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Arguments in Favor of 60-40 Plan Made Public by House Subcommittee
$2,367,000 SCHOOL
BUDGET IS URGED
Many Repair and Improve
ment Items Carried
in Bill.
For the school building program
$7,367,000 is carried under the item for
buildings and grounds reported in the
Pifrirt appropriation bill today, in ad
dition to which are many other repair
and improvement items, including $70.-
500 for remodeling and equipping the
old McKinley Technical High School
for use as the Shaw Junior High School
and the Shaw Junior High School lor
use as a business high school.
The buildings and grounds items are
as follows:
For completing the construction of
t.hc McKinley Technical High School.
1250.000.
For erection of an eight-room exten
sible building, including a combination
gymnasium and assembly hall, on a
site on Grant road now owned by the
District of Columbia. $175,000
For erection of the E. A. Paul Junior
High School Building in Bright wood,
in accordance with the plans of the
Macfarland Junior High School, modi
fied as the limits of the site may re
quire. $250,000: and the Commissioners
•re authorized to enter into contract
or contracts as in this act provided for
rich building at a cost not to exceed
$500,000.
For erection of an eight-room exten
sible building, including a combination
gvmnasium and assembly hall on a site
now owned by th? District of Columbia
• • Fourteenth and Upshur streets, in
cluding the moving of the residence of
the superintendent of the Tuberculosis
Hospital. $lB5OOO.
For construction of a combination
gymnasium and assembly hall ai the
Taknma School. $60,000.
For construction of an eight-room
addition, including a combination gym
nasium and assembly hall, to the Ray
mond School, including the necessary
remodeling of the present building.
$185,000.
For erection of an elementary school
building, including a combination gym
nasium and assembly hall, on a site
•Ireadv purchased at Nineteenth street
• r.d Columbia road, to replace the Force.
Adams and Morgan Schools. $250,000.
and the Commissioners are authorised
to enter into contract or contracts as in
tills act provided for such building at
• cost not to exceed $500,000
Not to exceed $60,000 of the unex
pended balances in the appropriations
for the construction of combined gym
nasiums and assembly halls at the Pet
worth School and the West School are
h-reby made available for the construc
tion of p. combined avmnasium and as
sembly hall at the Wheatley School in
»-cord?nee with the original plans for
th° construction of said building.
For construction of an eight-room ad
dition to the Morgan School, including a
combination gymnasium and assembly
hall, and the necessary remodeling of
th- present building. $157,000.
For construction of ? 10-room addi
tion. including gymnasium and lunch
room. at the Francis Junior High School,
and the necessary remodeling of the;
presen' building. $250,000
For construction of an ejght-room ad
dition to the Bumille School includ
ing a combination gymnasium and as
•emblv hali and the necessary remodel
taff of the present building. $lBO,OOO
The appropriation of $BO 000 for a
third-story addition to the A mid on
School contained in the District of Co
lumbia aoprooriation a"* for the fiscal
year 3 927 is herebv mad* available for
- cons’ruction of a four-room addi
tion to the S J. Bowen School.
For construction of an eight-room
extensible building, in-'.udine a combi
nation gymnasium and assembly hall,
to commence the replacement of the
old Be!’ School and the Cardozo School.
$375,000
For proper grading, reeding and sod
ding for ’he construction of roads
walks and step*: for seating: for run
ning ’rack. bas» ball diamond, tennis I
courts and other athletic facilities: for
fencing and other necessary work to fit !
no for athletic purposes th* ground pur
chas<e a’ a joint site for the Langlcv
Junior High School and the McKinley \
High School, $250,000.
GEN. FRIES’ SON FOILS
ATTEMPT OF BURGLAR
Y r u‘h Disturbed at S’udies Call#®
Soldier. Who Fire* at
Fleeing Man.
Taking advantage of the absence »*f
Gen Amos A Fries who was at
tending the Army and Navy reception
a* the White. Houae a burglar last night
• ’tempted to en’er the generals hom*
at 3395 Woodley road, but was foiled
by n-rear-old Stuart Fries who was
•iudvin*. but not %n hard but that he
heard the kitchen window being stealth
ily •» ised
Dropping his books he grabbed hi*
fathers service revolver as h* heard
mysterious noises at several other rear
windows and ca!i*d Privet*- Robert
Leadbe’ter who was visiting hi* wife
a maid in trie house
Directed by the general s son Private
Jeadbetter *wun# into action Espying
the man standing on the cellar step* he
ordered him to remain where he was
b.* *he intruder refused to heed the
command and took v> his heel* Private
Tcsdbe’tcr aocrWated hi* pace by fin
ing a * hot after him and then vet out
In futile pursuit chasing in» fugitive
for a bite k
REDCROSSTO EXHIBIT.
A' tivitje« Here for Benefit of Vet
eran* Will Be Shown.
