Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1921, Page 18

BUDGEF CUTS D.C. - STREETS 600000 Commissioners Wil - Point Out Urgent Needs at Committee Hearings. The budget bureau, in vewising the original estimates of ghe Commisioners for the next fiscal year, eut apppexi- mately $600,000 from thie amounts asked for by the District aythorities for new streets, ‘bA gtreets and upkeep of subi Tdady, it..became known *Tidicated at the District building that When the Commission- ers go before the appropriations com- imnittee of the Houge for hearings on the District bill they wilk endeavor to make known:to the committee the | urgent need for:a more liberal allow- ance for highway work. Details of Reduetions, The estimates of "the Commission- ers asked for the new_paving of fif- 1y-seven streets at a cast of about 3$801,000. The estimates as sent to Congress by thé budget bureau pro- vide only for -eighteen new street paving jobs, amounting to.$275,000. ‘The "Commissioners asked for $300,000 for repafrs. to suburban roads, which need constant attention to keep them-in passable cendition. ‘The budget' bureau recommended $250,600. - The city Meads asked for $600,000 in the lump-sum appropriations, for repairs to existing streets and alleys, and the budget bureau recommended $575,000. Next to the shortage in school ac- comodations, the District officials point out, there is no phase of Dis- trict activity that needs liberal ap- propriations as urgently as the high- way department. During and since the war the task of paving . -new "streets and rolling out” the-Tuts and holed in existing surfaces has lagged here as in all large cities. City officials realize that the cost of asphalt, cement and other materfals during the war made it impossible to keep up the usual pro- gram of street and road work. ~~Phey. feel,- however,-that if the pol- icy of curtidling this work is con- tinued ahy longer, the National Cap- ital will never be able to catch up in its street program out of annual ap- propriation ‘bills. Even now, city engineers say, spe- cial appropriations aside from the an- nual allotments would be needed tg bring the street and road repair work up to date. Cost to U. S. Ia Small. Discussing the small estimates now before Congress for highway work in Wasingign, one District official call- ed _eetlon to the fact that there is little to be saved by the federal gov- ernment in cutting street appropria- tions in the District, -in view of the fact that the federal government pays only a small percentage of the cost of this work. For all other District work the United States pays 40 per cent of the cost, but since the enactment of the Borland street assessment law the abutting property owners pay 50 per cent of the cost of paving the stree, the Discrict government pays 30 per cent, and the federal government, 20 per cent. ¢ Since the District's 30 per cent comes out of taxes paid by the citizens, the people of the Distrfet in reality meet 80 per cent of tlie cost of paving a street. -0 o s The Commissioners in their ahnual report called attention to the inéquity of the Borland law and asked. Con- &ress to modify ft. .- - PRIESJ.SENT T0 JAIL. Wrenn Is v ¥ Ty LEMARS, Ig%s, Dacentber 16.—Rev. | Father Wrenn,<feriner priest at Akron, | Iowa, convictefirof assiuiting fifteen- vear-old Ethef,Bray, was today sen- tenced to_an'idetérminate . term in the Fort Madlson prison. Motion for a new trial was'denjed. - _ Counsel for Father Wrenn will ap- peal to the Towa:supreme court. ; i ! H s ~ is a Hoosier THE Asylum, has postponed todsy's ing until December 19. P. E. 0. luncheon tomerrow at neos, Grace Dodge Hotel. S Alpha Umega of Delta Gamma will meet tomorraw night® with Helen Dyer, 1809 Lamont street. *AR Delta, Gammas invited. Chapter B, P. fi"lll mect Tues- day with Mra. §. L Jacobs, 1473 Har- vard street. J 5 * The motion pieture “Through the Looking Glass” will be shown Thurs- and at 4 pm. Knickerbocker | | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF ‘“Just for Fun,” a comedy, for the benefit of thé Women’s Federation of Clubs, will be presented December 19 at Carroll Hall. Miss Emma A. Jor- an, director. Division Ne. 7, Ladies’ Auxilisry, Ancient Order K of Hibernlans, will meet Tuesday evening in Kidder building. ¢ Pl Beta Phi Alumnae Club will meet Tuesday with Mrs. Adolph Bowaler, 811 B atreet southwest. i day at | Theater, for benefit of Vassar College | endowment tund. Sojourners’ Club, Washington Chap- ter, No. 3, N. L. M. C, will meet Wednesday, 8 p.m., Fairmont Inn, 14th and Fairmont streets. . ‘Women's Overseas Service League will meet at 18 Jackson place tomor- row, 8 p.m., to arrange for Christmas eve entertainment at Mount Alto Hos- pital Hut. Women who served over- seas with Red Cross invited to at-| — tend. | Katherine Montgomery Chapter, D.