Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1928, Page 9

RUSH PAVING WORK FOR INAUGURATION District Paving 20 Miles of New Streets and Resur- facing 11 Miles. 1 Like the conscientious housewife who | scrupulously arranges her home in | faultless order in_preparation for a critical guest, the highway department 1s assiduously engaged in putting Wash- | ington's streets in first-class condition { for the thousands of visitors expected to come here next March for the presi- dential inaugural. The highway department is now in the midst of its Fall improvement pro- gram—the most extensive project it hes ever undertaken at one time. Streets arc torn up in all sections, trees are being leveled to make way | for wider traffic arteries, steam shovels | are cutting through hills in the out- lying sections to bring new streets | to the proper grade, and new concrete | curbs and gutters are being poured in unprecedented numbers. Detour signs are as numerous as billboards used to be. In fact, one facetious writer recently suggested that the streets of Washington look as! though they were laid out by Gen. | Detour instead of L'Enfant. i Preparing for Inaugural. Frankly, highway officials admit that the unusual activity at this time of the | year is due chiefly to the coming presi- | dential inaugural. Regardless of whether the quadrennial ceremonies to be pompous or marked by Coolidge | simplicity, more strangers are rummg’ to Washington in automobiles than ever | before, the officlals believe, and it is their intention to give the com- fort of smooth-surfaced thoroughfares. | The highway department has funds | sufficient for approximately 20 miles | of new surfaces and nearly 11 miles of | resurfacing of old streets. The pro-| — fram now in progress to be completed | y December 1 provides for more than 12 miles, of new concrete streets and 10, miles of resurfacing of old streets, 5 miles of which are in the downtown section. In other words, about 22 miles of new surfaces are to be laid before the advent of freezing weather, when street improvement work must cease. | In addition, the highway schedule calls for approximately six miles of new | concrete curbs and gutters and six and | one-half miles of new surfaces in vari- | ous alleys. The curbs and gutters will be constructed chiefly along the macad- am roadways, which are considered ! main traffic_arteries to the outlying sections and the national highways | that enter Washington. The principal projects to be com- pleted this Fall are: Sixtcenth street, from Scott Circle to U street: Highway Bridge, Massachusetts avenue, from California street to Wisconsin avenue; Pennsylvania avenue southeast, from the bridge across the Anacostia river to Thirtieth street; South Dakota ave-| nue northeast, from Rhode Island ave- nue to Bladensburg road: Georgia ave- | nue, from Fern street to the District | line, and the east side of Wisconsin avenue from River road to the District line. Improvement of the west side of the last named is included in the! Spring program. ?\flside from these projects, the hlg!vf way department is rushing to comple- tion the street widening program in the downtown section. Work on H street from Seventeenth street to Penn- sylvania avenue, and Connecticut ave- nue trom Florida avenue to Columbia now is being made on the widening of Mexicans Buy Many American Flags to Celebrate Holiday By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, September 15— More United States flags are being sold here than ever before in history as Mexico celebrates her independ- ence. The popularity of the Stars ; and Stripes is attributed, at least in part. to the good-will effect of a year's service by Ambasador Mor- Tow. The first great demand for Amer- ican flags to be flown with Mexico's on fete days came with the arrival of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the start of his Central American air tour. The supply was quickly ex- hausted then. As Ambassador Morrow has trav- eled about Mexico the people of every town and village through which he has passed have clam- ored for American flags and where unable to buy them have fashioned them from tissue paper, _CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., September 15 (@) —Apparently infuriated by the refusal of his divorced wife, Mrs. Bertha Stallings, 38, to dance with him, Lawrence S. Stallings shot and killed her in a crowded dance hall here last night. Miss Mary Griffin, 28, was critically wounded and Jerry Hagen, with whom | Mrs. Stallings