Evening star., 1924-05-04
Measure Less Than Half
Covered in Four Days-Mad-
den Angry at Delay.
$780, 900 FROM GAS TAX
FOR STREETS APPROVED
Money Made Available for Work
on Trunk Highways With
out Conditions.

of the ninety-four pages in the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill
have been considered by the House
in the committee of the whole. This
measure is likely to be before the
Houes on Tuesday and Thursday. and
if the numerous points of order are
continued it may take up most of the
week.
Tomorrow is suspension and unani
nous consent day, when the special
business will be the motion to dis
charge the committee on interstate
and foreign service from considera
tion of the Barkley railroad labor
bill, whi4. will be bitterly fought
and will occupy most of the day.
There is scant chance of complet-
ing tsN District appropriation bill Oh
Tuesd1y. Then Wednesday is cal
endar Wednesday, when the call rests
with the committee on foreign affairs.
While Chairman Madden of the ap-
proI7lations committee is very much
incessed at the way the District bill
is being delayed, and with the iegis-
lative appropriation bill awaiting ac-
calendar Wednesday be set aside.
Gas Tax For Streets.
The two important changes mad
in the bill yesterday were:
Provision for street improvements
to the extent of 100000, which had
not previously been included in the
BILL an4 to be paid for by the rev
enues from the gasoline tax bill re
Gently raSsed to bring about re
ciprocity on auto licenses between
the District and Maryland. This
amendment was offered by Represen-
tative Cramton, "to keep faith with
the District" because he was the
author of the amendment to the gas
oline tax bill which provided that the
revenues be spent on street improve
ments.
The item of $4,000 for rent for the
recorder Of deeds Office was increased
to s14,400, which provides that the
entire building shall be taken over
by the recorder of deeds. This
amendment was offered by Repre-
sentative Charles r. Davis. chair
ed the bill
street Repairs Listed.
The street improvements provided
for in the Cramton amendment, to be
paid for entire u from the gasoline
tax fund, are all on arterial highways
and of general benefit to all mo-
torists.
Approved by Bell.
This program of Improvement has
been approved by Maj. Bell. the Engi-
neer Commissioner of the District
other District authorities and the
committee in charge of the appTo-
priation bill, Representative Cramton
said.
This Cramton street improvement
amendment, including the streets
thus benefited, is as follows:
For paving, repaving, grading and
otherwise improving streets, avenues
suburban roads and suburban streets
respectively, including personal serv-
ices and the maintenance of motor
vehicles used in this work, as fol-
lows, to be paid from the special fund
created by section 1 of the act en-
titled, "An act to provide for a tax
on motor vehicle fuels sold within
the District of Columbia, and for
other purposes" approved April %,
1924:
Northwest and southwest-For paw
ing 18th street, B street south to
street north, fifty and seventy feet
wide, $4,000.
Southeastern paving 11th street,
Pennsylvania avenue to the Ana
costa bridge, present width, $4,000.
Northwest-For paving Goth street
E street to Virginia avenue, thirty
two feet wide, $4,000.
Northeast-For paving Central ave
nue., Benning road to District line.
$4,000.
Northeast-For paving 18th street,
B street to L street, thirty-two feet
wide, s3s,o0o.
Southeast-For paving 18th street.
B street to f street, thirty-two feet
wide, s3s,000.
Northwest-For paving Butternut
street, 5th street to Blair road, forty
five feet wide, $4,000.
Northwestern paving 41st street.
Davenport street to Livingston street,
thirty feet wide, $4,000.
Northwestern paving Georgia
avenue, Military road to Fern street,
sixty feet wide, $4,000.
Southeast-Forp paving Nichols ave-
nue., Portland street to 4th street,
fifty-six feet wide, $4,000.
Northeast-For paving Bladensbur,
road, end Of concrete to District Line,
forty-five and sixty feet wide, $55,000.
Northwest-For paving Wisconsin
avenue, Massachusetts, avenue to
River road, sixty feet wide, including
necessary relocation of street car
tracks and water mains, sixty feet
wide, refund to be obtained from the
street railway company SO far as pro-
vided under existing law, $3.50, 900.
Southeastern repairing and re-
flooring the Pennsylvania Avenue
bridge, $40,
In all, ssso,o00. to be disbursed and
accounted for as Gasoline Tax Road
and Street improvements" and for