Evening star., 1914-01-26
HOUSE PAVING SCHEME
OPPOSED BY SENATORS
Plan to Tax Abutting Property to
Be Stricken From
Bill.
Seventh Street Business Men Pre-
sent Arguments in Favor of
Asphalt Pavement.

That clause IN the District appropriation
bill as passed by the House which would
place upon property owners the cost of
paving the streets running past their
property is to be eliminated by the sub
committee of the Senate appropriations
committee in charge of the District bill.
il was learned today.
Strong arguments for paving 7th street
northwest between New York avenue and
Q street with asphalt, in place of the
Belgian block which has covered the
street for many years. were presented to-
day to the subcommittee by delegation
of business men who have their places of
business in eth street They told the
committee that the Belgian pavement
had been in Tth street for the last
quarter of a century. that it was roueh.
and that traffic over it caused so much
noise that at times II was almost I'M
possible to use a telephone in a building
fronting on the street AS taxpayers OF
the District, they demanded that they be
gwen the improvements which are SO
much needed
the deIegation moulded 5. +. Waters,
John Shugnrue, August Piuge, CharIes =
Shreve and Frank Rupert.
Urge Needs of Library.
Theodore ". Noyes. president OF the
board OF trustees of the Pubic Library.
and George F. Bowerman, librarian. ap-
peared before the committee and urged
that the appropriation bill be made to con-
form with the estimates submitted Tor
the Public Library.
Arthur E. Dowell. president of the
Connecticut Avenue Citizens Assoeia-
ton, and David L. Selke asked the
committee to see to it that hre
engine house be placed on Grant road
near Connecticut avenue, on lot al
ready owned by the government Ihe
pending bill provides $4,000 Tor fur-
ther tire protection Tor resiosnes III
that section of the city, but the DIS
trict Commissioners are planning 10
put this money into an addition to
engine house No. 20. on Wisconsin
avenue.
Association told the committee that
they have no adequate fire protection
now and that the station IN Wisconsin
avenue was too far away TO De OF use
velopment of Chevy Chase and Con,
nectIcut avenue extended as sooo
reason for granting their request
J. Nota McCiill, president of the board
of the National Training schooi LOT
Girls urged the committee to proVlde
for an additional teacher and to IN
crease the pay of the engineer at the
school
Argument was maze also III ldNoi VI
an appropriation of $4,000 for the
Ma tional Library for the Blind
A delegation of residents of Alexandra
county, Va, was before Senator Martin,
chairman of the full committee on ap-
propriations. today to advocate the adop-
tion of an amendment to the District
bill whereby the tuition charge imposed
upon persons whose residence is outside
the District for the attendance of their
children in the District public schools
be done away with.
In the delegation were Crandal Mackey
commonwealth attorney; George II.
Rucker, clerk of the court; Frank D.
Ball. r. c. l. Moncure. Prof. William
Hodges, superintendent of schools of the
county, and Ashton Jones, Senator Mar
tin promised TO get them hearing be-
fore the subcommittee.
Senator Martin is favorable to the pro-
posed amendment, 1t is said. The dele
cation said they would be satisfied II the
old law could be returned.
Mondell Opposes Section Eight.
Representative Mondell Of Wyoming
appeared before the committee in oppo-
| sition to section S of the bill, which
provides for covering into the United
States Treasury all revenues of the Dis
trict in excess of the amount appro-
priated annually for the District. Mr..
| Mondell is Il strong supporter of the half
and-half plan of appropriating for the