Th* a/ trwtie* o? the li.tM j ' of Co
-1 i/nb,a Chapter of the American Ited j
Og<yfc" for the benefit of war veterans i
• fid '.-her patients in |
h'epjta.s in Washington will b* d»
P f ted h an exhibit to be staged by the
chapter a’ ih* fourth annual industrial
o' Chamber of Oittimeirt March
’k V, a>. «j,e Washington Auditorium
Tbit display being prepared under
♦he supervision of Mrs Wiliam K
Bpen'e, < nairman of * District
chapter w.ii contain specimen; of
h .any arti/ies made 1. connection
v *.'• V< # '** upationai therapy work
earned on oy >r> Red Otoe* at H*
E iz*o*’n * a;,c Waiter lu*d Hospital*
Esamines of Musketry met#; work rug
V'»v;ng and Ica'ncr fabrication will b*
ghowr
G. U. TO MEET FOROHAM.
Debater* Will Argu* Third-Term
issue Tonight
Georgetown College debaters went to
!»< w Yore City today for Hcelr first i*.-
'eirohcglale rentes* of tire season with
Eordnam this evening
Cnoaen from Ui* Junior Whit* Debat
ing tyairty • Hilltop team comprise;
Wuhan. Waikr r Bernard MdQua.de end
John Re lily They will meet a junior
lean- ai Fordhsm
The question for 'it* ficus'* i* fi» -
rm■#« 'llls’ a pre-identtai *mrd term
should r> orohihi'ed by leflilattori
CAPITAL TAX RATE BURDENSOME,!
BOARD OF TRADE GROUP HOLDS
j ’
Transcript of Debate Between Havenner
and Members of House on Lump Sum
System Also Given Out.
Argument," made in support of a plea
for a restoration of the 60-40 por
i centag" in fiscal relations between the
i District taxpayers and th? Federal
Government in paying the costs of sup
‘ porting the National Capital, as voiced
j by a delegation from the Washington
i Board of Trade before th? District sub
committee of th? Hous? appropriations
committee, were mad? public today
! when the District appropriation bill for
the fiscal year 1979 was reported to the
House.
! At the same time th? transcript of
the debate between Chairman Simmons
and other members of the subcommittee
with Dr George C. Havenner and a
i delegation representing the Citizens’
Advisory Council on the inequalities of
the lump-sum aopropriation wr.s mad'
available. Dr. Hammer urged that a
definite proportion of Federal contri
bution should be restored, as provided
in substantive law. and that this should
be about th" same proportion that the
lijmp sum of $9,000,000 bore to the total
District budg"t in 1925. when the lump
sum plan was adopted as a legislative
rider on the appropriation bill, or 32 17
per cent.
Present Census Figures.
Oth"rs in th" Citizens' Advisorv
Council delegation were Edwin S. Hcg".
Kenneth P. Armstrong and Dr. George
H Richardson.
Those in the Board of Trade dele
gation were Edwin C. Graham, presi
dent: Joshua Evans, jr.. chairman of
the municipal finance committee:
Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary,
ana Thomas Walker Page. Institute of
Economics.
Preliminary to hearing the Board of
Trade group. Chairman Simmons of the
District subcommittee put into the rec
i ord of the hearings several sets of
tables taken from the United States'
census reports, showing in general cer
tain financial statistics of cities having
a population of over 30.000 and in par
ticular certain financial statistics cov
ering the 14 cities in th? United States
having a population of 500.000 or more.
The Board of Trade representatives i
contended that the tax rate here in
Washington is burdensome, and pre- j
sented charts and statistics in support
of this claim. They cited 4.400 cases of
comparison between assessments and
sales since 1921 to show assessments are i
higher here than in other comparable
cities.
Under the present lump-sum scheme,
they emphasized, the Capital City, as a
municipality, is being maintained at a
standstill, as 80 per cent of the District
budget is for maintenance, and if this !
policy is continued it will stunt the de
velopment of the Capital, they insisted
They presented a detailed statement
of necessary improvements totaling
$53,000,000. and submitted a supple
ments’ list of desirable improvements |
totaling $29,000,000. This was in an ;
attempt to show the improvements that
other cities have and that the District
cannot afford under the present plan,
and which are. therefore. back“d up
under the lump-sum arrangement, be
cause to secure them would mean a
burdensome tax rate.
’The Board of Trade stands for as- j
turning * fair share of the burden of.
every’ obligation.’’ said Mr. Graham. ”1
think we realize in the District of Co
lumbia that we should pay a fair rate
of taxation We have never advocated i
a lower rate than the average rate of
taxation throughout the country. We I
appreciate, too that we cannot assume j
the obligations of a budget commen- j
surate with the requirements of the
National Capital along the lines that
such obligations are met in ordinary j
cities bv means of local taxation We
must arrive at it in some other way.”
Reviews Fiscal Report.
Mr. Graham reviewed th* report on
fiscal relations made during the Sixty
fourth Congress, quo’ed President Cool
idge’s message to the Sixty-ninth Con
gress urging the Nation to make the
embellishment of the Capital City its
great aim and to establish lr>re a "soul
city.” He quoted also the District Com
missioners' report urging the restoration
of the 60-40 basis of fiscal relations.
In concluding his argument Mr Graham
-aid. in part:
"Notwithstanding th* fact that the
select committee of Congress in its re
port held that the taxpayers of th®
District of Columbia were paying a
correct proportion for th? upkeep and
development of th® Nation’s Capital,
we find that the Federal Government
since 1915 has onlv increased Its share
but 50 per cent, whereax the taxpayers
of the District of Columbia have in
creased thpif share by 350 per cent
"This policy has retarded the proper
growth and development of the city of
Washington, which belongs to the Na
tion as a whole to the point that we
are informed by the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia that neces
sary improvements, which would re
quire th® expenditure of approximately
$50,000,000 for the next five years, can
not b® undertaken under th? present
fiscal arrangement without placing
upon the p®ople of the District a tax
burden that would be ruinous.
"Thes* items, together with an addi
tional list of desirable items, which,
would cal! for the expenditure of.
roundly, $26,000,000, will be presented
later in detail with supporting justifi
cation
"Being avav® of the lagging behind
in the proper development of this city
as indicated above and realizing that
the tax burden had already grown to
a point where it was impairing the
economic strength of th® community,
the Washington Boa id of Trade took
th® position tjtat if facts could be pre
sented to Congress demonstrating in an
unbiased way that th® taxpayers of the
District were bearing a tax burden quite
great enough to justify Congress in
creasing it* share that this Congress
would receive such a presentation with
an open mind and see that the Federal
Government did not avoid its Just re
sponslbihUe*
"The Washington Board of 'I rad® is
j not at all in sympathy with certain
, forms of criticism which now and then
i aif directed at members of Congress
"On the o’ tier hand 1 said with!
j equal force that ihe responsibility rest- j
ed upon the citizen* of th® District of'
Columbia to furnish Congress with the
fact* which would show what treat-*
1 merit of the citizen* of tin District in
fact i* just and fair '
Munotpel Knanre*.
In discussing th® comparison? of
municipal finance* marie bv the Board
of Trade after an extensive question
naire Mr Evans said
Before we go Into the genet ai sum- 1
mary of the figure* thcm**lve* w*
I must bear in mind one or two par- i
ticuiarly impressive facte that have
been discovered which relate to tlw j
ability of our city to compare itself to j
elite# of similar size We are limited j
here in our wealth production and tire
major portion of our working popula
tion is composed of Federal employes,
whose income is, not only low, but
whoze ability to tear the tremendously
• incieased tax burden la nercasarily low
In com |*arUon with tire opporiuruti*#
for commercial and industrial advance- ’
men* in other • Hies
Further the District of Columbia Is
limited in area and unlike other rules,
cannot expand A great portion of its
suburban development is now taking
1 p!*r® m Maryland and Viigmia, wild*
in# taxes go to tiiofi.Btstee
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. IT T„ ERTTUV. EERRTTARV 17. 1928
, ‘‘Despite many assertions in Congress
1 and elsewhere as to the generosity of
■ j (he Federal Government toward the
maintenance of Washington, the tol
: low statistics will indicate that the
| lump-sum plan works out now as less j
I than a 75-25 ratio and will, if main- |
i tained in the face of the increasing |
cost of administering the affairs of the
city, undoubtedly resolve itself into an
j almost negligible burden assumed by j
the Federal Government as compared
with that which will b® borne by the \
citizens of the District.
; "An an indication of the heavy hur
i den now being carried bv that part j
} of the property in the District which is j
■ now subject to taxation, the following !
schedule shows startling facts:
i r >|iu\« A«*p<*menl of
C||r t|,i l IMI PS*:t|i- |
Mitwau'-.or .. . .V.’imiOO S tl!> I .ooiMMio
I’orl n ;ti ;;;>o 000 gs ' 0(10 000
Ni » I.VI 000 .V.’.1.000 limt
’.Mill'll :o,Hili« . , 41” 0110 000 000
Pajti.il ISO.OOO •.’.Vi.OOO 000
i*iu. mu,nt cui 000 '...xto 000 \
St v. Orleans .. . 000 102.000 000 i
i iia'tmnne ... at o 000 1 0.V'.000 000
I’lttst'lin: h . ... USO 000 I Oi.OiylO 000
I 'Vajl.Niti.iii V> 000 I laoooonoo
: rill, ago .1 l-o 000 1 40 t 0011 000 :
I'U v, la.Hi *ll,O 000 I .MO.OOU 000 ;
"It will be observed that a number !
of the cities in the list above are al
most twice our size, and one is seven
times our size.
"There will be no dispute as to our
contention that real estate assessments j
in Washington are abnormally high. A ;
glance at the total assessments on real
property in the cities mentioned above
will clearly demonstrate this.
"A further problem which is present
ed to us Is that of divergent economic j
conditions which necessarily have to be
compared when Washington, a non- ;
industrial and comparatively non-com
mercial city, which has sacrificed its j
| advantages due to its transportation fa
cilities. its closeness to possible hydro
electric power and its potential indus
i trial possibilities due to geographical j
location for its position as the seat of
I thp Federal Government, is compared
| with the financial statistics of cities of
comparative size, which are almost
without exception the great industrial
centers of the country.
"At the time of the preparation of our
report we were informed by the office
of the assessor that the assessment basis |
j in Washington was. roundly. 96 per cent j
iof true value. To emphasize the fair
ness of this deduction we are introdue
: ing here for the record a comparative
statement of some 4.400 sales, giving,
real estate assessments for the years
1927 and 1928 in comparison with sales
! made during the years of 1921 to 1926 j
lying within a boundary of Rod: Creek
s and Fifth street and between Florida
avenue and B street. Aggregate sales
$148,543,000, against assessments total
ing $138,777,458. and also 400 sales with
in the same area between the years
i 1924 and 1926. which indicate sales
amounting to 516.399.999. as compared
with assessments amounting to $16.-
844.000, or an excess of assessments of
$444,000 over and above the actual sale
prices received
i "The further we got into the question
of assessment, the more startling the
figures became and the more impressive
thev were in demonstrating our tr?m®n
dous assessment increases. It was dis
covered that Washington’s increases for
last year alone were greater than a
three-year increase in any of the fol-,
lowing cities: Atlanta. San Francisco,
i Cleveland. Newark. St Paul. Pittsburgh,
j Minneapolis. Louisville. Boston. Mem
; phis. Milwaukee and New Orleans Just .
consider here that our increase since
1924 amounts to $352,000,000. or greater
by *40.000.000 than the three-year net
increase In Atlanta. San Francisco.
Minneapolis. Newark. St Paul. Pitts
burgh. Cleveland. Louisville and Mem
phis combined.
"A perusal of th® tax rate changes
shown will show that only one city out
of th® group scheduled above had an j
; increase since 1924 equal to Washing- j
| ton's. Washington's jump has been 50
! cents per SIOO qf assessment in this
period.
"Now that we have disposed of the
assessment feature, let us look more fully
into the question of the tax rate. In
the following table it will be observed
that the tax rate for the other cities
mentioned has been adjusted to the I
common level of 96 ppr cent assessment
basL*. which Is the figure used for
Washington.
"Second Highest in L’. S.”
We are second highest in the roun-1
try >n actual real estate assessments
"The question of the cost of govern- 1
ing and maintaining the city of Wash- j
lngton next drew our attention, be
cause of th® fact that it was generally
supposed that part of our burden h-re
was due to the Federal demands for
service. Our survey showed that, the
payment for maintaining and operating
the District government is abnormally
high, ranging from 75 to 80 per cent of •
the tola! amount of our budget, thus
leaving in comparison with other cities
a very small amount for permanent j
improvements.
"If has been admitted generally that
the taxpayer's dollar Is efficiently spent
■ln Washington, and the close scrutiny
of the District finances by the Budget
Bureau, committee* of Congress and the i
controller general of the Treasury pre
cludes any suspicion of leaks or loose \
management. Then why this high cost
of maintenance and operation in Wash
ington ? There can be but one answer
and that is because Washington is the
Federal City and as such It must serve 1
both local and Federal demands The
following table indicates the taxpayers'
portion of our citizenry :
Number of taxpayers on
real estate 70,000
Number of properties
owned 186.000
Amount of assessed real
estate $1,130,000,000
Taxes raised on real
estate $19,500,000
Average amount for each
real estate taxpayer .. $2,786;
Average assessment p®r
capita taxpayer $1«0,42H
"Ax teal estate bear* by far the great - j
est burden of taxation hi (his com* |
rnuntty M can la- very well shown that \
| 70 i)<i(i real estate taxpayers In the Dls-)
f triet are shouldering the greater portion j
‘ of the burden of 75 |a*i cent of the cost
of upkeep of Hie National Capital leav- [
• lug vlth the other 120 000 000 |ieople of f
the Nation less than 25 per cent of ihe (
responsibility of maintaining Washing j
• ton, according to their desires, th® most !
beautiful city In Hie world.
A further survey which we made
hows that Washington 1* mixing mote;
taxes in the way of business taxes, !
license* taxes on banks publle nlllMies. j
tangible and intangible property pet I
i a pita.
"It should b® born® to mind tbat in
i addition Washington pays $1 70 per
hundred on *106,000 000 worth of tan*
i glide personal property and also a slz
i bble gasoline lax
"The Detroit Bureau of Governmental
Research revised Ms opinion in refer
ence to Washington a taxes uflei out
visit there to the extent of writing a
five page letter in regard to out tax
! burden They were surprised when we
• told them that in Washington a person
! having an income of S6OO per year on
j a trust fund of *IO,OOO would have to
1 pay *6O out of the meage.t S6OO that
! the tax was, on Hi® SIO,OOO and not on
1 the SSOO
T his leads us to Hi® quest lon of eco
nomic conditions in Hie National Capl
j ta' as compared wMh those in other
jcMlae. No on* will contradict Hie state*
! mcnt that as the scat of the Federal I
■ Government Washington has sacrificed
j its natural economic advantages and is
I estopped from the accumulation of that
| great, amount of wealth incident, to
j prosperous industries, as well as losing
| the great amount of taxes derived from
! such sources.
“The following list of weekly bank
clearings of a recent, date will show
.he small business turnover in this city
in comparison with those industrial ren
ters with which Washington is expected
to measure in the way of taxes:
Washington. D. C $‘27,530,000
Oklahoma City 37,505.000
St. Paul 32.943.000
Denver 30,366.000
j Louisville 37.363.000
Houston 41.361.000
Omaha 43.146,000
! Milwaukee 44.043.000
j Seattle 44.249.000
I Dallas 66.312.000 |
Buffalo 44.389,000
j Atlanta 57.645,000
New Orleans 67.622.000
Cincinnati 75.174,000
Minneapolis 108.265,000 ,
Baltimore 118,660.000
Cleveland 120.439.000
Kansas Citv 142.300.000
|St. Louis... 143.600.000
Detroit 175.000.000,
! Pittsburgh 182.000.000
San Francisco 206.000.000
Boston 653.000.000
Chicago 714.000.000
New York.... v 7.255,000.000
“These are cities with which Wash
ington is being compared in tax rate.,
Washington in no instance compares |
with others in business turnover.”
Approve’* Board’s Figures.
Dr. Page, as an economist and statis
tician. testified that th" figures pre
i sented by the Board of Trade as busi
ness men’s deductions are more reli
able than those made in a political
j survey, saving:
“Therefore, tlvse gentlemen corre
sponded with the boards of trade and
the chambers of commerce and other
! business groups of the different cities
i from which they wanted to get informa
tion. and the figures that they quote
are. in my judgment, more nearly cor
rect and more trustworthy than are
the figures you will find in the rom
♦pilations that are made by most of the
official bodies that have to take these
matters into consideration.
“According to the estimates,
i upon actual transactions here in Wash
ington. the assessment, as Mr. Evans
has said, is 96 per cent of the full
value.
t “I want to say that at the present
time, in my judgment, this 96 p-"r cent
j is lower than the actual ratio, becaus
those sales run back as far as 1921
At that time the assessments were not
quite as high in proportion to the full
value as they have b"en in subsequent
! years.
“After the law was changed which
directed the assessor to take only a
fraction of the true value as the as
sessed value of the property, to the
I nrovision that assessments should br
on the ftMl value of the property, it j
took sometime to bring the assessment !
up in accordance with that change in i
: the law. You will notice that in re
' cent years th" sales that have been re
ferred to by Mr Evans show that many
transactions have occurred in which
the actual price paid for the property!
was very much less than th" assess- ,
ment put upon it. There have been r
number of cases of that kind
j “There is a good reason why assess
ments should b" relatively high in tlr
j city of Washington. Th" chief reason
is this, that In almost all other parte
of this country the assessments of prop
erty are made by officials who arc
subject to th* will of the people who
choose them They are frequently
elected. JSometimes they are appoint*
ed by the local courts. In any event
they are responsive to the preference
of the community in which they live i
"That is not true in Washington. In
! the District of Columbia the assess
ments are made by an official who Is
responsive and responsible not to the
local population in any manner whatso
ever. but to a government over which
the p*ople of lhe District, as you are all
well aware, have no control or influence
whatsoever. oth"r than the fact that you
are always willing to consider their
representations as you are doing now.
in regard to District affairs.
’’The assessor in the District of Co
lumbia. in other words, is completely
removed from any influence of control
bv the people of the District of Colum
bia. and therefore he Is free to put the
assessments at full value without regard
to what the people of the District want
th n m to be. In no other city in the
United States is that true
“The result Is that in every other city
in the United States the assessments j
varv more or less from the true value.
I ' Th" amount that is collected from in
tangibles likewise appears to be high in
comparison with the amount collected
in anv other clty-of the size nnd impor
tance of Washington. There is no city
that I know of where the assessors have
■ been able to put on the lists for taxa- |
tion as large an amount of intangible >
property in proportion to the population, i
“When you talk about taxes in the
District of Columbia and say that they
are only so much per capita, that does
not look a,* ts they were paying any
more than they were paying in other i
parts of the Nation. But those who ac
tually have to pay taxes are paying
higher taxes than are being paid in
, other parts of the United State.*
“That reallv means this, that the
chief burden of taxation in Washington
falls upon a small part of the popula
tion, and that is the-part of the popu
lation that actually owns the land.
"A home owner in Washington Is
taxed at a late which mak"s horn" own
ership by the maturity of people who
are employed in the Government serv
ice in Washington practically imposal- j
blr
“Not only is the burden higher, but
the rates have been going up so rapidly ;
in recent years that many people who J
bought homes in Washington now find ;
themselves severely burdened much j
more than they had expected to be. by
the increase in taxation
“It Is true that here in Washington
there nre a great many attractive fea
tures to make life in this city pleasant
to those who can afford It But it is ;
only those of considerable means who
can afford to enjoy these pleasures that
sre available in Washington.”
Dr. It a vernier's Remarks.
Dr. flavenner in opening the argu
ment for the Citizens’ Advisory Court- J
ell said'
“The first $9,000,000 lump stun wax j
i carried In the 1925 appropriation bill :
i The total amount of that bill was $27.- 1
',909 000, of Which the $9,000,000 repre
sented 32 17 per cent, •
“In 1926 the total appropriation was)
$27 876,045, and the $9 000,000 Federal
j cunt Dilution represented 32 27 per cent |
i “In 1927 the appropriation was s3l,* j
1062.06 ft the Fedeial contribution of
1*9,000 000 representing 26 43 per cent
“In 1928 the appropriation was j
j $39 220,180, and the $9,000,000 Federal
' contribution represented 22 94 per cent f
“Now, we estimate iliai the Fedmal
'appropriation for 1929, including sup*;
| pleinentats, will le* in round figures
i $40,000,000 A Federal contribution of j
$9 000 000 would represent about 22 ft
per cent
“Now, I do not propose to ask your j
committei to return to the 60-40 priori- j
pie but I would like to have your
committee return hi an amount that ;
would equal 32 17 per cent, lile amount j
that was contributed by tlie Federal;
Government in 1925, when the lump
sum nppiopi lulion was nisi adopted '
To do UiU, on the basis of a $40,000,000 j
appropriation. would require $12.-j
800 000; iu round figure*, we will sav |
Ml*.Ml $12,000,000 I believe Dial would
represent in a lump-sum contribiiilon
a fair rorilrlbullon from Die Federal
Government tnwaal Dir siip|*irl of Die
Nation's Capital,
"Tills citv, as you know is not Die
capital of Die citizen* who live In it. it
Is • capital of the 110 000 000 or 115 -
onnooo citiariu U)Jng m the continental
$1,660,000 IN STREET REPAIRS
AUTHORIZED UNDER D. C BILL
All Sections of City Would Benefit Through
Proposed Improvements in
Highway System.
Under the gasoline t,ax road and
! street, improvement fund a total of
, .$1,660,000 is provided for in the District
appropriation bill. Th" particular
streets to be improved are as follows:
Northwest.
Forty-first street. Wis-onsin avenue
to Davenport street. $9,400.
Quiney street. Tenth street to Geor
gia avenue, $9,300.
, Kansas avenue. Shepherd street to
Georgia avenue. $17,400
Thirteenth street. Kennedy street to
Longfellow street. $6,600.
Fern street. Georgia avenue to B’air
road. $15,700.
i Shdidan street. Third street to
Fourth street. $8,300.
Fourth street, pavement south of
Quackonbos street to Rittrnhouse
street.. $3,000.
Fifth street. Grant Circle to Decatur
street. $22,000.
, Georgia avenue, Fern street to Dis
trict line, $36,200.
Cathedral avenue. Conduit road to
Potomac avenue. $12,300.
Garfield street, Wisconsin avenue to
Bellevue Terrace, $9,500.
Bellevue Terrace. Fulton street to
Cathedral avenue. $13,100.
Forty-third street. Chesapeake street
to Brandywine street. $6,000,
Brandywine street. Forty-third street
to Fortv-third place. $4,600.
Forty-third place. Chesapeake street
to Murdock Mill road. $12,400.
Tennyson street west of Thirty-third
street. $6,700.
Randolph street. Thirteenth street to
Kansas avenue. $4,000.
Ninth street. Longfellow street to
Madison street, $4,600.
Eighth street. Longfellow street to
Marietta place, $8,400. J
Madison street. Seventh street to
! Ninth street. sl2 500.
Ninth street, Quackenbos street to
Rittenhouse street, $5,300.
Eighth street, Rittenhouse street to
Sheridan street. $6,300.
Sheridan street. Fifth street to Ninth
Ureet. $21,400.
Fifth street. Rittenhouse street to
Sheridan street. $5,800.
Ninth street. Sheridan street to
Tuckerman street. SB,OOO.
Aspen street. Georgia avenue to Piney
Branch road. sll 600.
A:pen street. Piney Branch road to
Blair road. $27 000.
Whittier street. Fourth street to
Seventh street. $15,700.
i Sixth street. Whittier street to
! Aspen street, $5,200.
Fifth street, Van Boren street to
Aspen street. $11,300, •
Fourth street. Whittier street to
Aspen street, $5,200.
Second street. Blair mad to Ritten
hoose street. $11,700.
Allison street. New- Hampshire avenue
to Illinois avenue. $7,500
Thirtv-eighth street. S street to T
; street. $5,100.
Forty-second street. Jenifer street to
Military road. $8,600.
N street Twenty-fourth street to
Twentv fifth street. $6 300.
Warren street. Thirtv-eighth street to
Wisconsin avenue. $6,300.
Hertford place. Oak street to Ogden
, street, $5,600
Ingraham street. Thirteenth street
west to end of pavement. $5,900.
Jefferson street. Fifth street to Sev
enth street. $9 100.
Fifth street. Jefferson street to Long
fellow street, $9,400.
Ninth street. Gallatin street to Ham
ilton street $4,400
Seventh place. Farragut street to Gal
latin street. $3 830.
Fifth street. Emerson street to Kansa*
avenue, and east side of Kansas avenue.
