Evening star., 1936-11-14
1000 FROM ?. v. A.
ASSIGNED TO WORK
ON PARK SYSTEM
$10,787 Contract for Mall
Water Supply System
Is Approved.
FINNAN LISTS NUMBER
ENGAGED ON PROJECTS
81 Employed in Building Of
Swimming Pool at
Anacostia.

About / 200 men now are engaged
In improvement work in the Washing
ton park system under the New Deals
emergency work program, G. Marshal
Finnan, superintendent of National
Capital Parks, announced today.
Under the Public Works Adminstra-
tion set-up, the latest contract to re-
ceive the approval of Secretary Ickes
is one for s10,787 for a water supply
system in the outer panels of the
Mall, awarded to D. L. Rathbone OF
Rosslyn, Va.
Under the improvement program,
with the assistance Of Public Works
Administration funds. Finnan said,
So men are at work on the Mall side.
walks; 81 are engaged in constructing
the new swimming pool in Anacostia
Park, and 81 are on the East Potomac
Park swimming pool project. Land
scaping and seeding are now going
forward in the Mall and in Meridian
Hill Park, a handful Of workmen
are finishing up wall construction
there, also under P. w. A. funds.
Thirteen men are working on re-
moval Of buildings to enlarge the
park system.
Work to be Done.
Remaining to be done under the
P. w. A. current program here is
the rehabilitation of Rawlins Park, be-
tween the old and new Interior De-
partment Buildings, incident to street
lighting in the locality Of Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets, as well as for
E street north and south.
The largest group Of men engaged
here in park improvement under the
emergency set-up. Finnan said, is
the Civilian Conservation Corps, COM
prising 500 men, scattered in three
camps. Fort Dupont, that near Co
lumbia Island. and at Fort Hunt, Va.
The park chief explained that the
men of the Fort Hunt Camp have
now completed the first sanctuary at
Reaches Run on the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway. also bridal paths,
and are well along with the develop
ment of picnic areas, which will be
ready for the public next Summer
Restoration and road construction
at Abingdon, Va. the old Nelly Gusts
home on the Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway. has now been completed by
the Fort Hunt personnel. Finnan
said experienced tree surgeons we're
utilized as foremen and the C. c. c.
assisted IN tree surgery and forestry
work along the Mount Vernon Me-
mortal Highway, and this job is now
finished.
Under the w. p. A., about 80 men
are engaged on improvements at
Takoma Recreation Center, So at
Turkey Thicket, So at Taft Recrea-
ton Center. IS at the Edgewood
Playground, so in the southern Sec
ton of Rock Greek and Potomac
Parkway repairing food damage, ST
are assigned to road patching in
various localities, lac are concerned
with bank sloping and some road
construction on Fort Drive, near the
Alice Deal School, and in finishing
a retaining wall along Piney Branch;
73 are at work on the Anacostia Park
golf course, and 1872 are occupied in
improving small reservations through
out the city.
The regular employees of the Ma
tional Capital Parks are assigned to
Fall planting. Finnan said. Free dirt
is being obtained from a contractor
who is at work on the excavation on
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing Annex and this dirt is being util-
lied in East Potomac Park to fill in
low places.