Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1931, Page 10

B0 o THE EVENING T5YEAR LBRARES - PROGRAN PLANNED Bowerman Asks $3,879,648 to Double Main Building and Give 28 Branches. Expenditure of $3.879,648 in develop- ment of the public library system in the next 15 years was forecast by Dr. George F. Bowerman, chief librarian of the Public Library, in testifying before the Committee on Appropriations of tRe House. This will make possible, during that period, the doubling of the present size of the main central library, the construction of a utility building nearby on Eighth street, and the establish- ment of additional branches to build the total number of branches up to 28, to serve an estimated population of 750,000 persons at a per capita cost of $1.75. In laying his 15-year program before the committee Dr. Bowerman pointed out that at present the outlay for library expenses in Washington is but 64 cents per capita. He compared (hlf with the figures for Cleveland, $1.77; Boston, $1.46, and a list of other cities of more than 200,000 population; in which Washington stands twenty-fifth Washirgton has but three libraries. and five Bowerman pointed out. W nati has 31, Minneapolis 17, and Louisville, 18-—a than Washington Program Has 3 s. The program is split up into_three ions, each five ong. gxcstz it is proposed, during the fiscal voars 1932-36, to build branch libraries n Georgetown and Petworth: equip as @ branch library the Methodist Episco- pal Church in the Municipal Center; rovide adequate space for administra- an of the cxpanding system by dou- Peri pling the size of the central building | recting a street 1 fility building on Eighth library for he rear of the central e of newspaper Blorage Ohd as a workshop for the P ting force and a garage for the Lbrary's_cars. By 1036 the library would have seven jmajor branches, six housed in separate buildings and one in a church, the pres- ent five subbranches and an adequate central building supplemented by a utility bufiding. The capital costs for five years would be $1.300,000, an an- nual average of $260.000. Maintenance in 1936 would be $605,171. 28 Branches Planned. During the fiscal years seven branches would be opened (Ana- costia, Southwestern, Dupont Circle, Shaw, Eckington, Cathedral and How- ard) and certain sites purchased and one branch placed -under construction. Major branches would then number 14. Capital costs for five years would be $934,400, an annual average of $198,680. Maintenance in 1941 would be $930,396. For the fiscal years, 1942-1946 the balance of program would be complete Fld purchasing a site and In the | files and other | 1937-1941 | consisting of 11 new branches, 3 in new buildings to take place of branches in inadequate or rented buildings: & Muni- cipal Center branch housed in Munici- al Center bullding and one sub-branch n a school. The system would then consist of an adequate central building supplemented by a utility building, 28 branches, 27 in their own building and 1 in a Muni- cial Center building and '3 sub- branches housed in school buildings, 1 of them, Conduit road, in its own build- ing. Capital costs for 5 years would be $1,586,248, an annual average of $317.- 249.60. Maintenance in 1946 would be $1,319,301. OLIVER M. MOFFITT DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK Dairy Employe, Well Xnown Masonic Activities, Will Be Buried in Indianapolis. in A heart attack was fatal yesterday afternoon to Oliver M. Moffitt, 65 years old, a Chestnut Farms Dairy employe. Mr. Moffitt complained of feeling ill during the afternoon, and became un- conecious after entering the car of H.| M. Watkins, who was going to take him to his home at the Plaza Apartments. Twenty-second street and Pennsylvania avenu Mr. Moffitt, a thirty-second degree Mason, was well known in Masonic ac- tivities here. He had been employed by the Chestnut Farms Dairy for at five years, com here from In apolis, Ind. Besides his widow, Beile Moffitt, he is survived by a da Mrs. Blanche r, hington, and two sons, Gil Carol Moffitt, both of Indian: The body was taken to Indis lis this afternoon. Funeral services will be held there Thursday. DAViS VFUN.EVRAL HELD Mrs Member of Lumber Firm Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Funeral services for G. Frank Davis, | 67 years old, a member of the lumber firm of Davis & Edmonston, who died Saturday night at his home at 903 North Carolina_auenue southeast, were held this morning at 10 o'clock at St. Peter's Church. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Davis was active in the Knights of Columbus and in organizations con- | nected with St. Peter's Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary A, Davis, and four children, Stuart, Cath- erine, Mary and Joseph. Two sisters, Mrs. Catherine M. Baden and Miss Ella Davis also survive. < e % Senior Class Plans Dance. