Evening star., 1942-10-22
S39,0O0,0OO in D. {.
Area Projects Face
Need Test by WPB
Elimination Of Little,
If Any, Construction
Foreseen Under Plan
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%. This job, to cost $4,000, was re-
ported 20 per cent completed. In
addition, work has been started
In grading and improving seven
Fairgrounds at cost of 1925, 900.
The Federal Works Agency has
approved extension of Washington's
hospital facilities amounting to ad-
dition of LIT beds. The District
government was allotted $1084,500
for expansion of facilities at Gal
linger Hospital. This includes a
150-bed maternity ward, dormitories
for nurses and internes, general
ward addition of 135 beds, and
100-bed veneral disease unit. A
number of private hospitals in the
District were allotted funds for ex-
pansion. and hospital facilities in
nearby Maryland and Virginia also
were to be extended.
Included in the 1.177-bed total
were 494 additional beds provided in
an allotment of 81 ,329 900 made Sat-
urday. These are to be divided be-
tween Georgetown, Garfield, Sibley.
Emergency, Columbia and Gallinger
Hospitals.
Other District war works projects
which might be affected by the Mel
son announcement include:
The gravity water main at the
Naval Air Station, $230000: water
main serving Congress Heights, |
$273,000; storm sewer on South
Capitol street, S79o,00O; 20 addi-
tional projected Fairgrounds. S457,-
900; temporary addition to Stanton
elementary school at Alabama ave-
nue. and TWenty-ffth street Sc,
$4,000; combined junior high and
elementary school at Forty-ninth
and Hayes streets NE, S225000;
huge filtered water reservoir for
Fort Reno, S500,000; large gravity
water main from Dalecarlia reser-
voir to Georgetown reservoir, $671,-
900, and the first unit for new
pumping station at the Dalecarlia
filter plant, S918,000.
Others Not Approved.
All of the projects listed above
have been approved by FWA, al
though a green light has not been
obtained for all from the WPB.
In addition there are two Dis
trict jobs awaiting FWA approval !
These are six filters and filter bees
for the water system to cost $550,0O0, |
and new pumping equipment for the
water department to cost $4,000
Public Roads Administration has
approved and work is well under
way on II District street and high
way improvement projects. These !
include the grade separation ana
extension Of Independence avenue |
over the northern end of the Tidal |
Basin, 10 Ger cent complete, to cost /
S604000; roadWayS for this project, |
authorized though not begun; grade |
separation and underground street.
Car terminal at Fourteenth street |
and Maine avenue S.W., IS pei
cent complete, to cost S1,660,000; |
widening of Twenty third street
from Constitution avenue to Wash
ington Circle, 80 per cent complete, |
to cost S204000; grade separation ,
at Twenty-third street and Vir- |
ginia avenue NV, 96 per cent COM
plete, to cost $4,000.
Paving and construction of two
bridges on South Capitol street, be- /
tween Atlantic avenue and The
District line, 95 per cent complete, |
to cost $156000; paving of South !
Capitol street from Howard road to |
Nichols avenue Sc so per cent
complete, to cost s3O1,O 900; grade
separation at South Capitol and
Portland streets, 35 per cent COM
plete, to cost $4,000; reconstruc-
ton of railway bridges and high
way underpass on Maine avenue
S.W., 81 per cent complete, to coSt
S285, 900; paving on Overlook avenue
SW., 65 per cent complete, to cost
S104,0OO, and paving at Thirty
eighth street and Suitland road
Sc, which has not been started.