Evening star., 1924-12-02
Widening of Business Blocks
Subject to Congress- Approual
Estimate Includes Costs of Paving, Re-
pairing, Grading, Wages and Upkeep
of Highway Operations Machinery.

street to Seventeenth street, thirty
feet wide. $4,000.
Southeast-Potomac avenue, Six
teenth street to E street, forty feet
wide. $4,000.
Southeast-E street, Eighteenth
street to Nineteenth street, thirty-fve
feet wide. $4,000.
Northeast-Seventeent street, East
Capitol street to A street, thirty feet
wide, $4,000.
Southeast-Seventee street, East
Capitol street to A street, thirty feet
wide. $4,000.
Thirty-fourth street, Massachu-
setts avenue to Cleveland avenue.
thirty feet wide. $4,000.
Buchanan street, Thirteenth street
to Fourteenth street, thirty feet wide.
$4,000
Northeast-Fourth street, Rhode
Island avenue to Central avenue.
fifty feet wide, $4,000.
Woodley place, from pavement
south OF Woodley road to Cathedral
avenue, twenty-four feet wide,
$4,000.
Woodley road, Woodley place TO END
of pavement east of Connecticut ave
nue., thirty feet wide, sl,60o.
Maple street, Vine street to Car
roll street, twenty-four feet wide,
$4,000.
Webster street, Second street To
Rock Creek Church road, thirty feet
wide, $4,000.
Thirteenth street, Jefferson street
to Kennedy street, forty feet wide
5000.
Twenty-second street, B street to c
street, thirty-two feet wide. $4,000.
c street, Twenty-first street to
Twenty-second street, thirty-two feet
wide, $1,000.
Q street, Thirtieth street to Wis
consin avenue. present width, $4,000.
r street. Thirtieth street to Wis
consin avenue. present width, $4,000.
D street. Fifth street to Seventh
street, present width. $4,000.
Eighth street, Market space TO
street, present width, $4,000.
Georgia avenue, Florida avenue TO
Barry place, present width, s25.oeo.
For grading. including necessary
culverts, drains and retaining walls,
the following:
Sixteenth street. Alaska avenue to
Kalmia street. s40.5oo.
Western avenue. Massachusetts
avenue to Forty-frst street, $4,000
For construction of curbs and gut
ters and adjustment of roadway
thereto. s5o,0co.
Funds for Grading.
For grading streets, all sand roaos.
including labor. purchase and repair
of carts. tools and hire of horses,
total OF s52.700 is recommended.
For the condemnation of small park
areas at the intersection of streets
avenues or roads in the District as Sc
lected by the Commissioners, a total
of $1,000 is recommended.
For current work on repairs to sub
urban roads. an appropriation Q:
1919 800 is recomme nded.
Under the gasoline tax road and
street fund. amounting to s722.5oe.
| whatever funds are necessary from
| this source during the coming hscs
year to complete the Improvements
| specifically authorized in the appro-
| priation act for the current hscai
year. and which could not be don
due to the failure of sufficient re-
ceipts, would be authorized. This
| work includes: Northwest: For wider
ing to so feet and repaving the road
way of NJ street from Twenty-ninti
street to Thirty fifth street, s91.4Hh
Northwest: For widening by u fe'
on the west side and repaving tn
roadway of Ninth street from Me-
York avenue TO Massachusetts avenu'
$4,000.
and repaving the roadway of Bladen'
burg road from II street to the el-
of the present asphalt roadw':-
| $50, 1000.
Repair of Bridges.
For construction and repair
bridges an appropriation Of $2s,s.
Is recommended.
For personal services under the
classification schedule, for operati'
and maintenance OF the Hish"
Bridge across the Potomac River
total of s1S6o0 is recommended.
For Anacostia River Bridge. l.
cluding employees and miscellanco
supplies and expenses, a total of $.
| 500 is recommended.
For the Francis Scott Key Bride
across the Potomac River. includir.
personal services and supplies Inc!
dent to the maintenance of tn
| bridge and approaches, $4,000 Is rec
omended.
For trees and parking incident /"
street and road Improvements $500"
| Is recommended.
For maintenance of public con
venience stations, $4,000.
For a new public convenience sta
| ton at the northeast corner of St.
and F streets. $4,000 is recommen,-
ed.