Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-01
Agreements on Many Items in Con-
ference.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSION
Liberal Allowances for School
Buildings and Maintenance.
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conference on the District anrronriation
| OH, indicating an agreement on about tvvo
thirds OF the changes, and asking for a
lufther conference on the disagreeinE
votes OF the Two houses on the two items
Inc report was ordered to be printed and
ACTON was deferred for the present. Prac-
| tlc ally ali Of The important matters still re-
| main In dispute, including the entire chari-
ties schedule, the provision for continuing
| the construction Of the aqueduct tunnel
many of the street improvements and the
| rates to lie paid for gas, electric light and
| telephones
The Senate recedcs from fifty amend
| ments, and the House agrees to fifty-seyeu.
several or the latter. however, are mere
amendments Of the total funds in para
graphs which carried by other agree
f-ehts SO that in mere point OF numbers
the two houses thus far stand about even
IN the conference. There are fortv-tuo
amendments still IN conference.
The senate Yielded
The Senate rccedes from the following
amendments: Increasing the number of
assistant building inspectors from three to
four; remitung the water man tax: as
sessed The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral
loundauon; Increasing the allowance to
the surveyor for clerk hire from $500 to
s"S5o and correspondingly Increasing that
paragraph; including the office Of the in
spector OF gas and meters within the limits
OF the contingent fund: increasing thar
fund from S22,;trU TO s., go; proyiding sIu-
evo Tor the purchase of site for the erec-
uon OF morgue; setting aside the re-
Chained Potomac hats as a public park 10
be known as Riverside; appropr:atiug SI5-
Cpo Tor paving 18th street extended and Cin-
cihhau streets TO the bridge across Rock
creek near the ZoolCFical Park: raising the
limit of price on extra strong asphalt
pavement from s. to s.. IL per square ward:
increasing the allowance for completipe
the hensington avenue sewer from S4u5
10 5000; Increasing the allowance for
condemnlng the right of way for sewers
from Sl,Vvo 10 $1,000; increasing the an
preparation for repairing county roads
ana suburban streets from S5uHly 10 sat,sEI.
increasing the amount for grading Sher
man avenue, Roanoke and Irving streets
from $4,000 to $1,000; s5,e,o for paving
massachusetts avenue extended from .t1d
street TO Sheridan Circle.
Street improvements
The provisions for improving Michigan
avenue. Hardwood avenue Ia street and
24th street in Langdon, 18th street ex-
tended, Belmont and KaIorama streets
Pennsylvania avenue extended and Branch
avenue, Emporia and Frankfort streets,
heresaw avenue and Park road, including
the provision requiring Park road TO be
dedicated between kenesaw avenue and
hIingIe road, and + street extended to the
southwest enu anCe to the Geological Park:
SJo,"O for new fire, ice AMI wreching boat;
$4,000 for protecting the inlet TO aqueduct
2t Great Falls; increasing the salary of
the secretary of the board of school trus-
tees from $l,2VO TO 81 100; Sl.2aJ for the
hlre or a Janitor who shall he an engineer
and machinist, for the Central High School
manual training department; increasing the
salaries OF the Janitors of ffty-three build
ings from $500 TO $500; increasing the allow
ance for fuel for the schools from SS5.ugO
10 S16,5o; SlOcpO for one four-ruom addi-
tn ha FV,rr ~. II
for a four-room building at Hillsdale. in
crea sing the limit of the new Western
High School from 100000 to SleOnpO: in
creasing the number Of police Heutenants
from three to four; increasing the number
OF privates of class from 1874 to 224: in
creasing the pay Of police drivers from $3.50
TO sJpJ; increasing the allowance for repair
ing fire apparatus from $1,000 to 81 800 and
for fuel from 5000 to $4,000; 81 $40 for an
ariel truck; $55.Oo1 for two additional en-
| gines and lots and the furniture therefor,
TO be located by the Commissioners the
amendment that adopted in the Sem
! ate under the stress of feeling that was
| caused by the Louisiana avenue fire; In
creasing the fund for general supplies for
the telegraph and telephone service from
Sll,Ho to $4,000: providing $1,000 for the
| incineration Of combustible waste: increas-
| ing the allowance for enforcing the act to
| prevent the spread of scarlet fever and
dphtheria from 5000 to $1,000: $4,000 for
the erection of wall around the Jail; 1860
| for new bake oven at the reform school
and increasing the pay of the foreman OF
the distribution branch water department
| from 81 BOO to 81 400.
Compromise Agreement.
Compromises We're reached in the follow
ing cases, the amounts being given in or
der, first, the sum named by the House;
second, that named by the Senate and
| third, that agreed upon in conference: For
| rent OF District Offices, House, $1,000 Sem
| ate, $1,000, conference, $4,000: for adver-
| tising taxes in arrears, House S1Gpp Sem
! ate, SS,on, conference, T,5eW, for the prep-
aration OF the numerical assessment book
House, 5000. Senate, $40J9 conference,
/ 5000; to pay the expenses Of enforcing
| the highway act, Senate, Sl2.Juo. confer
| ence, $4,000. and the conference struck out
| that part of the amendment authorizing
| the Commissioners to lay on; parkways
| leading toward or connecting grand parks
ana to Increase the width of the piney
Branch parkway: for advertising and court
expenses involved in the prosecution of the
| highway act, Senate $4,000, conference
$1,000; for assessment and permit work.
! House, Sl25.oo0, Senate, $l65,@o, confer
ence, In,er; for street improvements
Georgetown schedule, House, s.. .u1a Senate
| $22,12n, conference, $l3,5oo; street improve
ments, northwest section, House, $4,000
Senate, slo79et, conference, $45Hu; south
west section, House, $4,000 Senate S3U-
| $40, conference, S22,5o0; southeast section,
| House, $4,000, Senate S53,9G0, conference,
| $4,000; northeast section, House, S2S,Oo0,
SENATE SO-, fSN, conference, S3f,Jb. making
| the totals. House. $iVOoD0 Senate S5SI 900
conference, $lJ0,oo0 for street improve
| ments; for repairing asphalt or concrete
| pavement House, $l.75, Senate, Sl.g0, con-
ference, Sl.s0.
The Sewer CIauses.
For suburban sewers, House, $500; Sem
| ate. Sl21, 900, conference, $4,000: for the
| 18th street and F street portions of the
Easby's Point interceptng sewer, Senate
$4,000, conference, $4,000, and the total
cost is not TO exceed So 900, under a con-
| tract which is authorized by the bill; for
| continuing the Rock creek and street
intercepting sewer, House, $40 UpO. Senate,
| s1@p,o0o, conference, SGG,o00: Tor grading
| and regulating Yale, Bismarck, Princeton,
| Harvard and Columbia streets between
| 9TH and l4th streets, House. $4,000,
Senate, $25,oO, conference, $1,000; for
| cleaning streets, House, Sl46,cO0, Sen
| ate, Sl65,4sO, conference, $lSu.Jo0: for
the parking commission, House. Sl7.oo0,
| Senate, $4,000. conference, S200o0;
| for the public pumps, House 5000. Senate
l $4,000, conference $500; for repairs to
| school buildings and grounds, House So, ,oo0
Senate $4,000 conference, $1,000; for the