Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16

which all but 1884 800 falls
orks program. Bulk Of the $S.5-
avenue and Burns street Sc:
$500. 900 in construction funds
for an elementary school near
iFifty-sixth and Eads streets
NE: $s43, 200 for a New Health
School, Mt. Olivet road and
Holbrook place NE; $s30,00o
for an elementary school near
Sixth and Chesapeake streets
Sc: $4,000 for an addition
to Eliot Junior High; $4,000
for an addition to Paul Junior
High, and $75o.000 for an ad.
dition to Kenilworth Elementary
School.
Vehicles and TrafIic
All Highway Department con-
struction requests financed out OF
the Highway Fund were approved
by the Commissioners and sub.
mitted to Congress. Also APP
proved, and financed from the
Highway Fund. was $4,000 for
the Department Of Vehicles and
Traffic to build q new testing
station just west Of South Capt.
tol street in the CT redevelop-
ment project. The present sta.
Ition in the area must be moved
ito make way for the Southwest
lFreeway.
/ Washington Aqueduct
/ All projects requested under
Water Fund financing were ap.
proved and submitted to Con.
gress. These included $3,77O, 900
for the Washington Aqueduct,
which covers continuing con-
struction Of the Little Falls
pumping station, dam and tun-
mel; construction Of DalecarliA
filter and chemical buildings; .
start on building Of . fioccula-
ton sedimentation basin ct
Dalecarlia and other routine
projects.
Sanitary Engineering
! The Department Of Sanitary
lEngineering's request to spend
$4,849, 900 for additions to the
water distribution system was
approved and sent to Congress.
This covers initial construction
funds for a new Crosstown Main.
of the Southeast Relief Trunk
Main and Of the Brentwood Park
Reservoir. Also approved and
sent to Congress was the depart.
ment's request for 81 ,202 900 for
routine sanitary sewer construc.
ton. besides q start on the Falls
Branch Relief Sewer and Q trunk
sewer to drain the Connections
avenue and Cleveland Park area.
| Also approved and submitted
ito Congress. to be financed out
lof the Sanitary Sewage Works
Fund. was &4.475, 900 to speed UP
CONSTRUCTION Of the departments
secondary sewage treatment
plant at Blue Plains.
The Commissioners, however,
denied the departments request
flor $4,000 to provide eight
permanent buildings as head
Quarters for street cleaners.
They approved $4.097, 900 re.
Iquested by the department for
routine construction Of storm
water sewers, but this amount
financed out Of the General
Fund-will not be submitted to
Congress until the revenue bill
lis passed.
POSTPONED
Other construction projects.
lall financed from the General
Fund, were held back for later
submission to Congress. These
Included:
! Fire Department
4 Funds totaling $Ss4.00 for o
new repair shop and fire engine
house No. 7 were approved.
Health Department
The Commissioners denied
planning and survey money re.
Quested for a new storage build
ing and a new obstetrical and
gynecology building at District
General Hospital, for the North
west Rehabilitation and Clinical
Center. the Anacostia Health
Center and the Northeast Health
Center. as well as construction
funds for q utility building ana
warehouse at Glenn Dale Hos
Ipital.
j They approved. however,
SITS 900 for a new physicians
dormitory at District General
Hospital, $4,000 for planning
conversion OF the existing psychic
atric building there to q con.
ivalescent ward. $4,000 for per-
Imanent improvements to build
iings and grounds there. and
$3.50, 900 for equipping the new
lpsychiatric building there.
At Glenn Dale, they approved
$4,000 for improvement Of
buildings and grounds, $4,000
for expansion of the medical
Laboratory and $4,000 for expan-
sion Of surgical facilities.
Welfare Department
The Commissioners approved
Sass, 300 for a detention unit at
Children's Center; $425,000 for
a warehouse there; $803, 800 for
1.-TWO junior units at District
Training School: $4,000 for
staff housing: $4,000 to equip
the nursery cottage and $4,000
for permanent improvements at
Junior Village. They denied .
request for $4,000 to plan
school building at District Train
ling School.