Evening star., 1904-03-23

Other amendments to the bill made by the
committee follow:
The Com z.issioners are authorized, IN
their discretion. to grant leave of absence
With pay. not to exceed thirty days, to any
individual in any one year, to regular en-
ployes appointed directly by the Commits
sloners. whose services are continuous, but
W no receive per diem compensation, ana
have been in the continuous service of the
District for one year.
For TsSurvey of certain squares in the
eastern part Of the city and placing monu-
nents at corners of same. to replace orig
inal monuments destroyed during the civil
war. 81 2u1 is appropriated.
For purchase of the platS and field noteS
OF Mr.. William j. Latimer. private sur
veyor. containing survey data OF that part
OF the District lying southeast OF the Ana
costa river, an appropriation or $io,oOo Is
made.
For metal shelving. book cases and racks
in the office of the recorder of deeds, s1OUt
t. be expended by the superintendent or the
Capitol
For metallic cases for card index for
office of register of wills. $3.50
For carrying out the provisions of The
&C. to authorize the Commissioners to re-
move dangerous or unsafe buildings. 10
pay the members of the board of survey
provided for, other than the inspector of
buildings. at compensation OF $l0 each
survey and to pay the cost of making
safe or removing such buildings upon the
refusal or neglect of the owners so to do,
S20o
Paving and Grading.
For repaving 14:h street between Penn
syIvania avenue and F street northwest.
$4,000
For repaving with asphalt 10th street be-
tween G. and Water streets southwest,
s2Goo
For Columbia road between 18th and 10th
street. pave. s. 200.
For ale street between 18th and 14th
streets pave S6C00.
For Clifton street between 18th and 18th
streets. grade, $500.
For Lanier avenue. grade and improve,
SJUS.
For Twentieth street from Brentwood
road to Queens Chapel road, grade and i'm
prove $1,000.
For Pennsylvania avenue extended, grade.
$500
For California avenue from Phelps place
to Massachusetts avenue, grade and i'm
prove $500 "'i -' l-.-
For Connecticut avenue extended, grade
and improve. $4,000
For Woodley road from Wisconsin
nue. to Idaho avenue, grade and improve,
$3.50
For Albemarle street east of Connecticut
avenue. grade and improve, $500.
For 22d street from Decatur place to )
street northwest, Improvement. 5000.
For street. North CAPITOL to 1st street
west. grade and pave. $500.
For Quincy street from North Capitol
street to Florida avenue, pave, $500.
For Sherman avenue from Florida ave-
to Irving street, grade and improve,
5000
For Dover street, Brooklsnd, from 10Th to
18th streets grade and improve, $1,000
For sub street Petworth. from Richmond
to Trenton streets, grade and improve,
$1,000
For Grant street northwest, between 18th
street and 18th street, grade and improve,
$500 -,.
For Q street between 22d and 23d streets
northwest. pave, $3,H0.
For Shepherd street northwest from Con-
necticut avenue extended to Idaho avenue.
grade and macadamize, $1,000: provided.
that all the necessary land shall be con-
veyed to the District of Columbia and ded-
icated to public use.
Improving 14th Street Extended.
For grading and matchmaking according
to the plans of the first section permanent
system of highways. 18th street from its
present terminus at Lydecker avenue, with
the same width of roadway now open i'm
mediately south of that avenue to the juno
ton. near Brightwood, of that street ex-
tended with Piney Branch road. including
connecting line of avenue where 14th street
is shifted from its direct extension, and for
the removal, with the assent of owners, of
houses and barns or other improvements
which may be within the lines of the street
to adjacent sites of present owners, s20, 500,
the whole cost of the work under con-
tract WHICH Is dulHOTIZSu not 10 exceed
$4,000
To enable the Commissioners to purchase
the parcels of ground necessary for the
right of way of 18th street. which they
authorized to do, or with the fund provided
for paying. in condemnation proceedings
authorized, sections 4S3 to 491, inclusive, of
the code for the District any damages or
excess of damages over benefits that may
be allowed to the owners of land to be
taken. should there be any damages found
IN such proceedings or any damages in ex-
cess. of benefits. Provided, that if the Com
miSSlonerS. in their discretion, pursuant to
sectiDn 49f. reject the award or awards in
such condemnation proceedings or If the
benefits exceed the dam ges to an amount
over $1,000, the appropriations of s2OOU
ana 5000 shall revert to the treasury of
the United States, except $500 of the latter
appropriation, which shall be chargeable
with the costs of the proceedings in re-
spect to the condemnations.
Approaches to Highway Bridge.
For completing construction including ap-
proaches, of the highway bridge across the
Potomac river, and for all purposes con-
nected with that work, $42s,0OO.
For construction of a concrete bridge
across Piney branch on the line of 18th
street extended, $4,000. The Commission
ers are authorized to enter into a contract
or contracts for the construction of the
bridge at a cost not to exceed $50 900, to be
PAD from time to time as appropriations
Therefor may De made by law.
The House provision relating to the Ana
costla and Potomac River railroad is
stricken out and the following is inserted:
Ihe Anacostia and Potomac River Rail-
road Company shall pay the entire cost of
tHe pavement between the exterior rails
OF us tracks on the inacostia bridge and
Tor a distance of two feet from the said
exterior rails of the tracks on each side
ana the cost of the entire floor systero sun
porting the pavement Provided that any
othef railroad company now or herea fter
authorized by Congress to use the bridpe
snail have the right to use the tracks Of
inc Anaeostia and Potomac River Railroad
company thereon upon such reciprocal
trackaSe and such compensation as NAV
be mutually agreed upon. Hereafter one
mar OF the cost of the mainte nance and re
pairs of this bridge shall be borne by the
railway company or companies
Arizona Avenue Sewer.
For completion of the Arizoaa avenue
street sewer, $4,000 and the Commission
ers are authorized to enter into contra ct
Tor the completion of the sewer at a cost
not to exceed S17S000. exclusive of appro-
prldtions heretofore made.
for Ivy City trunk sewer $4,000 The
commissioners are authorized to enter into
contract for the whole work at a cost NOT