Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1927, Page 42

EXPLAINS REPAIRS NEEDED BY STREETS Capt. H. C. Whitehurst De- fends Action of Surface Divi- sion at Meeting of Citizens. Reasons for the great amount of g§treet resurfacing necessary at the resent time in the District were given y Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, assist- ant engineer commissioner, as being due to the large amount of roadway paved 2 quarter of a century or more ago. Capt. Whitehurst, speaking at a meeting of the Conduit Road Citizens’ Association in St. David's Parish House last night, said some of these streets long ago have outlived com- fortable usefulness, having been laid at a time when the present extent and weight of traffic were not antici- pated. The division of cuts in the District surface department was pointed out as an important branch of the high- way department, this branch making about four times as many cut repairs in a year as is made in other repre- sentative cities of similar Sub- urban roads are being constructed at is acceptir the rate of 51 per defendal the action of the vision in endeavoring to inches ¢ n mud, vel in deference highways in bad condition, 1 hard surface Add Cost to Price of Houses. to |o'ymm" other but with One solution for the speeding up of new roadway paving, he declared, would be for the builders of homes to jay the roadway and add the cost to the price of houses to be sold. This, continued Mr. Whitehurst, woul good streets without ment period home owner: ting the long adjus d would not mean in a way, as they would eventuall; have to payv for the improvements lle concluded by urging the assoe tion to press Congress for‘larger ap- riations for carrying on the work the highway department of the trict government. Were no more streets accepted for attention by the department, and the present rate of { two "sons. | own counsel. added expense, | TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. Natlonal—"“On Approval,” comedy, at §:20 p.m. Belasco—“Wild Man of Borneo,” comedy, at 8:30 p.m. Poli's—" The Student Prince,” eretta, at 8:20 p.m. Keith’s—Helen MacKellar, ville, at 2:15 and 8:16 p.m. Earle—"The Midget Follles of 1927, vaudeville, continuous, 1:30 to 11 p.m. Strand—“Broadway Brevities,” mu- op- vaude- to 11 pm. Gayety—*"Mr. Battling Butler,” bur- lesque, at 2:15 and 8:156 p.m. Mutual—*Pretty Bables,” burlesque, at 2:20 and 8:20 p.m. Columbia—"The Scarlet Letter,” at 10:45 a.m., 12:45, 5, 4:45, 6:45 and 8:45 pm. \l?!mpfllltln—”summer Bachelors,” at 11:55 a.m., 1:55, 3:55, 5:55, 7:55 and :55 p.m. Palace—“Stranded in Parl: Irene Franklin, at 11 a.m., 12:25, 2:25, 4:30, 5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 p.m. Rialto—(Second week)—* of Love,” 7:25 and 9:35 p.m. tepping Along,” at 2:25, and 9:40 p.m. mbassador—'‘Spangles,” 8:05 and 9:55 p.m. Wardman Park—"The Treasurer,” at 7 and 9 p.m. Central — “Paradise,” at 3:30, 5, 6:30, 8 and 9:40 pxn at 6:25, 12:30, 2, Robertson Answers Wlie. ‘alter Robertson, a clerk in the e of the Commissioner of Internal a_limited divorce brought by his Hazel G. Robertson, in which s ruelty. He denies the wi and asks that her suit be di They were married in Oak- March 20, 1907, and have Robertson appears as his ges missed. land, Calif., appropriations continued, he said, it | would require years to catch up with needed surfacing. resolution urging President Cool e to withdraw the names of the two | for the newly created Pub- | fes Commission now before | the Senate for consideration and favor- | ing the appointment of William MeK. | Clayton to one of these posts was | defeated ew members elected are: Mrs. R. alters, Mrs. L. W, Lindberg, Sam- vel B. Roberts, Gordon M. Chance, M. Sherer, Mrs. Thomas J. Woodward, Raymond B. Walters, L. W. Lindberg, M Samuel B. Roberts, F. A. \\&Akflf W. T. Woody, Thomas J. Woodward, 'Miss Phoebe Gillespie, Fred M. Sauber, George Keene, Mrs, Ethel R. Hanson, Elmer Riley, Mrs. Elmer A. K Thomas P. Holleran, ‘harles Recke- weg. Samuel Riggs, Mrs. J. G. Miner, H. E. Rimel, B. W. Kleinwachter, J. G. Miner and John A. Hall. Robert E. 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