The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-06
OHIO CONSTRUCTION
NEWS ...
(By Ohio Labor News Service)

Hand and Cincinnati last week.
Largest of the three projects is g
|combined civic auditorium and state
|armory contemplated by the City OF
Cincinnati in cooperation with the
Estate at cost of $3,527,O0O, includ.
ling 81 100000 for site tentatively Sc.
,|lected as 18th street and Central
Parkway.
| A PWA application for a grant OF
Isl, $4,000 has been filed, with the un.
|derstanding that the State will con.
tribute $1,930,000 of the total cost OF
the project.
! Construction of 13 apartment build
|ings, with space for storerooms anC
|offices, is contemplated by Cleveland
Syndicate which will ask FHA approval
lof the plan.
Il Cost of the project, which will be
located in East Cleveland area bound
led by Superior Road, Euclid avenue
Terrace Road and Forest Hills Boule-
ward, is estimated at S3,000,000.
Maturity of a proposed Ohio Natl
lonal Guard and Naval Reserve Arm
|ory is reported dependent on the do
nation of site for the project by the
City of Cleveland. The State has Of
fered to construct a S2,O00,O00 build
ing if a suitable site is made avail
able.
Following approval of PWA grant
of $S18,000, State Welfare Department
officials are starting plans at once fol
an institutional building and improve
ment program costing total of ST.
'l818,OOO.
! Tentative projects under the pro-
gram include:
Receiving hospital at Cleveland
State Hospital, $218,OO0.
! Five cottages at Hawthendorne
cleveland, $750,00O.
! Cottage at Massillon State Hospital
|$15O,OOO.
Nurses Home at Toledo State
Hospital, $150,O0O.
Receiving hospital at Dayton State
Hospital, $150,OOO.
;. Dining room kitchen and employees
quarters at Longview Hospital Gin
natl, 100000.
Boiler and engine generator unit at
Hawthendorne, Cleveland, 100000.
An allotment of $1,94700O as the
'lGovernment's share of a proposed
''$2,700,O00 housing project at Coving-
ton, Kentucky, has assured maturity
of the project, and sites will be select
led soon by the Covington Housing
Commission, according to reports.
Details of a new women's dormitory
at Ohio State University, Columbus, tc
cost approximately $552,000, are un-
: decided, although the PWA has ap-
proved an application for a grant OF
1924 900 for the project.
Construction of a building in Mau.
NEE, Lucas County, With space for q
: |theater and store rooms at cost OF
|$150,0O0 was reported contemplated
last week. Toledo architects are pre-.
'jparing sketches.
Several large housing propects ant
school building programs neared ma
Iturity in Ohio communities last week
Jas financial and architectural problems
were worked out satisfactorily will
Federal officials.
The low-cost housing projects con.
, Itemplated by the Cincinnati Metro
|politan Housing Authority have re
I. |ceived financial assurance from the
United States Housing Authority, ant
preliminary plans will be drawn al
once by group of architects.
i To cost $7,l01 900, the projects viii
IHo 41I .,,4~
} place, and near the Mill Creek indus
| trial section, according to reports.
Il Preliminary plans for $2,000,00(
low-cost housing project sponsored by
! the Toledo Metropolitan Housing Au
|, thority have been approved by the
IUSHA, and architects will complete
working drawings before December l
: according to reports.
The project will be located at Still
imam and Fassett Streets, and will in
clude Al buildings to house $50 apart
; Iments.
Possibility that the franch S {
,wrangle between Cleveland City Coun
Gil and the Cleveland Street Railway
Co. will create employment for Cleve
land building tradesmen is seen in The
| application of city officials for PWA
assistance in establishing a municipal
ly owned transportation system.
/, A PWA application for a $2,750,OO(
, loan and grant of $2,250O00 ha!
been filed by the city's public utilitie:
department, which has been authorized
to acquire land, construct building:
: and purchase equipment for mum
, cipal bus system.
An additional school building pro
5 gram is contemplated by the Youngs
town Board of Education at an esti
mated cost Of $774,O00. Architect:
d, have been named for each of tn,
projects, and special bond issue t.
7 ;provide funds for the local share O
the cost will be voted upon at the No
vember election. The PWA has al
located funds for the government
7 share of the construction cost accord
ing to reports.
Following approval of a $55O,O0'
bond issue by voters at special elec
5 tion, the Mansfield Board of Educa
! ton appointed architects to draf