Evening star., 1935-09-01
1887 Budget Requests
PreSage Civic Activity
Indication of Campaigns in Season Soon to
Open Seen in Requests Made Before
Commissioners
Commissioners.

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streets; increased appropriation for
Health Department; increased gasoline
tax, the money to be used for auto
mobile traffic improvements; tax on
gross earnings of public utility COM
panies.
Rhode Island Avenue.
C. C. Marsh, president, Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association:
New paving for the following north
east streets: Irving from Eighteenth
to Rhode Island avenue, Randolph
from South Dakota avenue to Twenty
fourth, Twenty-fourth from Quincy
to Bunker Hill road, Twenty-sixth
from Monroe to Bunker Hill road,
South Dakota avenue from 200 feet
north of Quincy to Eighteenth, and
Shepherd from Twentieth to Twenty
second; opening. grading and surfac-
ing the following northeast streets:
Newton from Twenty-sixth to Rhode
Island avenue, Eighteenth from Rhode
Island avenue to Baltimore &, Ohio
tracks to provide access to projected
underpass and Twentieth from Evarts
to Charming; curb and gutter install
lations on the following northeast
streets: Hamlin from Rhode Island
avenue to Mills avenue, Franklin from
Twentieth to Vista, Vista from Frank
lin to South Dakota avenue, Twenty
second from Franklin to Charming,
Evarts from Twenty-second to
Twenty fourth, Twenty-eighth from
Franklin to Bladensburg road. and
Fulton from Twentieth to King place
construction of retaining wall to pre-
vent caving in Of roadway on Vista
street along B. & o. tracks from 200
feet east of South Dakota avenue to
500 feet west OF South Dakota avenue:
storm sewers at the following streets
In northeast: Monroe from Twenty
fourth to South Dakota avenue with
catch basins at Twenty-fourth, Frank
lin from Twentieth to Twenty-second,
Evarts from Twenty-second to Twen-
ty-fourth, Eastern avenue from Blad-
ensburg road to Monroe street, and
Newton from Twenty-eighth to Rhode
Island avenue; completion of Taft
Junior High School by addition of two
wings; site for new elementary
school in vicinity of Bunker Hill road
and Twentieth street northeast; con-
struction of retaining wall from west
end of Langdon School to the ceme-
terry to the west and resurfacing the
playground here to get rid Of standing
water after rains; grading and land
scaping Taft Junior High School
grounds; completion of Woodbridge
School by addition of auditorium
gymnasium; opening of Woodbridge
Sub branch Library for "a hours a
week instead Of 80 at present; an ad-
ditional $l,020 for carrying on work
at this library; site for a branch Ii
brary centrally located; additional
equipment and personnel at projected
fire house at Fourteenth street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast.
Southeast Businessmen.
Louis F. Prick, Southeast Business
mems Association:
Replacement of Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. Southeast Bridge; removal OF
garbage transfer plant from Southeast
to Buzzards Point; swimming pool in
Southeast for white residents.
Head Of Federation Unit.
Harry N. Stull, chairman Fedora
tion OF Citizens Associations Educa-
ton Committee:
Additional schools: additional Com
munity Center appropriation; dis
tributed gasoline tax and water tax;
income tax with proper exemptions;
construction of a vocational school,
for girls; suggests the use Of the site
of the tuberculosis Hospital to be
used for q normal school, recreation
school for girls and Fairgrounds.
Garfield.
Rev. c. w. Ward, president Gar
field Citizens Association:
Construction Of sewers; construction
of fire alarm box at Reynold and
Bruce places installation of drinking
hydrant at Jasper and Irving streets
Deanw0od.
Arthur E. Jessup, Deanwood Citi-
Zens' Association:
Street paving and surfacing; addi-
tional side street lighting.
BrookIand.
M. M. Mclean, president Brookland
Citizens Association:
Inheritance tax; increased gasoline
tax by l cent, to be distributed tt
other departments; replacement Of
old Brookland. School with a l2-room
and assembly structure; addition &c
Taft Junior High School.
Howard Park.
Rev. D. E. Wiseman, president
Howard Park Civic Association:
Removal of Ledroit Park car tracks;
opening Third street from its present
terminus to Bryant street pumping
station; additional school Fairgrounds
Anacostia.
DR.. George c. Havenner, president
Anacostia Citizens Association:
Branch library in AnacoStia; sewer
facilities for Anacostia, Congress
Heights, East Washington Heights
Hillcrest and Randle Highlands; con.
struction of junior high school
favors use of gasoline tax for street
repairs; favors automobile weight tax
Congress Heights.
E. ]. Newcomb, Congress Heights
Citizens Association:
Anacostia branch library; favors
automobile weight tax; opposes in
creased gasoline tax.
Charles j. Benner, also of the Con-
gress Heights Association:
Surface sewer construction: addi-
tional playground equipment.
Friendship.
c. D. Franks, Friendship Citizens
Association:
Completion of Fort Reno Park; re-
placement of fire equipment at No
20 Engine House; construction Of
school in vicinity of American Uni
versity Park west of Forty-sixth
street.
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