Evening star., 1923-01-23
SENATORS BOOST
FUNDS FOR DISTRICT
IN FISCAL MEASURE
$1,000, 900 Will Be Added if
All Amendments Are
Adopted.

The District appropriation bill for
consideration in the Senate today. AS
reported to the Senate. the bill carries
$22,244,4s5, an increase Of s165,s7s
over the House bill.
The Senate appropriations commit
tee has also recommended amend
ments to be offered from the floor
which would add a total of about
$2,200,ooo if they are all adopted.
Consideration OF the committee
amendments to the bill proceeded rap
idly. Without debate and without OBJ
lection, amendments increasing the
general expenses for the executive Of
fees, collectors office, municipal ar
chitects office, Public Utilities Com
mission, surveyors office and rent
commission, totaling $19,39S were
adopted.
Increase for Library.
An amendment increasing the ap-
preparation for the Southeast branch
of the Public Library by $1,000 was
adopted. The Senate also agreed to
amendments increasing the contin-
gent and miscellaneous expenses by
$4,000.
When consideration of the street
and road amendments for improve
ment and repair work was begun
Senator Robinson of Arkansas ques-
toned the committee amendment
provement of Georgia avenue from
Military road to Dahlia street.
Paving Item Stricken Out.
Senator Phipps explained that the
committee had stricken out the ap-
lot M
Dahiia street, because it was not
considered Immediately necessary.
The following provisions were
For paving Bladensburg road from
the end of asphalt northward. $4,000,
The Senate adopted the committees
amendment striking out the House
appropriation for paving Canal road
from Aqueduct bridge to Foxall road,
$4,000. The amendment proposed by
the committee for including the paw
ing of Spring place to the end of the
pavement to 18th street, $4,000, was
agreed to.
mittee amendment for paving Buchan-
street, $4,000, and for paving 9Th
street from Quackenbush to Rftten-
house street, $4,000.
$5s3,7OO for Streets.
The House provision Of $4,000 for
paving Sigsbee place, 10th street to
18th street, was stricken out The
total of the street Improvement ap-
propriations which was reduced by
the Senate committee from S774,700 to
$593,700 was approved.
Repeal of the appropriation in the
act of 1922 for s16,Se0 for repaving
18th street northwest, from H street
to I street, seventy feet wide, was
approved by the Senate.
The amendment, including an al
lowance of not to exceed $26 month
for an automobile used for official
purposes by the street department,
was approved. An item of $4,000 for
one special motor vehicle for the
overseer of bridges was approved.
The Senate approved the action of
the committee in changing the name
of the new Georgetown bridge to the
Francis Scott Key bridge, across the
Potomac river, and also approved an
addition of $4,000 to the $4,000
House item for trees and parkings.
Senator McKellar criticized the ap-
propriations for automobiles in the
street cleaning department. But the
items were defended by Senator
Phipps.
Criticizes Auto System.
Senator McKellar said the drain
upon the Treasury by the cost of
ment is little better than graft, and
that the only way to stop 1t is by
publicity. He said the local papers
do not notice the extravaganza, but
he Is going to have it noticed if he
can.
He said that there, is no city gov
ernment in the country which would
stand for such expenditures.
He gave notice that he would move
to strike out the appropriation for
automobiles and in the meantime
would seek to obtain from the city
government the names and positions
of all those who are supplied with
motor vehicles.
At the request of Senator McKellar
the items in the District bill provid-
ing for passenger automobiles for the
use of District employees were passed
over Temporarily.
When the public Fairgrounds items
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