Evening star., 1936-01-06
S5)O,0)O BALANCE !
SEEN IN ROAD FUND
$2,372,880 Recommended,
but Cut in Estimates to
Leave Big Sum.

Highway Department, it made cuts in
tine Commissioners estimates that will
leave unused a balance Of about
$500. 900 in the gasoline tax fund in
the next fiscal year, which cannot,
under the law, be spent for any other
purpose.
II the Commissioners estimates for
street work had been approved in full.
there still would have been a small
balance of $19.70O in the gas tax fund,
on the basis Of anticipated gasoline
tax collections next year.
One Of the features Of the highway
program is the Budget Bureaus ap-
proval of 5000 for preparation Of
plans for proposed new Pennsylvania
avenue bridge across the AnacoStia
River southeast.
Revenue Estimated $2,6l2,9S0.
District officials had estimated that
for the next fiscal year gas tax COL
lections, including a balance from the
current year, would reach a total Of
$2,612,ssO. Accordingly. they asked
| for street items for 1887 amounting
to $2,593, ,280, which would have used p
up all but $19,7OO of anticipated COL
| lections.
The Budget Bureau allowed $1,9l5,-
| 600 for various types of gas tax street
work, together with $l7S,2S0 (the same
as the current appropriation) for
personal services in the Highway De-
partment, or a total of 81 093 .28o.
This is $4,000 less than the Com
missioners asked to spend out Of the
gas tax.
The Budget Bureaus summary
shows that its recommendation Is
$3.50 900 less than the current appro-
priation out of the gas tax fund.
Decrease Is Explained.
In explanation, the summary stated: .
THE decrease of $460, 900 is made
up Of reductions in curb and gutter
work, 5000; center strip roadway,
$4,000; repaving and resurfacing.
| $50, 900, and a non-recurring item.
Calvert Street Bridge, $4750O0, less
increases for paving abandoned road
space, $4,000. and Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge preliminary plans, S25.-
00O The primary reason for the above
decrease is because, under the 1888
emergency relief act. the District IL
receiving Federal grants for streets and
roads in the sum of nearly 81 SOC, 900 !
Commenting on the bureaus refer
ence to the Federal emergency high
way allotments given the District.
| local officials pointed out that money
/ is used primarily for the improve
ment of arterial highways. and does
not meet the need for improvement
of other streets in growing residential !
/ neighborhoods.
| 1t also was pointed out today that
the emergency Federal highway eX-
penditures we're intended to reduce
unemployment, and that if the Dis
! trict we're permitted to spend more
of its anticipated gas tax collections
next year it would help to provide
! further work for men who were bene-
fitted temporarily by the emergency
program.
$50 000 From General Fund.
Nearly all of the Districts high
d8
of the gas tax There is. however.
one item of $3.50 900 for miscellaneous
street and road improvement and re-
pair-the same amount as in the cur
rent law-which comes from the Dis
tricts general revenue fund.
Specific street Improvements al
lowed by the Budget out of the gas
/ tax are:
Northwest: Nebraska avenue, Forty
! fifth street to Indian lane, s24,700;
Northwest: Hemlc"k street, Four
teenth street to Sxseenth street.
$4,000;
Northwest: Eighth street. Dahia
street to Elder street, $1,000:
Northwest: Maple street, Vine
srteet to Sandy Spring road. $4,000;
Northwest Third street, Under
wood street to Blair road. $4,000;
Northwest Third street. Kansas
avenue to Peabody street, $4,000;
Northwest: Seventh street, Quack-
enbos street to RittenhouSe street,
IS 300:
Northwest: Harvard street, Fifth
street to Georgia avenue, $500;
Northeast: Franklin street, Lincoln
road to Sixth street. Sl6 400:
| Northeast: Franklin street, Tenth
street to Thirteenth street, sl5,50o;
Northeast: Franklin street, Four
teenth street to Rhode Island avenue,
$1,000:
Northeast: Third street, Douglas
/ street to Evarts street. S5.400;
Northeast: Sheppard street. Twen-
tieth stree to Twenty-second street.
/ So 200:
| Northeast: Franklin street, Twen-
tieth street to Twenty-second street,
: $1,000:
Northeast: TWenty-second street.
| Queens Chapel road to Franklin
! street. S20,50O:
Northeast: Staples street, Morse
street to Neal street, $4,000;
Other classes of work under the
| gas tax include: Grading streets and
| alleys. $4,000; improving unpaved
center strips, of paved roads, $4,000:
minor changes in roadway and side
walks, $4,000; for curbs and cutters,
or shoulders, on macadam roadways.
100000, reduction of S25,Oo0: for
surfacing or replacement OF asphalt,
granite block or concrete pavementS.
S40o,Oc0, an increase of $4,000.
For maintenance and operation OF
bridges the budget allowed 500, GOO, as
compared with current appropriation
Of S6S,000, the increase being for the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge plans.
I For current repairs to streets. roads
and alleys the budget carries S765,0O0.
the same as current law.
For the opening. extension and
widening Of streets. the budget rccom-
mends $500 600, the same as at pres
| ent.
Wharves Fund Cut.
For maintenance Of District wharves,
which comes under the highway eSti-
mates, the budget recommends $4,000
for next year, as compared with $1,000
| In tha current law