Evening star., 1926-04-27
$1,000. 900 for Street Work.

the land to be bought.
81 200, 900 for Street Work.
The ronferees were especially llhera
with street and highway work, ledN
ing in the bill the increase oil sfVo,Vuo
inSerted bv the Senate in the lump
sum for resurfacing ana repairing
vermont pavements. This makes q
1umn sum of 81 ,00O, 900 for repairs ano
resurfacing in addition to the ioilE
list of specific streets named III the
bill for paving.
Az 30 these particular street paving
items. the conferees left in the OH
practically all of the streets that nag
been voted on by both the House anu
Senate.
As nassed by the two branches OF
Congress, the bill calls TOR a total, III
round numbers, OF $33,7oO,00O. SO that
The adjustments made by the con-
+arees increased the total by ABOUT
eooo ooo This amount, however. is
stiil S135 O0G under the recommenda'
tion of the Bureau of the Budget as
transmitted to Congress
commenting on the results or the
conference. Senator Phipps of Colo
RADIO. chairman of the Senate supcom.
Injttee, said: Il believe this is one or
tho hest bills for the District or 20
lumbia that has ever been reported 10
Congress.
Goes to Senate Today.
The report of the conferees prob
ahlv will be submitted to the Senate
for concurrence this afternoon, and
PenresentatiVe Funk, chairman or the
House District subcommittee, is eX-
nected to present the agreement to
the House at an early opportunity.
The conferees restored two OF the
school building items that had been
eliminated by the Senate. namely, Tor
the construction of combined gym
nasium and assembly hall at the Pet
worth and West schools, totaling
$50. 900. This has the effect of re-
drcing to only 100000 the amount
which was taken from the school
building program.
One of the conferees stated today
that the other amounts left out OF
the school building program were
taken from projects where the car
rying out of the school building de-
yelopment scheme would not suffer
hv deferring these amounts until next
wear. In one case 5000, 900 was de-
Quoted from the amount for build
ing where it was felt the sum already
available for that building would
carry the work through the coming
fiscal year.
New Zoo Building.
The item of $4,000 for a new
nuilding for the exhibition of birds
at the Zoo was retained by the con-
terees as inserted by the Senate.
The House confereeS also accepted
the Senate amendment calling for
a reduction of S7l2 per cent in the
rate heretofore established by law for
electric current used for street light
ing purposes.
The House confereeS also accepted
the Senate amendment making the
$4,000 600 from the Federal Govern
ment toward the expenses of the
District ayilable on the first day OF
The fiscal year. The purpose of this
stipulation is to assist the District
in carrying out the mandate of Con-
gress, to begin in 1927 operating on
A cash basis by being able to meet
it's expenses monthly ats they arrive
The Commissioners also are arrang-
ing out OF the tax rate a surplus OF
$4,000 ,00e TO be used as cash work
ing fund.
The various civic organizations OF
he CITY have been awaiting with
keen interest the decision of the con
ferees on the water rate and land
purchase limitation.
Water Rate Compromise.
The residents of the city had pro-
tested against the action of the House
in voting to increase the price OF
water IS per cent, and in recognition
of these objections the Senate struck
out the increase entirely by following
the Recommendation Of the Commits
sioners and the Citizens Advisory
'ouncil that a portion of the expense
IF maintaining the water supply sys
lem be taken out Of general revenues
instead of placing it all on the pri'
Vate consumer.
The Senate confereeS succeeded In
having the House group agree to
split the proposed increase TO 1915
per cent.
Local organizations also had OBJ
jccted strenuouSly to the limitation on
tho amount that may be paid for a
mark or school site, fearing that II
would make it difficult for the au
;horities to buy locations most desir
able with such IA restriction i'll effect
While the report of the conferees
retains this restriction to consider
able extent it leaves the Park Com
mission with a portion of its appro
priation which may be used without
The 25 per cent limit above assessed
value.