The morning times., 1895-10-10
MONEY FOR EXPENSES
Next Years Revenues as Esti-
mated by a Commission.
AGGREGATE OF s3,22o,o8l.56
District Auditor, Assessor and Col
IectOr Report That Amount to the
COmmissiOners-E Excise Boar rd : Rec
ON mendation-Englneer Depart
ment Completes Sewer Estimate.


Commissioners, consisting of the District
| assessor. collector and auditor, respectively,
to revise and complete the estimates OF
| the revenues for the year 1897, submitted
| its report yesterday. Commissioners will
use this report upon which To base their
demands tor appropriations at the hands of
| the next Congress.
The report shows an aggregate of receipts
amounting to So ,220,Osl .5o, in detail as
follows:
| Tax on real estate, at $3.50, S2,I37.-
1850: on real estate, at 81, $64, ,063.64;
making a total of So. .241 ,442.66.
Tax on personal property, at $1.50,
| S143, ,536.71; arrears on real estate taxes,
S2I5,UOO. taxes on gross railroad receipts,
| S12.502.19; arrears of personal taxes,
$4,000, penalties and interest on taxes,
SO, 900; advertising property for ar
rears OF taxes. 81 900: licenses, $40. 600:
market rents, SIT 900, fines from courts,
S35,U0D, building permits, $4,000; rents
| of wharves and district property, $1,000;
sale OF fish wharf, $500; certificates OF
arrears OF taxes, 5000; surveyors fees,
$1,000; sealer's of weights and measures
ices, So 800; water permits, S1.400;
dog tags, $1,000; pound ices, $500,
hay scales, 81 900; sale of old material,
$500; miscellaneous, $1,000; new build
ings, $50, 900; total estimated receipts,
SO, 220, ,0S1.56.
BASE OF THE ESTIMATES.
The valuations on which the foregoing es-
Inmates are based are, Washington, taxable
on land, $90,942 1856; improvements,
| $74, ,457 ,233; county, taxable on land at
| S1.50. ST l g 3, $50; improvements at 81 80.
| S5.o02 800; taxable on land at 81, So
! 396, 764; improvements at 81, 81 ,009 600;
hi lal =
6S5, 364; county, taxable on personal prop
erty, S46, ,9S5; railroads, ON gross receipts.
| $339, 1888; total taxable on real and per-
sonal property, S189, ,S94,0S0.
The report was signed by Matthew Trim
| bic, E. &. Davis, and j. T. Petty.
The excise board has recommended to
the Commissioners for their actnn sew
| sral important amendments to the law reg
ulating the sale of intoxicating liquors IN
| the District.
The most important is that suggesting an
increase o. the retail license fee from S40O
| to $500 per annum, and wholesale fees
from $3.50 to $500 per annum.
This change" the board says, wv ould
| be in conformity with the rates of other
cities, and in keeping with The spirit of the
| times. W hich seems TO be tending 10 a high
license for the tale OF intoxicants. 1t is
not thought that n higher rate OF license
viii materially affect the revenues of the
! District
CLUBS SHOULD PAY LICENSE.
Other suggestions are that social clubs
shall be required to take out license for the
privilege of retailing, and that the law
shall contain a provision for the punish
ment OF a seller OF adulterated liquors.
The penalty fixed, in the proposed amend
| mcnt, for each violation of the provision is
| $500, and in case of non-payment i'm
| prsonment is imposed for a tenn not ex-
| ceeding six months OF until the fine be
| paid.
There is q recommendation in the report
| also for all increase OF the assistant clerk $
salary to $1,000.
Estimates have been made by the engineer
| department and laid before the Commits
sioners for sewer work, 10 be done during
| the year ending June 80. 1897 The report
| has not yet been formally approved by the
| board, but il is understood there viii be
no changes.
The estimate is as follows:
For cleaning and repairing sewers and
| basins. SFo.oOo; Tor replacing ohstructed
sewers, $4,000; for main and pipe sewers
and receiving basins, $4,000.
For completing the construction of the
| following named sewers now under con-
tract: Rock Creek and b street inter
cepting sewer, S1so.0O0: lexington VAL
| ley sewer, SIT 900: kenesaw ave nue. sewer
| $4,000; Brookland sewer. S44,764.
TIBER CREEK SEWER.
For constructing in par, the Tiber Creek
and New Jersey avenue high level inter
| ceptiDg sewer, 100000; provided, that
the Commissioners are authorized to enter
into contract for the said work at a cost
| not to exceed S4S3, $50; and provided
further, that the Commissioners are author
| lied to construct such sewers where nee
| essary across lands belonging to the United
4 States: it being agreed that, after con
struction across such lands. the excavated
portion shall be restored to its original
! condition.
For suburban sewers S639. 269.
| To commence the extension of boundar ~
sewer to Anacostia river, S75, coo pro-
| vided, that the Commissioners of the Dis.
| trict of Columbia are authorized to enter
| into contract for said work at cost not
| to exceed S310, 800, to be paid for from
time to time as appropriations may DE
| made by law; and that said Commission
| ers are authorized 10 construct said sewer,
where necessary, across lands belonging tc
the United States; provided further, that
| after the construction of said sewer the
excavated portions of said lands shall
| be restored 10 their original condition
from the appropriation herein provided
| for.
RIGHTS OF WAY
For condemnation of rights OF way, fol
| construction, maintenance and repairs ol
public sewers, $4,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary. For completing the
| execution of the system of sewage, dis
posai and protection against floods, So,
O1S,O03.1s, the same having been recon-
mended by the board of sanitary engineers
appointed by the President of the United
States, pursuant to the provisions of ar
act of Congress approved March 2, 1889
and whose report is published in House
Executive Document numbered 445, first
session, Fifty-first Congress.
For automatic flushing tanks, So 800.
The Commissioners have reappointed j
7. Hatton to the police force, the order
therefor having been made yesterday.
Hatton is one of ten members of the Fat
| Mems Club who were dismissed from the
force on account of the developments from
a raid made in July, 1894, by Sergeant
Daily on Monte Wells saloon in South
Washington. Strenuous efforts have beer
made ever since the dismissals to have the
men restored, but up to date noone of them
except Hatton has been successful.
1t was urged in Hatton's behalf that he
was not really member of the Fat Mems
Club, not having been at any of its meetings
after his initiation. He was not in tht
crowd when the saloon was raided, anC
his previous record was good.
Other appointments to the force were also
made yesterday. as follows: Charles p. M
Lord, of No. 937 Florida avenue; JohI
F. Buckley, No. 800 Virginia avenue souti
west: Howard W. Rabey, No. 311 Nortl
Capitol street, and Robert H Wood, No II