Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-28
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
Items I'm the Bill which the Conferees
Could Not Agree Upon.

In the House yesterday Mr. Clements. one Of
the .conferees on the District appropriation
bill, stated that the principal disagreements in
conference were upon streets, sewers, and the
geological park, the Senate conferees insisting
upon larger aggregate appropriation for
these purposes by sS7S. 1877 than the House was
willing to concede. There were five legislative
items upon which no agreement had been
reached. One was the change from fiat to
grooved rails on the local street railroads,
which the House regarded as being too severe;
the next was as to whether streets and alleys
should be repaired by contract or otherwise,
and the House wanted everything to be done
by contract There was also disagreement as
to whether or not appropriations for street inn
proyements should be immediately available
the House conferees thought the expenditures
for each fiscal year should be kept as far as
practicable within the fiscal year. On the sub
ject of laying telegraph, electric-lighting and
other wires underground there was failure to
agree; the Senate provision simply gave permits
sive power to the Commissioners to allow exist
ing wires to be placed underground, while the
House provision prohibited the putting over
head of future wires. Another matter of disa-
greement was the Senate amendment in rela-
ton to the price to be paid for asphalt pave
ment. The existing law limits the price to 50
per square yard; the Senate amendment en-
pONtIs tut tOHlullSslOueIS U pay more NneU-
ever, IN their judgment, the travel import
ance of a particular street or the character of
the grouud required larger expenditure in
order to make good pavement.
CHANGES IN THE BILL AGREED UPON.
Among the changes in the bill made by the
conferees are the following: The salary of the
chief inspector of plumbing is fixed at $4,000,
instead of $4,000, as proposed by the Senate.
the extra clerk in the assessors Office, at 81 ,000
is agreed to; the assistant attorneys salary is
made $1,000, the superintendent of roads salary
is cut down to 81 400, the salary of the superin-
tendent of lamps is made $1,000. the superin-
tendent of sewers is dispensed with, the appro-
preparation for repairs to pavements is made
$4,000, and for resurfacing Pennsylvania ave-
nue., $4,000. The appropriation for ALLEYS.
sewers, ETC., is compromised at S125. 600;
the amount for repairs to country
roads is compromised at $4,000 the
appropriation of $1,000 to extend 18th
street to Columbia road is agreed to,
and that for Bunker Hill road is decreased to
$4,000, the appropriation for replacing sewers
Is made $1,000 instead of 900 900. for subur-
ban sewers 5000 instead of 1000, the ap-
preparation for the parking commission is made
SlS.OOO instead $4,000, proposed by the
Senate; the appropriation for electric lighting
on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue is
fixed at $4,000. The chief clerk and the extra
clerk for the health department are stricken
out and the $4,000 appropriation for the Ger
man Orphan asylum, and the $1,000 appropria-
ton for the House of Good Shepherd are
agreed to. The salary of the majo- of police
is hxed at 400, the sergeants are increased
to Is, privates to s.. privates class g to So and
drivers of patrol wagons to Z.