Evening star., 1945-04-14
$13,146,000 Outlay
For Naval Projects
In District Studied
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A proposal to spend approximately
$13, ,146 900 on public works construc-
ton in the District was being con-
sidered in Congress today.
In addition. $6,477 900 is requested
for expansion of the Marine base
at Quantico, as part of $28, ,851 900
asked for work in Virginia. For
Maryland projects, $685. 900 was
asked.
The plan, already approved by
the Budget Bureau, calls for tripling
the Navys construction program in
the next year.
A total of $3.50 ,231 400 would be
appropriated for naval building
projects throughout the country in
the year starting July /. This is
approximately three times last
years figure Of $531 ,060, 900.
Presented by Roosevelt.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee is studying the request, which
is outlined in a Budget Bureau mes
sage forwarded to Congress by
President Roosevelt before his
death. The committee is expected
to act within a few days
Some of the money would be for
routine projects and minor repair
jobs, but most of it would go for
new buildings or extension of old
ones at varied naval installations.
Projects Listed.
Projects, as listed in the Budget
Bureau meassage, include:
Washington Navy Yard-$75 900
requested by the Bureau of Yards
and Docks and broken down this
way: Elevators, $4,000; communi-
cations, $25 900.
Advanced training schools at the
Washington Receiving Station
$75, 900 requested by the Bureau of
Personnel for extention of interior
communications school building.
Washington Navy Yard-$1 ,375 900
requested by the Bureau of Ord
nance and broken down this way:
Improvement of steam generating
facilities, $600,000: improvement of
electric generating facilities, $780,
900; alterations to buildings Nos.
172, 1874, 1876, 210, 212 and 218, SIS, 900;
improvement of streets, $350,000;
extension and improvement of street
lighting, $4,000.
Communications Annex.
Naval Communications Annex,
Washington-$390,0 900 requested by
shore radio facilities and broken
down this way: Expansion of shop
facilities, $4,000; construction of
cafeteria facilities, 100000; pur-
chase of adjoining property known
as "grasslands," s150,000.
Naval Ordnance Laboratory,
Washington-$1O,578, for addi-
tional facilities, requested by the
Bureau of Ordnance.
The $6.477,000 appropriation re-
quested for the Quantico Marine
Base is designed to make it the
center of Marine instruction.
Barracks Major Item.
Largest item in the proposed ap-
preparation is SOL 900 for expan-
sion Of the barracks. including $780,
900 for an increase in school &C
tivities.
Other projects include officers
quarters, s1,694,000; non-commis-
stoned officers quarters, $1,000 900:
chapel, $291 900: three warehouses,
$311 900: enlisted mems training
tank. s232 900; extension of steam
lines to industrial area, $1,000;
guard house, $105 900; renewal of
natural gas lines, s75 900; reproduc-
ton building, s491 900, and fire alarm
system for barracks, air station and
hospital, $4,000.
In addition, s353,OOO is requested
for the Marine Corps Air Station
and s223,000 for the Quantico Naval
Hospital
A total of s12SO,0oo is requested
for projects in nearby Maryland and