562 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 789. 1900. C’°S°°*“ S"°°*· For grading and improving Crescent street, two thousand dollars; B°“¤*“g‘ ’°**d·°'°· For grading and regulating Bennings road and Anacostia road east of Eastgn·n Br3nch,lten§l`1o&1s&¥nld dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty- ei t thousand six un e dollars. £§§;§‘j,Q‘},‘;,*;}f,>;;ug g1`he Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby autho1·- ' ized to invite bids and make contract for operating the District quarry for such term of years, not exceedin five, as may be determined by them to be most advantageous to the%)istrict. " Sprinklivz. sweep- SPRINKLING, SWEEPING, AND CLEANING; For sprinkling, sweeping, i”g’ °t°" mem and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, includingl necessary incidental expenses, one hundred and fifty-five thousan §;gg;§§;,,0nS ,0, dollars: Provided, That the Commissioners of the District shall make mas. specifications for the manner of sweeping and cleaning the streets by machinery arid by hand labor, and shall advertise to et 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 cents for hand work and twenty cents for machine work per thousand square yards, then they mag do said work under their immediate direction, but the same shal be one according .nmn¤rpncs under. to the said specifications: Provided fu¢·t.7ie7·, That the specifications for bids shall rovide that the payment for labor in the execution of said contract sdhll not be less than that now paid by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for cleanin the streets by hand: Aizdpvo- -expenditure with- vided fiw·ther, That of the amount Eereby a propriated, twenty-five °`" °°°°m°°‘ thousand dollars, or such (part thereof as the Cbmmissioners may deem advisable, may be lpxpen ed under the immediate direction of the Commissioners wit out contract. i ciemng snow and For cleaning snow and ice from crosswalks and gutters, and so forth, °%01_zg_p_g0g, under the get appirgvgd March second, eighteen undred and ninety- five. one thousand dollars. dggirking comms- Fon THE PARKING coMMIss1oN: For contingent expenses, including ` laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree sta es, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care of gagxs, and miscellaneous items, twenty-two thousand five hundred o ars. · I A¤¤i¤¤¤ public For the urchase of lot twelve, block eight, in Commissioners’ sub- §°€$Qlét.°u Eiggmmh division of ghrashington Heights, so as togcause the public park on Eighteenth street extended to front on Eighteenth street, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars. ' Lighting. LIGHTING: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, _repairing, and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys; purchasing and expense of erecting and maintaining new lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures; moving lamp-posts, painting lam ·posts and lanterns; replacin and repairing lamp-posts and lanterns gamaged or uniit for service; ger rent of storeroom, cartage of material, and other necessary items and services, one hundred mwér lamp and sevently-eight thousand dollars: Provided, That no 1l101‘€ than ` twenty dollars per annum for each street lamp shall be paid for gas and no more than twenty-four dollars for oil, l1ghting, extinguishing, repairing, painting, and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for -*0 bum °"°’>’¤i8h‘· in this Act: Provided, That all of said lamps s all burn every night, on the average, from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes
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- Provided further, That before any expenditures are
made from the appropriations herein provided for the contracting gas coréipanies shall kequip eagh sifreet (lamp with a self-relgulatipg léurner an ti , so com ine · an a `uste as to secure, un er a or inar * variatibns of pressuge and dedsity, a consumption of five cubic feet oi ,0;,“§$_}’I;; 0';**}f}§,§;$ as per hour: And providedfurther, That not more than five thousand c¤¤a1sp0»m,ee¤. dollars of said appropriation may be expended for lighting, extinguish- . ing, repairing, painting, and cleaning public lamps of a higher candle-
