Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-07
The Appropriation Bill as Reported
to the House.
ESTIMATES REDUCED OVER A MILLION
New School Buildings and Addi-
tionaI Water Supply.
FOR THE GARBAGE SERVICE

bill was reported to the House today. The
report accompanying the bill says:
The estimates of the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia, upon which the
bill is based, exclusive Of the water de-
partment, aggregate S6.9S3 S3Ol4.91, one-haif
Of which amount. or SO much thereof as
Congress may appropriate. is required to
be drawn from the revenues of the gen.
eral government, and the remaining one
half to be levied upon the taxable prop
erty and privileges in the District OF Co
lumbia other than the property of the
United States and the District Of ColuIn-
bia.
The total amount recommended to be
appropriated for the general expenses OF
the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year 1896, in the bill submitted herewith,
is, exclusive Of the water department, So
1S9, 1877, of which sum the general gov
ernment is required TO pay S2,504, ,o93.9S,
that being one-half Of the whole. The to-
tai amount recommended is 81, ,19l,S21, less
than the estimates submitted.
The amount appropriated for the general
expenses of the District of Columbia for
the current fiscal year is S5.3S5. 1897, being
si9G,512, more than is recommended In the
accompanying bill for 1896: and the whole
amount recommended in the accompanying
BILL Including the water department, is
S225 O31. .32, less than was appropriated for
the current uScal year.
For the Water Department..
The amount recommended for the water
department., and payable from the water
revenues is S2Ul,9l9.2S. The amount ap-
propriated TO-. the same purposes for the
current fiscal year is $23O,3IS.GO, being
reduction OF SIS, 1892.
1t Is estimated that the water revenues
for the fiscal year 1886 will amount to $685.
500, but 1t is provided in the accompanying
BILL it was in the acts for the current
and two preceding fiscal years, that any
surplus of these revenues over the appro-
priations made specifically therefrom shall
be applied to the work of extending the
high-serviCe system of water distribution.
This improvement, 1t is estimated by the
engineer officer in charge will cost, when
completed. about $6Do,OOo. The surplus
water revenues devoted to this object. on
account of expenditures made and obliga-
tiOnS incurred since the said authority was
granted amornt at this time to SlSS. .4O1.
The total general revenues of the Distric.
of Columbia for the fiscal year 1896, it is
estimated by the Commissioners, will
amount to SS4Yl. .S96.7O, or a surplus of
SS44.3I2.I2. after meeting the appropria-
tions proposed by the accompanying BILL
together with the obligations ESTIMATED at
$L2T1) imposed upon the District by the
act OF March 2, 1889, establishing the Ma
tioEal Geological Park, and for one-half
the expenses of the Court of Appeals and
Supreme Court OF the District. This sur
piled under the operation of section 3 of
the District of Columbia appropriation act
for the fiscal year 1S.3, and a provision of
the accompanying bill to the satisfaction
of the Indebtedness Of the District to the
United States on account of the cost Of the
increased water supply of the city of
Washington under acts approved July 15
1882 and March 3, 1871.
A Statement In Detail.
The following statement shows In detail
= TO orrio fo1 fo,,
fiscal year and the amounts recommended
in the accompanying bill, the first amount
in each instance is the appropriation for
the present year and the second is the
amount recommended:
Salaries: Executive Office. appropria tions
for 1895, $46,4S1; recommended for 1885,
$i7, ,4S2; assessors office Cncluding s1O 100 in
act August H. 1s9D $685. 300 $ss, 200: photo
lithographing plats. =, 1850; collectors
office. 1920, s14, 200; auditors office, SIT 100
s177OO: attorneys office, 5000, 5000; sink
ing fund office. s2,4OO. $2,4OO; coroner's
$1,000; engineers office. $67,1S2. $67, ,132;
board of examiners, steam engineers, $780,
$500; superintendent of charities, $3.50
$3.50. Miscellaneous: Contingent expenses,
District offices, s22,5OO, $22,5OO; contingent
expenses, stables, engineer department.
$500, s., 500; rent of District offices, So 600
$1,000; rent Of property yard, $500, $500;
collecting overdue personal taxes, $780,
tingent expenses, coroner's office 81, 900, ST.
GOO advertising, general, 1890, 81, 800 ;adver-
tising, notice of taxes in arrears, $4,000
$1,000; preparing arrears Of taxes on real
property. $1,000. 5000: Georgetown market
house, repair, $1,000, :: special repairs
to market houses. =, s1.27O. Total salaries
and miscellaneous, s25s,O53, s253,774. Per-
init work, alleys, sidewalks and sewers
sl65,OOO, s15O.OOO. Improvement and re-
pairs: Work on sundry streets and
avenues. s154,25o. s1ooGr0; grading streets
alleys and roads, $500, $1,000: repairs
to pavements, s15o,WO. s150,O00; plats
of subdivisions. $500. $500; plan Of per-
manent system of highways, $4,000. $4,000;
total, improvements and repairs, $316 80,
sewers and basins. s45OO0, $4,000: repair
ing obstructed sewers and for relief sewers,
$4,000, 10000; main and pipe sewers, $780,
900. s75,SOO; main intercepting sewer, $780,.
pletion, 10000, s6O,OOO; suburban sewers
$50, 900, S34, 600: gauging sewers and RAINFALL
$1,000. :; condemnation of rights of way,
$1,000 $1,000; automatic siphons, $3.50 S.
500; total, sewers, $405, $25S,3OO. Streets:
Repairs streets, avenues and alleys, $4,000,
$50, 900: replacing sidewalks and curbs, pub
lie reservations; a5 $1,000. 500; remoy-
county ng rosas Gss ;4oo conatrue nsnaIs
ton. county roads, s77,5oO, s27,0OO;
srrinkling, sweeping and cleaning, s137,5OO,
Sl39, 600; parking commission. $4,000, $15,-
GOO; lighting gas or s,- OIL. sli2, 400 s143,Oo
and river front, $1,000 81, GOO; public scales,
500. $500: bathing beach, $1,000, $1,000;
public pumps. $1,000, $1,000. Total, streets.
500, $50. $4G5.30O. Bridges, care of. $4,000,
SIC, 800: Aqueduct bridge, s5l,O7O. Washing
ton aqueduct: Engineering, maintenance
&c, $4,000, $4,000; Dalecarla receiving
S52,5OO, s37.50O; conduit waste
weir No l, 5000; repairing Griffith's Park
and Cabin John bridges, 5000; cleaning
out conduit, -. $1,000. Total Washington
aqueduct. $4,000. s71.50O. Public schools:
For officers. ss.O5O. $3.50; COR teachers.
sj79, 400, $7O8,575; for night schools, s6,OOO
81, 900; contingent expenses, night schools
$500, $3.50; for janitors and care of
buildings. S52.Sa6. saa.691; rent of
school buildings, 5000, $4,000;
Public schools: Repairs and improvements
to buildings, $26,O;U, s2S,OO0 TOOLS ETC., for
training, 5000. $1,000; fuel, $DUDO,
s35, ,OO0;' furniture of new buildings, 81, 400,
s 500; contingent expenses, SIS, 600, $2S,0;U;
text books and school supplies, S30GOO,
$3j, 600; new buildings and sites, s73J0O,
$40 600: total, public schools, $95S. 1O6. ST.
O43, ZIG. Metropolitan police: For salaries,
s514, $40, S514, ,72O; miscellaneous expenses,
$26 $50, S24 ,245; additions to station houses,
=, $500; total. metropolitan police, soio.
$50, $54l ,4G5. Fire department.: For salaries.
s1I7, 800 s131, ,42U; for salaries. additional