Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-03
DISTRICT ESTIMATES.
Amounts Required for the Next Fiscal
Year.

Estimates OF appropriations required for the ser
vice Of the fiscal year ending June 30 1885, by the
Commissioners OF the District deColumbia:
Salaries and contingent expenses-Executive
Office, il7.3oO; auditors Office, sl65OO attorneys
office, S.112 sinking fund Office, S2.100; coroner'S
Office, $500; engineers office, consisting OF sala-
ries, contingent expenses, improvements and re-
pairs and care and repair OF bridges and Washing
ton AQueduct. $685. 0i6.
Maintaining institutions Of charity. reformatories
and priSOnS-Wa aShlngtOn asylum. $69,6SO reform
schoolsalaries, $l ,640 support Of inmates $2 OOO
Georgetown almshouse. 1,eOo; government hospl-
and conveying prisoners TO the workhouse. $4,000;
relief OF the poor, $l5,OO0 Columbia hospital for
women and lying-in asylum, sl5,OOO Industrial
Home SchOOl-ma1nta1nanc OF inmates, &C.,
s13,5OO
Streets-Sweeping, cleaning and sprinkltng
streets and avenues, 5 OOO cleaning alleys $40 OO0
current work OF repairs streets, avenues and
alleys, s25,000: current work on county roads and
suburban Streets $4,000; cleaning and repairing
sewers and the Rock creek basin, S5,OOO repairs to
pumps. $3, 600.
Parking commission, including contingent ex-
penses, iaborers, cart hire trees tree boxes tree
stakes, planting and care Of trees. whitewashing,
care of parks and miscellaneous, $4,000.
Street lamps. including Illuminating material
and lighting, eXt1nguishing, repairing and cleaning
lamps on avenues, streets and alleys and for pur-
chasing and erecting new lamp-poStS and 10 re-
sioeooS see sa'n 'e 00 oanass0 anu unn' i0r USE
Metropolitan police-Salaries OF mac, -tain
and Inspector, lieutenant and night inspe. i.
property clerk, two clerks, four surgeons, nine lie
tenants, Iwenty-fOur sergeantS, two hundred and
forty privateS, seventeen station keepers eight
laborers, two messengers, mounted men and
three drivers s3171 rent OF seventh precinct
ton house and subdivision or Uniontown and police
headquarters 216O fuel 50 OOO repairs of station
houses, 81 500; miscellaneous and contingent ex-
penseS, including stationery, books, telegraphing
S10OO purchase Of site and erection OF new station
house In seventh precinct, S1500O police signal and
telephone system seventh precinct, including pat
rol wagon, s., 500
Fire OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, repairs and conting-
vic? including salaries and general supplies,
Police Court-Salarles, United States marshals
ices, and contingent expenses and judicial ex-
Public schools embracing salaries Of two SUPER
1ntendentS, clerk TO committee on accounts, two
clerks to superintendents, teachers JanitOrs, and
ments 10 school buildings and grounds, contingent
expenses, buildings for schools, purchase OF sites,
and the erection and completion OF new school
buildings, $550,250.
Miscellaneous expense+Repairs and replace
ment OF public hay scales. $500; rent OF District
offices, $500; general advertising, .0O books for
register OF willis, printing checks damages and
Health department--Saiaries, contingent ex-
penSeS, repairs, fuel forage, hOrSeshOeing and
other necessary items, rent, ambulance service and
remGsa Inesrsse 81 aga gaTsaSs siSKine s fSpa ssm
General contingent expenses OF the District OF
Water department Salaries, contingent ex-
for high service In Washington and Georgetown,
pipe distribution TO high and low service, laying
new mains, interest and sinking fund on water
Of increasna water suppIy. % sisS 7osM ' '" a'oun'
The total amount OF the District estimates are
$3679,55424 an increase Of $1,60l.N over the last
fiscal year, when the total amount was 5sl 052s7