Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-06
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.


DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
The Bill Completed by the House Conn
mittee on Appropriations Provisions
The House appropriations committee has
completed the District bill and given it out for
publication to-day. The total Of the bill 10
| sA,sH, 1851. which is a net reduction under
the current law of S143.0l6.71.
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
For work on the streets and avenues, alleys,
and roads and for repairs to Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from LIST to 18th streets northwest, S617 900
is appropriated, an increase of $4,000. On the
general schedule for streets, including the
Pennsylvania avenue repairs, S244, 500 is given;
for work on the Georgetown schedule, $4,000
is given; northwest section, e145,Oo0; south
Test section s5S 900; southeast section, S5S 900;
! northeast section, ga. 500. The old conditions
under which contracts for this work can be
done are preserved.
For grading streets alleys and roads, at a
price not exceeding 10 cents per cubic yard,
$4,000 is appropriated. For repairs to con-
| Of $1,000
For permit work in improvement Of alleys,
sidewalks, and construction Of sewers and
walks Of such form and material as the Com
| An increase of $4,000.
NEW CLAUSE TO PERMIT WORK.
In this connection a new clause is inserted,
in addition to the old provision for half cost Of
permit work being paid by persons applying
for it, providing that one-half Of the cost Of
such work so done, including material and
labor, shall be charged against and become a
lien upon the property abutting upon the line
| OF such improvement, and shall be levied pro
Hnto Jsw1, - ~, - aan1 Lot ,a-k
| Of lot abutting upon such improvement within
| sixty days after making such assessment and
| In order to reimburse said appropriation
| SO expended one-half Of the cost Of
| such work 80 done, including labor
| and material shall be charged against
| and become lien upon the property abutting
| upon the line Of the said work, and shall be
levied pro rata upon said property upon such
| terms and regulations as to notice to propri-
etors and the method and terms of such notice
as shall seem to the Commissioners of the Dis
| trict of Columbia right and proper. due notice
| OF such terms and regulations being given by
publication thereof in some newspaper pub
lished in the city Of Washington for such time
| az said Commissioners shall prescribe, and the
One-haf so charged against such abutting
property shall be paid as follows: One-third Of
she amount within sixty days from the date Of
service OF notice OF such assessment, without
| interest; one-third within one year, and
the remaining third within two years from
assessment, and interest shall be charged
at the rate of ten per centum per annum
from the date Of service of such notice on all
| amounts that shall remain unpaid at the
expiration of thirty days after the service of
the notice of such assessment Provided, That
If any property SO assessed shall become sub
ject to sale for any other assessment or tax
whatever, then the assessment levied under
this act shall become Immediately due and pay
able, and such property may be sold therefor,
together with the accrued interest thereon to
the date of such sale, together with the costs
OF advertising and sale; and any property upon
which such assessment and accrued interest
thereon or any part thereof, shall remain I'M
paid at the expiration of two years from the
date of service of notice of such assessment,
shall be bject to sale therefor unde r the same
conditions and penalties as are imposed by ex-
isting law for the nonpayment of general taxes,
and the material purchased under this appro-
priation shall be bought after due advertise
ment therefor. as required by existing law"
(This was inserted at the request OF the Com
missionary
REPAIRS OF STREETS AND ROADS.
For current repairs of streets, avenues and
alleys $4,000 is given-a reduction of $1,000
For current work of repairs on country roads
and suburban streets $4,000 is given. For the
construction OF country roads provisions are
made as follows: For Pennsylvania avenue
extended to Bowen road, $4,000; for canal
road, from Free to Chain bridges. $4,000: to
complete pavement of 14th street extended to
top of hill. $4,000; to grade and regulate
Sheridan street. from 7th to 9th streets, 50. 900;
to widen and regulate Brightwood avenue
1000; for Rock creek church road, $1,000; to
grade and regulate 18th street. from Park
street to Pineys Branch 81 900; to grade and
regulate Washington street, AnacOstia. So 900;
to grade and regulate Jackson street, Anacos-
tia, $1,000; to grade and regulate Jefferson
street, Anacostia, 90 900; to grade and regu-
late Adams and Taylor streets, from Harrison
to Jefferson streets. "a, 400; for Howard avenue,
$1,000; for Bunker Hill road, $1,000; for river
road, from Tenleytown west, 5000; in all
$50. 400. This is an increase of $42O.
For the condemnation Of streets, roads and
alleys. $1,000 is given.
streets and avenues, SIC, 900 is given.
For the care Of bridges, %, 400, and for con-
struction and repairs Of bridges, $4,000 is
given, a net reduction Of $3.50.
SEWERS.
For cleaning and repairing sewers, s33, 900 is
given, an increase Of 5000; for replacing OBJ
structed sewers, $4,000, an increase of $4,000;
for main and pipe sewers. $4,000 an increase
Of s5,000; for suburban sewers, $4,000, an in
crease Of 5000.
CLEANING AND LIGHTING STREETS AND ALLEYS
Appropriations for current expenses of streets
are made as follows: Sweeping and cleaning,
Including suburban streets), $S5, 900, an in
crease of $1,000. The price per thousand
yards for cleaning alleys is increased to thirty
cents; for the parks, SIS 900 is given for light
ing streets, &c, e115, 900, an increase of So
600; for electric lighting, $4,000, an increase
Of 5000, and the limited price for lights is
reduced from fifty to forty cents per night.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND OVERHEAD WIRES.
To this clause is added the following pro-
vision: And no wires for the operation OF
public or private electric lighting shall be
erected or maintained on or over any of the
streets or avenues of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown after September 60 1890, but
the Commissioners Of the District of Columbia
may authorize the temporary erection and
maintenance Of such wires in cases of necessity:
Prorided further, That the Commissioners of
the District Of Columbia shall make and enforce
such regulations for the construction main
tenance, and operation Of apparatus for cleo
trical purposes as they may deem advisable,
and such regulations so made shall have the
same force and effect within the District Of
Columbia as il enacted by Congress: And pro-
cided further, That the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia shall report to the first
session Of the Fifty-frst Congress what deduc-
ton may be made for electric lighting both
for annual and for fve-year contracts, and that
they be authorized to invite proposals for sup
plying said light at reduced rates. and in this
they are not limited to any one system.
For the engineering, maintenance and gen.