Evening star., 1942-08-08

Two Other Projects Studied.
Two other projects are now before
the War Production Board as ADA
awaits priorities before starting con-
struction. Construction OF three
others is being held up because Of
a lack Of certain data recently re-
quired by WPB on critical mate
rials needed for water mains, sew
ers, gas and electricity.
These five projects are the 168
houses on Kenilworth avenue at
Foote street NE, 238 houses at
Fairway near Silver Spring, Md;
80 at Bryant and w streets NV,
80 at Twenty-first and H streets
NE, and 80 at Monroe and Seventh
streets NE.
Sites for 1,179 additional houses
have been secured, ADA announced.
though certain final details must
be worked out.
OF this group, $50 will be in the
District, 1913 in Maryland and 466
In Virginia.
These sites do not include three
large tracts IN Fairfax CVa) and
Prince Georges (Md) Counties,
where construction has been deferred
because Of critical materials needed
for utilities.
Two-Story Plans Included.
Securing Of sites, revision of plans
and specifications submitted by fab
ricators in order to meet local con-
ditions and WPB requirements and
securing Of approvals from the Fed
eral Public Housing Authority all
contributed to the delay In the pro-
gram, ADA pointed out.
But now nine projects, compris-
ing total Of / ,239 houses, are either
under construction or to be started
a. soon as priorities are received.
A novelty in the ADA program II
the two-story demountable.
Two Of the demountable projects,
which together will house more than
200 families, are mushrooming into
shape from prefabricated parts In
two widely separated sections Of the
District.
According to John Ihlder, execu-
tive oflcer Of the ADA, the buildings
now being erected at Thirty-fifth
street and Reservoir road NV. and
at First ,and n streett k.W. Aesftha
first two-story demountable houses
ever to be pat together IN. the
country.
$3.50 Cost Per Building.
An fSf t1HA HSNss~M~ -. k-&A .lk~~
along with all streets, utilities, land
scaping and other improvements, are
expected to be finished within the
120 days specified In the contracts.
The Is units being built in the
Northwest section will be rented to
white war workers and the 146 on
the Southwest site will be occupied
by colored war worker families.
The construction cost per building.
1t Is estimated, Is about $500, but
the total unit cost, including rental
for the land and administrative ex-
penses, is expected to run around
$4,000.
A rental schedule has not yet been
determined but will probably be
based on cost Of construction. No
requirements have yet been desig-
mated for prospective tenants, and
applications are not yet being re-
ceived.
All Of the houses must be removed
within one year after the close Of
the war, and they are so constructed
that they can be readily dismantled
and shipped away for reassembly at
any time.
Heating will be done by coal
stoves, cooking by gas. Electric
lighting and refrigeration. will be
provided in all the units.
Exterior construction at the
Northwest project, known a. the
Thirty fifth Street Homes, Is to be
Of composition shingles and frame
and the interior OF sheetrock. On
the Southwest project, designated
as War College Homes, frame ex-
teriors are planned with plywood
inside. ST.
One House . Day Averaged.
The Northwest project, going up
on land leased from the George
town Convent of the Visitation, will
be bounded by Thirty-f1fth and
Thirty sixth streets and by Reser-
voir road. Dent place, which now
ends at Thirty-f1fth street, win be
extended $40 feet to meet Thirty
sixth street to form the southern
boundary.
The War College Homes are be.
ing erected on the site bounded by
r and T streets and by One half
and First streets. This land is be-
ing leased from Christian Heurich.
Work began on the Thirty fifth
Street Homes about a week ago and
at the War College Homes around
July Is. According to j. M. Dagger,
vice president of Irons d Reynolds,
Inc, 1t requires 100 man-hours to
put up one house and q total of
800 man-hours to get 1t ready for
occupancy. In the Southwest, where
the work Is being done by the A.
Lloyd Goode Contracting Co., an
average Of one house day has been
erected during the past n days.
The prefabricated parts are laid
on the ground at the site Of each
house when they are delivered.
When the workmen are ready to
assemble each unit. they simply ret
the parts In place and put them
together. Bystanders, pausing to.
observe the work, can enjoy the un-
usual spectacle OF house rapidly
taking shape before their eyes in.
as short q period as half an hour.
The prefabricated parts are fur.
nished by American Houses, Inc.
Holden, Mclaughlin d Associates
are the architects.
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