Evening star., 1933-07-07
STREET PROJECTS
SELECTED PENDING
RULING ON GAS TAX
Commissioners Approve List
Although Douglas Must Act
on Proposals.
SOME WORK TO BE DONE
WITH RECOVERY FUNDS
Budget Director to go Slow" in
Releasing Surplus Money for
D. c. Program.

While awaiting decision by Lewis w.
Douglas, director of the Bureau Of the
Budget, on how much of the Districts
81, 100000 of gasoline tax surplus may
be expended for highway improvements
the District Commissioners today ap-
proved tentative list Of street projects
to be financed out of the Districts al
lotment for roadwork under the ma
tlonal recovery act.
This list. prepared by Capt H. c.
Whitehurst, director of highways, was
to be submitted late today to the United
States Bureau of Public Roads which
must approve projects financed out of
the 100000 900 appropriation for roads
in the national recovery act.
The District has been notified 1t will
receive a grant of s1,9l8,469 under the
road section ofN the national recovery
measure. The tentative list of prof.
ects includes something more than
can be financed out of this appropria-
ton. Final selection of the items will
be made after Capt Whitehurst has
consulted with the Bureau Of Public
Roads and again with the District Com
miSSioners
Douglas to Go Slow"
The Commissioners were forced today
to mark time on work to be done
under the gasoline tax surplus since
Budget Director Douglas declared yes
terday he preferred to go slow" in
rendering decision since Congress re-
quired that he approve items in this
list before the money could be ex-
pended At the same time Douglas
indicated he likely would approve use
Of the surplus gasoline tax fund.
There still was some doubt in the
minds Of District officials today, how
ever. as to whether Douglas would ap-
prove the entire list they sent to him
for approval, which would require use
of the full sl,50O,0OO
They believe he will approve an item
for starting construction Of a new
Calvert Street Bridge over Rock Creek,
which would require s575.000: the
widening and paving Of Constitution
avenue from North Capitol to Second
streets, costing s45.ooo, and general
repairs and reclamation of scatter
ing of old streets, costing $275 900.
Without waiting however, for final
decision by Douglas on these and other
important and badly NEEDED street i'm
provements, the Commissioners ap-
proved tentative list to II items which
would provide a considerable increase
in employment The work would be
scattered generally in all sections Of the
District.
Projects on List.
The list includes new paving for the
following:
E street. Fifteenth street to West
Executive avenue; Constitution avenue,
Fourteenth street to Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; New Hampshire avenue northeast.
North Capitol street to the District
line, including a viaduct over the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad; Conduit road,
Canal to Reservoir roads; Conduit road,
Reservoir road to the District line;
Sixteenth street, Columbia road to
Tiger Bridge, above Spring road: Good
Hope road southeast. Nichols avenue to
Naylor road and Commodore Barney
Circle in Southeast Washington.
The list also includes construction of
a new P Street Bridge over Rock Creek
The Commissioners proposed the
widening and repaving Of Fourteenth
street southwest from Water street to
Constitution avenue.
The list also included proposals for
laying Of bituminous surface over ex-
isting roads, or the laying of concrete
curbs or shoulders in the following
cases:
Kenilworth avenue northeast, Ben
ming road to District line: Benning road
northeast. Minnesota avenue to District
line; Foxhall road, Reservoir road to
Nebraska avenue; Sheriff road north
east, Minnesota avenue to District line;
Connecticut avenue, Newark to Tilden
street; Connecticut avenue. Van Ness
to Fessenden street, and Wisconsin
avenue, Massachusetts avenue to River
road