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made possible under the program.
Since the program was prepared
more than a score of the projects
included in the original plan for
building up a backlog were recon-
mended by the District to be carried
out under the Lanham Act, which
appropriated S150,000.000 to the Fed
eral Works Agency for public works
projects deemed important to the
defense effort. These local projects
would cost about $6.000,000.
Since the District is prohibited by
law from incurring any indebted
ness, city officials had to request
Congress to be allowed to participate
In the works program provided by
the Lanham Act. Congress has not
yet authorized this.
The Districts tentative public
works-national defense program
contemplates the expenditure of
more than S1,800,00O for schools,
100000 for Fire Department prof.
ects, 100000 for Health Department
projects, S430000 for highways,
1865 900 for water projects. 81 091 900
for sewer projects and $4,000 for
welfare projects.
Schools proposed include an eight
room elementary school at Nichols
avenue and Atlantic streets Sc, a
Junior high at Forty-ninth street
and Washington place NE, a 10
room and gymnasium addition to
Taft Junior High, completion of six
classrooms at the Lafayette Ele-
mentary School, an eight-room ele-
mentary school at Forty ninth and
Hayes streets NE. and completion
of four classrooms at the Bunker
Hill School.
A fire engine house in the vicinity
of Fort Totten Park and fire alarm
extensions are sought The sum Of
100000 is recommended for a ma
ternal and child ward at Gallinger
Hospital. and $4,000 for a sewage
treatment plant at Laurel Md.
The highway projects include
work on NJ street Sc, between
Fourth and Eleventh streets; Twen-
ty-first street NV, Virginia to
PENNSYLVANIA avenue: Twenty-third
street NV. Washington Circle to
Virginia avenue. and Independence
avenue S.W., from Sixth to Twelfth
streets.
Under the water projects, the Dis
trict wants to include money for
filters at the Dalecarlia plant, a
gravity main on Anacostia avenue
to Firth Stirling and Stevens road
and other work. Sewer jobs include
a stormwater sewer on South Capt.
tol street. garbage and shops build
ing for the City Refuse Division
and three public convenience sta
tions.
In drawing up the S18 100000 pro-
gram, District officials placed the
projects in three categories, first
priority being given to work believed
to be urgent or Immediately neces-
sary; second priority to necessary"
or necessary in the near future"
projects and third priority to prof.
ects considered desirable" or "ulti-
mately necessary
Municipal officials emphasize that
the list of needs is only tentative
and is subject to change at any time.
They point out they are not in a
position to urge this project or that
one because circumstances may alter
their rank in Importance. In gen.
eral, the projects listed are those
which the city feels could not be
financed out of the regular annual
revenues.
Also to be considered in any fu-
ture building program, the officials
point out, are such projects as the
west building of the Municipal Gen.
ter, three additional units of the
new central library building, new
central garage and projects included
in the S44,0O0,000 highway planning
program.
Some of the projects mentioned
in the S18,00O,00O program already
have been provided for, in whole or
in part, in the supply bill for the
current fiscal year. Among these
are s65,000 for a booster pump and
$4,000 for a 10000, ,000-g gallon reser-
voir at the Mcmillan plant; S354,0
for trunk main at Thirteenth and
Upshur streets; 100000 for a high
temperature incinerator for the ref
use division; S250.000 for ar ele-
mentary school at Minnesota ave-
nue. and Ely place Sc; $229, 900 for
an elementary school at Pennsyl-
vania and Alabama avenues Sc;
$4,000 for finishing six classrooms
at Woodrow Wilson High; S160,000
for enlarging kitchen and dining
facilities at Gallinger; $325,00O for
the Northwest Health Center.
Under Priority 1, or projects
deemed urgent, the Districts tenta-
tive program lists the following:
Intake sewer facilities at Great
Falls, S350,000, and intake diversion
structures at Great Falls, $4,000;
local service main extensions, $400,-
600; water meters, $4,000; fire and
public hydrants, Sl1 .250; water main
on Good Hope road Sc, Sal 900;
local sewer main extensions. $780,
000;- Oxon Run sewer, $4,000;
sewage pump, $4,000.
School projects in the first pri-
ority include S245, 900 for an addi-
ton to Randle Highlands School;
s275,000 for addition to Benning
School; s275,000 for addition to Van
Ness School; $1,198,000 for a senior
high school at Twenty-fourth street
and Benning road NE. and S50,000
for an eXtensih1e vocational snhooI
Fire and police projects include