Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-05
ASKS HALF MILLION
FOR D. c. STREETS
President Submits List of
Supplemental Items for
Local Projects.

A half -million-dollar appropriation
for the improvement of streets OF the
District is asked by President Coolidge
in list of supplemental items totalinG
$1,792,3S3 for the remainder of the cur
rent fiscal year, which he submitted to
Congress late yesterday. Approximate
ly one-third of the amount is for
widening, paving and resurfaclnS
streets, while but 100000 is approved
for the additions to and equipment for
the public schools.
The additional appropriations asked
were approved by the President after
they had been prepared by the Dis
trict Commissioners and approved by
the Bureau of the Budget.
Explains Need of Funds
The letter OF transmissal to Con
gress states that II the funds are not
granted valuable time will be lost in
carrying out the projected work.
Among the outstanding items are re-
moval of the Lamond grade crossing
$4,000; widening of Eleventh street,
which for nearly two years has been
actively advocated; extension Of sewer
age service through the assessment
items for maintenance of District in
Stitutions.
The Eleventh street widening prof
ect calls for the widening of the
street from Pennsylvania avenue tn
New York avenue to 20 feet, at an
estimated maximum cost of S93, 600.
This proposal has been the subject
Of much controversy and brought
forth considerable discussion at pub.
lie hearings last year.
Would Widen Avenue
Another widening project is that
of Connecticut avenue to so feet be,
tween * and NJ streets and to 90 feet
from NJ to Eighteenth street.
Both street widening projects would
be paid out of the gasoline tax fund
as would the following paving and re-
Surfacing of streets
rthweSt-Columbia road, Six
teenth 10 Eighteenth streets, s22 900;
Massachusetts avenue Fourteenth To
Eighteenth, S22 900; Vermont avenue,
Thomas circle to Iowa circle. sos 900
T street, Ninth 10 Fourteenth streets
S32 600; Buchanan street, New Hamp.
shire to Kansas, S22 900, South and
east side of Sherman circle, S12 900
Scott circle, $4,000.
Northeast-West Virginia avenue,
Florida avenue to Penn street, $40.
700.
Southeast-Kentucky avenue, II
street to Admiral Barney circle. So, 400
Kentucky avenue, Fifteenth street to
South Carolina avenue, $4,000; {
street, Twelfth to Fifteenth, $50, 200
Street improvements.
Additional street improvements, tc
be paid out of general appropriations
include the following items:
Northwest - Ingraham street
Seventh TO Eighth, $500; Center
street, Meridian TO Ogden, $4,000; De
Catur street, Sixteenth to Seventeenth
81. 800; Eighth street, Decatur TO Emer
son, Sc 500; Decatur street, Kansas
avenue to Fifth, $500: the grading OF
Albernlarle street. from Murdoch Mil
road to Wisconsin avenue, $500
Cathedral avenue, Conduit road tC
Weaver place, s13.600; Albemarle
street, Massachusetts avenue to Muir
dock Mill road, 81 500: Garfield street
Tunlaw to Forty-fourth, $4,000; TWEEN
ty-ninth street, Woodley road to Cal
vert, $4,000.
Northeast-T street, Lincoln road tc
Second, $4,000; Neal street, West Nir
ginia avenue to Trinidad, 5000
Oates street, Montello to Trinidad
SO 900; Trinidad, Neal to Queen. S14.
900; the grading of Dix street, Forty
fourth to Forty ninth, $4,000; EvartS
street, Third to Fourth, 81 900.
Southeast - Firth Sterling avenue
Howard road to Stevens road, $500.
The school appropriations request
ed by President Coolidge are a wing
! for mcfarland Junior High School
S55 900; furniture and equipment FOL
Western High School. s22 1000; school
at Fifth and Buchanan streets
! s25, 900: Brightwood Park. 100000: an
| other at Fifth and Sheridan streets
| S27 500, and the Industrial Home
School. $500.