Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1935, Page 32

B—12 : FUNDS ADVANCED FORNEARBY WORK $95,850 Goes to 11 Towns in Prince Georges for Water Mains. Controller McCarl yesterday ad- vanced Works Progress Administration funds totaling $95,850 for installation of water mains in 11 towns in Prince Georges County and $915 for Takoma | Park in Montgomery County. Baltimore City also received an allotment of $493,740 for street re- pairs. The improvements will be car- ried out under the direction of Francis H. Dryden, W. P. A. administrator for Maryland. Nearby Allotments. The Government allotments for | Prince Georges and Takoma Park are | as follows: | Beaver Heights—Addison Chapel road between Magruder avenue and Sheriff road, Minnesota avenue and across the railroad from Minnesota avenue to Bass place, $13,296. Berwyn — Washington, Columbus, Rhode Island and Potomac avenues; Conestoga avenue between Analostan and Baltimore-Washington boulevard, | Analostan avenue, Prince Georges | street and Fourth street; Fourth street between Daniel avenue and Branch- ville road, $18,034. Bladensburg — Lindenwood avenue between Ross street and Third street, Ross street and across lots, between | Baltimore-Washington Boulevard and | Northeast Branch, $13,790. | Brentwood—Baker street between | Thirty-fourth street and Prospect ave- | nue, $7,947. Capitol Heights—Lawrence avenue between Richard and Otway avenues, $607. College Park—Dartmouth avenue between Wellesley and Vassar avenues, $776. $32,599 for Hyattsville. Edmonston —Washington and Lowndes avenues, between Fourth street and Edmonston road, $1,659. Hyattsville—Columbia avenue be- | tween Prospect avenue and Oakwood | road, Luttrell avenue, across lots be- | tween Luttrell avenue and Hope| street, Hope street, Central and Wing | Rest avenues; Locust avenue and| across the Baltimore - Washington Boulevard between Rhode Island ave- | hue and Northeast Branch, University | drive between Columbia avenue and | Forest drive, Luttrell avenue between | Bayley and Arundel avenue and be- | tween Carroll avenue and University drive, $32,599. | Riverdale—Arthur avenue between | Jefferson and Monroe avenues, Ella- ville street between Jackson and Mon- | roe avenues, $3,568. East Riverdale—Gretta avenue be- tween Jefferson and Columbia ave- nues, Carroll avenue between High and Margarette streets, Charlotte avenue between Corcoran and San- ford streets, High street between Car- roll and Roland avenues, $2,659. Takoma Park—Westmoreland and Highland streets and across lots be- tween Highland and Third streets, $915. 4 GRADE CROSSING BIDS MADE PUBLIC Maryland Roads Commission Also Announces Offer on St. Marys Bridge. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 5.—Low bidders on four grade-crossing elimi- nation projects and a new bridge in St. Marys County were announced by the State Roads Commission today after bids were opened. The grade crossing bids were for the actual bridge only, and did not in- clude grading or paving. Projects, low bidders and amounts were: Harmans grade crossing, Anne Arundel, Mullan Construction Co., $36.800. Edgewater grade crossing, Harford, Binclair & Gregg, Philadelphia, $72,956. Dorsey grade crossing, Anne Arun- del, P. Reddington & Sons, Baltimore, $39,793. Sabillasville grade crossing, Pred- erick, Continental Contracting Co., Baltimore, $38,220. St. Inigoes Bridge, St. Marys Coun- ty, and relocation of & third of a mile of gravel road, H. W. Hewitt & Sons, Valley Lee, Md., $10,886. Contracts for the projects are ex- pected to be let by December 15. IOWA GAMING PLOT TRIAL NEARS CLOSE By the Associated Press. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, December 5.— Well into its fourth week, the gam- bling conspiracy trial of Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor yester- day found the State apparently near- ing the close of its case. Special Prosecutor H. M. Havner entered as evidence 513 exhibits, in- cluding records purporting to show the existence and operations of a local slot machine syndicate. Among the latest introduced were Btate income tax returns of the Iowa- Dakota Co.—reputed syndicate head- guarters—and the individual returns of Tom L. Toggart, Glenn Scott and the late Tom Brislane, all charged with operating the syndicate. The company returns showed gross 1934 receipts of $14,735.60, but the net for the year was only $2,217.20, after deductions of $12518.40 were made. Deductions included losses of $1,044 from confiscated and stolen machines, Fach partner was listed as having re- ceived about $739. Lives 15 Miles From City, but Is 62 Years Late in Filing Claim By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Decem- ber 5—William Faris, aged col- ored man, got around to putting in his claim against the city to- day for work done in the cholera epidemic in June, 1873. “I'd a-come sooner,” he apol- to Miss Eunice Hewes, city clerk, “but I lives 15 miles from here and my health ain't Faris had no written evidence of his 62-year-old claim nor was any on file at the City Hall, and lack of proof may defeat his ef- fort. He remembered he was hired by Col. James R. Powell, second mayor of Birmingham. He also had the dates of the cholera epidemic correct and claiined his work consisted of making 72 coffins. X THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. F Stacct of Tth Py Pin-Tucked Rayon Taffeta Drapes 390" Pinch-pleated bedroom drapes of fine pin-tucked rayon taffeta. 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