Evening star., 1894-02-16
SEVERAL LOCAL NEEDS
Cared for in the Estimates for the De-
6ciency Bill
The Specific Items, Although Small,
Have Good Deal of Interest
to Many.

The appropriations committee OF the
House has received from the Secretary of
the Treasury estimates of deficiency ap-
preparations amounting to s2,367, S55. So
The following estimates Of local interest
are noted:
For expenses Of heating the United
States National Museum for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1894. $1,000.
National Geological Park: For repairs
to the Holt mansion to make the same
suitable for occupancy and for Office furni-
ture, S4265I.
To reimburse the Smithsonian fund for
assuming the expenses of labor and mate
rails for repairs urgently necessary for
the preservation of the Holt mansion,
Si9955.
For payment Of contract liabilities on
Maltby building and Richards property,
So District of Columbia: Rent Of Of
fees superintendent of charities, 500; for
advertising. slS.s25.26. Expenses OF assess
ing real property-That the sum OF 1915 for
clerical services be allowed, and that the
accounting officers OF the United States
treasury be authorized and directed to
credit the same in the settlement Of the ac-
counts OF Commissioners j. w. Douglass,
j. w Ross and Capt VIM. T. Rossell. be-
Ing for the service of the fiscal year 1892.
improvements and repairs-Grading streets,
balance due on contract No. l23l for grad
ing Half street southwest between NJ and
streets, being for the service Of the fiscal
year 1880, S269. Permit wcrk-That the
sum OF s6S.2l be appropriated to meet the
retain OF 10 per cent on the cost of work
done under contract No. 1910, with George
Drew 81 Sons, being for the service OF the
fiscal year 1891. Streets-Sprinkling, sweep
ing and cleaning. Rent of offices and store
room, being for the service of the fiscal
year 1884. Si2o To pay Edward Harpur ~
cents per diem from July ]. 1852. TO June
so, 1893, 2S2 days. sli1. To pay Edward
Harpur ~ cents per diem from November
/. 1891, to June 80. lsst2 nj days. sloe.
Fire deparIDIelt-I'o 'oraSe: Amount re-
quired for the balance OF the current year,
being for the service of the fiscal year 1894
1850; forage. 10 pay ;. ;. Daish & Son; !;
repairs to apparatus and new appli-
ances. to pay John McDermott & Bro, both
being for the fiscal year ls:,3, 81 IG7 80; con-
tingent CNpenses. that the sum of SO for
papering engine house be allowed. and that
the accounting officers of the United States
treasury be authorized and directed to
credit the same in the settlement of the
accounts Of Commissioners ]. W. Ross, NJ.
NJ. Parker and Capt. Charles +. Powell, be-
ing for the service OF the fiscal year 1898.
Public schools-Pay of superintendents
teachers and janitors. to pay f. f. King
Janitor of Fillmore School from July "a to
September 80 1893, to make his pay 500
per annum. s20.Ss; to pay the janitor of
Pierce School from February 1 10 June so
1854, at SJtt aDnUD.. SfS3S. to pay to
the janItor OF Patterson School from May
to June so, 1894, at 500 per annum, SS;l.3:2;
fuel, amount required for the balance Of
the current year, all being for the service
OF the fiscal year 1894. $1,000; fuel, 10 pay
J. Edward Chapman, S324.a5; to pay r. J.
kennedy. Sv7.s9; to pay Mayfield & Heis-
ton, S45.sO. Contingent expenses: To pay
the Washington Gas Light Company, gas
sl29.2o: TO pay r. V. Rusk. cleaning out
houses. county schools s27.so; all being for
the service of the fiscal year 1888 Con-
tingent expenses: To pay the Prang Edu-
cational Company. paper being for the ser
vice of the fiscal year 1892. S529 D.
Courts-Police Court: To pay William
Gale, engineer. from March 1, IS93 to June
30. 1898, at the rate of $500 per annun,, be-
ing for the service of the fiscal year 1872
S02.5O. Militia-Re1t, fuel, light, care and
repair of arrnories: To pay the Washington
Gas Light Company, gas. being for the SER
vice of the fiscal year lS93 S2l.50 Support
of convicts-To pay amounts found due by
the accounting officers of the treasury on
account Of support of convicts. District of
Colrm bia, for the fiscal year 1888, s13. 500 Is.
Municipal lodging house, Sl27.19 For pay
ment of judgments against the District of
Columbia as follows: Charles H. Anderson
by his next friend Mary Alice Anderson
$500; John L. Bartlett, $500; the Anglo
American Insurance Company, use OF WILL
lam 4. Meloy, Sl,21J; William A Hedrick
ssl; David Murphy. 1854; Industrial Home
School, $1,000; National Association for Col
ored Women and Children, $4,000; Associa
ton for Works of Mercy 500; St. Johns
Church Orphanage, SS1g; ST. AIMS Infant
Asylum, 81 500.