| | A. R., will meet Tuesday, 8 p.m., with the regent, Mrs. J. D. Crolssant, 1717 Q street. Maud Younger and Mrs. Minor will speak. The Northeast Washington Citisens® Assoclation will hold {ts regular Shamroek Club will give a dance for benefit of poor widows with small children, Wednesday, 8 p.m.. at hall of Church of Immaculate Conceptjon. Ladies’ Auxiliary, St. Ann’s Orphan ) A [FE TiNg) el ‘f'f'"-"mmmmummmwnmumuuuwuunmnnnmmulnmmmmulwmmw For an Heirloom Look at this beautiful Secretary Desk—fine mahogany and so well made that it will be an heirloom in your family in years to come. - Here you will find many of these fine Secre- tary Cases—convenient and practical and in wonderfully graceful designs. They are made in fine old mahogany and walnut, and will be a treasured gift. . They are notexpensive, either—there’s a fine- looking one here at $69.50—and lots 5 more. - Mayer & Co. -Seventh Street - Between D & E - NI L] * What Mother\Wants Most Kitchen Cabinet, for it, unlike:most' gifts, gives more than a day’s pleasure.” With a Hoesier helping her in-the kitchen, Moth- ki - There’s a splendid big Hoosier here with-a sliding top for and wé'll be glad to lay one aside for you' until Christmas. : ' i Seventh!Street : vMaslf;e‘r' & Co. 'é«w‘?«‘anu er’s work is lessened every day in the year— _and.for many years. R ; l b $34.75—on the Club Plan. -:Come in | : SUNDAY ' STAR, WASHINGTO! meet- | meetin, the d 114 Tats “t at the Good Shepherd Gu | curred yesterday, will be held to- i National Association for the Ad- th and I gtreets northeast, to- morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Al e ceremonies to cdm- memorate the 116th birthday of|from 3 to Willlam Lloyd Garrison, -which oc- morrow night at 8 o'clock, by the District of Columbla .branch af the vancement of - Colo People,. at John Wesley M. E. Church, 14th and Corcoran streets. Among the, speak- ers who will deliver addresses are Oswald Garrison Villard,” grandson of the philanthropist; Charles Ed- ward Russell and Dean Miller Kelly of Howard University. The Conduit Road Cftizens’ Asso- clation will be addressed by Engineer Commissioner Keller, Tuesday even- ing at 8 o'clock, in St. David's Hall, Conduit and Chain Bridge roads. Give o M Seventh Street. o'clock. - The eduéational committee of the Phyllts Wheatley Y. \ hold_a series of entertainments at 901 Rhode Island avenue, beginning tomorrow through Friday. f will be & sale of articles of all de- scriptions. The Maryland State Soclety is to be addressed by several members of Congress from that state at a meet- ing Tuesday night at the Franklin Square dresses there will be a reception and dance. All.old as well as new mem- bers are urged to attend. Special _ Christmas Club D.. C, - DECEMBER 11, 1921—PART 1. ™. night Hotel. niversity, strain Gas Exportation. W. C. A will and ' continuing Orm wh wern carened at s | EMBARGO RIGHT DENIED. New Willard a week ago, will be on view .again’ tomorrow .ai at Gibbons Hall, Catholic 6.and from 7:30 to 9:30 Tesday | Claimed West Virginia Cannot Re- A challenge of the constitutional power of West Virginia to ipterfere with public corporations whose duties were as great to consumers outside |hat state az to those within tne state was made by counse! lor o In addition there ., ;"pbe;ngyivania in the closing oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court yesterday in the case the public utllities commission exportation of natural gas. Following the ad- comfort of 6,000,000 people brought by those states to restrain of West Virginia from regulating the They contended that it was the purpose of ‘West Virginia to shut off the supply of gas required for the Welll‘re ‘5’."\% n e e AT cities and towns in their states— Kentucky, Indiana and Maryland. If MITCHELL TO GO ABROAD ‘West Virginia could lawfully place an 4 — embargo upon her natural gas and | Will Study Avial prohibit its exportation, the state of dy tion in European Ohio_could x\l;‘;e an exgbar}ifi)hupnnl Countries. it_produces and which are : : e in West Virinia, declared F-| Brig. Gen. Willlam Mitchell, gssisi- nt chief of the Army air service, will | from New York today for Europe T. Eagleson, counsel for Ohio. study aviation in general and with particular reference to development i MADE RECRUITING OFFICER. \particulur teerénce to development Lizut. Col. Richard B. Going, caval-|Italy and Germany. He will be ac- ry. now on leave of ahsence in this|companied by First Lieut. Clayton L. city, has been assigned to duty as re- | Dissell of the air service and Aero- cruiting officer in Baltimore,” Md. | nautical Engincer A. B. Verville. e e i Upon completion of the temporary uty in Europe, Gen. 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