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 672 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 387. 1897. For paving Spruce and Bohrer streets, from Larch street to Florida. avenue, seven thousand dollars; ` For grading and graveling Joliet street from Connecticut avenue extended to the Zoological Park and acquiring same by purchase or condemnation to a width of one hundred and thirty feet, five thousand dollars; For grading, regulating, and paving Princeton street and Roanoke street from Thirteenth street to Fourteenth street, nine thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and four thousand ive hundred dollars. _xQg:;*:‘f**¤¤* "°¤¤¤ Fon THE STRAIGHT EXTENSION OF UONNECT1CUT AVENUE: The mts adopted. Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to extend and open Connecticut avenue, on the straight exten ion of the line thereof as now established in the city of Washington, from Connecticut avenue extended, as now laid out and opened on the west side of Rock Creek, to Kalorama avenue on the east side of Rock Creek, thence by a curved line or offset to join with the present adopted and recorded location of Connecticut avenue, south of Kalorama avenue, and to include in Connecticut avenue a circular reservation at or near Kalorama avenue in line with the straight extension of Connecticut avenue, with suitable passageway around such circle; and also to include in such avenue such portions of the corners of squares at the intersection of Connecticut avenue with Kalorama avenue as the Commissioners may find necessary for ample and convenient connections of streets; and they are authorized and directed to abandon the deflected line for Connecticut avenue heretofore adopted, north of Kalorama avenue, and to conform the plan of highway extension to the exten sion mg- mn from of Connecticut avenue as aforesaid: Provided, That, conditioned upon w,.,,, " the dedication by the owners of the property lying within the lines of said proposed extension between the water-side drive on the east side of Rock Creek and the present extension of Connecticut avenue on the west side of Rock Creek,_the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, wholly from the revenues of the District of Columbia, to be immediately available, for the purchase or condemnation by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of the property lying within the extension of Connecticut avenue and extending from said waterside drive southerly to Florida avenue. ctmismnsem. As to all lots or parts of lots and improvements not purchased or contracted to be purchased within thirty days from the passage of this Act, the Commissionem of the District of Columbia are instructed to commence sui or con emnation. ¥)g:§{_·`:g:\:·bddg_ The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized ' to secure designs, by competition, for a bridge or viaduct across Rock Creek on the line of the extension of Connecticut avenue, and the sum of two thousand dollars is appropriated therefor. gzggggzwhysggs; That thestatute incorporated in the Act of Congress approved June ing pm.,", m.,;...;, eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, making appropriation for ·*"”· P· *°°· the District of Columbia, reading as follows: “And that, from and after the passage of this Act, no building permits shall be granted upon ground which would_be covered by either extension of said Connecticut S _ ku avenue until otherwise provided by law,” is hereby repealed. ,ugr;g%t;¤:tc_·"¤v Spmnxriime, swmnpme, AND CLEANING: For sprmklmg, sweeping, alndd clegnting sgeets, acyménmzs, alleys, and suburban streets, one hunre an or y' thousand dollars. mjj'l·¤¤*¤s ¤°* •¤¤ For cleaning snow and ice from cross walks and gutters, and so forth, vti.a;,p.m. Ender the:lAct apprgvad March second, eighteen hundred and ninety- _ _ ve, one thousand · dollars. _,£j{"‘"*¤ °°”“°*°· _ Fon THE PARKING COMMISSION: For contingent expenses, includin g laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care U h _ of parks, and miscellaneous items, twenty thousand dollars. K '“‘¥· _ LIGHTING: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repairmg, and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys;