Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
Provision of the BIN Reported to tn.
House Of Representatives Today.

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permit work $125 900 is appropriated. and the
provisions Of the last bill are re-enacted.
| STREETS AND SEWERS.
In the appropriation for improvements and
| repairs of streets there is q net reduction of
sl720O0-the appropriation in this bill being
100000. The appropriation is divided as fol-
| lows among the sections of the city: George
town, $50, 0OO an increase Of "a, $50; northwest,
S22S0 900, a reduction Of $6.210; southwest,
600, an increase Of $50, 10Oi northeast, $40 OOO
| and increase Of "a, 525.
For repairs to pavements s10O, 900 is appro-
prlated, a reduction $4,000.
Eight thousand dollars is made available at
once to finish the work on Pennsylvania avenue
reduction Of $1,000 is made in the appro-
priation for surveys.
For cleaning and repairing sewers an appro-
priation Of S42,0 900 is made, an increase Of
1000; for replacing obstructed sewers,
pipe sewers, $4,000, including $4,000. for
dredging James creek canal, an increase of
$4,000; for suburban sewers, s75,OOO, an in
crease Of $25,0O0. An appropriation Of 90, 900
Is made for ''gauging sewers and tianfall"
For current work Of repairs to streets, ave-
nues and alleys $4,000 is appropriated; for re-
$50, 900.
COUNTY ROADS AND SUBURBAN STREETS.
Appropriations are made for construction of
county roads and suburban streets, as follows:
For paving Nichols avenue from end Of pave
ment toward the foot Of hill, $1,000; paving
Clifton street from 14th extended eastward,
5000; paving Linden street from Boundary to
College street, $4,000; paving Maple street from
boundary to Hardwood avenue, $40, 900; paving
Larch street from Boundary TO Spruce, $5, 600;
paving l4th street from Yale street northward.
$12,350; paving Brightwood avenue from Irving
street northward. $4,000; grading and
regulating Kenesaw and Wallach streets
grading and regulating Howard avenue
from 9th street to It'll street, $4,000;
grading and regulating Lincoln avenue from
boundary to Glenwood cemetery, $4,000; grad
ing and regulating Brightwood avenue from
District of Columbia line, 5000: pro-
vided that sufficient land be donated on both
sides OF the avenue to make its width 80 feet;
grading and regulating Pennsylvania avenue
extended toward Suitland road, $4,000;
grading and regulating Nourse road, $4,000;
grading and regulating Bunker Hill road
from Hardwood avenue to Queen Chapel road,
s5OO0; grading and regulating Con-
necticut avenue extended from Column
6 D,a road d, to Woodley road, 5000;
Patterson avenue, 5000; paving street ex-
tended from Lincoln avenue to 4th street,
$4,000; grading and regulating streets Of
Takoma Park, $4,000; grading and
regulating Anacostia and Sheriff roads, $4,000;
grading and regulating Naylor road from
$500; grading and regulating New Cut
road, 5000; grading and regulating Ridge
and Loughborough roads, $1,000; in all 1885,
$50.
STREET CLEANING AND LIGHTING.
An appropriation Of $4,000, an increase Of
$4,000, is made for cleaning, sweeping and
sprinkling streets, and provisions are made that
this shall include suburban streets and that the
contracts shall not be for a price exceeding so
cents per LOCO square yards.
An increase of $40, 900 IS made for lighting
For electric lighting an increase Of $4,000 Is
made, with provision that no more than 60
cents 9 light shall be charged for burning from
sunset to sunrise. In this connection q new
provision is made that
NO OVERHEAD WIRES
for public and private electric lighting shall be
permitted on or over any Of the streets or ave-
nues of the cities of Washington or GEORGETOWN
after September 80, 1890.
An increase Of S11 600 is made in the appro-
priation for the care Of bridges and construc-
ton of new bridges.
For engineering, maintenance, &C.. Of WASH
linton aqueduct s20. 600 is appropriated.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The number Of teachers provided for the
public schools ia increased from 745 to 1855.
For their pay s54o,60o is appropriated an in
crease Of S34, 900. Six teachers in night schools
are provided for.
Janitors are provided for the various new
school buildings. For the care OF school build
ings, &C., s44,626 is appropriated; Tor repairs,
S22, 00O for fuel, S27 600; for furniture S8 600;
for contingent expenses, e25,OO0.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
For the erection and purchase Of sites for
three eight-room school buildings in the first,
third and seventh school divisions, respectively,
at $4,000 each, Is appropriated SlO5, 900; for
one new eight-room school building in Ana
costa, $4,000; for the erection Of colored
high-school building, $4,000, in addi-
ton to une1pended amount appropriated
for said building and site by act of March 2,
1889, which unexpended amount is hereby re-
appropriated and made available for fiscal year
1881 for lncloslng grounds of Arthur school
building, 80, LIS; for purchase Of grounds con-
tiguous to school building on 10Th street near
X, square 27e, for play grounds for said build
ing, $3.50.
The total for school buildings il s21s, s25,
about $3.50 less than last year.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The appropriation for the police department
is S420, 900. For the police signal, telephone
system, &C., $31 400 Is appropriated For build
ings the following provisions are made
For additional story to the fourth precinct sta
ton house, IS 900; stables in the fifth and eighth
precincts to accommodate horses and patrol
wagon, $1,000; appliances for heating water
and drying in three station houses, 1915; in all,
SI0,375.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT..
An increase of $1,000 is made in the appro-
priation for the fire department aside from
miscellaneous items. An appropriation Of
50. 500 is made for an aerial turn table truck ;
81, 600 is appropriated for site and building .
truck house.
The usual appropriations are made for the
telegraph and telephone service. The COM
missioners are authorized to give authority for
the burying Of overhead wires.
AN IMPORTANT NEW PROVISION
in this connection is that "the Commissioners
! Of the District Of Columbia are hereby author
lied and directed to impose aud collect IL
cense fee of $25 per annum against any corpor-
alton, person or persons for each and every
telegraph or telephone pole maintained by il,
| him or them in any street or avenue In the
| cities Of Washington or Georgetown after July
| !, 1891.
For the health department s47 $50 il appro-
priated.
For fitting the magazine building for female
work house go. 600 is appropriated.
| REFoRMAToRIEs AND PRISONS.
| Five thousand dollars Is appropriated for
bathing appliances at the male work house.
| Aprovision Is made that hereafter the pro
ceeds of farm and shops shall be covered into
the Treasury and divided equally between tn
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