National Republican., 1877-09-11
VIE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY

ss,un,Uienl sun ofsaid revenues In the Treasury o.
may be due, then the Secretary Of the Tfcasur,
authorized and directed to advance from AMI
prasss sum e sSSsy not S,nefwse sppro
The same shall be reimbursed TO the Treasury o
the United States from time TO time. as said rcyc
NUS may be paid into said Treasury, until the
inll amount shall have been refunded
The Treasurer stated that he had been d.
rcctcd by the Secretary Of the Treasury IA
request that the District Commissioners have
prepared and furnished to him the following
i. Probable revenue OF the District for the fiscal
year bcgnning July I, 1SI7
.. amount OF revenue which will be required for
The payment OF the actual cuIIen. expenses ol
the same period.
Also to state, if thcy can, at what period tho
excess OF revenue above expenses, 10 there Is
any, can he reserved from revenues to reim-
bufse the United States Treasury for money
adyarccd to pay the interest on tho District
| 3B' bonds,
TO this communication q reply Is being pre
pared ny the District Commissioners, A state.
mcnt furnished by the collector shows that
the probable revenues for the fiscal year com.
mcncing July I, 1877, will amount to 81 $50, 900
The amount required for the actual current
expenses OF tho public schools police and fro
department. for the same period, by report Of
tho auditor and comptroller, for the year end
ing June 30, 1877, Is shown to have been $780,
1ii.93. For practical purposes this might be
assumed as the estimate Of the expenditures on
same account for the current fiscal year II Is
expected that the school fund will be reduced
probably to S290.OOO, unless by provision of
Congress or through larger revenues the esti.
mate can ho increased, and thus the Commits.
sioners will be able to keep the schools open tho
iull scholastic year Of ten months.
twill be seen that from this figuring an
estimated excess Of the District revenues over
the three items Of expenditure 20 which ref.
ercncc is made will bc impossible, and that
there will bc no surplus money out Of which
to reimburse tho Enitod States Treasury for
moneys advanced by the Secretary Of the
Treasury In payment of interest on the Dis
trict Of Columbia 365 bonds. If any were
taken at all to meet this demand It would sor-
ousiy Interfere with, if not prevent, tho main
tenance OF the District government in its Orl.
nary functions. The amount estimated for the
fiscal year is Sl,3j0,0O0, and Is equal only to
ihc expenditures Of the past year, as the fol-
lowing table will show:
Schools. $3.50 30 20
ri., ..''''''''....'......, lOlsi a
Annual interest on old funded debt, not
including That on 3Bb bonds. s......... al 2e3 10
sfcet lamps aud PnS S................... lS1GSG 10
sweeping and cleaning streets and al.
leys ..:..................... 42,i91 II
removing garbage. 1882 10
'o'h' UG
In this statement the salaries of officers
and employees Of the District government is
not included. II Is difficult to believe that
congress intended by the conditions prescribed
in the act of March 3, 1877, to expose the Dis
trct government TO the danger of defaulting
in the payment Of interest on its old funded
debt or to deprive II Of the means necessary
to perform its ordinary duties The Commits
to-day.
Theodore c. Ray has been appointed watch
man by the Commissioners.
Ihe board of assessors are now engaged out
OF doors making personal examination into
cases OF appeal rs to real estate assessments.
The time for assessments on personal property
will expire on the 18th instant at which time
the assessors will proceed to make assessments,
adding the penalties Of fifty per cent.
The Commissioners have made A reauisition
upon Cen. :. V. Benct, chief of ordnance, U.
y. A., for fifty ten-pound blank cartridges and
one hundred friction primers, to be delivered
to Maj. Julius Il. Hanneman, of the District
artillery.
The contractors for paving Seventh street
northwest with granite blocks have tempo
condemnation Of the cement used, 1t not being
tion.
Col. Faehtz, intcndant at the Washington
asylum, reported yesterday to Col. T. Lubey,
commissioner that he had 1862 inmates at the
poor people and 152 prisoners.
District Engineer Hoxie will to-day, at noon,
open bids for the following work ordered to be
done: Taking up six-inch and laying down
q twelve.inch tile sewer in alley In reserva.
tion No. II; rcsettng curb, setting fence In
curb, and parking In front of No. engine
house, on X, between Sixteenth and Seven
tcenth streets; laying q brick footwalk on
north side Of street, between North Capitol
and First streets cast, and cobblcstone gutter
on south side OF Grant avenue, from Boundary
to Ninth street, extended.
The inspector of buildings has issued the
following permits to build: James Reavcs,
back building New Jersey avenue, between ].
street and New York avenue; "a. sturgis, re-
pairs to house on q street, between Twentieth
and Twenty-irst; Gott Schaiblc, repair house
On Ninth street, between L and + northwest
f. W. Down, addition to house No. 1892 Sew.
cnth street, between N and o; Capt. II. W. |
Howgate, three brick buildings, corner Four.
teenth and streets northwest, $4,000; Geo.
Augerton. store and dwelling, North Capitol,
between IL and streets, $500.