Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-14
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
Important Provisions Of the Bills which
Passed Congress.

DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
Important Provisions Of the Bills which
Passed Congress.
IxrovxxExrs OF STREETS. Avrxrxs AND oorxry
RoADs-PUBLIc SCHOOLS, ERECTION OF BUILD
INes AND PURCHASES OF sIrEs-sEwERs-IN-
CREASED WATER SUPPLY, OVERHEAD WIRES, ETC
In the confusion Of the closing hours of
Congress and the unusual activity over the in
auguration the public got merely a vague no.
ton OF the shape in which some Of the legisla-
ton was completed. The District appropria-
ton bill was published in fragments as the
conference committee agreed upon the various
items. The following are the important fea-
lures Of the bill as it became law.
STREET WORK.
For work on sundry streets and avenues
named in schedule for the fiscal year 1890, in
Guiding 18th street between Pennsylvania and
New York avenues, s762,000. to be expended
streets and avenues specified in the schedules
named in said appendix. and on 18th street be-
tween Pennsylvania and New York avenues,
and in the aggregate for each schedule as
stated herein, namely: General schedule, includ-
ing 18th street beween Pennsylvania and New
York avenues, 1885, les.
Georgetown schedule, $685.
Northwest section schedule: S224.210.
Southwest section schedule: SS9. 900.
Southeast section schedule: SS9. 800.
Northeast section schedule: SIl5,475
For paving 10th street from to s street,
and for paving s street from Goth street to Con-
necticut avenue northwest, $4,000.
That under appropriations contained in this
act no contract shall be made for making or
repairing concrete or asphalt pavement at a
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quality equal to the best laid in the District
prior to July l, 1886. and with same depth of
base: Provided. That these conditions as to
price and depth of base shall not apply to the
pavement authorized by this act on 18th street
between Pennsylvania and New York avenues
ing streets alleys and roads not otherwise pro-
vlded for. at price not to exceed 10 cents per
cubic yard, $4,000
Repairs to pavements: For repairs to con-
crete pavements, with the same or other, not
INFERIOR, material. $50, 600; for resurfacing and
streets northwest, $125,00O; in all, S215.OOC.
PERMIT WORK
For the improvement and repairs of alleys
and sidewalks and the construction of sewers
and sidewalks, of such form and materials as
the Commissioners may determine, under the
permit system, S125.000: Provided, That the
property-owners requesting such improve
ments shall pay one-half of the total cost: And
provided further; That the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia are authorized in their
discretion to order such of the above enumer-
ated work as in their opinion is necessary for
the puDhc health, safety, or comfort. and to
pay the total cost of such work from said APP
preparation. one half of the cost of such work
SO done, including material and labor. shall be
charged against and become lien upon the
property abutting upon the line of such i'm
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cordlng to the ineal frontage of each lot or
part 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
SO 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 according to its lineal frontage. upon
such terms and regulations as to notice to pro-
prietors and the method and terms of such
notice as shall seem to the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia right and proper. due
notice OF such terms and regulations being
given by publication thereof in some newspaper
published in the city of Washington for such
time as said Commissioners shall prescribe. and
the cGe-half SO charged against such abutting
property shall be paid as follows: One-third of
the 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 the date of service of
notice of such assessment, and interest shall be
charged at the rate of 10 per csntum per an
mum from the date of service of such notice on
all amounts which shall remain unpaid at the ex-
piration of thirty days after the service Of the
notice OF such assessment: Provided, That if
any property SO assessed shall become subject
to sale for any other assessment or tax what
ever, then the assessment levied under this act
Sh % t.1x
and such property may be sold therefor, to-
gether 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 inter-
est thereon, or any part thereof. shall remain
unpaid at the expiration of two years from the
date of service of notice of such assessment,
shall be subject to sale therefor under the same
conditions and penalties as are imposed by ex-
listing law for the non- payment of general taxes.
and the material purchased under this appro-
priation shall be bought after due advertise
ment therefor, as required by existing law
REPAIRS OF STREETS, AVENUES AND ALLEYS.
For current work of repairs of streets, ave-
nues and alleys $4,000
That any company authorized by law to run
cars propelled by horses within the District of
Columbia is hereby authorized to substitute for
horses electric power by storage or independ-
ent electrical batteries or underground wire or
cables moved by steam power, on
the whole or any portion of its roadway. with
authority to purchase and use any terminal
grounds and facilities necessary for the pur-
pose: and any such street railway COMPANY
electing to substitute such power on any part
of its tracks or road-beds on the streets of the
District of Columbia shall. before doing so.
cause such part of its road-beds to be laid with
a tiat-grooved rail and made level with the
surface of the streets upon each side of said
tracks or road-beds, 30 that no obstruction shall
be presented to vehicles passing over said
tracks: Provided. that in the event said COM
panies or either of them shall fail for the period
of two years from the passage of this act to ex-
ercise the powers and privileges heerinbefore
given, such companies are hereby required to
cause said rails and road-beds to be relaid with
the fiat-groOved rail hereinbefore mentioned
so as to be level with the surface of the streets
upon each side OF said tracks or road-beds, and
the cost of making the changes hereinbe-
fore required shall be paid by the corpora
tons or persons owning or operating said street
and if, after being notified by
the Commissioners of the District of Columbia
in writing to comply with the terms of this
act the said corporations or either of them
shall not within ninety days thereafter begin
the work required and complete the same
within a reasonable time. not more than twelve
months from the expiration of said period of
ninety days it shall be the duty of the Commits
sioners to cause the necessary changes in said
rails and road-beds to be made as soon as prac-
ticable: and shall issue certificates of indebted
ness against the property, real or personal. of
such railway company. which certificates shall
bear interest at the rate of ten percentum Der
annum until paid, and which, until they are
paid shall remain and be a lien upon the prop
srty on or against which they are issued, to-