Evening star., 1925-04-13
Separate Building for Head
quarters of Police and TRAIT
fic Also Favored.
PLEA WILL BE RENEWED
FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS
Adequate Sums Also to Be Re-
quested for Street Repairs and
Lighting Improvements.

Funds for a new Chain Bridge
across the Upper Potomac, for a sep-
arate building to house police head
quarters and the agencies dealing
with traffic and an appropriation for
a structure for the recorder of deeds
are likely to be asked for in the next
! District budget, it was indicated at
the District Building today
All three of these projects have
been under consideration by city cfi-
cials for a number of years in the
preparation of estimates, but they
have never reached the stage of ac-
tual appropriation.
Engineer Commissioner Bell men
toned them today as municipal needs
that should be seriously considered
for Incorporation in the estimates
that will go to Congress in De-
Cember.
Deeds Building Plans Ready.
Plans alreaoy have been drawn for
recorder of deeds building in Judi
ciary Square and it is practically
certain an allotment to start con-
struction will be requested
The proposed police building would
not only serve to bring together po-
reau, the licensing of automobiles
and the administration of traffic, but
would also leave available for other
growing municipal agencies the space
now occupied by the above mentioned
departments in the District Building.
The Commissioners for several years
have felt the need for more space
in the District Building.
Col. Bell believes the time has ar
rived to ask for money to build a
new structure in place of the old
/ Chain Bridge.
Other Projects Listed.
Other projects proposed include
purchase of a tract of land for the
! street cleaning and city refuse de-
| partment.
A substantial sum to continue work
on the interceptor sewer TO free the
I Anacostia River of pollution. The
! Commissioners have an appropriation
to complete the Rock Creek intercep
! tor during the next fiscal year.
| In discussing today the general
makeup of the next budget, Engi-
| neer Commissioner Bell said he would
! favor liberal sums for modern street
| lighting and for the resurfacing of
| worn-out asphalt streets.
I'VE should get more money for
street lighting" Col. Bell declared.
.
| not only because II improves the ap-
! pearance of the city, but because it
aids the safe movement of traffic at
night and affords better police pro-
lection.
Older Streets Need Repairs.
! LAS to the highway department, l
think we should turn more attention
| in the next budget to the resurfacing
of the older asphalt streets in the
| city proper. Because of the rapid
building development that has been
| taking place in the outlying sections
! there has been a heavy demand for
paving of new streets"
For the next fiscal year the appro-
priation for maintenance of shade
trees is $4,000, which is a slight in
crease over past years. Col. Bell is
considering the advisabiIity of seek
! ing more money for this work in the
! next budget.
The commissioners plan to ask for
a large appropriation in the next
budget for park development in ac-
cordance with the law creating the
National Capital Park Commission.
River Front improvements.
Col. Bell said that during the COM
! ing year work would go forward on
the drawing up of comprehensive
plan for the improvement of the
| Washington channel river front.
Since Congress, at the last session,
passed the bill authorizing a five
year $19,000,000 school building pro-
gram, the next budget is practically
certain to carry a liberal allotment
for new school buildings. Part of the
Districts surplus revenue fund in the
Treasury from past years already has
been appropriated toward the school
building program and the remainder
of the surplus probably will be ap-
propriated at the next session.