Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-27

~ THE TREASURY 8kVISIoN-THE NEW
The estimates for the Improvement Of the
streets OF the city. 10 be submitted at the next
session OF Congress, for next year, have not yet
been completed by the District Commissioners;
but 1t Is the intention to have these estimates,
as well as those OF the other departments of the
District government, completed and trans
mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury by the
LIST OF October, as required by law. All the esti-
mates this year will show an increase, as CON-
pared with last year. The police force is to be
enlarged, more school buildings are needed,
and there are other increased expenditures
showing the rapid growth in the population OF
the city. The new assessment of the real estate
terially to the revenues OF the city, and the In
creased revenues will be used in needed I'M
provements about the city.
commissioner Ludlow says that the appropri-
atoms have been entirely too meager for the
needs Of the city and that the city government
pfovement OF the city, should keep q little in
advance. This has never been done because
Congress has not appropriated the money, and
Tor enough.
TALK WITH COL. LUDLOW.
THE Commissioners are not going to make
this mistake now" said Commissioner Ludlow
this morning to q STAR reporter. "We are
going to ask for exactly what we think
.nS Wy hSSuS. vi CouEsc we MAY nOb kSb Al,
but that is another thing. The only thing that
l wish could be avoided Is the power claimed
by the Treasury department to revise and
knowing the needs of the District, make
out certain estimates, and some sub
actually undertakes TO revise and reverse the
Judgment Of the Commissioners, saying In
enect, that he knows more about District affairs
that the commissioners do ] don't think that
is right, and last year when was before the
committee OF Congress when any reference was
made 70 the book of estimates said very
frankly to the committee, These are not our
Treasury
HALF MILLION FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Coz. Ludlow said that while he did not know
exactly what would be the amount asked for
street improvements for the next year. yet he
thought the amount would be in the near
neighborhood OF half a million. 'If there 10
enough money left after providing for the other
departments" he remarked, 1--WE will ask for
That amount to be appropriated for the streets"
Last year, for the present current year, the
amount appropriated was 1926, 900. This was
not considered enough by the Commissioners.
but it was the best they could do The requests
ior improvements to be made next year have
been very numerous, and Col Ludlow says that
the amount called Tor by these requests, which
have all been scheduled, is about two millions
dollars. 1t will be necessary, in the event
that quarter of this amount is to be asked for,
TO go through this schedule and select such
streets as may fall within the principles, which
the commissioners have adopted, in determin-
ius Tue stFeetS 10 improved. In the ursJ
place, the streets which have before been urged
Tor improvement will be considered. Then
those gaps which occur In improved streets
fefhaps these gaps may be only q block, or
perhaps two which for some reason have been
passed over when the street was improved.
Alter these two classes of streets have been DIS
posed OF, the remainder of the money will be
used In the different sections of the city, where
II Is thought Improvements can he made to the
best advantage.
SUBURBAN STREETS
Inc commissioners favor q more liberal
policy in improving the streets OF the suburbs,
and Col. Ludlow says that outside of the bounds
of the city, as we'll inside the policy of lead
Ing, instead OF dragging alter the course of i'm
provements, ought 10 be maintained as lar as 1t
Is possible under the appropriations made by
Congress.
THE NEW ASSESSMENT.
The assessment of 1883, under which last
years estimates were submitted, was on real
property S97 500, 900 and personal $11 ,OOO,-
600, making a total OF $1Os, 100000. 1t is
thought the new assessment makes an increase
OF 10 per cent on the real property and q small
increase Oh personal property.
Assuming that the estimated increase-l5
per cent-ls about correct, the new assessment
would aggregate about 1925, OOO, 600. The
revenues Ut last yenr, on the old basis, were
about 81, 100000 actual collections, a part of
which Was from licenses and miscellaneous
sources ~ which must he added an equal
amount contributed by the United States. II
Is probable that the revenues this year will
aggregate little over So 900, OOO, besides APP
proprialtons from the United States Treasury.