Evening star., 1942-09-02
Grants by FWA
Speed Nearby
Hospital Plans
ALLEGATIONS Are Made
For Alexandria, Two
Maryland Counties

Il
Details Of a program of hospital
expansion in the Washington Metro
poiitan Area, made possible by a
Feoeral Works Agency allotment of
$2,o9S 900, were revealed today by
nearby Maryland and Virginia
officials.
An additional s6Os 500 has been
allocated to the District for addi-
lions to Gallinger Hospital, the FWA
announced yesterday.
In Alexandria, Va, where a grant
OF $582 900 and loan of $4,000
was made available, the old danger
neld House on South Washington
street. now used as nurses home.
VIII be torn down as the first step
toward enlarging the Alexandra
Hospital, Robert G.. Whitton, Hos
pital superintendent, said.
Five-Story Addition.
1t is planned to build a five-storv
addition which will provide 100 more
beds on the east end of the present
building along Washington street.
A new nurses home of 80 beds also
Is included in the plans, and the old
Snowden house on the hospital
grounds will be reconstructed as a
home for internes.
Plans drawn by Buckler g. Fen
hagen of Baltimore. call for a build
ing of the double pavilion type
with a GENITAL corridor for facilities
and equipment to serve rooms on
both sides Of the floor. This type of
construction will save space and
materials, Mr.. Whitton said.
Renovation of the present build
Ing which has 100 beds, and installa-
tion OF additional equipment there
are to be included in the plans. Mr..
Whitton believes that necessary en-
1argement of the staff will not be
problem as the new building and
equipment should attract nurses
and hospital personnel.
ALLEGATION of FWA funds comes
after more than a year of effort
on the part of the city and the hos
pital authorities. Increased pop
ulation due to an influx of war
workers has made the increase of
hospital facilities imperative, Off
cials said, and the city's efforts were
aided by written requests from the
commanding officers of Fort Bel
voir and the Naval Torpedo Station.
The loan OF $4,000 is to be re-
paid hH the Alexandria Hospital.
Funds for Montgomery.
Members of the Suburban Hos
pital Association, Inc, are not ready
to announce plans for the institu-
ton to be built in Montgomery
County where the FWA has made
available $665 900 for a-i00-bed hos
pital and 50-bed nurses home.
Five sites, each containing 10
acres, are being considered. The
grant is for $165, 900 more than the
hospital association had asked. The
institution will include surgical.
medical, maternity and outside
patient departments.
The association was Incorporated
May IL and has more than 1000
members who have subscribed funds
for a site. Randolph G. Bishop is
chairman of the Board of Directors:
Arthur G. Lambert is Building Com
mittee chairman and Paul L. Ban
held heads the Site Committee.
Construction of the 100-bed hos
pital and 50-bed nurses home In
Prince Georges County, to which a
S6l2,000 grant was made, is expected
to begin shortly, as the Board of
County Commissioners yesterday
agreed to purchase a site for the
project.
Already Hold Option.
The commissioners already hold
an option on 20 acres of land
adjacent to the Prince Georges Golf
and Country Club and are expected
to take options on four other sites
The FWA will be asked to approve
one.
The commissioners yesterday au-
thorlzed a letter to Henry J. Sulli-
van, assistant regional director OF
the FWA, informing him the coun-
ty would acquire the site approved
by that agency and turn it over
to the Government for the erection
OF the building.
Although the county has pre-
vlously sought funds for a 184-bed
hospital, the board said it would
agree to the smaller project.
Mr.. Sullivan wrote the commits
sioners last week that the hopsitaI
and nurses home would cost about
S587 900 and be of brick construc-
ton. The FWA also will stand
the cost OF equipping both buildings
Members of the County Hospital
Committee, headed by DR.. James G
Sasscer, president of the County
Medical Association, have described
the site near the country club a.
very desirable"
A sum of 100000 was made avail.
able for Arlington County for a 100.
bed hospital and 50-bed nurses home
on a site long held by the Arlington
Hospital Association at Sixteenth
and North Edison streets, west O,
Glebe road.
Gilbert L. Hall, president of tn,
association, said portion of The
l5h-acre tract, held by the associa.
ton, will be decided to the Govern.
ment and the completed structure
will be leased to the association fol
operation
Mr.. Hall said that should tn.
county be successful in completin,
plans for a health center. portion
of the hospital tract will be mad
available for that purpose.