Evening star., 1922-12-20
D. c. STREETS NEED
EXTENSIVE REPAIR
Roadbeds in Bad Shape for
Lack of Improvement
Funds.
MANY RUTS IN HIGHWAYS
Georgia Avenue and Rock Greek
Church Road Sections Great
Sufferers.

Wise investment Of public fun.
Tor street paving could be made d,
the section east Of Georgia avonu,
and north Of Rock Creel, Church road
an inspection disclosed today. 4 larae
part or this section has been bu.it UP
for number of years. and whil" 4.
number of the streets are paved. tha,,.
are several which need repaying. Al.
in the vicinity Of 9th ana Buchdn.u
streets there are now streets wh!,,.
are practically impa ssable in u.t
weather. although new homes are. 81
both sides. Efforts Were mad, bv th.
hlSh"ay officials 10 get some r-ii. 4
for thus section when th.y. made IL,
thelr estimates this year. but they did
not appear IN the recommendation
OF the bureau Of the budget when the
District estimates were sent to Con-
gress.
! Lhi"ss the House and Senate see ~
to insert appropriations for some Of
ehese streets IL the District bill theS.-
home owners will have at least :, wear
! or more of ursightly and unsaf, stree
conditions constantly before th,i.
Some effort now is being made li. ri...
District authorities t. proyld,, l,iia-
relief they can by dumping ashes a,.4
broken asphalt. taken from crhtf
streets. into these mud holes. aud roll
ing them down This is better tha.
the slippery clay. but at the most j.
4 only makeShift and ror in ke.linu
with street conditions that should pr,..
/ vail IN the Capital city of ;h'. :Ia.lo'}.
Streets I'm bad Repair.
Ninth street from buchanan 10 Ip,.
catur street Is III - very bad roi.d
tion. with new huEses on both side
buchanan street east Of Georgia a,,
nue. is rough and has i ciud.r .rn..p.
| bed. One of the worst streets In tt.-
particular section is Critfendcn str.-.
from sth TO Georgia avenue. II Is ,.s
a steep grade, the ruadb.-d consists o"
/ clay and III some places the sc?yct
manholes are sticking a couple OF fee
above grade. Il would he folly for q,
automobile driver TO Try L" le2oria.,.
. ii in bad weather. and /, is very da..-
gerouS at night IN dry weather
| Eighth St1ert from Buchanan TO Crit
| tenden, and Allison street, east Of .fi
| should receive some considerable.
! Homes nave heen there for q long TIM.
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day with bad street conditions. Wehstrs
street from 0lIoniS avenue 10 1ili has
a mud roadbed, today till.d with fro
en- ruts cut by tratti.. which nogoliat'''
it with difficulty during the rainy das
! of last week
| Some atteinp; has been made by 3
| local highway ct'ic.a Is Ia improve -
condition of 9Th street from NarnEIn g.
! Webster, which was particularly bal
/: last year, and was pointed out in tt,
Star at the zine They had thrown dow.
loads of broken asphalt and rolled II
While the street has hard surface, u
is rough and only ,nakeshift
The bureau Of the budget frowned or
the Recommendation for pavement for
Narnum street from Grant Circle cas-
1t was obs.er.eL there today that tn
street is 100 u.r cent built up. and t.,
roadbed is of tt. familiar clay ,u-
deep into RUS and had in wet wealth.
improvements Needed.
| New Hampshire and Illinois ave
nues north OF Grant circle are being
built up rapidly. although there haN~
, been houses oa these streets for MANY
months, but lie streets are no; IL
! keeping wiki The surrounding in
| provements. New Hampshire avenue
| from Rock Creek Church road north
| is just yard after yard of broken an!
! worn macadanI. full OF holes ana
dangerous for automobile traffic. -:
Fourth street northwest from Shep
| herd to Narnum needs improvement.
| Illinois avenue from Rock cree,
road north 81 ould To-. resurfaced. /,
| Is now In rough condition. makilis
! repairing unwise and most expensiv'-