Evening star., 1932-06-09
D. c. SUPPLY BILL
NEAR SENATE VOTE
Bingham Committees Report
Adds $3,875,918 and
Many Items.
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entirely out of water rents paid by pri-
| vate consumers, the House cut the eSti-
mates of that department along with
all others, but the Senate committee
restored $4,000 under this heading.
I For the sewer department the Sem
! ate added several essential projects
| amounting to Sl65,000.
The bill also restored number, of al
lowances for general maintenance and
! personal services in various institutions
under the Board of Public Welfare
For the Fire Department, the Senate
| Committee restored $835O0 for a new
truck house in the Vicinity of Four
| teenth street and Rhode Island avenue
| northeast; for pay of officers and men,
! an additional $4,000, and for fuel,
| $4,000.
| Highway Department.
| tThe item for paving roadways under
| the permit system was increased from
! $250,000 to S260,000.
| The paving items put back in the bill
under the gasoline tax fund, aggregat-
| ing S288,900 more than the House al
| lowed were:
Northwest-Third street, Sheridan to
| Underwood; Tuckerman, Eighth to
| Georgia avenue; Piney Branch road,
! Georgia avenue to Van Buren, street:
Dahlia street, Georgia avenue to Ninth
| street: Hamilton street. Thirteenth to
street to Military road; Ingomar street,
Forty-second to Wisconsin avenue;
Waterside Drive, from Massachusetts,
avenue south, and Fifteenth street,
Florida avenue to Euclid street.
Northeast-SiXteenth street, Irving
| to Lawrence; Varnum. Tenth to Twelfth
and Fourth street, Franklin street to
Michigan avenue.
Southeast-Good Hope road, Mime
sofa avenue to Naylor road.
These additional items brought the
gas tax paving fund up to 81 $4,000.
whereas the House had held 1t down to
| l671. 100.
The item for repairs to streets was
increased by $ll5,O00, making it ST.
OILS 900.
Cost Limited to 100000.
The Senate committee also cleared
the way for start during the coming
year on the improvement of Constitu-
! ton avenue, which is to be one of the
outstanding boulevards of the Capital,
| leading from the Union Station plaza
parkway to the Arlington Memorial
Bridge. The committee placed a limit
| of cost of 100000 on this project, of
! which S126,20O is appropriated imme-
diately out of District ravenueS, and
not to exceed S76,800 to be transferred
from an appropriation in the tnde-
pendent Offices bill for 1888 for the
Arlington Memorial Bridge project.
The plan for improving Constitution
avenue includes: Widening it to 73
feet and paving, from North Capitol to
First streets: widening to 30 feet and
repaving. First street to Pennsylvania
avenue, and the same width from there
to Sixth street. the plans to be jointly
approved by the Park and Planning
Commission and the Commissioners. 1t
includes a storm water sewer from
Sixth to Tenth streets, to cost not more
than $4,000, and makes provision for
trees. sidewalks, lamp posts and fire
+ hydrantS.
Bridges.
In addition to the s250.OO0 street
bridge over Rock Creek. the bill allows
$4,000 for the preparation of plans
and surveys for viaductS in the line OF
Michigan avenue northeast, and New
Hampshire avenue northwest.
Trees and Parkings.
The committee added $4,000 to the
contingent fund of this municipal ac-
| tivity, making it S122.500 This is
| separate from the additional money
| allowed Col. Grants office for the care
! of trees and shrubs in public parks
| Sewer Department.
The increases in this department al
! lowed by the Senate Committee fol-
| low: Cleaning and repairing. $4,000.
making the total S248,000; main and
pipe sewers, $4,000, making the total
! $4,000; suburban sewers, $4,000, to
be used for construction of tempo
rar. sewage treatment plant in the vi
cinity of First and Atlantic streets
southeast by day labor or otherwise.
making a total of s65O,000 under the
heading of suburban sewers; for be-
ginning surveys and plans for the Rock
Greek drainage area. $4,000: for mos
quito control, $4,000, making this item
| S29,250.
City Refuse Division.
| Dust prevention. an increase of S25,-
| 900. making the total s575, ,000 collec
ton and disposal of garbage, an in
crease of S115,000. making the total
S1.115 900. of which $4,000 is to con-
struct quarters for employees at the
garbage plant at Cherry Hill, Va.
Fairgrounds.
/ For personal services, an increase of
! $780, for general maintenance, an
increase of $4,000.
Electrical Department.
For placing fire alarm wires under
ground, an increase of $4,000, and for
lighting, an increase of $4,000, max
ing the total S1006,000
Public Schools.
The total of 1856, ,O89 added to various
school items was made up of the fol-
lowing increases: Personal services of
teachers, S46.367; care of buildings,
! SlO,740; furniture and equipment, $6,982;
| furniture and equipment of Roosevelt
High School, 100000: contingent ex-
penses. $25,000; textbooks, $4,000; re-
pairs and improvements to school build
ings, $4,000; remodeling Western High
School. $4,000; remodeling old Business
High School and old Cardozo High
School, $1,000.
Buildings and grounds Roosevelt
High School, S35,000, and the 100000
previously mentioned for Foxhall Village
School,
The Senate Committee struck from
the bill the House amendment. which
would have prohibited free instruction
of nonresident children entering the
local schools hereafter, but would not
have applied to those already enrolled
The committee restored language allow
ing the children of members of the