The times., 1898-03-03
The committee had added the following

service, and for other necessary purposes $500.
For morgue keeper. 5000; assistant morguc keep
er, $3.50: and for repairs, equipment, fuel ana
Gas for the morgue s., ,0i0; in all, s., 100.
To make accurate Typographical survey and
map of that portion OF the District Of Columbia
formerly known Georgetown, 81, 0Oo; tor the
preparation of such plats and field notes are
necessary 10 the making of accurate surveys IN
those portions of the District OF Columbia lying
east and south of the Eastern Branch OF the
Potomac River and in and near TakoIna Park.
5000; in all, $1,000, TO he Immediately avail
able.
For the enforcement of the game and fish laws
Of the District of Columbia, 10 be expended
under direction Of the Commissioners $500.
The Senate committee has made the fol-
lowing increases in the amounts to be
used in Improvement and repairs of
streets:
Georgetown schedule, increased from $4,000 to
$4,000
Northwest schedule. increased from 900 to
Zoo; southwest schedule, $1,000 TO S2S,00O
Southeast schedule S22. 600 to $1,000.
Northeast schedule, S26. 600 TO $4,000.
As matter of new legislation hearing
upon the subject of street paving the fol-
lowing has been added TO the bill;
And hereafter when as many streets
and entire blocks of streets III any sec
ton have been paved as the amount al
lotted in that section will permit and
there still remains a balance insufficient
to pave an entire block of the street pro-
Vided for pavement upon the schedule,
such balance shall remain available and
be added TO the allotment for that section
for the next succeeding year
Additional streets ordered to be paved
or repaired are:
Repairing P street from Rock Creek 10 Twenty
ninth street. Sll 500.
Paving the west side of North CAPITOL street.
between and Q streets, $1,000.
Completing asphalt pavement of Twelfth street
from gEf n Str npr lSt
81. 900.
Paving with asphalt Tennessee avenue from East
Capitol street to street northeast, 1900.
The appropriation for the construction
Of the northerly part of Tiber Creek sew
er and sewage pump station is as fol-
lows:
For constructing in part the northerly
portion of the Tiber Creek and New Jer-
sey avenue high-level intercepting sewer,
s2o.G00 And the Commissioners OF the
District Of Columbia are authorized to en-
ter into a contract for the construction of
said northerly portion of said sewer, com
| mencing al the terminus of the sewer at
the Capitol grounds already under con-
tract, and running northerly to near the
intersection of New Jersey avenue and d
street northwest. at a cost for its COM
pletion not to exceed $150 COO to be paid
for from time to time as appropria tions
| may be made by law. and said Commits
| sioners are authorized to construct said
| sewer, where necessary, across lands be-
| longing to the United States, and as soon
as practicable thereafter the excavated
! portions of said lands shall be restored TO
! their original condition from the appro-
priatons made for said construction.
For the purchase or condemnation of
! necessary land, preparing plans, and con-
structing. in part, a sewage pumping sta
! ton under the approved project for sew
1 III to- /. ,lrYyN
s25 600. And the Commissioners of the
| District are hereby authorized TO enter in
| to contracts for the construction of said
| sewage pumping station, supplying ma
| chinery and constructing sluice gates and
| other appurtenances necessary therefor
| under the approved project for sewage
disposal in the District of Columbia, at a
! cost for its completion not to exceed $3.50,
| co., to be paid for from time TO time as
appropriations may be made by law"
Many other items for the construction
of country roads have been added in the
Senate, chief among them being:
For establishing the grade and improving
| Michigan avenue 10 width OF one hundred feet
| from the southerly boundary OF the Soldiers
For paving Sixteenth street extended, from the
1 south side of Florida avenue to the north side
| Of Morris street, Sl5-GC0.
| For the Improvement OF Connecticut avenue,
| west Of Rock Creek. $4,000.
| For continuing the improvement OF the road
extending from Broad Branch road 70 Chevy
| Chase circle s., 900.
For grading and grayeling Flint street, Bright
! wood Park. 81, 600.
For grading and graveling Albermarle street
and opening same, by purchase or condemnation
| TO Grant road. continuing Improvement, $1,000
For paving Sixth street. from Florida avenue tC
| Spruce street, lie Droit Park. $500.
For grading and regulating kencsaw avenue anc
! Park road from Sixteenth street extended tc
klingle Ford road. continuing improvement 50,
600.
For improving Benning road, from Fifteenth
street cast TO Bennng, $4,000.
For grading and regulating Illinois avenue, s.,
800.
For grading and paving Kenyon street, he
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, 5000.
In consideration of the dedication o
the land necessary for the opening o
North Capitol street and First stree
through the land Of the heirs Of DaviC
Moore by the owners thereof. free o
compensation therefor and waving al
claim to the award of S2I. 07S. heretofor
confirmed by the District courts, the Com
missioners Of the District of Coiumbi.
are directed 10 improve said streets b.
grading the same the entire width there
of. and laying water mains, granite curb
granolithic sidewalk and sewers, ant
that no assessments for any of said worl
shall be levied upon any of the said LAM
of said heirs of David Moore; and any as
/
works on the line of First street shall b
Cancelled; the grading of North Capito
street and other said improvements to b
| paid for out of the fund appropriated i
the District of Columbia appropriation ac
under items for assessment and permi
work, sewers. and laying new waite
{ mains and repairs of country roads, s
} | far as shall be necessary.
For grading and regulating Prov
dence, Lansing, Hartford, Tenth an
: | Twelfth streets, Brookland, ara complet
: | ing improvements, and improving In
connection between Twelfth street an
| Brentwood road, $110jO.''
= Under the provision of electric lghtm
the committee has cut out the House pro
r vision for an extension of that servic
along the lines of lawful canduits now e.
, listing, including Connecticut avenue, b'
} | tween FarragGt square and Florida aYt
: nue.; Indiana avenue and street frol
I | Fourtr street northwest TO Delaware aV,
! nue. northeast, and East Capitol stree
from First to Eleventh streets.
e The paragraph providing for an invest
T cation OF the subject of the filtration
e the water supply, one of the matters
which the public is vitality intereste
q reads as follows:
o 'To enable the proper officer of the Go
h ernment having charge of the Washini
{ ton aqueduct and the water supply to ii
t city of Washington to make an investigi
n ton and a fun and detailed report, whiC
o shall be submitted TO Congress on Il
q first Monday in December, 1898, upon Il
: feasibility and propriety Of Gltering II
= water supply of Washington, and to me
= all necessary expenses of the said inve
tigation. s. 600. Said report shall be a
= ccmpanied by a detailed estimate of Il
Y cost of the work required and in mal5ii
! the Investigation and in the preparati'
$ OF this report the chief of engineer