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cials had Immediately started to
correct this situation and tried to
anticipate future enlarged demands.
Chairman Hunter brought out
that the Government gets free
water and that there Is no return
to the District from the Government
for the new installation asked at the
hearings.
Saws Government Should Pay.
Mr.. Fowler said "the Federal Gov
eminent ought to pay"
Mr.. Ballou made general state
ment in which he said:
The condition is compelling in
this emergency situation for our new
public school program for the
Anacostia northeast area"
r. L. Haycock, first assistant
superintendent, said that approx
imately 1900 pupils are to be taken
care Of under the ALLEGATION asked.
Transportation Problem.
Chairman Hunter and other mem
bcrs of the subcommittee questioned
whether the congestion and needs
for new buildings could be relieved
by transportation or by redistrict-
ing school areas. Mr.. Haycock an
swered that transportation costs
would be excessive and would reach
"a tremendous figure"
Chairman Hunter asked If pupils
could not be relayed from one school
district to another. DR.. Ballou re-
piled that this was already done
in senior high school levels and to
a certain extent with Junior high
school pupils. He explained that
this program is for permanent
population.
1t was also explained that there
are 1900 new homes under con-
struction or projected in the Ana
costa area. Answering questions
Mr.. Haycock said three new schools
are being provided in the AnacoStia
area to take care of 920 additional
children, but to offset this the
Alley Dwelling Authority has been
asked by Federal defense agencies
TO provide homes for 300 families
in the Stoddard dwellings now un-
der construction. There are 1000
elementary children who cannot be
taken care of in the Congress
Heights schools but can be accom-
modated with the proposed new
building at Nichols avenue and At
lantic street Sc.
Representative Mahon asked If the
necessity for new school buildings
could not be relieved through trans
portation and Chairman Hunter
said that experience in Ohio and
other States showed that the cost
of transportation exceeds the cost
of school construction.
Illustration Of Cost.
AS an illustration Of the excessive
cost of bus transportation, A. W.
Heinmiller, assistant superintendent
in charge of the school budget. said
the cost of transporting 10 crippled
school children. none Of whom
come from across the river or other
outlying areas, is approximately
$4,000.
The subcommittee was told the
congestion in the Anacostia and
northeast school area comes IS per
cent from outside the District,
mostly children from other parts of
the country, brought into the Dis
trict as result OF the influx OF
defense workers.
Mr.. Haycock said that already IA
teachers had been drawn from other
schools where they were needed and
transferred to the Anacostia area 70
meet the demands there.
G. c. Wilkinson, in charge of the
colored schools, said the proposed
new junior. high school at Forty
ninth street and Washington place
NE. partially will relieve congestion
at the Browne School, Twenty
fourth street and Benning road N E.
which is now running on double
shift from 8 IN. to pm, which
has a capacity Of s18 and an enroll
ment of 1926.
Other projects included in the
s6 ,O00,0 900 allotment, which the Dis
trict hopes to get from the P. w. A
defense area construction funds
are:
maternal and child ward at Gal
linger Hospital. S684. 400: two sewe,
projects totaling s846,750-a storm
water sewer at South Capitol street
S798 300, and three public conven-
fence stations, s47,S50; for the Fire
Department, two projects totsling
1928, ,000-an engine house in the
vicinity of Fort Totten Park and
fire alarm extensions. each $4,000:
a welfare project. sS5 ,3O0-sewage
treatment plant at the District
Training School near Laurel. Nd.