Emerson street to Fifth street, $2,500
DHafield place. Fourth street to Fifth
street, $7,400
Drlafleld place. Kansas avenue to
Seventh street. $4,400
Crittenden street. Fourth street to
Fifth rtreet. $7,400.
Tventv-third street, M street to N
street. $12,000.
H street First street to Massachusetts
avenue. $7,200.
Ninth street. Rock Creek Church road
to Ouincv street, $6 400
Marietta place. Eighth street to Ninth
rtreet. $5,600
For paving Wisconsin avenue. River
mad to District line. 60 feet wide, in
cluding necessary relocation of street
car tracks, sewers and water mains
refund to be obtained from street rail
way company so far as provided under
j existing law, $149,300.
Northeast.
Franklin street. Sixth street to Sev
enth street, $7,700
Thirteenth street. Quincy street to
Michigan avenue, $14,300.
j Upshur street, Twelfth street to Sar
gent mad, $9,200.
Thirteenth street. Upshur street to
Varnum street. $4,600
Lawrence street. Twelfth street to
Fourteenth street. $16,000.
Twentieth street, Monroe street to
Otis street, $8,900
Newton street. Twenty-second street
i to Twenty-sixth street. $15,000
Twenty-fourth street, Rhode Island
avenue to Otis street, $20,300
Carlton avenue. South Dakota ave
nue to Central avenue. $10,700.
Monroe street, Rhode Island avenue
to Clinton avenue. sls 000
Channing street. Biadensbiug road
to South Dakota avenue, $26,000
Cromwell Terrace, Second street to
Third street, $4,000
V street. Second street to Fourth 1
street, SIOOOO
Third street, l! street to Adam*
street. sls 000
W street, fourth street to Rhode Is- I
land avenue. $5,000
Adams street, Third street to Fourth
street. $5,200.
Sixth street, Franklin street to
propi rtv line north of Girard street.
$6,400.
Girard street, sixth street to Seventh
street. $7,900.
Tenth street. Girard to Jackson
street, $14,500
Hamlin street. Ninth street in Twelfth I
•street $11,700
i ■ 1
• United Slates, plus the cit Irena living !
|in our non-ciintiguous territory. As I I
I stated a moment ago. personally I j
I would like to see Die contribution Hits '
| year equal the same percentage that !
was given by Congress from the Federal ;
Tieastiry toward the expenses of the |
District of Columbia when Die lump
aim principle was first adopter! in '
! 1925 ”
Mr Hege discussed the question of j
' many community citizens groups urn - ,
lug costly local impnivements without a
I careful study of then relationship to i
kilie general needs of the city and the!
, municipal budget He discussed the .
| school progiam Die recommendations !
I for additional ladicemen and the pro
posed annual traffic survey
I Mi Arms!rung discussed the ques* !
! Don of making library facilities more
, available to all the people ot Die Du*
j Diet, saying "The council recommended
1 certain branch llbiartes and I think the
! budget bureau practically cut out every
| Item theie lam not prepared to state
I Die Individual Items tltere, but alntplv !
waul to give the general Idea that tin- -
public library Is located in the center
of the city and there are only one or 1
two tuam lies out In the suburb* and j
certain sections of lids citv make prac
tically no us# of it '*
Dr fib haids<m explained In Die fill- j
flirt subcommittee the need for a sewn .
system In out lying sections I
Girard street, Tenth street to Twelfth !
street. 36,300,
Thirty-fifth street. Bladensburg road
! to Reform School. $4,500.
Trinidad avenue. Qu"rn street to
Childress street. $4,700
i Queen street. Trinidad avenue to
I alley west of Holbrook terrace. 57.000,
Holbrook street, Florida avenue to
Morse street, $4,700.
Corbin place. Trnn"ssee avenue to I
Thirteenth street, 34.500.
D street, Fourteenth street to Fif
teenth street, $6,500,
Pi"rce stree* North Capitol street to
First street. $11,500.
Yost place west of Bladensburg road.
57.500.
Holbrook t"rraco w—st of Queen
street, *4,200.
Penn street, w-er-t of Queen street.
$5,000.
Duncan street. Fourteenth street to
Fifteenth street. $1,500.
Southeast.
B street. Fifteenth street to Eight
eenth street. 516.500.
Eighteenth street. D street to E
street. $6,460.
D street. Seventeenth street to Nine
teenth street, SI 3.300.
Potomac avenue. E str"et to Nine
teenth street, sio.noo.
Seventeenth street. Admiral Barney
circle to E str°et. $13,800.
| L street. South Capitol street to
Cushing place. SIO,IOO
Half street. L street to M street.
$4,800.
Sixteenth street, E street to G street,
$5,000.
Minnesota avenue. Pennsylvania ave
nue to Eighteenth street. $49,500.
U street. Fourteenth street to Si\-
J teenth street. SII,OOO.
Fourteenth street. Good Hope road to
S street. $7,200.
Ridge place. Thirteenth street to Six
teenth street. $17,700.
Thirteenth Street. S street to Ridge
place. $3,400.
T street. Thirteenth street to Minne
sota avenue. $15,500.
Sixteenth street. U street to Good
Hope road. S 3 800.
