Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-23
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS
The Figures Agreed Upon by the Con
ference
Provision Made for Raising the Dam
Compromises on Other
Matters.


presented the conference report on the
District appropriation bill to the Senate.
1t was not read at length in its unintel-
hgible formal shape, but, at the suggestion
Of Senator Chandler, it was laid over until
today for detailed explanation. AS was
intimated in last evenings Star, the Sen
ate conferees agreed to the reinsertion OF
the House item appropriating S125,OOO for
the work of raising the dam at Great Falls.
In answer to question from Mr.. Aldr1ch.
Mr.. German said that the Senate had
agreed to the House provision, with the
addition that the dam, together with the
other improvements as to the water supply.
shall be under the proper officer. leaving
Gen. Casey as consulting engineer. The
provision making this appropriation as 1t
Is row agreed upon between the TWO houses
is as follows:
For raising the height of the dam at
Great Falls, together with the cost OF such
other work as may DO found necessary In
connection Herewith, including the cost OF
Strengthening the conduit. and for DAM
ages on account of flooding of land and
other damages, $125,O0O, for which amount
and purposes the available balance OF the
appropriation for increasing the water sup
ply of the city of Washington shall be APP
plicable, subject to all the provisions and
restric tons Of the act to increase the water
supply Of the city of Washington and for
other purposes, approved July 10, 1oS2, and
of the act approved July 8, 1884, making
appropriations for the expenses of the gov
eminent Of the District Of Columbia, as to
dpportionment and settlement between the
United States and the District Of Column
bia, and the reflnding thereof. And in the
execution Of this work Gen. Thomas L..
Casey shall be associated with the proper
officer in charge Of the Washington aQue-
duct as consulting engineer.
For testing the tunnel conduit to deter
mine the amount Of it's leakage, $4,000, to
he taken from the appropriation for in
creasing the water supply of Washington,
De- to be Immediately available.
There shall be prepared, upon careful In
vestigation by the proper officer of the gov
eminent having charge of the Washington
aqueduct and the water supply to the city
of Washington, full and detailed report,
which shall be submitted to Congress on the
first Monday in December. 1895, upon the
feasibility and propriety Of completing the
tunnel conduit as now projected; the COM
pletion of the new reservoir; including Its
dam any notifications to the same deem
ed necessary: and upon the results as to
the supply of water to the city when said
dam, the raising of the dam at the Great
Falls, the conduit, and reservoir are COM
pleted. And If such officer and consulting
engineer shall conclude that 1t Is imprac-
ticable, too expensive, to repair such
tunnel conduit, then they shall report some
plan for bringing increased water supply
from the reservoir in Georgetown to Wash
ington by pipes or otherwise.
Each separate item of the report shall
be accompanied by detailed estimate or
the cost of the work required and the neces,
sary costs, not to exceed $4,000. connected
with the inquiry and reports, shall be de-
frayed from the appropriation for increas.
ing the water supply of Washington, DC.
Provided. That in the preparation OF TINS
report Gen. Thomas l.. Casey, United states
Army, shall be associated with the proper
officer of the government in charge OF the
auueduct as consulting engineer, and his
signature shall be appended to said report
in said capacity and said report shall also
he accompanied with the Judgment OF the
chief of engineers, and made to the Secre-
tary of War, who shall transmit the same
to Congress with his views thereon.
Mr.. Harris asked If the raising OF the
dam is made to depend upon any fnvesti-
CATION or action OF Colonel Elliot or Cen
eral Casey.
tion ia made directly and is to be consum-
mated without any further examination
so far as the dam Is concerned. but an
examination is to be made in relation to
the abandoned tunnel.
The Other Appropriations.
Among the items that were entirely
stricken out by the conferees are the fol-
lowing: 100000 for new Business High
School, $4,000 for reconstructing Wallach
School, $4,000 for a new harbor boat, $780,
600 for a special examination by the school
training facilities, 5000 for deputy col
lector of taxes, 1,4OO for deputy coroner,
81 800 for assistant superintendent of sew
ers, 5000 for grading and regulating Penn
sylvana avenue extended and Branch ave-
nue., 5000 for paving Michigan avenue
from 1st street to Hardwood avenue, 5000
for assistant chemist in the health depart
ment; also the amendment transferring the
industrial home school to the District Com
Compromise sums were reached on a
large number of items, of which the most
important follow: For street sweeping, con-
ferences14G.o00, Senate $1500OO. House $780,
600; improving streets in the northwest.
conference S53,9GO, Senate $60,SO0. House
S;S, 900; in Georgetown, conference S13,3G0,
Senate $12,SOO, House 5000; southwest,
conference s1S.46O, Senate $20.SOO House
$13, 600; southeast, conference $269SO, Sen
ate $50 400, House $4,000; northeast, con-
ference 1920, Senate $4,000, House $22,-
OGO; for relief sewers, conference $4,000,
Senate $65,OOO, House $4O,0OO; SUBURBAN
sewers, conference $4,000. Senate $4,000,
House $34, 900; assessment and permit work,
conference s15O,OGO Senate 5000. House
S15OOOO; support of convicts, conference
$40, 600, Senate $4,000. House $4,000; tele-
graph and telephone supplies. conference
s11 600 Senate $15 900, House 5000; parking
commission, conference $4,000, Senate $23,
600, House $4,000: widening g street, from
10th to 18th, conference $14, 0OO, Senate
10000, House $4,000; salaries, &C., at
Freedman's Hospital, conference $4,000,
Senate $1,000, House $4,000: extension Of
highways, conference $500, Senate $685.
600. House $1,000.
Changes were made as follows In the
items Inserted by the Senate: For the
Brookland sewer $3O,3S2, reduced from $751;
49,; for the Rock creek and b street sew
ers, $4,000. reduced from $4,000: opening
37th street, $1,000, from $4,000; paving
Florida avenue from Connecticut avenue to
18th street. $1,000. from $1,000; grading
Kenesaw avenue, $4,000, from $4,000; new
school building at Giesboro. $1,000 from
$4,000; at Ivy City, $1,000 from 81, 500; adj
dition to Tenleytown school, $4,000, from
$4,000; addition to Brightwood school, S12,-
600, from $1,000; to Brookland school. $12,-
$50, from $4,000; new building. eighth di-
vision, $4,000 from $4,000; new building,
Conduit road, 5000. from $4,000.
The pay of police ambulance, van and
wagon drivers was uniformly placed at $3.50
per annum. The compensation of William
Stone Albert for codifying the laws OF the
District was fixed at $4,000, in lieu Of the
5000 given by the Senate and 5000 by the
House The salary of the agent of the
board Ct children's guardians was placed at
LOGO. The paragraph inserted by the Sem
ate authorizing the granting of leaves to
District employees was retained. Also the
Senate paragraph reducing the tax penalty
to 1 per cent per month.