Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-25
NEGLECT OF NORTHEAST
Part of the District Said to Be Deprived of
It's Share From Congress.
Charles A. Barker Presents Statistics
to the Senate Committee ON
ApPropria tiOns.

Mr. Charles A. Barker was lately before
the Senate committee on appropriations
when the District appropriation bill was
under consideration, and presented some
statistics to show that the northeast por-
ton of the District is not receiving its full
share of money allowed by Congress for
public improvements.
Beyond the Eastern Branch.
THE House DILL said MIR. Barker, "as
passed, appropriates s72oOo for county
reads and suburban streets. That section
of the District which is beyond the Eastern
branch, and is sepafatedTby the Eastern
branch, contains dne-thfrd of all the
county area outside of the original limits
of the cities of Washington and George
town. 1t contains % per cent of the county
population, and pays 10 per cent of the
county taxes We have not one dollar APP
propriated for county roads or streets in
that section.
Il invite your attention to the appropria-
tons made for the past six years The
total appropriated has been $i94 go The
northwest section, which contains two
thirds of the territory, 10 per cent of the
population and pays 80 per cent of the
county taxes, has received of that sum
Si66, $50, and we who have a third of the
territory. % per cent of the population. and
pay 10 per cent of the county taxes have
received $4,000 In other words. the north
west section has received 9i.34 per cent of
the entire amount appropriated, and we
have received $50 per cent.
THE Commissioners have recommended
for this purpose for these same years ap-
preparations amounting to 1891. $500. They
have recommended that the northwest sec
ton have SIS per cent of the total and
that we have IL per cent
1t appears that the Commissioners have
recommended to you twice as much to be
done on county roads each year as has
cent. The committees have cut down the
District estimate 40 per cent Then it is
left for the District committees in Congress
to decide which streets shall be selected
and on our side of the city, do not know
for what reason, l presume because we
have not the influential element residing
with us that there is in the other section
our interests, / think, have been sacrificed
TO those of another section.
Allotted to the Region.
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894
we got $1,000 out of an appropriation of
s59,oo0 In 1895 We got $4,000 out of total
appropriation of $4,000. In 1886. out of a
total appropriation of $4,000, we got 81 900
In 1877, out of an appropriation of $50. 800
we received 5000. and in 1898, when there
was appropriated sl54 500 we did not re-
ceiVe d single cent
Nh Barker explains that he referred TO
appropriations for suburban streets and
N'Gilts tiidl lie entirely without the
original limits of the cities of Washington
and GEORGETOWN.
Applying the Rule
Speaking further on this subject. Mr..
Barker said IF the District Commission
ers and this committee would apply the
rule to the county that applies within the
city limits we would get about % per cent
OF the total appropriation because in max
ing the allotments between the four sec
tiers of the city since 1885, when Mai. Lud-
low formed the rule, they have taken into
CONSIDERATION area, valuation and popula-
tion So, with 30 per cent of the area. %
per cent of the population and 10 per cent
of the taxes paid, we would receive about
70 per cent under that rule which applies
IN the city; and / do not see why it should
not apply to the county, because it is just
an imaginary line, practically