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 3 (Special).——Seniors of Hyattsville High School wil give their first dance of the school year at the school audi- torium the evening of February 13. It will be a Valentine dance. Arrange- ments for the function are being made | by the Social Committee of the class, of which Miss Charlotte Dorsey lsi‘ chairman. BUILDING PROGRAM GIVEN ASSURANGE |House Passes $100,000,000 Bill and Wagner Public Works Measure. Huge public building programs were er assurance yesterday, with passage of the administration’s | $100,000,000 public buildings authoriza- tion measure by the House and its sub- | sequent approval by the Senate Public | Buildings Committce. In addition, the | House passed the Wagner advanced | planning public works measure, and re- ceived from President Hoover a request | to appropriate funds for more than 200 | public bullding projects, to cost $68,- | 764,000. The Wagner measure now goes back to the Senate for agreement to House amendments. It is designed to sta- | bilize employment and provides for the | creation of a Federal Employment Sta- | bilization Board to watch the trend of employment and to advance construc- | tion programs during periods of de- pression. Under the $100,000,000 expansion measure, administration’s _public building program outside the District will reach $415,000.000, ex- about $50,000,000 to be ob- been undertaken. The administration vesterday recommended projects aggre- | gating $49,515,000, exclusive of $18,- | 099.000 for the District of Columbia, and $1,150,000 under an old authorization. ‘The new program was referred imme- diately by Speaker Longworth to the House Appropriations Committee, which is expected to include it in the second deficiency measure, the last appropria~ tion bill to be drafted at this session. | Firemen to Meet. UPPER MARLBORO, February 3 | ecial).—A special meeting of the pper Marlboro Volunteer Fire Depart- ment will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the fire house. $ l 50 trip to Baltimore daily Tickets sold for all trains. Good for return any time within seven days. Baltimore & Ohio TODA’ Gold Star Mothers, Hamil- Meeung, g , 8 pm. ton Hotel Card paity, Chi Omega, Mayflower Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Tllustrated lecture, auspices Welsh| Soclety, Wilson Normal School, 8 p.m. Meeting, Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association, Columbia Heights Chris- tian Church, 1435 Park road, 8 p.m. Card , party, St. James’ Catholic Church,” Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier, Md., 8 pm. Meeting, Chevy Chase Chapter, O. E. S. Presbyterian Church, Chevy Chase Circle, 8 p.m.; afternoon section Chevy Chase Chapter, O. E. 8., tomorrow, 3746 McKinley stree FUTURE. Meeting, Women's Board, George Washington University Hospital, May- flow:‘{ Hotel, tomorrow, 10:30 a.m. Luncheon, Lions Club, Washington Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Gamma Phi Beta Alum- nae Association, American Association of University Women, 1634 I street, to- morrow, 12:30 p.m. Benefit dance and card party, au- spices Congress Heights Citizens' Asso- ciation, Lytle’s Dance Casino, tomor- row, 8 p.m. Benefit dinner and card party, Good ‘Will Chapter, No. 36, O. E. S, North- east Masonic Temple, streets northeast, tomorrow, 5 p.m. ~ Luncheon, Exchange Club of Wash- ington, Carlton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 | pm. Luncheon, Soroptimist Club, Lafay- | ette Hotel, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, at 12:30 pm Eighth and F' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. cITyY nzm—m—————' | TRADEBODY BAGKS =255 2 C., TUESDAY, FIREMEN'S PARADE Board of Governors Agrees to Assume Financing and Direction of Pageant. Continuation in this and future years of the annual firemen'’s parade on Labor day, on what is promised to be on a “bigger and better” scale than ever in the past, has been guarantged by action of the Washington Board of Trade in assuming full responsibility for all plans and financial arrangements, it was an- nounced today by the trade body. At the request of officials of the Fire Department, the board of directors of the trade body late yesterday voted to sponsor the annual parade, which has become a Washington institution. Fire Department officials asked that this be done because the parade has grown to such proportions in recent years that the department alone could not handle its management. Officlals found, chamber directors were informed, that the affair occupied too much time of the firemen and that financial matters were becoming tog great an obligation. The Board of Trade will assume all Dr. Carleton Vaughan DENTIST Is Opening Office: 932 F Street NW. 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