Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
PURCHASE OF STATION PLAZA
is GIVEN APPROVAL OF HOUSE
BOrland Law Amended to Free Property Owners of
Reassessment for Paving of Streets-Other
Measures Are Passed.
FACTORS are "destroying more pave

tractors are destroying more pave
ment in this city than any of
dozen other sources" and he empha
sized that there should be some safe
guard against this.
In support of his exemption amend
ment Mr.. Underhill argued, as fol-
lows:
AT the present time an abutter
is assessed for the pavement in front
of his home, his residence, his place
Of business, or wherever he may own
property In the City OF Washington
In some new developments those who
are developing the property lay out
the property and build the roads them
selves.
Now. what happens? You go up
Ma massachusetts, avenue or sixteenth
street where croSs-streetS have been
made one-way streets. the property
has been assessed for the laying or
a pavement, and they have made the
street one-way street. so that II
is only used about so per cent or less.
The street next to ii Is getting double
traffic. The consequence is that the
pavement on tWo-way streets is rap
idly worn out, and then the abutters
are reassessed for the laying of
new pavement.
ahutter has paid once for the pave
ment in front OF his home he has
discharged all of his obligations to
the city and the District. because the
ia vement ia not injured or destroyed
hv the ahutter: it Is destroyed entirely
hv traffic passing by. and the more
traffic that goes by the more the
value Of his property is deprecated.
We have instances of that on file
in my office. where an abutter mas
paid for the paving and the city has
come along in two or three years and
put in a heavier sewer In order to
accommodate sections beyond the resi-
dence of the abutter. When they he.
gan to repatch they found they could
not make the pavement permanent. III
would sink every time they built IL up
and the consequence Is the abutter
has to pay for a new pavement in
side of five years
Il want the people OF the city OF
Wa shington to have the same kind OF
treatment that understand is accord
ed to residents of practically every
other city In the United States. that
after they once pay for the paving
OF the street In front OF their homes
they are not assessed for 20 years OF
so years for repaving."
ACTION IN SeUhtc SUuk".
This measure now goes to the SEN
ate, where a persistent effort will he
made to get action before adjourn
ment.
Other bills which were passed by
the House yesterday. and which have
already passed the Senate. include the
following: Transferring a portion Of
Ana costa Park to the jurisdiction Of
n1tn 10 ,-IA tn Ia
tree nursery; Incorporating the organ
ization now known as the Trustees
Of ST. Joseph's Orphanage: transfer
ring from the jurisdiction of the direc-
tor Of public buildings and parks to
the District Commissioners the Dis
trict sewerage properly known as
reservation PAS.
The House also pa ssed the House
bill to change the name Of Dent place
northwest, between Forty-fOurth street
and Foxhall road to Greenwich park.
way. This measure now goes to the
Senate for action.
power plant building at the Bureau
Of Standards also was passed
A very important measure in which
the District is much interested and
which was not reached on the con-
sent calendar yesterday was the one
favorably reported from the mill
tary affairs committee which would
authorize the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission to pur-
chase Fort Hunt, Va. and Fort
Washington, Md.
Bills which failed to pass over
objection were:
A bin to move the Botanic Gar
dens from the Mall to land south
of the Capitol.
A Senate bill creating the Offices
Of Assistant to the Secretary of La
Dor to handle immigration and natu-
radiation work.
Other measures on the calendar
are:
Two bills to amend the classical
ton act in minor respects.
The Moore bill providing for
eighty over tract Of land reclaimed
by dredging at Battery Cove. near
Alexandria, Va, to the state of Vir-
ginia.
a bill authorizing refund of $500
to Columbia Hospital for Women.
Also a bill authorizing construction
of a nurses home at the same hospi-
tai.
The Zihlman bill charging the
Public Utilities Commission and pro-
viding for appointment of a peoples
counsel
A bill to regulate the manufac-
ture. renovation and sale of mat
tresses.