJECTS IN
W0RK-RE[|EF PLAN
Court Buildings for City
Center First on List
of Capital Jobs.
LOAN BILLS ORIGINAL
PROJECTS ARE SPEEDED
Children's Hospital, Wall at Lor.
ton and Gallinger Pro.
grams Advanced.

Early approval of loans and grants
for non- Federal public works projects
In the District of Columbia, Maryland
and Virginia was forecast yesterday as
a result of action taken by Admins
traitor Ickes to expedite this phase
of the new $4,000, 100000 work-reliet
program.
He telegraphed P. w. A. State
engineers in all the States and terri
tories to receive at once new applica-
tions for non Federal projects of a
public works character on the same
basis as before. That would be 7C
per cent in the form Of a loan anc 80
per cent as a Federal grant. If any
changes are necessary in this form,
they will be made in conformity with
new regulations to be adopted.
These new applications, Ickes in
dicated, may or may not be referred
first to Frank c. Walker, chairman of
the Division of Applications and In
formation Conforming to this "red
tape it was indicated, depends en-
tirely on Walker.
Municipal Center Project.
The first public works project which
the District Commissioners will sub
NIT will be for the three minor courts
buildings of the proposed Municipal
Center. These will cost nearly S3,-
100000. At the same time, the bill
which is to be forwarded to President
Roosevelt for signing, provides $780,
600 for alterations and enlargement of
Children's Hospital.
Out of the original $40, 100000 the
District was authorized to borrow
from P. w. A., S4,000,000 was ad-
vanced for the sewage disposal plant
and sl.500,000 for the adult tuber-
culosis hospital The remainder of
the authorized borrowing capacity is
available for starting work on the
Municipal Center and Childrens Hos
pital when the applications are ap-
proved.
The original loan bill also made
provisions for new wall at the Lor-
ton Reformatory and Improvements
at Gallinger Municipal Hospital
These projects also may receive early
approval, it was indicated yesterday,
If the Commissioners desire to press
for them.
Commissioner George E. Aliens
proposed work relief plan, which he
recently explained to President Roose-
velt, probably will have to be referred
Ji~nnt1xy fn yTTo1lynr,c rI nnl than
to the Works Allotment Board, of
which Ickes also is chairman under
the new program.
Many Projects Applied For.
The Public Works Administration
stopped receiving applications for
non-Federal projects IA months ago.
At that time, it had in excess of
S3,000,000,0 900 worth of projects for
which money was unavailable. Many
of these projects were from Maryland
and Virginia.
Under Ickes' instructions, issued to
State P. w. A. engineers yesterday,
new applications for loans and grants
in Maryland are to be received by
Abel Wolman, Baltimore Trust Co.,
Baltimore. In Virginia, James A.
Anderson, Post Office Building, Rich
mond, is the State engineer for
examining public works projects.
Under the decentralization program
of P. w. A, whereby engineers,
lawyers and financial experts are to
be sent from Washington to augment
the stats in the various States, be-
tween so and 100 officials will be pro-
vided by the Washington offices.