Evening star., 1896-10-27

from Larch street to HARDWOOD avenue
For grading Massachusetts, avenue ex-
tended, 10000.
For grading and regulating Providence.
Lansing. Hartford and 10th streets, Brook
land, $4,000.
For grading and regulating Clifton, Roa-
noke. Irving, Yale, Bismarck. Princeton.
Harvard. Columbia, Steuben, Kenesaw and
Wallach streets from 7th to l4th streets.
and 18th street, completing Improvement,
$4,000.
For paving street extended from Flor
Ida avenue westward, $1,000.
For grading and graveling Michigan ave-
nue. from 1st street west to Harewood road.
$4,000.
For paving Harewood avenue from Maple
to Spruce streets, 5000.
For grading and regulating 18th street,
Brookland. completing Improvement and
improving the connection between such
part and the Brentwood road, 5000.
For grading and graveling Albemarle
street and opening same to purchase OF cor
demnatfon to Grant road. continuing i'm
provement, 5000.
For grading and regulating Belmont and
kalorama streets between 18th street and
Columbia road, $1,000.
For grading and regulating California
avenue, Wyoming avenue, 23d, cath and
streets. Belair Heights. $1,000.
For grading and regulating Wilson street,
LIE Droft Park 5000.
For grading and regulating Trinidad ave-
nue. from Florida, avenue to NJ street 1900
For grading and graveling 22d and Path
streets, Langdon, $4,000.
For grading and regulating 18th street
extended from Florida avenue to Mt Olivet
road, $10.000.
For grading and graveling Flint street,
Brightwood Park. $1,000.
For paving Massachusetts avenue eX-
tended from 22d street to Sheridan Circle
5000.
For paving T street west from 1st to lie
Droit Park, 5000.
For improving Connecticut avenue west of
Rock creek. $4,000.
For grading and regulating Baltimore
street from Columbia road to Cincinnati
street, $4,000.
For grading and regulating Goth street
from Mintwood place to the Adams Mill roe5
entrance TO the Geological Park. &.0o,
provided that the owners thereof shall
dedicate the spaces for widening and ex-
tending said street within TIE limits named
for conformity with the recorded plans of
Highway extensions.
For grading Pennsylvania avenue extend
ed southeast. $4,000.
For grading and regulating Lowell street
from 18th street to Klingle Ford road,
$4,000.
For grading and regulating Emporia
street from 18th street to Brentwood road
provided that the owners thereof shall dedi-
cate the spaces for widening and extending
said street within the limits named for
conformity with the plans of highway ex-
tensions, 5000.
For continuing the improvements of the
road extending from Broad Branch road TO
Chevy Chase Circle 5000, provided that as
to the part Of said road dedicated as a
public highway in 1896 the owners Of ad-
joining property shall dedicate the spaces
for widening said part for conformity with
the plans Of highway extensions.
For paving Columbia road from Wyoming
avenue tc 18th street extended, $2i $50
For paving Spruce ard Bohrer streets
$1,000.
For paving North Capitol street from
Florida avenue to r street, $1,000
Fer the parking commission, $51 900.
For improving the District park in front
of the Washington monument, including
two buildings for toilet and retiring rooms.
$14. 800.
Street Lighting.
For lighting the streets. avenues and al
leys by gas and oil under the same pro-
vision as to price and inspection, s2o3.
793.64. This is an increase of $53, 1856
over the current appropriation.
For electric lighting under the same pro-
visions as in the current law, SSG,943 50
is recommended. being an increase of SAL
1880 over the current appropriation.
For the purchase. repair and replacement
OF public pumps. drilling wells. $4,000 is
asked.
For the ordinary care of bridges. $50, 800
For construction Of a stone arch bridge
over Rock creek, on the line of Massachu-
setts avenue, $4,000, provided that the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia
are authorized to enter into a contract for
the completion Of said bridge at a cost not
to exceed $3.50 600.
For the care and Improvement of Rock
Creek Park. $4,000 is asked, and an ap-
preparation of $4,000 is recommended for
the Washington aqueduct.
Water Department.
In the revenue and inspection branch of
only change is an increase in the pay OF
ha 70
mendation for three new inspectors at 500
each.
In the distribution branch the pay of the
superintendent is raised from sl,Soo TO
s.. 400 the pay of the foreman from 81, 100
to $1.50O and the pay of the timekeepers
from: $500 to $500. The pay of the properly
keeper Is raised from 500 to 500.
Charities.
Under this head the following estimates
were submitted: For reformatories and
prisons-For Washington Asylum: Inten-
dent, 81 go: ma:ron, s6DO; visiting physi-
clan, s1.0So: resident physician. $3.50: rec
ord clerk, 500; clerk and storekeeper, $500:
baker, $4.D: overseer, $500; six overseers at
$500 each, S.6OO; engineer, SOM; assistan;
engineer. $3.50; second assistant engineer,
500: night wachman. s5iS; carpenter, SS00:
five watchmen ct 1865 each, $1.S25; black
smith. 500; hostler and ambulance driver
$240: female keeper of work house, $500;
cooks at SGD each, $12O; trained nurse S24U:
five rurses at $120 each, $500; male keeper
for female work house. 500: engineer for
hospital department, $40: driver for dead
wagon. $365; blacksmith and wood worker,
$400; for contingent expenses including inn
provements and repairs. provisions, fuel,
forage, lumber. gas, ice, shoes, clothing
dry goods. tailoring, hardware, medicines.
repairs to tools, cars, tracks, painting and
other necessary items and services
$50, 600; for painting and repairs to
almshouse and work house, $1,000
For completion of heating station for the
hospital department.. s4.5OU; for furnishing
the hospital and almshouse 81 900; for gen.
eral repairs to buildings, including paint
ing, glazing, repairs TO steam heating and
cooking apparatus. resurfacing walls and
floors Of almshouse and male workhouse,
81. 500; for the erection of i vault in pot
ter's field for the reception of bodies held
for Identification, 5000; for the erection of
a building for the care of the colored wom-
en- of the almshouse department now To-
Gated In the fourth floor of that building,
$1,000; construction of a crema torium,
10000. Reform school, superintendent,
S. 500; assistant superintendent, 500; teach
ers and assistant teachers, 5000: matron
of school, 5000: four matrons of families,
$720; three foremen OF workshops, $GGb