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 1052 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 422. 1899. B¤¤¤i¤z¤ ¤>=·*- For constructing granite block and asphalt roadway on Bennmgs road from Fifteenth street eastward, seventeen thousand dollars; Adams mnimm. For grading and regulating Adams Mill road from Columbia road to the Zoological Park entrance, three thousand dollars; _ ¤¤i¤·>i¤¤"¤“°- For grading and regulating Illinois avenue, one thousand dollars; K»¤¤=¤• ¤v¤¤¤¤- For grading and regulating Kansas avenue from Brightwood avenue toward Trenton street, two thousand dollars; oonnsetammwenue. For improvements of Connecticut avenue extended, ten thousand dollars- Sheridan cir¤1¤~ For paving Sheridan circle, fifteen thousand dollars; _ K¤1¤r¤m¤¤v¤¤¤¤· For paving Kalorama avenue from Eighteenth street to Columbia road, five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. h_*P_'{;"‘;*,’;§;,,‘,‘f"°°l" S1=•1uNK1.1No, swmmrme, AND CLEANING: For sprinkling, sweeping, g` " and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred P"°"‘*°*· and forty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the Commissioners of bi§P·>¢i*i·==•**•·¤= '°* the District shall make specifications for the manner of sweeping and ° cleaning the streets by machinery and by hand labor, and shall advertise to let the work to the lowest responsible bidder, according to such specifications, and if the same, or any part thereof, can not be procured to be done at a price not exceeding twenty-two cents for hand work and twenty-two cents for machine work per thousand square yards, then _ _ _ they may do said work under their immediate direction, but the same d_;""”* °‘ ¥“"°° ‘"" shall be done according to the said specifications: Provided, That the specifications for bids shall provide that the payment for labor in the execution of said contract shall not be less than that now paid by the ` Commissioners of the District of Columbia for cleaning the streets by . hand. Vol.%,p.809. under the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety. live, one thousand dollars. _P=¤·ki¤: ¤¤¤¤¤*¤- Fon T =•: PARKING COMMISSION! For contingent expenses, includ- "°”’ ing laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care gflparks, and miscellaneous items, twenty-two thousand nve hundred o lars. Lagimng. LIGHTING: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repair- · ing, and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys; purchasing and expense of erecting and maintaining new lamp-posts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures; moving lamp-posts; painting lamp-posts and lanterns; replacing and repairing lamp-posts and lanterns damaged or unfit for service; for storage and cartage of mate- Elgigwsg bmp rial, one hundred and seventy-two thousand six hundred dollars: Pro- ”°vided, That no more than twenty dollars per annum for each street lamp shall be paid for gas or oil, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, painting, and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this Act: {fg burn <·r¤ry Provided, That all of said lamps shall burn every night, on the average, mg ‘ from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise: Provi ded further, That before any expenditures are made from the appro- _ priations herein provided tor, the contracting gas companies shall equip ,m§f__flf;';_‘j,§{'I}_“"“·’»' each street lamp with a self-regulating burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure, under all ordinary variations of pressure and _ density, a consumption of five cubic feet of gas per hour: And provided fngum arr;;:;?:; further, That not more than five thousand dollars of said appropriation ,,m,,n,.,,.,,,,,,,m_ may  expended for lighting, extinguishing, repairing, painting, and cleaning public lamps of a higher candlepower than those provided for above, which lamps shall not be subject to the restrictions of this paragraph excepting as to the time of burning. Electric lighting- For electric arc lighting, including necessary inspection, in those streets now lighted with electric arc lights in the city of Washiiigton, hmm and forextensions of such service along the lines of lawful conduits mm1mr'p¤·n-e, ea. now ex1sting, not exceeding sixty-three thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than twenty-tive cents per night shall be paid for any electric arc light burning from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five
 * cgl°”""g mw nd For cleaning snow and ice from cross walks and gutters, and so forth,