Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
No Funds in Current Budget
for Work and None Likely
to Be Asked.
VIEWS FOUND DIFFERING
ONtVALUE OF PROJECTS
Each Proposal to Be Scrutinized
Before Decision Will Be Made,
Official Says.

Serious restriction in the amount of
street widening to be done in the Dis
trict is in prospect, it appeared at the
District Building today. The appropria-
ton act for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1880, contains no money for street
widening. and all signs now seem to in
dictate that no money will be carried in
the 1881 bill either.
Some time ago Capt. Herbert C.
Whitehurst, co-ordinator and chief en-
gineer Of the District, compiled a list
OF proposed street wideningS to be done
over term of years. The items on
the list had been suggested by various
civic bodies, except for few that
originated in the Highway Department.
Hearing Not Held.
The list was submitted to Engineer
Commissioner William B. Ladue, with
the recommendation that a public
hearing be held on April II on the
adviSability of carrying out the projects.
The matter was discussed briefly at a
meeting of the Board of Commissioners
later. it was learned today, but the at
titude taken, it is understood, was that
the subject was not pressing, and could
wait for later action.
The date suggested for the public
hearing is now more than week past,
and only five days remain before the
various department heads must submit
their estimates of expenditures for the
next fiscal year. 1t now begins to look
as if no figures will be submitted in
time for inclusion in the Districts next
budget, which must be in the hands of
the Budget Bureau by July II.
Commissioner Ladue, in discussing
the situation today, did not go so far
as to say that no more street wideningS
would be undertaken, but gave clear
impression that the number of WIDEN
ings would be held down to an absolute
minimum. He said with apparent
reluctance: eve WILL of course, have to
do some. But I shall not recommend
any until I have personally inspected
all the streets on Capt. Whitehursts
list. There are some on the list which
are obviously unnecessary"
Views on Widening Differ.
Col. Ladue said there were many
arguments for and against widening
streets and that it was difficult to
choose between them. Before streets
are widened he said, there is demand
for more space for movement OF trafic
anu parking OF cars. widening Is dU
expensive business and after the streets
are widened there are complaints that
there is little more room for the move
ment of traffic, owing to cars parking
abreast.
During the fiscal year ending June
80, 1929, the District has widened Tenth
street from F street to New York ave-
nue. and Connecticut avenue from
Florida avenue to Columbia road and
from M street to Dupont Circle.
Other streets widened are:
Seventeenth from K to H streets; H
street from Seventeenth to Pennsylvania
avenue; Seventh street from Massachu-
sets to New York avenue, and Water
street, from Thirty to Thirty
fifth. 81
This work was done at cost of
$685. 900. For the coming fiscal year
the appropriation for street work is only
$l47.000 less than in the present year.
and the difference will all 60 into new
paving work, instead Of street widening.