Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-07
The District Estimates.

HOW THEY STAND AS AMENDED BY THE SECRETARY
OF THE TREASURY.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has returned to
the District Commissioners the estimates for the
support of the government of the District of Co
lumbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883,
With his action thereon as follows:
improvements and Observation-Disclosures to concrete
pavements $4,000; repairs to macadam roadways,
$5,GOO materials for permit work, $4,000; con-
Inua!lOn or surveys with reference to the extern
SION OF various avenues to the District line S. OCO;
Boundary street intercept1ng sewer $S5 OOO north
western intercepting sewer, $4,000; lateral sew
ers, $9OOO; WORK ON sundry avenues and streets
ana replacement OF pavementS, 1921, 461. %; Wild
enlng, grading and improving 18th street ex-
tended, provided owners OF property benefited
will donate the land necessary to widen the street
s6OCO-in all for Improvements and repairs, $472,
461,7
Constructing, Repairing. and Maintaining
BrldgeS.-Ordlnary care OF Benning'S, AnacOStia,
and Chain bridges $1,000; constructing, repairing
and maintaining bridges under control or tie
Commssi0ners OF the District Of Columbia, So 200;
Washington Aqueduct.-Engineering, maintain
ance, and general repairs, $4,000.
t,o Mansa nd p institutions OF Charity Reforma-
completion OF new WorkhouSe including plaster
Ing OF .he e interior walls not heretofore contem
lumbia Hospital for Women. $4,000; government
Hospital forthe insane S1O1 1875: Industrial Home
school, 5000; transportation of paupers, $500;
Reform School, $3s 674; relief of the poor SIS Coo
in all 1925 500.
Salaries and Contingent Expenses.-Executfve
Office $4,000. H. auditor and controllers office,
So. 400 old records division, s21OO; assessors
once, $1,000; collectors Office, $4,000: sinking
fund Office s. 400; coroners office, 1880: attor-
neyS Office, $500; inspector OF buildings Office
$3.50; division of property, s10,215; division OF
streets. alleys and county roads, S. 6OO inspector
OF gas and meters office, 5000; engineers Office
s29.s0; harbor master OF Georgetown, $50; sealer
OF weights and measures, $50; contingent and mis-
cellaneous expenses 81, $50 in all, $685. 55.lI
s12 500 parking commission SO Goo; street lamps,
$40, $50; repairs to pumps, 35OO-in all, 1854 i5O
METROPOLITAN .t,1 Police.-salaries and contingent
Fire Observation-Disclosures and contingent ex-
penses $104,64O.
Telegraph and Telephone Servtce-SalarieS ma
terlalS and supplies, SIS, 80.
s15,418 >f1'''
=. Health Observation-Disclosures, $1,000; con-
s15,OOO-in all, s36, 600.
judgments Judgments against the District Of
Public schools Salaries, rent, fuel. repairs and
contingent expenses, $40, 291.
100000 VI 'oA''' 'u''uinss
.Markets-salaries and contingent expenses
miscellaneous expensesL-Repairs and purchase
OF l nay scales, 500; general advertising, $5O0O
Of s R55ng Checks and
interest and sinking fund.-FOr interest and
sinking fund on the funded debt, exclusive of
General contingent expenSeS.-General con-
t1ngent expenses, to be expended only in case of
emergencies, such as riot, pestilence, calamity by
flood or fire. &C., $4,000. ~
WATER DEPARTMENT PAYABLE OUT OF THE
WATER FUND).-Salaries, contingent expenses.
COAL material labor, and other expenses connected
with the service, including $H6 $40 for interest and
sinking fund on water stock bonds, Sill $50 so;
making an aggregate Of g. As, 548.81; one-half of
winch VIII be provided for from the revenues to be
derived by the District of Columbia
HOW THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES WERE CHANGED
The difference In amounts recommended herein
and those estimated by the Commissioners are as
follows:
$6l, S25 repairs to pumps, $500; total, SIS, 425
DECREAsE--Land for widening 18th street extern
ing, $lO, $780, work On sundry streets and ave-
nues, Sal ,5ss.27; Engineer Commissioners salary
Sl3.SS erection Of street lamps, s., GOO; Health
department., so,li0; repairs to District buildings,
2,OO, entertainment fund, 5000; total, $65, 425