Evening star., 1923-01-02
DECLINE COMMENT
AFTER5STREET TOUR
Representatives Say District
Bill Will Reflect Their
Impressions.
COL. KELLER DELIGHTED
Tour Led Over Bumpy and Rutty
Thoroughfares of Wash
ington.
COL. KELLER DELIGHTED

After having taken members of
Congress on an automobile tour of
Washington's rough and unpaved
streets yesterday, the District Com
missioners today are marking time
while the jury of legislators draws
up It's verdict. That verdict will be
announced through the medium OF
the District appropriation bill when
1t is reported to the House. but the
authors Of that measure would give
no hint in advance of what they in
tend to recommend.
1--WE made the trip. This bill will
speak for itself on what we deter
mined as result OF our observation"
was the answer Representative
Cramton, chairman of the subcom-
nittee on District appropriations
given to a question as to the impress
sion he got. representatives Ben
Johnson of Kentucky and James
Buchanan OF Texas. both democratic
members of the committee, were in
conference with the chairman at the
time.
Concerned With Future.
Representative Cramton was in
the midst OF making up the Districts s
appropriation measure when the in
terview opened, and he closed 1t In a
few minutes by declaring: I'VE are
concerned with the future and are
endeavoring to report our bill to the
House." Representative Evans of Ne
braska and Tinkham of Massachu-
setts, the other two republican MEM
bers of the committee, were not at
the meeting of that body today.
Chairman Cramton and Represent
ative Johnson were the only two
members Of the committee to make
the tour of inspection yesterday.
They were accompanied by Commits
sioner Keller and Assistant Commits
sioners Besson and Wheeler.
The representatives. 1t Is said, gave
no intimation as they went along of
the impresstons they received. but
more than fifty streets, including the
supplemental list compiled by the
Commissioners as well as the few
main arteries recommended for i'm
provement by the bureau Of the
budget.
Examined School Sites,
They also examined sites for a
number of proposed new school build
ings and visited two playground sites
that have been recommended for pur-
chase.
1t is known that the Commissioners
are greatly pleased with the treat
ment accorded them by the subcom-
mittee and are particularly gratified
by the interest in the needs of the
District exhibited by Chairman Cram
ton.
Here are the streets the inspecting
party covered: Recommended by the
budget bureau-Canal road, Aqueduct
to FoxaH road, $4,000; west side of
Connecticut avenue, Van Ness street
1orthward, $4,000; Connecticut ave-
Georgia avenue. Military road to
Dah1ia street, $S5.000; Rock Greek
Church road, 5th to Upshur streets
$4,000; Rhode Island avenue north
100000: Hladensbarg road, from the
END Of asphalt northward. s210,000;
Gcod Hope road, Minnesota to Ala
barna avenues, $4,000; Nichols avenue
from St. Elizabeth's Hospital to Port
land street. and Massachusetts, ave
$4,000. .
Supplemental Estimates. .
Recommended in supplemental estf-
mates Of Commissioners - Twenty
seventh street, K to L streets, $4,000:
Alton place, ssth to ssth streets, ss,-
400; Woodley road, 27th to 2sth
streets. $4,000; Perry place, end of
pavement to 18th street, $1,000; Allen
place. west of 20th street, 1000:
Kenyon street. Mount Pleasant, to 18th
streets, 81 900; Spring road, 18th to
18th streets, $10.S00; 18th street.
Spring road to Shepherd street, $l8,-
zoo; Kansas avenue, Quincy to Shep-
herd streets, $12,600; Shepherd street,
west of 14th street. $1,000; 18th
street, Allison street to Iowa avenue,
$500; Buchanan street, Georgia ave-
nue. to 18th street, $4,000: Gallatin
street, Piney Branch road to 18th
to Jefferson streets, s12, $500: Ingraham
street, Georgia avenue to 18th street,
$4,000; Jefferson street, Georgia ave.
nue. to 18th street, $4,000.
Ninth street: Quakenbos to Ritten-
house street $4,000; eth, Longfellow
to Madison. $4,000; sth. Longfellow to
Madison. $4,000; Ingraham, Sth to eth,
$4,000; Decatur, Georgia avenue to
9Th. $4,000: Crittenden, Georgia ave-
nue. to Sth, $4,000; 9Th street, Bu-
chanan. Georgia avenue to 8th, $500;
Sth, Buchanan to Crittenden, $4,000;
eth, Vernum to Webster, $4,000; Up
shur, Georgia avenue to 18th, $4,000;
Varnum, Grant Circle to 4th. $500;
4th, Varnum to Upshur, $4,SO0; RAN
dolph, Sth to Georgia. avenue, $3.50:
Ascot, I'd to Sd northeast, $500: Sd,
Adams to Bryant northeast, $4,000;
Sissbee place, 10th to 18th northeast,
$4,000; Shepherd. 10th to 18th north
TO E, $4,000
The subcommittee members visited
the site In lexington, between Lin
coin road and I'd street northeast, for
the proposed new Mckinley High
School and number of other school
sites.
The Fairgrounds visited were the
Hoover, Delaware avenue and o
street southwest, and the Rose Park.
27th and Dumbarton avenue north
west.