Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-28
STREETS AND ROADS
improvements Proposed by
District Commissioners.
n
ESTIMATESli PREPARED
Statf
THOROUGHFARES IN THE SEW
ERAL SECTIONS LISTED.
Construction of County Roads and
Suburban Streets-Item of Cost
Placed at $15O,OOO.

| contained in the District budget In their
estimates forwarded this morning to the
| Secretary of the Treasury the Commission
ers ask for nominal appropriation of
$3.50 to pay the expenses of the permanent
highway system.
For assessment and permit work. cover
ing principally the cost of laying sidewalks.
the Commissioners ask 100000, no increase
over the current appropriation. In submit
ting this item the following clause is added:
"And hereafter all money received by the
collector of taxes under the provisions of
the act of August T. 1894, on account of as
| Sessment work. and in payment of assess
ments heretofore made for compulsory per-
nit work. shall be placed one-half to the
| credit of the general revenues of the United
| States and one-half to the credit of the
| general revenues of the District of Column
| bia.'
Proviso Explained.
| In explanation OF this proviso, the Com
| mSsioners say:
THE act of August T. 1894. provides that
all collections on account of special as
| sessments for the construction of sewers,
setting of curb. LAYING of sidewalks and
| paving of alleys shall be credited to the Up
propria ton for assessment and permit work
| for the fiscal year in which the collection
| is made. 1t is impracticable result of
! this provision to ascertain the available
amount of the appropriation for any fiscal
year until about two months after its eX-
piration. nor to complete the expenditure
| of the appropriation before about three or
| four months and occasionally much longer.
| This not only delays the closing up of the
work of the fiscal year in question, but in
! terferes with the commencing of the work
| of the ensuing fiscal year
| 1T is proposed to repay the collections
| referred to directly to the United States and
| the District of ('Olumb a in eul31 rt and
! to increase the appropriation for assess
| ment and permit work by the equivalent of
| these collections so that the exact amount
of the appropria ton may be definitely
known in advance and its expenditure
substantially within the fiscal year may be
ACCOMPLISHED
There is no intention to increase the ex-
pendtureS from the assessment and per
nit work appropriation in connection with
| this change which has the repea ted recon-
mendation of the auditor of the District of
| Columbia g -
For paving roadways under the permit
| system, $4,000 Is REQUESTED. the same as
the amount available this year
| FOR work on streets and avenues the sum
! OF *ltb.Et0 is requested. no Increase This
| sum will not do all the work on the schedule
| for the different sections as prepared in the
| engineer department. Congress usually die
| tateS how the money shall be divided be-
| tween the sections. }.~a g.
Provisions Of the Schedule.
The schedule submitted by the Commits
| sioners. however. is as follows:
North vest section-Fforida avenue from
list to r. pave. cost 5000: Florida avenue
| from 14th to 1lth, pave. cost SO 500; Flor
ida avenue from 9th to 11th. pave cost ST.
NO: r street from 18th to 18th, pave, cost
| Sc, 100.
Northeast section-lst street from New
! York avenue to Florida avenue pave cost
81. 400: 9th street from d to f. pave. cost
$500: G street from 4th to 9th, pave, cost
$1,000: 7th street from Maryland avenue
to Fl, pave. cost s11.2oO.
Southeast section-M street from South
Capitol to 18th. pave. cost $4,000; 9th
street from M to N. pave. cost $500; 18th
| from q to |. pave. cost 5000.
! Southwest section-P street from Della
ware avenue to AZ. pave, cost ST. 900; Della
ware avenue from o to =, pave, cost 1890;
Sd street from to o. pave. cost S. 800.
| GeorgetOwn-T street from SD to 35th
pave. cost $1,000: 10th street from K to
| Canal, pave. cost $1,000.
Streets and Alleys.
! For grading streets and alleys through
| the employment of the chain gang $1,000
| is requested: for the condemnation of
| streets. alleys and roads, $1,000, and for
! opening alleys. $4,000: the amounts being
| the same were appropriated this year.
! The Commissioners ask for special item
of $500 to pave with asphalt block 18th
| street from Pennsylvania avenue to F
| street, in front of the Department of Com
merce and Labor building and $4,000 to
! pave 10th street between G and Water
| streets southwest with asphalt.
For the cons ructiOn of county roads and
| suburban st, the Commissioners ask
! for Sf5O,00O, an increase of $1,000 over the
| current appropriation. With this estimate,
! however, they submit list of streets and
| roads recommended for improvement which
calls for the expenditure of a sum equal
| to several t. mes the amount of the appro-
, pria ton.
County Roads and Suburban Streets.
The schedule is arranged according to the
! Importance attached to the several items
by the local authorities, and In full is as
| follows:
For Rhode Island avenue northeast from
4th street to Brentwood road. grade and
! improve, 10000.
| For Wisconsin avenue northwest, grade
| and improve. 5000.
! For Massachusetts avenue northwest,
| grade and improve 10000.
| For Rhode Island avenue northwest
! from LIST to I'd streets. pave. :?OO)
For Columbia road between 14th and 10th
streets. pave. $500,
! For Yale street between 18th and 14th
| streets. pave $4,000.
For Clifton street between 18th and 18th
streets, grade. s7.5C0 .
| For east side of lexington place. grade
| and pave 10000. -"
For Bladensburg. road northeast. grade
and Improve, S00b0
For Benning and Anacostia roads, grade
and improve, $500.
For Harrison street. Anacostia, grade
and improve 5000 a.
For Lanier avenue. grade and improve.
| $500
For Chesapeake street from Brightwood
avenue to 9th street, grade and improve.
| 81. $50.
For Goth street, from Brentwood ro1d to
Queens Chapel road. grade and improve,
$500.
For Dover street. Brookland. from 18th
TO 18th streets, grade and improve, $1,000.
For Pennsylvania avenue extended, grade.
S10,CCO
For 9Th street northwest, from Elm to
Pomeroy Streets grade and improve, $1,000.
For California avenue. from Phelps place
to Massachusetts, avenue. grade and i'm
prove, 5000
For Lowell street, from 18th street TO
Columbia avenue, grade and improve, $1,000.
For Sherman avenue. from Florida ave-
nue. to Irving street. grade and improve.
$500
For Quincy street, from North Capitol
street to Florida avenue. pave. $500.
For Lincoln avenue. from Q to streets,
pave, 5000.
For Sth street, Petworth, from Richmond
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