Evening star., 1932-06-23
CONFEREES AGREE
On D. c. LUMP PLAN
Federal Contribution Reduced
$1,725,OOO to S7,775,0OO
Under Settlement.
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Washington. Md, and Mount Vernon
! Va, the Federal government is match
| ing dollar for dollar with the State
| and local authorities.
| This pretentious parkway develop.
ment, as well as the purchase of lane
for recreation centers, Fairgrounds ane
parks within the District, would have
been halted had the Collins amendment
| prevailed. AS the commission is get
! ting no new funds this fiscal year, the
100000 will have to last through the
fiscal year of 1898.
| Twelve of the thirteen street i'm
| provement items to be financed out Of
the gasoline tax fund eliminated by
the House were restored. The one the
| conferees refused to agree to was ar
! item of $96,300 for resurfacing Gooc
Hope Road southeast, from Minnesota
., avenue to Naylor road.
$4,000 for Two Clinics.
Agreement was reached on $4,000 ad-
ditional written into the bill by the
Senate for renovating the present So
cial disease clinic and providing new
tilc tuUcICuldl SlllIlC
stipulation was made, however, that
the Budget Bureau must first submit ar
estimate. This will delay reporting
for several days.
The conferees agreed to an item o.
| 100000 for the construction of an ele
| mentary school in FoXhall Village. bu
knocked out provision for the prep.
aration of plans for school in Manor
Park
A $4,000 item for erection of 6
branch public library in Georgetown
was disallowed. but the confereeS au-
thorized expenditure of an unexpendee
balance of $500 for erection of re-
tanning walls around the library site
A Senate amendment denying tht
Public Utilities Commission funds Il
publish an order requiring the installa.
ton Of meters on taxicabs was accepted
by the conferees. The amendment. how
ever, will not affect appropriations fol
issuance of other orders relating to taxi.
cabs.
Two Items Eliminated.
Another Senate amendment authoriz-
ing the expenditure of 100000 for con-
tinuing construction OF the first unit o.
the municipal center, and S85 900 of ar
unexpended balance for preparation OF
plans for the second unit was eliminated
Authorization was given the Washing
ton Railway & Electric Co, however. tc
relocate its tracks in the municipa
center area.
A compromise was reached or the
Senate provision for widening and sur
facing Constitution avenue. so only that
portion between Second street and
Pennsylvania avenue will be widened
This agreement was reached to permit
the Standard Oil Co. to use the new
monumental building it has erected
fronting on Constitution avenue. The
building was constructed on a new
grade and cannot be used until the
street is regarded The Senate voted
all appropriation for widening and sur
facing Of Constitution avenue frCn
North Capitol to Sixth street.
An item of S250,Co0 for construc-
ton of a new P street bridge over Rock
Greek was eliminated. as was an item
cf $4,000 for survey and engineering
investigation and preparation OF plans
for erection of viaductG over the Michi-
gan avenue and New Hampshire avenue
grade crossing on the Baltimore &
Ohio Pailroad
SJU.V " EICsquitOS.
For mosquito control. the conferee'
decided on $4,000 instead of $4,000
voted By the Senate and the $4,000
approved by the House.
Items for construction of Temporary
sewage treatment plant in the vicinity
of First and Atlantic streets southeast
and for survey in the Rock Greek drain
age srea. were removed. The conferees
however. approved a Senate amendment
allowing the electrical department ST.
0c6C00 TO meet its 1888 street lightinf
bill OF this amount 81 600 is to b:
used for completion of study of tn
power needs of the District with view
to establish a municipality owned anc
operated service.
In the school items. the conferee;
agreed to a partial increase in thc
House appropriations for purchase oi
| school furniture. and permitted to re.
main in the bill a Senate amendment
allowing children of nonresident Fed
eral employees and Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps officers and men to attend
the public schools without the payment
of tuition. The House had voted to re-
uuire all nonresident children to pay
tuition.
School Repairs Allowed.
! A partial increase was allowed ovel
I tie HOUSE appropriation for remodeline
the cid Business High School and the
Cardoza High School. and a Senate
amendment was approved appropriatine
$4,000 of an uneXpended balance il
the school buildings and grounds funds
for transferring equipment in the Will
! son Teachers College to the old Colum-
| bia Junior High School. and the reha-
bilitatio of the latter building for uss
as q teachers collage
! The Police Department was granted
funds for the erection of an auxiliary
radio broadcasting transmitter, but the
Fire Department lost an item of S83,.
500 for construction of building :ol
new truck company in the vicinity
of Fourteenth street and Rhode IslanC
avenue northeast.
| An increase from $500 to So 300
was allowed for travelling and othel
expenses of dairy farm inspectors. II
addition, the conferees raised to $10(
the House limitation of s75 per famil!
for the home care of dependent chill
dren and increased the appropriation
! for the District Militia from S25, 900
voted by the House, to S34,l50. Tht
amount for the pay Of troops, however
was reduced from 1000 to $4,000.
/ All of the Water Department item:
! eliminated by the House were restored
by the Senate, the conferees agreeing
1t would be unwiSe to reduce the ap'
preparation of department that !!
celf-sCpporting.
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