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also prepared to expand quickly the
staff of Municipal Architect Nathan C..
Wyeth to meet other needs.
Heading the list OF proposed projects,
which are partially according to pri-
ority of need, is the request for $780,
900 for urgently needed" construction
Of the new Municipal Court Building
to be erected in Judiciary Square.
The second item listed by the Com
missioners is new Juvenile Court
building to be erected near the District
Courthouse in Judiciary Square. For
this the Commissioners seek a loan and
grant of $500,000.
The Commissioners are asking an
advance Of s75o,OOO for the construc-
tion of the much discussed proposed
new general medical ward building
at Gallinger Hospital.
Municipal Center to Be Pushed.
Subject to P. w. A. approval, the
Commissioners hope to proceed with
development Of the ne, Municipal
Center, north of Pennsylvania avenue
between Third and Sixth streets NV,
in order to relieve District agencies
which are overflowing the old District
Building and some temporary quar-
tiers in scattered locations. They plan
to file an urgent request for s2,570,O 900
for this purpose, but declare it would
be desirable" to spend as much as
$5,500,000 to hasten completion of the
additional units of the center. A sum
of $l,500,000 is provided in the 1899
District Appropriation Act for the
erection Of the first unit, which will
house the police and fire departments.
An advance of $3.50, 900 is proposed
by the Commissioners for the con-
struction of new building at the
District tuberculosis Sanatorium at
Glenn Dale, Md, to house 200 addi-
tional adult patients The Commits
sioners suggested it might be desir-
able to raise this figure to $1,400, 900,
pending upon the selection of prof.
ects to be made by the P. w. A.
Further expansion of the facilities
of Gallinger Hospital is proposed by
the Commissioners in the item they
have listed in sixth place. They have
called urgently needed" a sum of
$675, 900 for expansion of the hospital,
but say it would be desirable to spend
up to 81 100000 for this purpose. En-
bodied in such a request would be
plans for pediatrics ward, another
ward to house 200 tuberculosis pa
tients, buildings to provide quarters
for resident physicians and nurses,
construction of new heating plant
and replacement Of parts of the elec-
trical facilities.
School Program.
Out of the pleas filed by the Board
of Education for expansion of the
school building program, the Com
missioners have listed as urgently
needed a fund Of $3,841,375. This
would include construction of l
senior and junior high schools
and IL elementary schools or addi-
tions. The list includes the following:
Addition to Bancroft Elementary
School, addition to the Whittier Ele-
mentary School, addition to the
Giddings Elementary School, addition
to the Monroe Elementary School,
new Junior high school for Anacostia
addition to the Smothers Elementary
School, new senior high school on
Benning road NE, a new Bunker
Hill Elementary School, and addition
to the Margaret Murray Washington
Vocational School, new junior high
school on Bladensburg road, a new
elementary school on Bladensburg
road. an addition to the Kingsman
Elementary School, an addition to the
ketcham Elementary School, q new
elementary school on the site of the
old Dennison Vocational School, an
addition to the Taft Junior High
School and an addition to the Birney
Elementary School,
The Commissioners also are pre-
pared to ask for an advance of ST.
100000 for the construction of a
separate building to house the District
fire alarm system, to replace the old
system housed on the top floor of the
District Building. One site under
consideration for the new fire alarm
headquarters is said to be a portion
OF Mcmillan Park near First street
on the line of Douglas street NV.
In their tentative list the Commits
sioners have listed as urgently needed
100000 for expansion of the library
building program, but they say it
would be desirable to spend as much
as 100000 for this purpose. If the