was dancing, was shot j through the wrist and hip by Stallings. SAVEMONEY ON STORAGE.CALL MITH'S FIRE-PROOF TORAGE PRIVATE ROOM OR OPEN STORAGE LONG DISTANCE MOVERS CRATE AND PACK BY EXPERTS 1313 YOU STREET, N.W. PHONE NORTH 33 Clearance road has been finished, and progress ] T remendons Vialies ]‘, | Connecticut avenue from M street to Dupont Circle, Seventeenth street from H to K streets; and Tenth street from | i P to New York avenue. Largest Budget in History. Althcugh engineers of the highway department are confident that Wash- Ington’s streets are now in better condi- tion than ever before due to the con-! scientious efforts made this year to re- | in Used Pianos of H —To make room for a stock now arriving. You’ve Never Seen pair broken places as soon as the break || occurred, the highway department has | been fortunate in getting from Con- | fress the largest budget in its history | for 1mprovements. Altogether, the im- | provement fund amounts to $2,500,000, | excluding $875,000 for maintenance. | This represents an increase of more | than $500,000 over the preceding fiscal | ar. yeAbmlt $1,750,000 of the improvement | budget was raised through the gasollne‘l tax, and Congress appropriated the re- | maining sum for resurfacing and main- | tenance. All new paving, curbs and gutters and street widening work is paid out of the gasoline tax revenues, but an effort probably will be made at the | forthcoming session of Congress to have this system changed so that the gaso- | line tax money can be used exclusively for maintenance. New work would be | id for out of the general approprh-i jons. Concrete is used on all new paving projects, while asphalt is the type of surface applied on old streets that are resurfaced. A new type of asphaltic concrete is used for resurfacing sub- urban macadam roads. Asphaltie Concrete Used. After many experiments, according to Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, assistant Engineer Commissioner in charge of the highway department, this type of con- struction has been found best suited in Washington. A new concrete street should last for at least 15 years before cracking or deteriorating, he said, and when this happens an asphalt blanket can be applied which will prolong its life for another 25 years. Capt. Whitehurst and his assistants are now making a comprehensive survey of the history of every improved street in the District for the purpose of de- termining its present condition and when replacement will be necessary. | The record of this study will show the age, character and cost of maintenance of the 435 miles of surfaced highways. The survey will be completed before Congress convenes in December. A re- port on the result will be turned over o the appropriation committess cf the Senate and House for consideration in connection with the highway improve- ment program for the next fiscal year. i Cuban Chief Celeim;tes. HAVANA —Gen. Gerardo Machado, President of Cuba, will celebrate his saint's day September 23. Political con- freres are planning big demonstrations for that evening and a general meeting in the Havana National Business Theatre Golf Tennis College School Shopping Govt. Bldg: Convenient to All Car and Bus Lines. Live in The Bradford i 1800 K St. N.W. Furnished and unfurnished apartments, 1 room and bath to 7 rooms and 2 baths. Elec- $ tric refrigeration. 24-hour tele- phone and elevator service. Manager en Premises. Geo. W. Linkins large shipment of Fall \ Real Quality l Their Equals at These Prices . Uprights Jewett .. ... $50 Krakauer . $70 Haines i STD Milton . .:....5.7875 ] Woodbury ...... $95 Kramer ........ $95 Basley . ..o.00. 395 Heinekamp .....$100 Miller .........$125 Pfeiffer . ....$140 Steinway .......$150 Players H.C. Bay.......$265 Hall & Son. . ....$275 Solo ....$245 Story & Clark. ..$285 Story & Clark. ..$295 Autopiano ......$295 Lester .........$335 Concerto Grands Apartment .....$365 Baby Grand.....$385 Bellman .......$395 Bay s s 9395 and many, many more. $5 Will Send to Most of Them 510 Home These values are so real that we will take them back at FULL VALUE on a new piano later on. GET IN EARLY; GET YOUR PICK OF THIS TRULY RARE OPPORTUNITY. Homer L. . THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. T. SEPTEMBER 16, 1928—PART T.” 45 Cntinuqu Wod Epe Frame Sute A Quantity Purchase of a High-Grade Manufacturer’s Overstock of These Beautiful Wood Arm, Rail and Base Mohair Suites Permits This Exceptional Offer! 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