Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1926, Page 15

D. C. BILL CONFERENCE REPORT LAID BEFORE HOUSE FOR VOTE Measure Carrying 1215 Per Cent Increase in Water Rates and Total of $33,900,000 Given Quick Approval in Senate. R, ASHINGTON, THE EVENING D. C, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28, 1926 Senate, the provision proposed by the House for the expenses of a commit- tee to consider and report upon the installation of & high-pressure water system in the congested high-value section of the District of Columbla. On No. 75—Restores the limitation proposed by the House on the pur- chase price of the site for the fire en- gine company to be located in the vi- cinity of Sixteenth street and Piney Branch road northwest. Court Fund Raised. vides for the employment of play- ground directors throughout the year rather than for 10 months and, pur- suantly, increases the oppropriation proposed by the House for personal services by $6,160. On No. 63—Limits, as proposed by the Senate, the rates to be pald for electric street' lighting to not more than 871 per cent of rates herefofore established by or in pursuance of law, and for electric current for new form: of street lighting to not more than 2 cents per kilowatt-hour, On No. 54—Makes the appropriation the limitation on the purchase price of the site proposed by the House. On No. 108: Restores the limitation proposed by the House on the dura- tlon of temporary employments, ex- tending the time of employment in I the aggregate from six to nine months and confining the limitation to other than laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers and mechanics. The committee of conference have not agreed on_the following amend- ments of the Senate: On No. 46, relating to contractors being required to keep new pavements or more appropria- for 12 consecutive months under certain lump-sum tions. On’ No. 110, relating to the manner | of receipting for salary payments to The range of the human ear covers eleven octaves, within which span it can distinguish between 8,000 and 100_different notes. e = s The High Grade Established 1842 BOWLING GREEN STORAGE & VAN CO. LIFT VANS Foreign and Inland Removals of Household Goods and Fine Effects. Oh No. 76—Appropriates $84,570, as proposed by the Senate, for personal services, Police Court, instead of $84,270, as proposed by the House. oOn the appropria- tion for expenses In connection with writs of lunac: of commitmen: ing School, as propos On No. 80-—App for signal system and telephone system for No. 13 police station house immediately available, as proposed by the Senate On No. 55—Appropriates $5.000 for the purchase of sanitary paper towels in repafr. On No. 56, relating to admissions to the public schools without payment of tuition, On No. 100, relating to the emplc ment of architectural or other pro- fessional services in connection with the tevelopment of Meridian Hill vl On No. 102, relating to the construc- tion of a bird house at the Zoological ark, On No. 109, relating to leave of em- ployes and to the submission of es mates for the pay paving Franklin street northeast, Sixth street to Seventh street; strikes out the appropriation of $14,000, pro- posed by the House, for paving Cleve- land avenue northwest, Cathedral avenue to Garfleld street: strikes out | the appropriatipn of $15,000, proposed [ {0 use in the public schools by the House, for grading Audubon | Posed by the Senate, instead of race northwest, Tinnean avenue fo |5 broposed by the iouse. neh road: amd strikes out | On Nos. 67 to 63, both inclusive, re the appropriation. of $7.000, proposed | 1ALINE to new school buildings—Appro- by Ahe EaLite: For Eeadtag ATn printes $267,500 for the completion of avenue northwest, south of M the construction of the F Vi Ve g High School instead : proposed by the House Street Items Action. as proposed by the Senate: strikes out On Nos. 21 to 40, both inclusive the apropriation of $200,000 proposed |1atg o airee it ahage. | BV the House, for continulnk the con- T e e s carke: [struction of the new huilding for the street fund —Restores the appropria- McKinley Technical High School; ap- o or 51000, ronosed by the House, | Lrobriates $200,000, a proposed by the | ed 91, | tor puving Pennsylvania avenue (south Senate, instead of $300, as proposed | reason of the act of March 16, s thws St by the House, toward the construction | establishing a Board of Public "["\\\I:y":l\“”[!l‘l\:.:xll“vfi\‘\l ";“,",'fi,l',','.',..":f.: 1;‘_‘,:" of an extensible junior high school | fare, all as proposed by the Senat S fll,'m‘,' northwest, | PUllding to replace the present Gar. On Nos. 88 and 89, rele nax ethan e ' | net-Patterson School Building; pro.