The morning times., 1895-10-26
DEMANDS scaled DOWN
Col. Tracey's Estimate Reduced
by Twenty Thonsand Dollars.
SOME URGENT NECESSITIES
Appropriation for Girls Reform
School Needed to Increase Its Ca
mcity-Chapel Building for Boys
Reform Scliool-Vault in the Pot
ter's Field-Nearly 100000 Asked

The District Commissioners, in their esti-
mates for next years appropriations. found
1t Necessary TO scale all demands in order to
bring the sum of the demands within the
probable revenues, and, with every other
interest, the reformatories and charita Bile
Institutions were given less by $50 s. 20 than
was recommended by Colonel Tracey, the
SUPERINTENDENT of charities.
1t is demonstrated, however, by compari-
son, that the institutions have Jared very
wei, receiving, by the estimates. in the ag-
gregate, S95,S51 in excess of the pres
ent years appropriations, in detail as fol
} lows:
Washington Asylum, S10,573; Reform
School FOR Boys, ~ 2,5u4: Government Hos
pital for the Insane, $1,79S; Columbia
Hospital, $1,000; Children's Hospital. S4,
600; National Homeopathic Hospital, $3.50;
Freedmea's Hospital, 81 ,975; Reform
School for Girls, S43, 100; Church Orphan
age of St Johns Parish, SleO; German
Orphan Asylum, S1G0; National Co,ored
Home, 81 100; St AIMS Infant Asylum.
$500; Association for Works of Mercy,
500; House of the Good Shepherd, $50:
st. Roses Industrial School. $3.50: st.
Joseph's Asylum, 500: Industrial Home
School, 81, 100; Board of Childrens Guar
dians, $4,000; Hope and Help Mission.
s'N's NthNDpNS aiu so
ciety, $500; Eastern Dispcnsary, SIC. 800:
Washington Home for Incurables, $4,000.
The Eastern Dispeusary- received an ad-
dition OF $500 for maintenance, and was
also given $4,000 for the purchase of the
site. the title 10 be vested in the District.
upon which the dispensary is now located.
The Woman's Union Christian Associa-
ton was omitted altogether, but there is
a chance that in a future allotment there
ha prnyisinp mn 10 far ffc hap
eft.
REFORM SCHOOL ITEM.
The item Of S43. 100 recommended for
the reform school for girls is urgently
needed for the purpose OF increasing the
capacity of the institution and placing IL
on an equality with the boys school. II is
intended 10 increase the number of cells to
ninety and 10 equip II with all the needed
appliances. besides providing for subsist-
ence.
All the Institutions for the care of chill
dren get slight increases over the previous
appropriations.
Hope and Help Mission gets $500. n
restoration of its original appropriation,
and the Ncwsboys' Home gets regular
Appropriation Of 81 900. instead of $500,
heretofore donated by allotment. lis ca
pacity has been enlarged 10 accommodate
sixty inmates. The Washington Home for
Inucrablds for the first time presented an
estimate. 1t gets $4,000, one-half the
amount asked for.
The WonTans Dispensary is not dropped.
though not in the enumeration. II will get
its allotment. The same can be said OF
the Aged Women's Home.
The Washington Asylum had its appro-
priation iucrea sed by 81 900. special item
to provide steam-heating plant.
POTTERS' FIELD VAULT.
There was also introduced, as repetition
OF former estimates, an item for construc-
tion of n vault in Potters Field. Also an
item OF $4,000 for n chapel building at
the boys reform school. and recon-
mendatiou OF $4,000 for a bake oven at the
reform schcol. both being strongly urged
by the superint cndent OF charities.
The superintendent also recommended,
but subsequently Withdrew with reluct-
ance, n recommendation for the construc-
tion of a ma unicipal lodging house.
An item of $4,000 10 hquidate a debt
of the Central Dispeusary was omitted. but
will be considered later. A mother deferred
item is that OF S35,000 in favor of asso-
citation of works OF mercy. II was not
pressed, but will be eventually. with the
view of purchasing a site and erecting a
building for its use.
The item of Sc. 900 for work of construc
ton at the Industrial school was omitted.
and the item OF So 600 for repairs was
included in the general estimate of $4,000
for maintenance and repairs.