Evening star., 1946-05-10
CPA Authorizes u
Nonhousing Projects
Valued al S1,401,124

Twenty-Five non-housing projects
with a total valuation of 81 ,4O1, ,l24
were authorized this week to pro-
coed in the District area. Edward
M. Synan, manager of the Civilian
Production Administrations Con-
struction Office, announced today.
Eleven projects to cost a total
of s4,555, $50 were denied authorize
ton.
Since the CPA construction limi-
tation order went in effect March
26 the District office has given the
go-ahead signal to 81 commercial
and industrial construction projects
valued at 1892 ,624, and has denied
80 projects valued at $6,637 ,976.
The District Office covers, besides
the District, the five Maryland
counties of Montgomery, Prince
Georges, Charles. st. Marys and
Calvert; the city of Alexandria and
the Virginia counties of Arlington
and Fairfax.
The following 10 projects, valued
at s109,202, were approved because
they created minimum or no i'm
pact on veterans housing:
American Security & Trust Co.,
installation of three-burner stoker,
Fifteenth and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, s25,500; the Princess Shop,
replacing existing show window,
1l08 F street NV, $4,000: American
Oil Co., installation of gasoline
tanks, 600 c street NV, S4,295;
Jacob N. Freedman g. Bros. re-
modelling Office building, 622 K street
NV, $4,000; Benjamin Ourisman.
reconversion to auto service, 6l0 H
street NE, $4,000: J. A. Weinberg,
jr.:, remodel for Office space. 1707 H
street NV, $3.50: Emerson &
Orme, installing air compressor.
Seventeenth and M streets NV,
$i,240; Transcontinental & Western
Air. Inc, erection of equipment
storage shed, 23O1 Twenty fourth
street North, Arlington, Va, SIT, 7,187;
Joseph S. George, alteration store
and apartments, 800 Ninth street
NV, $500, and Thorn Mean Shoe
Store, store renovation, AIT Seventh
street NV, $3.50.
The following seven projects,
valued at sl,163,O22, were approved
because they eliminated serious
shortage of an essential activity or
service affecting the general health,
safety or welfare of the community:
St. AIMS Church, erection of
church, 4400 Wisconsin avenue NV.
S582 900; Parkview Christian Church
erection Of church, Eastern avenue
and Twelfth street NV, $l35 600;
Thomas R. Guide, erection of retail
grocery store, Hyattsville, Md,
S26,122; Meridian Hill Baptist
Church, erection of church, l725
Kalorama road NV. $4,000; G. C..
Murphy Co., addition to department
store, 616-1S King street, Alexan-
dria. Va, s327.000 Shirlington
Corp, alteration to food store, Ar
lington, Va, $1,000; Lyon & Nalley,
erection of store and Office building,
La Plata. Md, s49,9O0
The following five projects, valued
at Sl28,900, were approved on the
basis of rare and unusual indi-
vfdual hardships and with the use
of minimum amount Of critically
short materials:
Jesse Kellman, erection of gen.
eral store, 1876 South Washington
street, Falls Church, Va, $4,000;
Treasure Island, elimination of fire
hazard, 1925 K street NV, S1,50O;
British Motorcycle Sales, addition to
repair shop, 2014 M street NV.
$1,40O; Guide Bros. Co., erection of
green houses, Laurel, Md. 100000;
Hyman Posner and Arnold J. Peck
er, conversion of building into office
space, 10l7 Twelfth street NV
$4,000.