The times., 1898-06-18
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS
The Conferees Yesterday Re-
ported an Agreement.
SiNATE ITEMS AGREED TO
Appropriations Are Provided for I'm
Settling Disputed Points of the
Mensure--MufuaI Concessions and
Recessions Permit of the Bill Be
ing Passed i'm short Time.

| W IN lLit tACtpllOH Ol q lew VI the
| er matters in the appropriation bill for
| the District. e-conferees yesterday re-
| ported an agreement and IL is believed
THAI upon the points in disagreement the
| conferees win not be much longer apart
In general it may be said the Senate
| amendments, which either added items
or Increased House appropriations. have
been agreed to. although in many cases
the amounts have been scaled down. The
appropriations provided for in compromis-
ing the interested items are as follows:
One additional messenger clerk for the
| commissioners at 5000.
An fncrease.of one $1,000 clerk in the as
| SCISSORS office.
The House provision for a disbursing
clerk in the auditors Office at s1.6OO is
stricken out and the Senate amendment
retained for disbursing officer at $500,
who is required to- give bond in the sum
of $4,000 -'.tlz.n s'.-''s
The Senate. gives up its amendment ap-
propriating $500 for morgue keeper and
$3.50 for an assistant. but the bill carries
81 900 for the repairs and equipment of the
morgue.
The House permits the amendments to
stay appropriating 1850 for arranging old
records. for ready use; 81 300 to enable the
register OF Wills to-compare and reproduce
certain records. and $500 for the enforce
ment of the game and fish laws.
The Senate yields the 5000 appropriated
for an accurate Typographical survey and
map of Georgetown, and S2,O00 for pIats
and field notes in that portion of the Dis
trict east and south of the Eastern
( Rranch and in and over Takoma Park.
The S242. 093 for the payment of awards
of condemnation for the extension OF Six
/ teenth Street through Denison and Leigh
tons subdivision of Mt. Pleasant is
/ stricken out.
| The Senate's increase from $3.50 to
$50,G00 for assessment and permit work
is yielded, also the $4,000 for paving
| roadways under the permit system.
The appropriation for street improve
/ ments and repairs IS compromised at
$4,000 to be divided as follows. George
town, Sl4 100: Northwest $46. 800: South
west. SO. 400: Northeast, s4l, COO: South
east, S35 200. The Senate proviso that here
after when as many streets and entire
blocks Of streets in any section have
/ been paved as the amount allotted TO that
section will permit and there still re-
1 mains a balance insufficient to pave an
pavement upon the schedule. such bal
ance shall remain available and be added
( 10 the allotment for that section for
the next succeeding year, was stricken
out
The Senate gave up the S11.5O0 for paw
ing p Street from Rock Creek to Twenty
ninth Street. and $1,000 for paving the east
side of North Capital between p and Q.
The House agreed to the items appropri-
ating s.. 900 to complete the asphalt paving
of Twelfth Street from East Capitol to
b northeast and 1000 for the same work
on Tennessee Avenue from East Capitol
% y Street northwest.
! The Senate appropriation OF $4,000 for
suburban sewers is reduced to $4,000. In
stead of $23l coo for completing Tiber
Greek and New Jersey Avenue high level
intercepting sewer. the appropriation
provides for continuing that work and
sets apart Sl5O.0e0 instead of $4,000, as the
House had it, The following provision is
also agreed tos
For constructing. in part. the north
erly portion of the Tiber Creek and New
Jersey Avenue high-level intercepting
sewer, twenty thousand dollars. The
Commissioners of the District of Colum-
bia are authorized to enter into a con-
tract for the construction of said north
erly portion of said sewer, commencing
at the terminus of the sewer at the Capt.
toll grounds already under contract, and
running northerly to near the intersection
| of New jersey Avenue and d Street
1 northwest at a cost for its completion not
to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, to be paid for from time to time
as appropriations may be made by law;
and the Commissioners are authorized to
construct said sewer, where necessary,
across lands belonging TO the United
States, and as soon as practicable there
after the eXcavated portions of said lands
shall be restored to their original condi-
ton from the appropriations made for
said construction. For the purchase or
condemnation of necessary land, and pre-
pairing plans for the construction of a
sewage pumping station under the ap-
proved project for sewage disposal in the
District of Columbia, twenty-five thou
sand dollars
The Senate increase of $1,000 for replac-
ing sidewalk curbs around public reser-
yatiOns and municipal buildings goes out.
| For the repair of country roads So, 900 has
been agreed upon. The House also agrees
TO the following:
For establishing the grade and i'm
proving Michigan Avenue to a width of
100 feet from the southerly boundary of
the Soldiers Home grounds, 5000.
For paving Sixteenth Street extended
from the south side of Florida Avenue
TO the north side of Morris Street, sl5 600.
| Paving Belmont Avenue, between Eight
eenth Street extended and Columbia
Road. $1,000.
Grading and regulating Kalarama
Street. between COLUMBIA Road and
Eighteenth Street $500.
Grading and regulating Kalorama
paving Hartford. Tenth and Twelfth
Streets, Brookland, and completing i'm
proyements and improving the connection
between Twelfth Street and Brentwood
Road. S1L0e0.
For the Improvement of Connecticut
Avenue, west of Rock Creek, $4,000
For paving Sixth Street from Florida
Avenue TO Spruce Street, LIE Droit Park,
s.. 500
For grading and regulating Illinois Ave
nue., $2.509.
For grading and paving Kenyon Street.
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Streets s. 900.
The Senate gives up the following
| amendments:
For continuing the Improvement of the
road extending from Broad Branch Road
to Chevy Chase Circle 5000
For grading and graVelifig Flint Street.
Brightwood Park, $4,000
For grading and graYelIng Albemarle
Street and opening same. py purchase or
condemnation. to Grant Road continuing
Improvement, $1,000.
For grading and regulating Kenesaw
Avenue and Park Road from Sixteenth
Street extended to Klingle Ford Road
continuing Improvement 5000
For improving Benning Road from Fif-
teenth Street east to Benning, $4,000.
| For grading and paving Fifteenth Straat
from Street to Florida Avenue. s. 900.
| or so much thereof as may be necessary.
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