Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-07
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
Action of the House Appropriation
Committee on the Senate Anne ndments.

The House committee on appropriations had
the Senate amendments to the District approp-
ration bill under consideration to-day. They
concur in the amendment giving 81, 200 clerk,
stenographer and typewriter for the Commits
sioner's Office. They non-concur in the provision
for an inspector of sewers at $4,000 per
year. They non-concur in the amendment
striking out the provision for repaving Penn
sylvania avenue, and increasing the appropri-
alton for work on sundry streets and avenues
from S617.0OO to s1,O79,s04. They non-concur
in all the amendments to the street schedule
under this appropri alton.
UNDER THE HEAD OF REPAIRS TO STREETS
and avenues they non-concur in the amend
ment requiring the replacing of all street rail-
road tracks by new tracks with similar grooves
They non-concur in the provision giving IS, 900
to grade and regulate LIST street to Soldiers
Home.
They concur in the provision for paving
Pomeroy street near Freedmans hospital to
Brightwood avenue. The amendments to ex-
tend 18th street and to grade and regulate the
extension of Massachusetts, avenue, Roanoke
and Irving streets are non-concurrd in.
The appropriation of IS, 500 for Naylor road
is concurred in. Woodley road and Good Hope
road are stricken out. The appropriation of
$4,000 for grading and improving county
roads is stricken out, as is also the 81 900 for
Kansas and Colorado avenues. The provision
inserted by the Senate giving the Commits
sioners
AUTHORITY TO CONDEMN FOR STREETS, ETC.,
and to ascertain the cost to acquire way for
streets, is stricken out The appropriation of
$1,000 for surveys for new subdivisions is &C
cepted.
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Is stricken out.
The committee concur in the amendments
increasing the number of school teachers from
740 to 745, and increasing the average salary to
$3.50: The appropriation for purchase of lot
adjoining the Arthur school building, &C. is
stricken out; as is also the amendment giving
the commissioners authority to
ACQUIRE SCHOOL SITES BY CONDEMNATION.
The increase of the salary of the major of
police is concurred in, as is also the provision
for three police matrons.
The amendment giving the Commissioners
authority to cause overhead wires to be buried
is concurred in, with an amendment restoring
the clause just as it was reported by the House
committee.
BURYING OVERHEAD WIRES.
"he clause providing for the burying of over
head wires, proposed by the House committee.
is as follows: ''And the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia may hereafter under such
reasonable conditions as they may prescribe,
authorize the overhead wires of any
telegraph, telephone. or electric light COM
pany to be laid under any street, alley, high
way, footway, or sidewalk in the District when
ever 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 COM
pensation, and this authority to continue only
until the termination of the Fifty-frst Con-
gress."
The amendment providing that money ap-
propriated to aid in the erection of buildings
for charitable corporations shall stand as a
lien upon the buildings, in case the corporation
is dissolved, is concurred in.
The Geological park amendment is stricken
out.
Many other minor amendments are non-con-
Cured in