Evening star., 1939-08-23

the Community Center Department
or, for summer Fairgrounds, these
being left for future consideration
or separate handling, since the to-
tai appropriations have been trans
ferred to the newly formed Board
OF Recreation, following the merger
OF the Community Center Depart
ment and the District Playground
Department.
Better transportation to school
classes will be provided for the
crippled, tuberculous and sight
conservation pupils if the estimate
Is approved, since the board re-
quests an increase for this purpose
from $23,200 to $26,375. Most of
the increase is for the service to
sight conservation pupils.
Hits Purchase Delays.
In pleading for larger land items
Dr.. Ballou took slap at the Com
missioners for having six times re-
rJected requests for purchase of a
site for Junior high school near
Massachusetts, avenue and Macomb
streets NV, at last provided in
the 1910 act on recommendation by
the Budget Bureau, which once
eliminated the item, in 1884, the
only year when it was given the
Commissioners o. K. This land was
still available, but DR.. Ballou said
IN other cases of delay in approval,
the land no longer could be pur-
chased.
The list of construction projects
proposed by the board, totaling $4,-
17O,499, as against a sum of only
Sl,623, 900 for this year, not includ-
ing the 100000 in the P. w. A..
program of the District, is as fol-
lows:
To begin construction of a new
senior high school, having a limit
of cost of $1,625 900, on a site al
ready owned by the District, at
Twenty-fourth street and Benning
road NE, $350000, including s32,O25
for plans.
To begin construction of a new
home for the Wilson Teacher Col
iege, on portion of the land Of
the old tuberculosis Hospital, near
Thirteenth and Upshur streets NV,
to be designated by the Commits
sioners, s63o,oOO, including $4,000
for plans.
For plans for new Miner Teacher
College, to be located near Twenty
fourth street and Benning road NE,
= 10000. plus s65 900 for purchase of
land
In Anacostia.
To begin construction of a new
I. Junior high school on site in the
vicinity of Seventeenth and @
streets Sc, in Anacostia, at a cost
not to exceed 1881 $50, an appro-
priation of S418,518, including $18,-
518 for plans
To begin construction of junior
high school, at total cost not to
exceed s734,65O, to be located in the
vicinity of Bladensburg and Mount
Olivet roads NE, $40O,427, includ-
ing SIS, ,427 for plans.
To begin construction of a junior
high school in the vicinity of Massa-
chusetts avenue and Macomb streets
NV, at total cost not to exceed
$734,650, an appropriation of s440,-
427, including $15,427 for plans.
For plans for new junior high
school adjoining the recreation CEN
ter at Forty-ninth street and Wash
ington place NE, $15,427, plus re-
quest for $4,000 for needed land.
For construction of a 10-room ad-
dition and gymnasium for the Taft
Junior High School, including neces-
sary remodeling, $188 ,0O0
For construction of an additional
gymnasium at the Browne Junior
High School and installation of in
clined floor for the auditorium, $59,-
o00
For construction of additional
Iavatories on each floor of the Ter
sell Junior High School, $4,000.
- $1,000 for Shaw Junior High.
\ For study and preparation of archi-
tectural sketches for alterations and
Improvement of the Shaw Junior
High School, $1,000
To begin construction of new
building to house the Abbot Voca-
tional School, to be located as de-
termined by the Commissioners and
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission. in Brentwood
Park. $470,O00, including $4,000 for
plans.
For construction of an assembly