Evening star., 1942-10-15
Funds 10 Expand
Hospitals and
Schools Granted
Fleming Approves
$1,000, 500; Water
Facilities Included

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Facilities Included
Washington will get expanded
school, hospital. recreation and
water-supply facilities under a
wartime public works program to
cost s3,oe4,50o approved late yes
terday by Brig. Gen. Philip B.
Fleming, Federal Works Admin
istrator.
At the same time. Gen. Fleming
approved an expenditure of $401,-
270 for an addition to the General
Hospital at Sandy Spring and en-
larged water facilities in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties, and $l68,000 for a public health
building in Arlington County.
The funds will come from the
s17,500,000 appropriation made un-
der the Lanham Act. The District
expenditure will be financed by
outright grants of s1.992,OO0, and
loans totaling $1,072,500.
Two school projects were ap-
proved for the District One,
financed by a loan of $4,000 and
grant of $4,000, calls for construc-
tion-under wartime standards-of
a building on the site of the Stanton
School, Alabama avenue and Good
Hope road Sc. Eight classrooms,
kindergarten, two practical arts
rooms, principals Office and
teachers room, with equipment,
are provided.
Second for Colored.
The second school project-also
to be built under wartime stand
ards-covers the construction and
equipping of an elementary and
junior high school for colored. at
Forty-ninth and Hayes street NE.
This is the Merritt School. 1t will
contain l8 classrooms, laboratories,
lunch, practical arts, music and
tipping room, and the estimated
cost is S222, 500, of which $202,5O0
is grant, and the remainder a
loan.
The hospital improvement will be
at Gallinger, where los beds will be
provided for venereal cases at cost
of $2180O0. This is in addition to
the $608,5O0 program previously
approved there.
Three water projects are involved.
A 20, 900, 900 gallon capacity reservoir
will be installed at Fort Reno, sup
planting one of the 5000, gallon
reservoirs there. This work will cost
$5000O0, with the loan and grant
divided equally.
The rest of this program calls for
construction of 2l2 miles of 54-inch
water main to handle filtered water
from the Dalecarlia pumping station
to a connection with the gravity
system near the south end of
Georgetown reservoir, and approx
mately a quarter of a mile of blow
off, main for overflow.
Also Provides Pumps.
In addition. three low-lift pumps,
with 100000 ,OOo-gallon capacity
daily, will be installed at Dalecarlia
This program costs $75O.OOO, and
loan and grant are divided equally,
A grant of s4570OO was approved
for 20 recreation areas, including
nine at schools; five augmenting
school Fairgrounds. although not
directly connected with the schools,
and six elsewhere.
The school Fairgrounds to be en-
larged, and the cost, follow: Bundv,
$4,000; Eastern High, s12.925; JET
ferson, jr, s19,627; Randall, ir..
1850; Powell, jr., s21,01O; Francis,
Jr., $32,650; Coolidge High. s27 600.
Buchanan. $11 1882; Stoddert, s11 600.
Others are: East Potomac Park
$4,000; Congress Heights recrea ton
center, Randle place and Savannah
street Sc, 1888; lexington center,
lexington place and Second street
NE, $2l. 800; Turkey Thicket play
ground, Tenth street and Michigan
avenue NE, $17675; Barry Farms.
Nichols avenue and Sumner street
Sc, $lS,294; Rudolph, Third and
Ingraham streets NV, $2O,448;
Phoebe Hearst, Idaho avenue and
Thlrty-seventh street NV, s17,586:
Stevens, Luzon avenue and Van
Buren street NV, $1,000; Anacos-
tia. Eleventh street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue Sc, $16,550; Langston, Ben
ming road and Anacostia Park NE,
$39 ,313, and Hillcrest, Alabama ave-
nue. and Thirtieth street Sc, $4O.27O.
The Sandy Spring Hospital will
get % beds and bassinets, and the
cost will be $115,270, financed by a
grant.
The waterWorks improvements in
montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties will consist of removing
"bottlenecks' in the system of
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission. The commission will
give $152,000 toward the work.
The Arlington County health CEN
ter will be finnaced by a grant and
will be located on the same site as
the new Arlington County Hospital.
Including laboratory, it will pro-
vide facilities for all public health
work in Arlington and be operated
by the county.