Evening star., 1936-07-29
MARYLAND GETS
100000 ASP. WA.
CASH IS RELEASED
Federal Grants to Meet 45
Pct. of Cost of Projects
in State.
NEARLY S25,000,OOO
DISBURSED IN NATION
S52 Items With Estimated Con-
struction Total of $50, ,774, 1876
Involved.

Administrator IckeS has begun par
ceiling out long awaited public works
funds to aid in the employment drive,
Maryland counties and towns sharing
in the initial allotments to the amount
of S700,537.
From his $3OOOO0,0OO revolving
fund which Congress entrusted to
p. w. A., subject only to presidential
supervision, Ickes yesterday disbursed
nearly S25,000,00O toward 352 widely
scattered projects having total esti-
mated construction cost of $50, TIA, 1876.
In Maryland the Federal grants of
moneys will meet As per cent of the
cost of projects with a total cost of
S1,553, ,745. Baltimore County was al
lotted the major share, S509,000, to
help finance S1,l30000 worth of i'm
provement projects.
More funds are forthcoming from
p. w. A. as soon as President Roose-
welt passes on an additional program
of $50,o0O.000, involving some $50
projects.
The distribution of funds, Ickes
said, will be guided by the availability
of relief labor. Local authorities will
be given year from next October to
complete the work. Speed is one of
the requisites for the whole program.
1t was expected the peak of P w. A.
employment-never large in the past
and certain to be much smaller under
the present curtailment of funds
would be reached by the end of this
year.
District, Virginia Omitted.
The District of Columbia ana Vir-
ginia were omitted from the initial
list of allotments. Unless the District
Commissioners make specific requests
for funds it is doubtful if any allot-
ment will be made to the municipal
government. There is pending, how
ever, on an eligible list of projects in
the District an application for funds
for a new ward building at Gallinger
Hospital costing s750,000. OF this
amount, $225,O00 was requested some
time ago as a Federal grant and $685.
600 as loan.
Ickes is making few direct loans,
apparently, as most of the townships
are putting up their own funds to de-
fray the balance of the costs BY
limiting allotments to grants the Fed
eral money will spread great deal
further.
None of the funds are to be used
for Passamaquoddy or The Florida
ship canal, work on which is to be
abandoned next Saturday.
Out of the initial allotments made
yesterday, secured loans of only 81
$4,000 were included in the list. The
balance of 2,742,G was in the form
of Federal grants.
Other Allotments Due.
The omission of Virginia from this
list has no significance. Other allot-
ments will be announced as the Presi-
dent approves them. Local communi-
ties are coming forward with funds of
their own to help defray the cost of
majority of their improvements.
Riverdale was given separate
grant of $4,000 and Prince Georges
County shared to the extent of
$50 900.
P. w. A. officials said the most i'm
portant item in the Riverdale program
was for construction of new fire house
and community building. 1t will be
built of brick. There will be an audi
torium, quarters for firemen ample
room for fire apparatus, hose tower.
council room. kitchen and rest rooms.
The building will be completely
furnished.
Riverdale's Council has figured the
complete program in the township
will cost $4,000. 1t includes con-
struction Of streets, bituminous sur
facing, curbs. cutters, sidewalks and
two catch basins.
In Prince Georges County, the al
Iotment was made to the Board of
Education to complete school con-
struction. which eventually will cost
$115,595. 1t consists of a continual
tion Of the construction and equip
ping of additions to the Seat Pleasant
School, the Maryland Park High
School, the Bladensburg Junior High
School and the Riverdale School,
started under an earlier P. w. A. grant
Of 100000. The school program in
these communities will now be
completed.
Municipal Building Planned.
Pocomoke, in Worcester County, on
the Eastern Shore, received a $21, ,082
grant toward a brick municipal build
ing which will cost $46,850. 1t will be
o two-story building with two 1-story
wings, and will accommodate all mu-
nicipal offices. 1t will be located on
the corner of Clark and Vine streets.
Aberdeen, with $6,955 grant, will
build a fire engine house and various
street and sanitary improvements to
cost a total of $4,000. An allotment
of $81 900 was made to Cecil County
for three-story high school building
in Elkton which will cost $1,000
Equipment is included.
Washington County was allotted
Sl2, 500 to help carry out school con-
struction program at Sharpsburg and
Maugansville. The estimated total
cost is $27,800.
d In Baltimore the p. w. A. work will
consist of sanitary sewers, pumping
stations and a disposal plant, started
under a previous program toward
which p. w. A. had contributed
t25o,o0O.