Evening star., 1893-12-11
THEY ARE IN EARNEST.
The Commissioners Renew Their Recon-
mendation for Immediate Appropriations
The Money to BE Spent in Giving Poor
Work In Extending and Inn
proving the Streets.

That the Commissioners are earnest in
their endeavor to give the unemployed en-
ployment during the winter, is evidenced
by the following letter which they sent
to Senator Harris today: THE Commits
sioners have the honor to make the follow
ing reply to your request of this date for
their views az to the advisability of max
ing en- appropriation for street improve
ments, to be Immediately available, in or
der to furnish work to the unemployed
laborers of the District.
In their report to Congress dated the
4th instant for the last fiscal year the
Commissioners made the following recon-
mendation: The Commissioners earnestly
recommend an appropriation be made i'm
mediately available for grading and i'm
proving other than paving, the county
streets and roads according to the schedule
in the estimates for 1895 for county roads,
and that the funds be expended by con-
tract or otherwise as the Commissioners
may deem most advantageous for the pub
lie interests. The object is to furnish useful
work this winter for the unemployed.
THE part Of the schedule named, which
is included in the Commissioners estimates
for 1895, Is from it's beginning to include
street extended between 18th street and
Trinidad avenue. Omitting the cost of land
purchases and paving in this part the bal
ance is fifty-three thousand dollars, which
amount can be advantageously. as well as
humanely. expended during this winter.
1 Its immediate availability would provide
employment at common labor to many
men who would otherwise be forced to idle
Eess. and In some cases doubtless become
objects of public charity.
Those suggestions still represent their
views upon the matter, respecting the high
ways in said limits, but they also recon-
mend that 5000 be appropriated, to be
Immediately available, to keep the inma tes
Of the Washington Asylum usefully en-
ployed during the remainder of the present
fiscal year, as the current appropriation for
that purpose has been entirely expended.
with reference to the improvement of
18th street extended the Commissioners
proviso:
Provided, That no portion Of said ap-
preparation shall be expended in improving
said 10Th street north of Morris street until
width OF seventy-four feet shall have
been dedicated so as to conform to the
width of said 18th street south Of Florida
avenue. nor until every owner of prop
erty abutting on said street within said
limits shall have bound himself his heirs
grantees. and successors in estate therein
forever, never to allow any building or OBJ
struction to be erected within the lines
inclosed between the building lines of 18th
street northwest extended on the same
| lines as now exist south o: Florida ave
nue."
The Commissioners inclose a copy of a
schedule of the suburban highways as in.
serted in their annual report for 1S93 in
which copy the highways to which the
amount of $4,000 is proposed to be applied
are as follows:
| For grading and regulating 10th street
northwest, with the above proviso: Prospect
street. Crescent street. Central street and
/ Hill. $4,000.
For grading Massachusetts avenue ex.
! tended, $1,000
| For grading and graveling 18th street
extended from University Heights to Aus
| tin street, 5000.
| For grading and graveling Pennsly.
vania avenue extended and Branch avenue
$4,000.
Fer grading and graveling Sherman
avenue from Grant avenue northward
$4,000.
For grading and macadamizng NJ street
extended between 18TH street and Trinidad
avenue, 5000"