Evening star., 1936-10-11
1SPROJECTS ASKED
|NSOUTHEAST AREA
Business Men and Council
Most Intent on Building
New Bridge.

Eighteen projects for the general
Improvement of Southeast Washing
ton have the approval Of the Southeast
Business Mems Association and the
Southeast Council of Citizens Asso-
Citations as well as at least "consid-
Grafton" by the District Commission
ers in submission of the 1898 budget
to the Budget Bureau.
The projects were read to the Com
missioners at the recent public hearing
on the 1888 budget estimates by Will
lam A. Maio, chairman Of the coun-
Gil and drafter Of the proposed i'm
provements.
Bridge Leading Project.
Principal among the 18 projects is
an appropriation of s650,00O for the
beginning of construction of the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and an
inclusion in the 1888 budget for the
Oxon Run sewer interceptor. It is
planned to name the new bridge the
John Philip Sousa Memorial Bridge,
in honor of the late march king"
who was born and raised in southeast
and is buried in Congressional Gene
terry, within sight of the bridge itself.
Then other improvements desired
by the associations include the WIDEN
ing of independence avenue from Sec
ond street southeast to Fourth street
southwest: a waiting room and COM
fort station at Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast Wild
ening of Minnesota avenue from Penn
sylvania avenue southeast to Ben
ming road: construction of a stadium
at the foot of East Capitol street on
the west side of the Anacostia River;
removal of the garbage disposal plant
at New jersey avenue and K street
southeast; adequate underground
lighting system from the Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge to Branch avenue and
traffic light at Minnesota and Penn
sylvania avenues; additional equip
ment for No. II and No. police pre-
cincts and the erection of a new pre-
cinct in the northern half of No. IL;
new fire apparatus for No. 10 Fire En-
gine Company: extension of Virginia
avenue southeast from Eleventh street
east to a boulevard extending along
the Anacostia River; supervised play
grounds for Congress Heights and
Randle Highlands and more adequate
equipment for the entire southeast
section: development of park areas
and the beautifying of the center
parkway on Pennsylvania avenue from
Second street to Seventeenth street
southeast; improvement of Commo-
dore Barney Circle; widening of Nay
lor road southeast from Fairlawn ave-
nue. to Good Hope road paving of
Alabama avenue southeast from Mich
OILS avenue to Naylor road; restore
lights on Ridge road southeast from
Burns street to Anacostia road and
the general improvement of the
schools in the Southeast section.
Organizations Determined.
A few of the items listed are hold
overs from last year; few have orig
mated from civic organization or
the business men and are recent ad-
ditions, but the entire list has the
support of the civic and business or
ganizations of Southeast Washington
in an endeavor to improve that part
of the city so that it will rank second
to none in appearance
The business men and the civic
leaders of the communities are un-
daunted by the Commissioners pro-
posal to cut the budget into two sep
arate parts, one for maintenance and
the other for improvements. 1t is true
that the business men opposed the
plan, but it has made the organiza-
ton more determined than ever to get
the needed improvements for their
section.