National Republican., 1884-04-16
OUR SPENDING MONEY.
The Amounts Which Congress Will Probably
Allow the District TO Use.
Salaries Of Officers and Money Available
for Improvements.
The District Commissioners Given Supervision Of
Charitable Institutions.
Large Sums OF Money to BE Expended I'm
Their Discretion"

bill, reported to the house by Mr.. Follet on
Monday, appropriates for tho needs Of the
district $1,675,251. Of the following items
mentioned in tho bill one-half is paid by the
general government, aud tho other half by
taxation Of the people in the distriot Two
commissioners got $1,000 each and the engi-
neer commissioner 1924, to make up his army
salary to $5,o00 The secretary Of the board
receives $780, other employees of the COM
missioners' Office an aggregate of $3.50. For
counting out expenses in tho commissioners
Office to be used "in the discretion Of the
commissioners" $4,000 is appropriated.
For the assessors Office including payof en-
ployes and expenses, 81, 400 is appropriated,
Of which the assessors salary is $4,000.
For the collectors Office $4,000 is appro-
pristed, of which the collector gets $4,000.
Tho auditors Office gets $4,000, Of which
$1,000 is the auditors salary.
The attorneys Office gets $S,612, of which
$4,000 goes to the attorney.
Employees and expenses of the sinking
fund Office take $1,000. The salaries Of the
employees of the engineers office, including
one computing engineer at So, 400 and two as
sistant engineers at $1,000 each, aggregate
$56,950, and S., 900 Is also appropriated for the
contingent expenses of that office. For fuel
ice, gas, repairs, INSURANCE., and general
markets, So, 900 is appropriated.
For repairs to concrete pavements, $4,000;
for materials for permit work, $4,000; for
continuation Of surveys of the District of
Columbia with reference TO the extension of
various avenues to tho district line $5, 900;
for boundary interccpting and lateral sewers,
100000; for work on sundry avenues and
streets and replacement of pavements accord
ing to the estimates of the commissioners of
the district for 1885, 900; in all, S445, ,Ooo
The commissioners are also authorized to
make separate contracts hereafter for labor
and material.
Two thousand dollars Is appropriated for
the ordinary care of Benning's, Anacostia, and
chain bridges, and $500 for repairing and
maintaining bridges under the control of tho
commissioners.
Twenty thousand dollars is appropriated
for the maintenance of the Washington aque-
duct, and the lessees of the Alexandria canal
are required to keep in good repair at least
two spans of the Aqueduct bridge, SO that no
leakage shall occur.
For Washington asylum: Commissioner
and intendsnt 81 200; matron, $780, visiting
physician, $1,080; resident physician, $3.50;
engineer, $500; assistant engineer, 5000;
overseer, $500; clerk, 5000; other employees,
$500. A contingent fund of S35, GOO. re-
pair fund of $4,000, and further fund of
$3,25o for grading streets and filling marshes
near the asylum are also provided.
ployes Of the reform school $10,S96 is sppro-
priated. A fund Of $4,000 over and above
the income from farm and school for subsis-
tance, medicine purchase of stock, and other
necessary expenditures is put 'all within the
discretion of the commissioners"
For the support Of the inmates of the
Georgetown almshouse 81, 800 is appropriated
For the support of INDECENT insane in the
government insane asylum $50. .436, and s., ,00C
for transportation of paupers and prisoners
to tho workhouse.
For the following charities, namely:
For relief of the poor, $4,000, aud the
compensation Of the physlcians to the poor
shall not exceed $40 per month each; for the
support and maintenance of the Columbia
Hospital for Women and Lying-in asylum,
$4,000; for the Women's Christian associa-
tion, 5000: for the National Association fol
Destitute Colored Women and Children
$1,000; for the Childrens hospital, $5,000 for
st. AIMS Infant asylum, $1,000; for the In,
dustrial School homo for maintenance OF
inmates and salaries Of superintendents and
employees, the promotion of industries, addi
tional water supply, bath room, fencing
Improvements, and necessary expenses over
and above any income from the school, "al
in the discretion of the commissioners
2,S00 for maintenance OF the church or
phanage, $1,500.
The district commissioners are hereafter
required to visit and investigate the manage
trict which are aided by the district reve
nues and must require an itemiZed repor
from them of receipts and expenditures.
For sweeping, cleaning, and sprinklinl
streets 1000 is appropriated, and for clean
ing alleys, $4,000; current repairs of street
and alleys, $25,00O current repairs to county
roads and suburban Streets $20,000; clean
ing and repairing lateral sewers and basins
$4,000; cleaning tidal sewers, $4,000, and re
pairs to pumps. $4,000.
For tho parking commission, contingent
expenses, $1S,O0O
For street lamps, sos, $50, the expense fol
each lamp being limited to S22 year. Th,
commissioners are authorized to use othel
material than gas for the same or less price,
For the police department, including salary
of the major tS2,600) and of tho captain
clerks, lieutenants, sergeants, surgeons, pri
Yates, &c., and other expenses, including
$4,000 for new station house in the sixth
precinct, 1887 ,O40 is appropriated.
For the fire department, including salaries
repairs, purchase of horses, $4,000 for the
erection of a new engine house, and $4,000 fol
exchanging three Amoskeag engines, $1l5,9
is appropriated.
The telegraph and telephone service gets
$3.50.
For 555 teachers at rate of salary no
exceeding the present schedule, and not av
eraging more than 500 year, S37l $50 il
appropriated. For ianitors, school messen
gers, anu caro- VI puiluln8sJ pNo, ioO 10 HVpTO
priated; for rent OF school buildings, S. 400
fuel, $4,000; repairs to buildings and grounds
$4,000; contingent expenses, 100000; TO
addition to school building on the new
Bladensburg pike, $500; for purchase o
sites, erection of three new buildings to b.
finished July l, 1885, and for their furniture
$66,O0O.
For miscellaneous expenses, repairs of hay
scales, rent of district offices, general adver
tising, &c. 100000 is appropriated,
The health department gets $42,0S0, o
which $4,000 is for the removal of garbage
For interest and sinking fund on thu
funded debt, exclusive of water bonds. ST.,
2l3,9i7,07 is appropriated.
For cases of emergency, such as riot, flood
or other calamity, IL contingent fund of s., ,00(
is provided, "to be expended at the disGre
tion of the commissioners"
An appropriation of Sl663i9, to be pai'
wholly from the revenues Of the water dc
partment, is made for tho expenses OF tina
department.
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