Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-06
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THE POLICE APPROPRIATION.
For the Metrop Titan police sss2, $40 is appro-
priAted There is no increase Of the foroe.
For rent Of police headquarters and station
At Anacostia 81 400; for fuel, e2000; repairs 70
stations, u, 800; miscellaneous and contingent
eApenses, including stationery, books, tele-
ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniturs
and repairs thereto, beds and bed cloth
ing, insignia Of Office, purchase and care Of
horses, police equipments and repairs of same,
harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, am
CURED in prevention and detection Of crime,
ana other necessary items, el4,0O0; remodel
ing station-house and for building for cells and
iodg ng-rooms, third precinct. $1,000; stable
ior morse and pstrol-wagon, and for
third precinct. $500; remodsiins station station,
house and for building for cells and lodging
rooms, NTH precinct, $1,000; purchase Of lot
ADJOINING nth precinct station-house, $2,500;
police signal and telephone system in hfth,
horse, wagon, harness, and other necessary
items, S4;5OO; for stables to accom-
modate the stock and vehicles for said
system, $4,000; twelve additional stations for
paatroI-service in sixth and ninth precincts,
S2,5O0; for setting patrol boxes, s20o; horse,
harness, wagon and mattress, S675; electrical
apparatus for ninth precinct, $25O; ambulance,
$500; horse, $3.50; harness, e65; in all as, lao.
This makes net increase Of $3.50.
, In last years hin repairs to the police court
ton and new station in the northeast section
were provided at a total cost Of go. 100.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT..
An increase Of $3.50 is made in the appro-
priation for the ordinary expenses Of the fire
department. For repairs, &C., contingent ex-
penses. &C., e2S, $50 is provided.
The usual appropriation is made for the
District telegraph and telephone service.
OVERHEAD WIRES.
A new provision is made ''that the Commits
sioners Of the District Of Columbia shall not
hereafter permit or authorize any additional
telegraph, telephone, electric lighting. or other
wires to be erected or maintained on or over
any OF the streets or avenues Of the cities Of
Washington and Georgetown, and all laws or
parts of laws which may be in conflict
with this provision are hereby repealed: Pro-
rided. That the Commissioners of the District
may, hereafter, under such reasonable condi-
tons as they may prescribe, authorize the wires
of any existing telegraph. telephone, or electric
Columbia. or any electric light company with
whom contract may be made for the public
lighting, to be laid under any street, alley,
highway, footway, or sidewalk in the District,
whenever in their judgment the public interest
may require the exercise of such authority,
such privileges as may be granted hereunder
to be revocable at the will Of Congress without
compensation"
HEALTH, CHARITIES. ETC.
For the health department an appropriation
of $4S,O60, an increase of "a, 75O is made. For
the Police Court the usual appropriation is
made. The usual appropriations are made for
the reform school. for contingent expenses,
emergency fund.- DC. An increase of S5,Sl5 is
made in the appropriation for the support Of
the insane.
For charities the old amounts of last year
are appropriated, except that st. John Parish
Church Orphanage association gets $4,000
additional to pay debt for special improve
ments, the Washington hospital for
f 70 d ogs gets an additional amount
lings and $500 for heating apparatus.
The Association for Works of Mercy gets
$4,000 for purchase of lot; $4,000 instead Of
$1,000 for repairs, &C.. and 81, 500 to pay debt
DC, and the National Homeopathic Hospital
association gets 5000 instead of $1,000 for
ments.
FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT
there is reduction of $4,000 from last year
in the appropriation for engineers N I fire.
men, fuel for high service, pipe distri ution,
and net reduction in the department Of
81, 321.71.
The usual appropriations are made for the
executive departments of the District govern
ment.
THE DISTRICT DEBT.
The committee again insert the clause that
was stricken out Of the bill by the Senate last
year. directing and authorizing the United
States Treasurer ''to apply such portion as
may be deemed expedient Of any surplus
which may remain at the close Of the fiscal year
1888, and of each fiscal year, thereafter, Of
the general revenues of the District of Column
bia in excess Of one-half of those appropriations
payable equally out of the revenues of the Dis
trict and the United States, to the payment Of
the balance yet remaining unpaid Of the debt
OF the District Of Columbia created by the act
approved July Is, 1882, to increase the water
supply Of the city of Washington; Proridpd
That the amount Of said surplus shall first be
reported to the Commissioners Of the District
OF Columbia and the Treasury Of the United
States by the first comptroller Of the Treasury
when called upon to do so.
THE SCHEDULE OF STREETS
in the Commissioner estimates il retained en-
tirely. As to this the report says. "The
whole amount recommended for work on streets
and avenues is s617. 900. apportioned eauita-
bly, among the natural subdivisions Of the city.
At the request Of the committee. the Com
missioners have furnished schedules of the
streets, embracing all that are mentioned in
the appendix referred to in the bill, but
arranged in the order in which they express
their intention to improve them 80 far as the
appropriations made may be sufficient. Said
revised schedules are submitted herewith as an
appendix to this report"
CAPITOL TOPICS.