Evening star., 1900-05-12

tailed plans and specifsations for sewage
disposal system complete for the District
f~Columbia was adopted AS agreed upon
the thorfzes the preparation of such
The Acknowledgements amendments were
For grading and regulating Blagden ave-
nue., 5000. - y
For grading anu regulating Quincy street,
Petworth, from 9BrightVood avenue to Sth
street, 5000. =.
For improving Biadensburg road from
18th street northward, $4,000.
For grading and maeadamizing Frank
fort. I'D and oath streets, Langdon. $1,000
For improving, Connacticut avenue west
of Rock creek. 500.
For grading and regulating streets in
Woodbridge subdivision. $500.
For completing the paving of 10th street
extended between Florida avenue and CO.
lumbia road, $500. h
For grading and matchmaking 11th
street extended between Florida avenue and
Lydecker avenue, $2OoOO
FOR grading. repairing. pavement or gut
ters and improving 32d street between New
Cut road and Tenleytown road. and other
streets in Burieith addition $4,000.
For grading and regulating Cathedral ave
nue. from Connecticut avenue to Woodley
road. and the highway along the west bor-
der of the Geological Park from Woodley
road to Cathedral avenue, as shown on the
plan of the permanent system of highways.
s21.OOO
To construct masonry retaining wall
between Cincinnati street and Woodley. to
define the limits of a new driveway. which
the Commissioners are authorized to lay out
along the east side of Rock creek. from
Connecticut avenue to Geological Park.
$1,000.
Stricken Out and Compounded.
The provisions for grading and macadam-
izing Erie street. for grading Illinois ave-
n1re, for grading and paving Connecticut
avenue between Columbia road and Kalo-
rama avenue were stricken from the bill.
The appropriation for sprinkling. sweep
ing and cleaning streets avenues. etc.. and
FOR cleaning snow and ice from cross-walks
and cutters was fixed at $4,000 by the
House and $4,000 by the Senate. but the
conferees agreed upon an appropriation of
$1550OO.
The provision for the purchase of lot 12
block 8. in the Commissioners subdivision
or Washington Heights, so as to cause the
public park on 18th street extended to front
on lstn street. was agreed to, and to carry
1t into erect $l1.SO is appropriated.
The paragraph relating to electric light
Ing conduits is retained in the bill. except
that portion which provided that the Com
m1ssioners of the District should investi-
gate ana report in detail to Congress at the
beginning or the next regular session the
cost OF furnishing the arc lights provided
for In this paragraph.
The appropriation of $4,000 toward the
on the line of Connecticut avenue extended
as put In the bill in the Senate is retained.
Ihe Senate amendment appropriating
Sl.oU Tor the purchase and Improvement of
lot II, block 49, for the enlargement of the
play grounds of the Brookland school is
also retained
The conferees agreed to the appropriation
of s15.G0 for building and furnishing re-
ceivfng ward that would protect the Wash
fngton Asylum Hospital from contagion
and disturbances of all kinds.
The Senate amendment approprating
S2o.UO for the erection of new four-room
school building for the Industrial Home
school was agreed to.
The two appropriations that were made
for the Church Orphanage Association of
ST. johns parish and for ST. Joseph's Asy-
lum were both stricken from the bill. The
appropriations We're for what has been re-
only so-called sectarian appropriations con-
tanned in the bill.s
The appropriations for the collection and
disposal OF garbage and for the collection
and disposal of ashes We're placed together
and aggregate S115,O0O.
"A provision appropriating $1,000 for a
place of detention for children under six
teen years of age and for girls and women
over sixteen years of age, who are arrest
ed by the police or held as witnesses, was
agreed to.
care and Improvement of Rock Creek Park,
which amount was cut down to S15, 600 by
the conferees.
Ihe provision apprOpriatng ST. 600 to pay
members of the District militia when on
military duty in the case Of all those not
In government employ was agreed to by
the conferees.