|ical charities: "v"":“;:"l‘ .;:\'X:lh:'“\l"(:‘l;"\l(:‘ ‘:h;::““';"'- vides for the modification of the plans|each for (¢ Ao L bt Bt of the junior high school building to for paving such reet from - urteenth sereet to Connecticut ave The conference report on the Dis- trict appropriation bill, which was promptly approved in the Senate late yesterday, wis made in the House by Chairman Funk of the House con- ferees just hefore adjournment yester- day. Prese tion in the House was delayed by the fact that the report had to cover an explanation of 110 amendm The conferees have agreed that the $9,000,000 “nmp sum contribution froi the Federal Government, in lieu of the 40 per cent contribution provided for in substant w, shall be immed ately available as a total on July 1 instead of in 12 monthly installment This is done to help the District get on a pav-as-you-go basis, as required under the act of to start five vears luter The bill as ncrease of rates. It exempts from the provision to limit the cost of school and park sites $154.000, which is reappropriated for hool sites and $130.000 of the 000 appropriation for purchase park sites. There also is appropriated scho s under Agents FEDERAL STORAGE COMPANY 1707 FLORIDA AVENUE Adams 6304 Pianos Sold Direct from the Factory We Invite You to Visit Our Warerooms 1340 G St. N.W. J. C. CONLITF, Mgr. $80,000 fe al servi ard of Publ Welfare, instead s pr posed by the House, and §i5,000, as proposed by the Senate. On Nos. 81 to 85, inclusive, and No. 91, velating to the division of child welfare Represents a transfe i redesignation of the & i for the Board of Child stricken out by amendment number WhiCh bevoles necessary greed upon carries an per cent in water med- Adifferent = of Gal items the 1 the ‘“‘mis- ain charity roposed tor a tricity items that nd Escapes Limitation. purchise of to price 107, both inclusive, Strikes venues Dis rate per 15 propose the $1.50 per linear front shington University ; be erected in Georgetown as the lim- posed hy the Iouse, nue. proposed by the House: ap- | 1% Of the site may require, s {0007 each, as proposed by tha Sen propriates $8.800, as proposed by the |DoSed by the Senate; appropri B H et for pavink I strest morthwest, | $100.000 as proposed by the House, in on No. 90: Employvs ettt e et firnteanth | Stead of $200.000, as proposed by the | style of type in the head A e ] e e e o | Senate, for the construction of an ad. | linzer Municipal Hospital L the last assessed vs of $11.200 and $12,500, proposed b the dition to the Langley Junior High |proposed by the Senate. $1,000,000 for Streets. | Senate, for paving on Belmont and “,:"“Q‘\’!:‘ "]"_"";'!‘:'l“""'"'! e SR o Tt increases by $400,000 the amount | Chapin streets, respectivel ikes | pve fos pes bl SR )| cellaneous’” I Bl ok | : . munasium and authorizing a contract | and - items, as for streel re kv total of [out the appropriation « pro pihe 3 $1.000.000 for Lhis purpose [ posed by the House, for paving Min- PR 95: Appropriates separately The conter el the Senate |nesota avenue southeast, Good Hope 1 it grSchie dadiiiony AT it S i e O | haad fo Hibhteasatle stvet: apiteps:: |100 18 escees o $400.000, as proposed ational Library for the Blind rice of « used by the e e sl by the emte, [UY the Senate_and resiores the ap-|and the Columble Dulytechnic Insti e o it ob et L en . paving Third street southeast, E | Eropriation of 000, proposed by the | tute, us proposed by the- House, in itke ’ Nides thkbthek | street to Virginia avenue: strikes out Ll{un.ule. for the construction of a com- [ stead of joiully, as proposed by the ame swides that the rute | ni s ned gymnasium and assembly hall | Senate. Hreet Shinll ot excest appropria it §9 rOOS £ % Y 5 \fir"x- e Y e K(.l‘ lhe“\':\lln\t\-“l;‘:_:,-"(r proposed |t “eqch {he Petworth and West| On 99, relating to Anacost 573 pe i rate heretofore Schools s o Abalien th established by liw. It fur North Car HBOIS: Biver and flits: Makes that 1 ilian (Mar new Loviis of Ebve | nue to strikes out the ap- Contract Law Changed. the appropt ‘«(w-n or (;‘:1!' 