Evening star., 1949-06-05
DistriciMaySave
.1O% on BuiIdinq
Due toCost Drop
lo-Yeor Proerom Gets
Boost; Gen. Young
Cites sr'dse Expense
Ef Jerry 0lsery. j.


RApae4y aeaassng cosssssSRtAaa
costs in she last rash, EnatAs
have c4t tAs prize las an Ira
pssszasss aiss. noe .noe wn. ywAr
building proxran by ie per e~ai.
Engineer cosnsnEsxsSwseg ooFdea
n, yeuns revealed last night
Declining costa thus ell save
Disiste, taxpayers aesat siT Goa
ooe Urn Yeasng declared. and
make Il possible fe' city raAnness
10 xpced the aaildsns psexfHm
considerably
The trend IS SlaoSn IN TIE con.
tract ioy paviTas the ne~ hFaaxs
easg oi Highway ns1dss Gen.
Young &a4d where the District re-
Gently Saved sleo eoe 'rcsA tire
original estimates
Projects In the tnnndiAts t1a-
tare on which the District expects
10 save layEr amounts Of money
include the proposed sssa 900
Oxon Hili EimensAFy School ard
the 2.oAo 900 pediatfics and GRIP.
pied ehildfenS building ioF 0Al-
linser Hospital
Future Savings MAY Inere.ss.
Il am happy 10 say Gen.
Young drelared. that The fat 10
getting boiled out Of construction
contracts With the result that ths
city will be really able 10 60 places
by 1891,
Il would eonse,vAtieely reduce
the siet .sss 900 hsurr set eight
months aso for the Conmis-
aloners' comprehensive plan fog
new construction by 10 per cent
II is quite possible The savings On
future capital improvements will
be greater"
Builders In private construction
generally admit that costa have
fallen somewhat. but none are
willing 10 say that this wlll bs
reflected in the price Of homes
because Of other factors. Cost
reductions for private eonstfue-
ton have not been suffleaent 10
bsins about price klashlnE,
Plan Reviewed By Cittssns.
Some builders have cut prices
OF expensive homes In al effort
10 set their money back on an
investment tha. has proved hard
to sell.
The Districts building prosTam
WAS reviewed by o citizens ad-
yisory committee In May, Ia&T,
when Gen. Youngs projects vers
labeled the "Six-yeaT plan"
Taking q look at sky~hlgh build
ina costs. the committee reported
that the time schedule would
have 10 be changed 10 10 yeafa.
The original cost estimate Of
sile. 900 900 was then boosted 70
sist .ss5. 900.
eventual cost OF the io-ysaf
plan now may be much eloaer to
the original tiis.ooo. 900 than 10
si6S. 900 900.
Commissioner Young attributed
the rise In construction costs after
the end Of World War II 10 fear
OF work stoppaKes. Of sudden In.
creases In materials cost and ns
Iona delays In obtaining eonstsae~
ton nlsteriala.
Confidence 10 Resaesea.
No builder or contractor knsw.
Gen, Young aaid. when he signed
q contract how long II would take
or how much II would eosi 10
fsnikh the job.
Things are going much more
smoothly to-day, he said, and the
new confidence IL reflected In
cheaper contracts.
Projects on the Conmisslonsrs
time table likely to be- affected hy
the lower costs include 0 doa~n
projected new schools: q fasw ad.
ministratiou building and O new
out-patieni building ai oaiiinxsr
Hospital: expansion Of the city
tuberculosis manatortum as Glenn
Dale. Nd. o new Home Tor she
AGED and fnfirm Of Hue Plains;
relocation Of tte Industrial tsasns
School for white children and shs
National Trslnins School for Oiris
nj Laurel,
/ The city also plans o nsw central
garage building 70 replace ths
present outmoded strnctsfrs. pee
sihiy consolidated with the Dfstrtcs
Repair shop. and . vastly
expanded playground system for
the eongested downtown areas.
Specifically In mind b ths teezn-
ina Northwest AREA hoafdsd On ths
north by Florida avenue, on Tire
west by Thirteenih street. co tts
soath By Massachusetts, svsnas
and on thu east hy unann Staten
and North Capitol street.
ConRemted areas In sase Down
t0wn sections cf Northeast. South
east and Southwest also need n~w.
green recreatscn are@s
/ TIE District asso wfli have 10
sssnd between 90 800 200 and ss.-
900 600 annually sng the Fext Eve
years on exp@nsson and iTnpFUss~
fnrns Of tne s~waRs system 10 areas
where nee homes are being built
ard TO improve the ssw central
~wage dlspasai plant
Montgomery Civic Group
10 Discuss County Budget