Evening star., 1907-10-20
Provision Made in Estimates
Submitted to Congress.
PAVING THOROUGHFARES
Visits of Inspection Made Before
Final Decision.
ITEMS IN DISTRICT BUDGET
County to Be Given Liberal Atten-
tion if Congress Pleases to Pro-
vide the Funds.

In their annual estimates to be sub
mittod to Congress for the next fsca
year the Commissioners made generous
provision for improvements of streets
avenues and county roads. In selecting
the list to be submitted the Commission
Crs gave careful thought to the interests
Of every section of the District and per
sonally visited nearly every street in the
city, noting the needs that have been
call d to their attention.
The schedule pared by them for
work on streets and avenues showing the
section, the name of the street the pro-
posed Improvement and the estimated
cost of the same. follows:
Northwest seCtion-D street between
18th and 14th streets, pave, forty feet
wide, to cost s7.5S: 13t. street betwc er
d and Pennsylvania avenue, pave, thirty
five feet wide, $500; Vermont avenue be-
tween T and L streets pave forty feet
wide, 5000; V street between 10th and
18th, pave, thirty-two feet wide, $1,000
E street between 10Th and 10Th streets
pave, thirty-two feet wide, $5,40O
Northeast section-Florida avenue be
tween 7th and 9th streets. pave, forty
five feet wide, $500; B street between
18th and 10Th streets, pave, thirty feet
wide, $lJ, 600: 18th street between c an6
ID streets, pave, thirty-two feet wide
81 200: 4th street between l. street and
Florida avenue, pave, tMrty-two feet
wide, $13, 600; 1th street between X stree
and Florida avenue, pave, thirty feet
wide, $4,000; + street between 10th ano
18th streets. pave, thirty feet wide $1,000
9th street between G and II streets, pave
thirty-two feet wide, s4,l0O; North Caro-
lima avenue between 18th and 14th streets
pave. forty feet wide, $40, 100.
Southeast section-Pennsylvania ave-
nue. tsouth roadway between 18th and
18th streets, pave. 81 feet wide s21 Loo;
X street between Sth and 11th streets.
pave. so feet wide. 5000; New Jersey
avenue between I and NJ streets. pave,
l1tn and 18TH streets, pave. 30 feet wide,
Sl1,J00; 9th street between l and NJ
streets. pave, 80 feet wide, $1,000
Southwest section-Eighth street be-
tween II and Water streets, pave, 80 feet
wide. $6,SOo; Canal street (north Side) be-
tween d and South Capitol streets, pave
10 feet wide, 5000; 10th street between
d and G. streets, pave, % feet wide S10.-
900; K street between Az and 9th streets,
pave 80 feet wide. $500; l. street be-
tween AZ and Ith streets, pave, 35 feet
wide. sl0,C1o.
Georgetown section-Thirty-fo fourth street
between r and streets, pave, 80 feet
wide, $500.
County Roads.
The estimates for construction of county
roads are as follows: Longfellow street
northwest, 9TH street to Shepherd road,
grade and improve, to cost 81, 900: L street
northwest. North Capitol to I'd street.
pave. 80 feet wide, $500; 10th street
northwest, grade and improve, $50, ,OOe;
Rhode Island avenue extended, grade and
T11J .ffa,l
open this avenue to It's full width to the
District line be first dedicated to the bis
trict Of Columbia, without cost-S1O COO
Livingston road southeast, grade and i'm
prove, $1,000; Massachusetts avenue
northwest, grade and improve, $4,000
And the appropriation of So, 600 for the
condemnation OF land necessary for ey-
tending Massachusetts avenue from Wis
consin avenue to Nebraska avenue, and
toward grading and improving said part
o. Massachusetts averue, contained in the
act making appropriations to provide for
the expenses of the government of the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year
ending June 90 1907. approved June q.
1905. Is hereby made available for grading
and improving Massac chusetts avenue be-
tween the limits named during the fiscal
yeal ending June 30, 1909
In Various Sections.
Eleventh street northwest, Irving to
Kenyon street, pave fifty feet wide, s., 900;
Randolph place northeast, North Capitol
street to Lincoln road, pave thirty feet
wide, $1,000; Girard street northwest, 18th
to 18th street, pave thirty feet wide,
$500; North Capitol street. T to V
place northwest, 1st to I'd street. pave
thirty feet wide, s5.OO0 Monroe street
street, grade and macadamize. SO, 900;
Holmead place northwest. Park road to
Otis place. grade and improve, $4,000;
Sheriff road northeast, grade and i'm
prove, SO, 900; Macomb street northwest,
Connecticut avenue westward, grade and
improve, $500; 5th street northwest, U
to W street, grade and improve, $500;
Mills avenue northeast, Franklin street
to Rhode Island avenue, grade, IS, 500;
Shepherd street, Petworth, grade and i'm
prove. $4,000; 18th street northwest, Eu-
cid to Harvard street. pave forty feet
wide. sl1.7oo: 41st street and Western
avenue northwest, grade and improve,
provided these roadways, from Living
ston street to Chevy Chase Circle, be
frs first dedicated ba to the District Of coum
Irving street to Rhode Island
avenue. grade, $500; Lincoln road north
east street to Truxton Circle, pave
thirty five feet wide. $500; 7th street
nue.. grade and improve. 81 900; Albc-
marie street northwest. east of Connecti-
cut avenue. grade and improve, $40, 900;
Irving street northwest, 11th to 18th
street, pave thirty feet wide, $500; I'd
street northwest, south Of Bryant street,
grade and improve, $1,000; S street north
east, North Capitol street to Lincoln
road, pave thirty-two feet wide, $500;
4th street northwest, Elm to w street,
pave thirty-five feet wide, $1,000; Manor
street and Luray place northwest. War
der street to Park place. and Warder
street northwest, Manor street to Luray
place, grade and improve, $4,000; Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, grade and i'm
prove, $1,000; Rittenhouse street and
Western avenue northwest, Rock Creek
Ford road to Chevy Chase Circle, grade
and improve. s7.500; Adams Mill road
northwest, grade s10.0 900; streets in Ana
costa, grade and improve, S., 1000; Upton
street northwest, east of old Pierce Mill
road, grade, $14, 900; Jackson street north
east, 10th to 18th street, and 10th street
northeast Jackson to kearney street. grade
and improve. s., 500; lngraham street north
west BrightWood avenue to 9th street,
grade and improve. sl,SO0; LongfelloW
street northwest, Brightwood avenue to
Colorado avenue, grade, $2,SU0: streets in
American University Park and Wesley
Park, grade and improve. $4,000, Ritten-
house street northwest, Brightwood ave-
nue. to Blair road grade and improve,
Sl2, $50; Michigan avenue northwest, 1st
street westward grade and improve, S.
$40; Franklin street northeast. I'D to 26th
street, grade and improve. $500; Q street
southeast, sd to 18th street and I'D
street southeast, Minnesota avenue to
Naylor road, grade and improve, s4 90O;
Ontario place northwest grade and i'm
prove. $500; School street northwest,
Irving to Lamont street. grade and i'm