Evening star., 1922-02-21
SENATORS BUMPED
OVER OLD STREETS,
REALIZE D. c. NEEDS
Subcommittee Jared Into
Firm Realization of Neg
IeCt in Northeast.

Dumping their way along between
the filtration plant and the new East
ern High School today, members Of
the subcommittee on District appro-
priatfons of the Senate appropriations
of Colorado. were Jared into a firm
realization that the northeast section
of the city has been Sadly neglected
in the matter of street improvements.
Senator Phipps said that the COM
mittee noticed in that section that
there were many rows of small homes
on streets in terrible condition. The
unimproved condition of many of
these streets.
There is big need for improve
ment Of many Of the new streets in
the northeast, now thickly built up,
to say nothing of the repair of old
surfaced streets which are showing
the effects of the wear of present-day
heavy automobile traffic.
VIII Visit Projects.
The committee plans to make visits
to other proposed projects in the city.
and then to consider all of the recon-
mendations in connection with their
personal observation. Senator Phipps
said that consideration would be
given to these matters in executive
committee meetings. and that every
effort would be made to make the
money go just as far as possible.
Inspection of the city streets will
be made in connection with inspec-
tion of other projects of the city
recommendations for which are con-
tanned in the estimates and in the
District appropriation bill as it came
from the House.
Need of Appropriation.
While there are many antiquated
streets in the city which should be
entirely renewed, it was shown, such
as the old granolithic pavements in
the business sections and on some of
the important feeder" highways,
there is great apparent need of a
substantial appropriation with which
to repair surfaced streets which have
large holes since the
recent storms here.
Important among the granolithic
paved streets are Georgia avenue
northwest. north of Florida avenue,
Whlcn WOulQ IelIeNe d great ucdl VI
the traffic to the north now forced
out Sherman avenue, and the paving
of 7th street southwest. the only di-
rect thoroughfare to the steamboat
wharves. At the present time it is
necessary for one wishing to reach
the steamboat wharves in a vehicle
other than a street car to make a
long detour in order to avoid the
rough granolithic blocks. Even 9Th
street southwest from Virginia ave-
nue. south is paved with the rough
granolithic blocks.
Millions Found Necessary.
Appropriation of an amount OF
money running into the millions
would be necessary to put the streets
of Washington in a condition in
keeping with the importance of the
National Capital. Continued pairing
of estimates for street improvements
in the Capital city has put the
streets of the District in such bad
condition that it will take years at
the present rate that appropriations
are allowed to bring them on a par
even with the fine state roads now
found in all parts of the country.
The Commissioners submitted $S01,-
O37 as their street Improvement
estimate, and this was at the very
rock bottom. The allotments
granted in the District appropria-
tion bill as reported to the House by
the appropriations committee were
exactly $113,600. or little less than
Is per cent of the original. This cut
was made after the budget bureau
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