Sixteentn street. Good Hope road to
Ridge place. $12,900.
For grading, including necessary cul
verts. drains and retaining walls, the
following:
Northwest —Thirteenth street. Long
fell- >w street to Madison street. $3,990
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$3.50 Philadelphia
53.25 Chester
■ $3.00 Wilmington
AND RETURN
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j Northeast, Ames street. Fiftieth
‘street, to Division avenue: Blaine street.
Forty-ninth street to Division avenue, i
Division avenue. Ames street to Blaine
! street, and Fiftieth street, Ames street,
r<• Blaine street, $6,000.
Grant, street. Minnesota avenue to
Forty-sixth street. $2,400.
New York avenue. Florida avenue to
: West Virginia avenue. $36,900.
} Southeast—First street. Atlantic street
'to Halley place, Halley place. First
! street, to Halley terrace. Halley terrace
north of Mississippi avenue, and Mis
| slssippi avenue, First street to Halley
: terrace. $4,000.
I Fields place, Nichols avenue to Sheri
dan road $4 000.
Thirty-second street. Alabama avenue
to V place: V place. Thirty-first street
to Thirty-second street, and Thirty first
street. V place to U place. SIO,OOO.
Northwest—For widening and repav
ing the roadway of Connecticut avenue
by 7 feet on the west side from M street
to Eighteenth street, adjacent to United
.States reservation numbered 150. by
j 3 fret on the cast side from Eighteenth
street to N street, adiacent to United
'States reservation numbered 150A. bv
i 15 feet on the west side from Eighteenth
street, to N street, and by 15 feet on
each side from N street to Dupont cir
cle. $60,000.
For widening and repaving the road
way of Seventeenth street by 20 feet on
' Hie west side from H street to K street:
bv 10 feet on the east side from H
street to I street and by 7 feet, on the
cast side from I street to K street, in
cluding replacement of defective sewer
and such alterations as may be neces
sary to Farragut Square. $46,000.
For widening to 80 feet and repaving
th" roadway of Connecticut avenue
from Florida avenue to Columbia road.
$16,000
For widening to 56 feet and repaving
the roadway of Water street from WLs
, consin avenu? to Thirty-fifth street, in
cluding replacement of defective sewer.
$45,000.
F?r widening by 12 feet on the east
and repaving the roadway of
Seventh street, from Massachusetts
avenu? to New York avenue. S 4 00tV
For widening and repaving the west
roadway of Fourteenth street from
Park road to Monroe Street on plans
to b? approved by the Commissioners
of th® District of Columbia $6 000.
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SIXTEENTH and COLUMBIA ROAD NORTHWEST |
We submit for your consideration -onie of the
important features connected with this apartment
building which have enabled us to satisfy the most
exacting hotr.e>eekers.
1. Location in residential hub of N.W.
2. Convenient to bus and car lines.
3. Large. modern, fireproof building.
4. Spacious light and airy rooms.
5. Apartments freshly decorated yearly,
b. Rentals moderate and reasonable.
7. Service prompt, quiet and courteous.
N. Garages and servant accommodations.
9. Continuous phone and elevator service.
Before deciding upon a home come in and make
an inspection.
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FASHION SHOPS
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Mtmf / MSB? JM 550 O'Coats. $25.00
m Mm st>> O'Coats. $32.50
\Mar ires „ i 555 o'Coats. $42.50
SPS O'Coats. $47.50
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Far widening to 45 feet and repaving
the roadway of Tenth street fronF P
i street, to New York avenue. $43 000.
For minor changes in ioadwav and
sidewalks on plans to be approved by
! the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia to facilitate vehicular ar.d
pedestrian traffic. SIOOOO.
For construction of eurbe and gut
ters. or concrete shoulders in connec
tion with all forms of macadam road
ways and adjustment of roadways there
to. together with resurfacing of such
roadways wh*ro necessary, 5200.000
LEGISLATOR IN CRASH.
Car Collides With Machine Driven
by Policeman.
Representative Johnson of South
Dakota and Policeman Johnson of the
third precinct, operating their respec
tive cars, collided vesterdav afternoon
near *he Capitol at First and B streets
northeast, but both escaped unhurt, al
though the legislator's ear was ospt
turned, jamming him under the steering
wheel
Representative Johnson was able s o
walk tr> his office and later went to
Baltimore. Policeman Johnson was no?
on duty a* the time of ac- ider.f.
His car was damaged, nr estimated, to
the extent of about sl3, while the Rep
resent at j-es loss will be about 5123
EDUCATORS TO DINE.
Miss Adair and Dr. Marvin to Be
Association Guests.
Miss Cornelia S. Adair, president of
the National Education Association,
and Dr. Cioyd H Marvin, president of
the George Washington University, will
he guests of honor and the principal
speakers a s the annual dinner tomor
row evening a* the Mayflower Hot r !
of the Education Association of the
District.
The following committee is in chars®
of arrangements: Miss Annie C. Keli
h*r. chairman: S E Kramer. Miss
Mary Dilger. Mrs. Dorothy Dawson and
Miss Marie Walcotf.
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