The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
sl2,5oo,ooo Post
War COnstruc-
ton Plans
Roads Projects, Entailing
$6o,oOO,oOo Will
Cover State

Maryland's postwar construction
and roads programs, which are being
formulated for TIE dual purpose O.
providing needed facilities for publi'
institutions, hospitals, etc, as we'll al
to furnish employment during an.
periods of industrial reconversion
are far advanced, Governor7Herber
r. O'Conor has made known: AL
ready, he declared, a Capitals I'm
provement Program totaling approx
mately $12,5O0,000 has been approx
ed by the Board of Public Works
after recommendation by the Mary
land Commission on Postwar Recon
struetion and Development.
In addition, Governor O'Conol
pointed out road and bridge construt
tion and renewal, plus city, county
municipality and sanitary commission
projects planned, amount to $163,
784,119. All told, thte projects now
approved or under consideration to
tai $50, with approximately sou
either completely planned or being
planned at the present time.
A check -up on the projects planned
shows that in total amount of dollars
to be expended the areas of the State
most heavily industrialized and
therefore, the most likely areas o.
possible unemployment are, forum
ately, the areas for which the grea
bulk of these projects has been plan
ned.
The States Capital improvement
Construction Program, Governor o.
Conor revealed, includes vitality need
ed additions and extensions of var
ious State institutions, including hos
pitfalls, training schools, etc. At the
most recent meeting of the Postwar
Commission, new projects were ap
proved involving extensive additions
to the University of Maryland, boil
at College Park and in Baltimore
and to Morgan State College, where
classroom buildings, dining hall, dor
mitories, and new auditorium are
planned new headquarte RS a n {
training school for the State Police
at Pikesville, plus new police bar
racks at Waldorf, Cumberland, ant
Frederick; new facilities at the
Maryland Training School for Boys
the Montrose School for Girls ant
the Women's Prison at Jessups.
One of the most important single
plans to which approval of the Boaro
of Public Works has been given il
that for a new Maryland Training
School for Colored Boys as provided
for by Act of the last Legislature
This new institution, buildings fol
which are tentatively planned to cos
$1,647,000, is to be at a new site re-
moved from the present location a.
Cheltenham. Buildings now at Ckel
tenham, with additions currently be
ing made, will, under legislative di
rection, be turned over to the Boare
Of Mental Hygiene fer use as schoo
for defective colored delinquents.
A most favorable aspect Of the
State Capital Construction Program
Governor O'Conor emphasized, is tina
several million dollars of State funds
already have been earmarked for this
purpose and he will recommend tt
the Legislature tkat substantial
portion Of the current State surplus
be added. On this basis, he said, {
considerable part Of the funds re
quired for the huge State building
program will be in hand, to supple
ment bond issue for this purpose.
Federal funds to the extent OF ap
proximately S14,500,000 are expect
ed to assist in the financing Of the
$50, 100000 of roads construction
repair and bridge building now being
planned by the State Roads Commits
sion, Governor o'Conor said. Tki'
program, which Is expected to require
at least three years to complete, will
cover every section Of the State, ths
Governor emphasized, and shoult
definitely bring Maryland's complet.
highway system into line with expect
cd mazda nf the flltlIre