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to the program, he said. are a
new school at the site of the
old Garfield Hospital, Eleventh
and Florida avenue NV; a
new elementary school at
Wheeler road and Mississippi
avenue Sc, and replacement
of the Shaw Junior High School
building. Other new projects
also include additions to the
Deal Junior High. the Kenil-
worth, Garrison and Davis ele-
mentary schools.
An addition of IA rooms and
space for eight shop classes
also is planned for Eliot Junior
High and the addition Of a
girls gym for Randall Junior
High. Both of these projects
were reinstated in the program
after having been deleted in
revisions made last year. The
Eliot addition represents double
the size of what had previously
been planned.
School Plans Changed
Some changes have been
made in building additions al
ready in the plan. The Ru-
dolph Elementary School addi-
ton will contain 16 rooms in-
stead of the 26 previously
planned. An elementary school
planned for Fourth and w
streets NV. will contain "a
rooms instead of 20. The
school to be constructed at the
Garfield Hospital site replaces
one that had previously been
planned for Thirteenth and s
streets NV.
Other school projects include
modernization of science and
home economics facilities. BY
July, 1861. it is expected that
every junior high school in the
city will have a biology labora-
tory for students in the honors
track.
Among the highway addi-
tions are new studies of the
proposed intermediate loop
freeway and of the congested
approach roads to Chain
Bridge.
Planners have also included
in the Department of Build
ings and Grounds schedule the
construction of the West Ad-
ministration Building at Sixth
and c streets NV, next to the
present Municipal Center. The
start Of construction is planned
for 1864 and it is expected to
be completed three years later
at a total cost of $18 million.
This project was deleted from
the public works schedule last
year but it was re-inserted with
an earlier date for the start Of
construction.
A $4,000 study is planned
to start in 1862 to consider the
size. location and overall cost
OF a new Central Library to
replace the present 56-year-old
building Mt. Vernon place and
K street NV.
The new General Fund six
year estimate, Col. Webb said.
is substantially higher than it
has been in past years. In con-
traSt with the new estimate of
$l25.3 million, for example, the
Commissioners last February
were talking about a six-year
outlay of $115.5 million and. a
year earlier, the figure was
$ll2 million.
Commissioners to Act
The new package was sub.
mitted to Engineer Commits
sioner A. c. yelling, and will
be reviewed by the full board
of Commissioners October 10.
1t also is under study by the
Urban Renewal Council and
Commissioners Planning Ad-
visory Council.
The following are the
amounts which make up the
$125.3 million for the General
Fund: -.
Schools, 26 projects, $28.s
million; libraries, five projects,
$2.3 million; recreation, AZ prof.
ects, $2.4 million; police and
fire. four projects, $547, 900;
public health, one project, $9.2
million; correction, % projects,
$5.8 million; public welfare, A
projects, $9.8 million; buildings
and grounds, II projects, $21
million; Zoo, one project, $240.-
900; sanitary engineering, Is
projects, SALT million, and
street lighting and communica-
ton, two projects, $3.5 million.