Evening star., 1940-03-27
$37,500 Proposed
For Buying Snow
Removal Equipment

iotoI TOR Hi9nwoy
And Water Departments
Is Reduced, However
Arrangements for the planning
and financing of vehicular UNDER
pass for Scott Circle were included
in the 194l District budget reported
to the House today by the Caldwell
of the House Appro-
priations Committee.
In items for the Highway Depart
ment, also, the committee proposed a
considerable outlay for snow re-
partly to cover bills for last
winter and partly in anticipation Of
next winters problems. There is
new item of S37 500 for purchase of
snow removal equipment in response
to the recent outcrys against the
Districts lack of facilities.
There is proposed an appropria-
Cioh VI SloOOO, W Uc lIIiiIlculdIcly
available, to reimburse the Street
Cleaning Division for snow removal
last winter and an increase from this
years sum of $4,000 to $4,000 for
next winter.
$24l,765 Under Last Year.
The House was asked to approve
total outlay of s49l8 900 for the
Highway Department. or $241, ,765
less than this years appropriations
and $2l, ,l60 less than the estimates
submitted by the Budget Bureau.
The committee also proposed q
reduced outlay for the Water De-
partment. recommending 1924 $50,
which would be $l94,57O less than
this years appropriations and $685.
$50 less than the sum suggested by
the Budget Bureau. The committee :
suggested postponement Of survey
OF future Water Department needs.
for which $40 900 had been proposed.
The survey proposal was an OUT
growth of a technical appraisal Of
the Water Department two years
ago by special board. headed by
Riley E. Elgen. chairman of the
Public Utilities Commission. which
outlined probable huge costs in fu-
ture years.
On this point the committee re-
ported: Evidence presented to the
committee was to the effect that
the proposed increase of the water
supply system will involve the ex-
perditure of approximately s1o.-
000,000 and that the work should
be completed about 1850. In view
of the fact that this additional
water supply will not be required
for nearly 10 years. the committee
believes there is no urgency for ac-
ton on the survey at this time
Underpass Plans Sought.
For drafting of plans for the pro-.
posed underpass at Scott Circle the
committee sought $4,000. as had
been suggested by the District Com.
missioners. This item would come
out of the street repair fund in
the Highway Department budget.
This project is shown as being
especially urgent. owing to the cons,
gestion of traffic at this point since
the opening of the new underpass
at Fourteenth street and Thomas
Circle" the report said The cost
OF the project was estimated at
S40O. 900.
Upon completion of the Scott Cir
Gle plans (which would provide for
an underpass in the line of Six
teenth street. the Commissioners
would be authorized to finance the
project out of the s1,270000 for Fed
eral-aid highway projects in the
District due to accrue next fiscal
year out of Federal grants plus the
Districts matching money.
Paving Projects Included.
The following paving. repaving
and surfacing projects were in
cluded in the bill:
Northeast.
Tenth street. from jackson to
Monroe street. s17.400: Nineteenth
street from C to E street. $l4.100;
Neal street, from Holbrook to Or
rem street. $500. and Sixth street,
from Edgewood to Franklin street
and Evarts street from Sixth to
Edgewood street. s11 800.
Southeast. .
r street, from Seventeenth street
to Minnesota avenue, $500: Seven
teenth street from Q street to Min
nesota avenue. $l2.500; Ridge place.
from Sixteenth to Seventeenth
street, $4,100 and Thirty fourth
street, from Alabama avenue to U
street. $4,000
Northwest.
Second street, from Hamilton
street to Ingraham street, $500:
Milmarson place. North Capitol
street to First street, SO 300: Nichol-
son street. Blair road to First street,
$1,000: Nicholson street Seventh
street to Eighth street. $500; Sec
ond street, Peabody street to Rit-
tenhouse street, $1,000; Tewkesbury
place, Sixth street to Seventh street,
$500; Underwood street. Fifth
street to Eighth street, s16,3O0: Un-
derwood street, Piney Branch road
to Georgia avenue. s4,40O; Juniper
street, Seventeenth street to Rock
Creek Park. $500; Randolph street,
Georgia avenue to Kansas avenue,
$14,800
Downtown Street Widening.
Provision also is made for WIDEN
Ing and repaving I street NV. be-
tween Thirteenth and Fifteenth
streets at cost of $4,000.
The bill also provides $500 900 for
completion of the new PENNSYLVANIA
Avenue Bridge over the Anacotsia
and s250,000 for completion of the
Massachusetts, Avenue Bridge over
Rock Greek.
For operation of the water system
the bill provides s4e5 $50, and for in
stallation of a new pump and elec-
trio equipment at the Dalecarlia
pumping station, $4,000 is provided.
The bill provides $4,000 for con-
struction Of $3.50 linear feet of "a
inch trunk line water main from