3 i I ot esceed 2 cents per kilo | Propriation of $8.900, proposed by the 2 Jand above Benning Bridge ava 1 [ Bemnte forpaving D mreat marth. |, On No. 66—Amends, as proposed by | immediately and continues it av e Iproximate. | east, Fourieenth atreat to- Fifteenth |Lhe Senate, the provision dealing with | until July 1, 1 and restores the I e | atrest: appropriates §4.000 each for | PUllding contracts so as to provide | limitation on the purchase price of $124,000 lower than the Judget Bu.|Paving on Orleans place gnd Morton | that awards may be made to the low s proposed by the House, dod [ Dlace northeast, as proposed by the |eSt “responsible” hidder instead of to| stricts the expenditure of the he list of street | Senate: and restores the appropria- “\P) 1tl¥v.~1"\\|<ld(.‘l. : | balance of the appropriation to work i posed by the House, for pav.| ,On No. 67, relating to the purchase | helow Benning Bridg propose et fth street, Calvert street, | Of Sch building and play 'unl!“(m‘ Senate, instead of making such complete covered | Varnum street, Iighteenth - street, sites—Restores the limitation proposed | sum available for expenditure, either in the b Webster street, Thirteenth street and |3 “'“‘ House on the purchase price | below or above wning Bridge, as Streets left in the bill—Oak from |Eleventh street, inclading widening, |°F ites, removing thetefrom the ve-| proposed by the House, Ogden to Sixteenth, Second from T to|all in the northwest. AEVROpRBon 1a el i Sixteenth, Second fre 0| i of the Park View School and r Rhode Island northeast, 1\‘”“n No. 41—Approp priating such sum for the purchase | from Twelfth to C ;[ the ccondemnationiot s arveas| i vool building and playgrouna| On No. 101, relating to the 2 K from Connecticut zht. | Instead of $5.000, as proposed by the | G Wikt Timitation as to price | Capital Park Commission Eenth of | House, and $15,000, as proposed by |pa oy W O o e | from the limitation on the purchase x < % he Senate. Q - | o of sites proposel he House avenue sou Orlea > = On No. 68— Appropriates $1 0, as | Price of sites proposed the . St o ek By 1 On Nos. 42 and 43, relating to the| On 28 |\ BPIDRTALeS B el of « 150,000, which is made place from eventh north. [OPENINE. extension or widening of| g5 040 a¢ proposed by the Senate, for | Availd ek 0o ik i b . ey | streets— Permits the extension of Four-| ¥ : e ate, for | Cithout limitati based east. Pennsylvania avenue (south | rent of scheol building, etc. without limftation i 2 el teenth street northwest to the sou | = s e lue side) from Wask mo Circle to ! Provides that the. pres. | V1 assessed value i - : { boundary of the Water Reed Hospful 5 pres- | " on Nos. 103 to I'wenty fifth street hirty-fifth m } voperty clerk of the | n 2 t e : "' | reservation, and makes provision for Lgld e L O I Rint o the T Se Prospect to Wisconsin aver t d Polfce Department Il be paid a |Felating to the water se 5 tko s ' [the payment of awards and expenses e b Ll ki he proposal of the from Connecticut avenue to ity it e rate IS abb mor: out the proposal of the > . e Y | under the act approved March 11 oy Roprato. .S per an- ativit wate ninth street, Varnum from Seven-| v instead of providing for the N S L t ] v g 1926, authorizing the widening of First |PUm. instead of providing for the ap- es of teenth to Eighteenth. Eighteenth from | e poli ant of such clerk as a sergeant | A e from | street, between G street and Myrtle | Pointment of such cle Hgergsant Yaraum to Webster, et wbihast {on the Metropolitan Police Force, as r front foot reet from Ui i} | proposed by the House. . | House, instead of Eleventh to be widened from \Ie"\:\‘l SLI990/900 ML U0 RV AIIAVIE. | On No. 70—Restores the limitation York to Massachusetts avenue. On No. 44—Appropriates $1,000,000, | Proposed by the House on the pur-|foor, as proposed by the Ser pro- as proposed by the Senate, for repair. | chase price of the site for the four- | jjey for an increaxe in wat ing streets, including resurfacing |teenth police precinct station house. | 1r755,." o et at items dropped from the | instead of $600,000, as proposed by the| On Nos. 71 and 72, relating to the as proposed by the House, conferees were: Ninth | House, | Fire Department—Strikes out the pro- | s proposed by the Sen Qifincy 1o R Creek | On No. 45—Restores the House pro.