Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-03
The Appropriation Bill Reported in
the House Today.
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS RECOMMENDED
The District to Pay One-HaIf Of the
Maintenance of Prisoners.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST


day reported the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The bill carries So, 1906 3S2. 80. being
~. .4O9,92S.35 less than the current year.
Among the items Of new legislation in the
bill are the following Of local interest:
In connection with the provision for the
ohce force Of the coast and geodetic sur
vey: And the Secretary Of the Treasury
Shall reorganize the said office force by
the reduction Of their number or compen-
sation. or both, SO as to bring the whole
of said compensation within the sum Of
$12o.oOO for the fiscal year 1895. and he
shall submit estimates In detail for the said
office force, as reorganized hereunder. in
his annual estimates to Congress for the
fiscal year 1896.
Saddled on the District.
In connection with the appropriation for
support Of United States prisoners:
That hereafter one-haf Of all expenses in
CURED for maintenance Of the Jail Of the
District Of Columbia and for support Of
prisoners therein shall be paid out of the
revenues Of the District Of Columbia, and
estimates for such expenses shall each year
hereafter be submitted In the annual es-
Inmates for the expenses Of the govern
ment of the District Of Columbia
In connection with the appropriation for
the building for the library Of Congress:
That contracts may be entered into for
any work or materials required for the
for as appropriations may from time to time
be made by law.
Local Approximation.
The items of local appropriations are as
follows: Two additional stories to boiler
house of bureau of engraving and printing.
$4,000; continuing city post office building
under present limit, $2JOOOO; repairs to
treasury and Winder buildings, $1,000;
vaults for Treasury Department. $4,000;
for coast and geodetic survey. 1886, lOO q
reduction over this year of $S9.33O, and a
reduction Of SIS. l3O in the office force; Ma
tional Museum. $17O.5OO: for Geological
Park, $JO.OUO: astrophysical observatory,
5000; fish commission, 1927 $50; Interstate
commerce commission, $225, ,OOO; repairs In
terror Department and pension buildings,
5000; work ct Capitol general repairs.
$25,OOO; improving Capitol grounds. 1900;
to reconstruct the old-fashioned elevator in
east wing Of House. $500; for lighting
Capitol and grounds. 1900; for geological
survey, $4l4. 100. same as current year.
For the Insane Asylum.
For general repairs and improvements of
buildings and grounds of Government Hos
pital for the Insane. $4,000: special i'm
provements for same. $2.2AO; electric plant,
$4,000: Deaf and Dumb Asylum. $500.
same as current year, ana $l,OUO for re-
pairs. For Howard University, $2s.0uO. q
reduction Of $3OO. For public grounds,
green houses. parks, &C.. In washington.
$4S, ,2OO. an increase Of A.UOU. $2.oUO OF
which shall be for placing a granolitnic
pavement ON sidewalk inside the White
House grounds.
For Care of the White House.
For care. repair and refurnishing Of the
Executive Mansion, $4,000; for fuel, stable
md n. for md tvo-
provements Of green houses, 81, $40; for por-
trait Of ex-President Harrison. $500; for
gas. Executive Mansion, $4,000; for elec-
trio lights. $7665O; for repair water pipes in
public buildings, $500; for government
telegraph line to Capitol 81 200; employees
for Washington monument, $3.50; fuel.
&c, for same. 5000; one new engine, $3.50;
for burying INDECENT soldiers in the District
Of Columbia, $1,000: for Garfield Hospital,
$4,000; for annual repairs Washington city
struction Library Of Congress building.
$IOO.OOO; for repairs Botanic Gardens,
5000; for public printing and binding,
s., 81, 600
How the Saving IL Made.
Mr.. Cogswell (Mass) in behalf Of the
mir ority members Of the committee makes
the following statement: Concerning the
saving of the bill Of over s.. .OOO, 600 attention
is called to the fact that part Of it is in the
Sc, s66. 153 in rivers and harbors, because the
last bill appropriated enough to leave a
good deal on hand. And also 100000 has
been saved on epidemic diseases, because
there is no fear of cholera and no need of
providing for it. Another large saving is
$933, 600 on account of the Columbian eXpo-
sition. for which there is no expense called
for this year. There is also a saving on re-
coinage of gold and silver of $1,000. There
is a saving on public buildings Of $43O 900,
because a sufficient sum is already on hand
There Is saved on military posts 500 600:
Pan American Medical Congress, SIS, 600,
and quarantine stations $500; saving
on the Cong ressional Library is made of
$3.50, 600. My point Is that the savings are
made for the specific reasons given, and are
not due to any superior economy.