The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-17
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PROGRAM
TO..BEG|N
District Highway Department
/ Lists Improvement Projects
to Be Initiated

The coming week will witness
the start of a great street con-
struction program in Washington,
it was announced today, by the
District highway department. The
work of paving thirty-seven
streets, under the new street i'm
provenent program enacted by
the last Congress will be started
before the close Of the coming
week. Three grading projects
also will be started.
Extensive work will be carried
on under the terms of the gaso-
line tax law. Widening and re-
paving of Wisconsin avenue, will
be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible.
Opening Of Bids.
Bids win be opened tomorrow for
the widening and repairing OF M
street northwest from Twenty.ninth
to Thirty-fifth streets, one Of the
most important of the new gasoline
tax projects
The work OF tearing out all
underground construction along this
section of M street is expected to
begin this week. The Capital Trac.
ton Company Is to rebuild its
tracks from Twenty-ninth street to
Wisconsin avenue along M street
and reral the portion Of the track
from Thirty-second to Thirty.fifth
streets, the highway engineer has
been advised.
The present gas, sewer and water
mains and conduits will be replaced.
All OF this work must be completed
by May 18, when the work of wild
ening this portion Of M street to a
width Of sixty feet will begin.
Under the terms Of the new Dis
trict appropriation bill all funds
for street improvement work, total
ing $S99,75O, become Immediately
available.
Streets to Be Paved
The following streets will be
paved, beginning next week, under
the terms of that provisions:
Northwest-Klingle street, Tunlaw
road to Forty-fifth street, thirty
feet wide, $13,420.
Northwest - Forty-fourth street,
klingle street to Lowell street,
thirty feet wide, $500.
| NorthWest-Lowell street, Forty.
| fourth to Forty-fifth streets, thirty
feet, $500.
Northwest-Ordway street, Thirty
] fourth street to Wisconsin avenue,
thirty feet, $21 800.
Northwest-Eighth street, Florida
avenue to Barry place. thirty feet,
$21.75O.
Northwest, Forty-second street,
Fessenden to Garrison streets. thirty
feet, $3.50.
Northwest, Rodman street, Reno
road to Thirty-fifth street, thirty
feet, $500.
Northwest, Thirty-fifth street,
Quebec street to Rodman street,
$4,000.
Northwest, Macomb street, Wis
consin to Idaho avenues, fifty feet,
$4,000.
Northwest, Ninth street, Decatur
$4,000.
Northwest, DeIafield street,
Georgia avenue to Ninth street,
thirty feet. $1,000.
Northwest, Emerson street, Ninth
| street to Illinois avenue, thirty feet,
| $4,000.
Southeast, Shannon place, u to
W, and u street, Nichols avenue
to Shannon place. thirty feet, $4,000.
Northeast Kearney street,
Twenty second street to Rhode Island
avenue, thirty feet, $6,700.
Observation-Disclosures avenue, Flor
ida avenue to Neal street, thirty
| feet, $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures street, TWEEN.
tieth to Twenty second street, thirty
! feet wide, $3.50.
Northeast-Channing street, Lin
coin road to Fourth street, thirty
feet. 1000.
Northea st-Third street, Bryant
to Douglas streets, thirty feet,
| IS. 1900.
Southeast-Esther place, Nichols
avenue to Raleigh street, twenty
four feet, $4,000.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS street, Geor-
gia avenue to Kansas avenue, thirty
feet. $4,000.
Northwest - Buchanan street.
Eighth street to Kansas avenue,
thirty feet $4,000.
| Northwest-East side Of Sherman
circle. Crittenden street to Illinois
avenue, forty feet, $1,000.
Observation-Disclosures avenue, ALI
son to Buchanan streets, forty feet,
$3.50
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