| Posal of the Senate to appoint the | wother point in the Tiock Creek Chureh road | Vision that street paving work shall|¥ chief clerk of the Fire De- | Zivenue to Spring road,|De open to competition, amended with a _hattalion chief engineer | oF Colorado fvenue.|a View to clarifying the intent “ire Department. h to Seventh north On No. 47—Corrects the, spelling of | No. 73—Transfers provision for | pressure water and appro- venue from Cathe-|& word, | maintenance of telephones in the | priates $30,000, »d by the field street, Audo-| On Nos. 48 and 49, relating to!residences of the superintendent of | Senate. instea s s pro. hon Terince from Linnean avenue to|bridges—More clearly ' defines the| machinery, Fire Department, and the | posed by the House, for the purchase A5 Eai “treet | bridges to be provided with highway |fire marshal to another point in the | of a site for a new third high-service Fifreenth, Chapin | BUATds. bill, as proposed by the Senate. reservoir, removing the description of Fitteenth, Four.| O On 74— Transfers from another | the property to be acq 1, as pro: teenth place from North Carolina [Telating to point as proposed by the [ posed by the Senat removing avenue to D sireet northeast and D from Fourteenth to Fifteenth north cast. The iter ence which ave by the House Street Ttems Dropped. Gant, The street bill by the street from Church road from Georgia cholson. west cent, no increase, ate; transfers to bill, as previouslv e for expenses of committee in connec tion with the installation of a high Cleveland avenue to G In the New Summer Furniture For Porch and Lawn 50 and both inclusive | public m Fourteenth to playgrounds—Pro- and upon in confer- «sed upon greel now to be p e as rollows, s the amount of advance- the LRX8 90 ment's contrib of the District on July than in 12 monthly Brilliant reds, lively greens, creamy yellows and rich brotvns are all to be seen in this decidedly new Summer Furniture for porch and lawn. particular use, and will be a real complement to your Home. For the Porch there are Rockers, Settees, St Folding Chairs and Ferneries in,new color combinations that blend wonderfully well with almost any color scheme. 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On No. f—Limits the amount of receipts from reissuing motor vehicle operators’ permits which may be ap- plied to he traffic-light stem as proposed by et irul and Smart Washington has acquired the habit of Jook- ‘ing to Woodward & Lothrop for the fashion suc- cesses—so it is to be expected that this newest fash- jon — the Embroidered-in-Field-Flowers Frock— should make its first appearance in THE WAL- NUT ROOM: to conform with provisions of the act of March esiablishing a board of pub as proposed by the Attractively Priced Single Pieces 0Old Hickory Armchairs $5 0Old Hickory Rockers $6.50 Old Hickory Tables $11 Old Hickory Settees $12 Rustic Cedar Settees $4.50 On No. 10-Tra maintenance of telephones in the iden the superintendent of chinery and the fire ms on Nos 11 bt inc lating to street improsements priates $7.600 for pavin northwest, street; as sirikes out the wion of $4,300, | proposed by the e, for paving Ninth Quiney street | to Rock Creek Church road; strikes out | the ap) 300 proposed by the Senate, for paving Rock Creek Church road northwest, Georgia ave- nue to Spring road; strikes out the ap- propria roposed by the House, for pavin cholson street northwest, west of Colorado aventie; ropriates L000, as proposed by lhfll for paving Second street | 1st, T street to Rhode Island strikes out the appropriation 1 by the Hoi tor sters provision for e s« ma Rustic Cedar Armchairs $3.50 Rustic Cedar Tables Porch Rockers maple $2.75 to $10 . 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