Evening star., 1946-01-21
Sharp Increase Noted
In Operating Costs;
School Fund Boosted
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the general medical building a
Freedmen's Hospital, and acquisi
tion of additional park, parkwa,
and playground land in the District
all point to the need of augmentin
the Districts general fund, if it
to continue solvent.
"The 1947 highway fund program
while in excess of current revenues
contemplates the use of previousl,
accumulated surpluses to pay TO
the proposed capital outlay items
The 1947 water fund program con
stitutes the beginning of a majo
improvement program which will
continue for many years. This pro
gram will be paid for the first yea
out of available surpluses, curren
revenues and the sale of water fune
investment securities. Thereafter
neW~ sources of revenue must bt
found to continue the program a!
planned"
Water Program Started.
The latter refers to a $4,000 ,0O(
43-year program of expansion o.
the Districts water supply system
which would be started in thu
budget sent to Congress today.
For the Washington Aqueduct
operated by the Once of District
Engineer of the Army Engineer
Corps, there would be outlays next
year for capital improvements cost
ing nearly 100000, as against only
$4,000 this year.
In addition to other improve
menS at the Dalecarlia, George
town and Mcmillan plants, the
budget authorizes contract obliga-
tions for completion of $967, ,0OC
tWo-year project for new mixing
and sedimentation basins and a
$l,250,000 three-year project for a
10000, ,000-gallon clearwater basin
both az Dalecarlia. These are de-
signed to increase the water supply
without the necessity of construc-
ton of a third aqueduct from Great
Falls
New Buildings Provided.
On the constructive side, the
budget:
l-Gfants sI,2oo,OOO for construc-
ton of new buildings for the Home
Tor Aged and Inflrm at Blue Plains
D. c., as the elimination of years OF
campaigns for modernization OF that
refuge for the INDECENT aged.
2-Pushes ahead with some Of the
program for the child welfare GEN.
ter at Laurel, Md, though some i'm
portant features are postponed tc
later dates. 1t calls for 5000, 900 toI
construction of buildings there tc
replace the much denounced old
housing of the Industrial Home fol
White Children on Wisconsin ave-
nue..
3-Provides $1,O060O0 for expan-
sion and improvement of the facili-
ties of the District Training School
at Laurel as a part of the welfare
center there. This would provide
for the construction and equipment
of two housing units for defective,
delinquent boys and similar accom-
modations for girls, as well as hous-
ing for employees, school, laun-
dry building, and S50,000 for i'm
provement of roads.
4-Gives the public school system
its greatest appropriation in history
S19 ,4S6, 900, an increase Of $4,500, 900
over this year, which provides for
10 school projects, including addi-
tions and remodeling; funds for
drafting plans for three schools and
for purchase of sites for three 9TH
ers. Also it provides 80 additional
teachers, half of the number asked,
and eight extra clerks, whereas 36
we're requested.
Polytechnic Is Provided.
5-Calls for construction of a
Health Department polyclinic at
Seventh and o streets NV, at a
cost of s387 900, in addition to sl5,-
900 for drafting of plans for a SINH
lar health center in Anacostia
While no capital improvements are
provided for Gallinger Hospital or
the Glenn Dale (Md) tuberculosis
Sanatorium in this budget, Gallinger
would be given 1913 additional en-
ployes. This would raise its operat-
ing expenses by more than 100000
to a total of $2,755,0Q0. Glenn Dale
would get an additional SO workers
6. Permits continuation of the
$6,000000 expansion program for the
Free Public Library, granting S577,-
900 for construction of three major
branches, in Cleveland Park, Ana
costa and Pleasant Plains, and for
the remodeling and equipping of the
Takoma Park Branch; funds for
drafting plans for the Cleveland
Branch, as we'll as those for Ben
ming, Brightwood and Woodbridge,
and $4,000 for sites. These include:
Brookland, Tenley and Benning.
Also there would be funds to close
out the purchase of the site for
Cleveland Park, for which civic in
terests made heavy contributions.
7. Provides $105,000 for con-
struction of a police station house
for Benning, to assure better police
protection for Northeast Wash
ington.
Parking Agency Revived.
8. Revives on an official basis the
District Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency with a proposed appropria-
tion of $17,600 for the new fiscal
year, for the hire of a staff of five,
including director, an assistant
director and three clerks. While a
$4,000 item for the last half of this
fiscal year was knocked out of the
recent deficiency bill, predictions
later were made the agency again
would be revived, to 60 ahead with
plans for of street parking facili-
ties to lessen Washington's growing
traffic congestion.
The highway fund next year pro-
vides $6,642,000 for a greatly in
creased program over this year, in
cluding S3,815000 for the Street and
Bridge Division, an increase of more
than sl,215,000 over this year. The
budget calls for $1,290,000 for con-
tinuation of construction OF the
South Capitol Street Bridge.
In addition, the budget message
requests an increase from $444, ,0OC
to $630,000 for the Department OF