Evening star., 1922-03-07
SENATE APPROVES
STREET REPAIRS

Y. n. 5 amendments OF COm.
mittee, Increasing Dis
trict Appropriations.
The District appropriation bill was
taken up in the Senate today at 2
o'clock. The Senate agreed to COM
mittee amendments for the repair
and improvement Of streets as fol-
lows:
Northwest--For paving west side
of Connecticut avenue. Ingomar street
to Chevy Chase Circle. so feet wide,
s25.0o0
Northeastern paving East Capt.
tol street. 18th street to 18th street.
so feet wide, $4,000.
Northeastern paving Rhode Island
avenue. 18th street to 18th street.
fifty feet wide. $4,000.
Northeast-For paving 18th street,
Michigan avenue to Upshur street.
forty feet wide. $1,000.
Northwest-For paving Randolph
thirty feet wide. 10000.
Northwestern paving 2sth street
from Woodley road to Cathedral ave-
nue., $4,000.
The Senate also agreed to a COM
mittee amendment increasing from
For repairs of streets. avenues and
alleys the House appropriation Of
$431.250, was increased to 100000.
Other Amendments Accepted.
Without debate the Senate agreed
q mo tvnN
Ing the appropriation for repairs to
suburban roads and streets from
100000 to s25O.o0O.
The proposals of the Senate COM
mittee increasing sewer items were
agreed to. The item for cleaning
the streets and removing the snow
was increased from $350.Ooo to
100000
The Senate agreed to an amendment
providing $50,000 for the purchase of
a piece of ground to take the place
of Columbia Heights playground.
The Senate also agreed to a COM
mittee amendment authorizing the
appointment Of a business manager
for the public schools at a salary of
$4,000.
School Items Allowed.
For equipment of six additional
schoolyards for the purposes of play
grounds for the pupils. $2.40o was al
lowed.
New school buildings and grounds
recommended by the Senate commit
tee were agreed to as follows:
For the erection of an eight-room
addition to the Lovejoy School, in
Guiding additional land, $4,000.
For the erection Of an eignr:.room
cluding additional land, H4O.O00.
For the purchase of a new site on
which to locate a sixteen room build
ing to take the place of the Tenley
The limit of cost for the two new
junior high schools was increased to
100000 for each under committee
amendments adopted.
At this point consideration Of the
bill was interrupted temporarily by
TEN by Senator Watson of Georgia.
Senator Harrison of Missi ssippi
called attention to the need of addi-
ttonal classrooms at Western High
School. He offered an amendment
directing the District Commissioners
TO have plans prepared for the pro-
posed addition to the Western High
School. so that they would be in read
mess for the next appropriation bill.
This amendment was agreed to with
the approval Of Senator Fhipps.
The fares charged for transporta-
tion on the street railways in the Dis
trict were attacked by Senator Har-
rison. He offered an amendment to
the bill to be inserted Immediately
after the provisions for the salaries
of the Public Utilities Commission.
which would provide that no money
to pay these salaries should be avail
able until the Public Utilities Com
mission had compelled the street car
companies to provide transportation
at the rate of cents a cash fare and
six tickets for Is cents.
To Fight Jones Rider.
. The fight against the Jones rider
changing the fiscal relations Of the Dis
trict. which was begun in the Senate
yesterday afternoon on the ground that
general legislation should not be carried
continue.
Senator Harrison Of Mississippi, who
led the attack yesterday on the rider.
said today that he expected to make
the point Of order against the rider
mittee of the whole into the Senate.
He said also that when the rider Is
taken up for consideration in the COM
mittee of the whole, a full explanation
of it will be demanded and that 1t
probably will lead to considerable de-
bate.
When the District bill was taken up
in the Senate late yesterday afternoon
Senator Harrison Immediately made a
point Of order that the first provision Of
the committee bill, the Jones' rider az
fecting the fiscal relations of the Dis
trict, was new and general legisla-
ton on an appropriation bill. and
that under the new rule just adopted
by the Senate few minutes earlier,
placing ali appropriations bills under
the appropriations committee, It
should be sent back to the appropria-
tions committee.
This rule reads:
1.-THE committee on appropriations
shall not report an appropriation bill
containing amendments proposing new
or general legislation, and II an appro-
priation bill is reported to the Sem
ate containing amendments proposing
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