The evening times., 1896-04-11
MONEY RUNNIN6 SHORT
District Contingent Fund Is Al.
most Exhausted.
ECONOMY THE ORDER NOW
Com missioners Require Their SubOr-
dinates to Pare Expenses in Every
Way POssible-SenatOr Sherman's
New House-MinOr District Mat
ters and Daily Orders.

The District government is just now
pretty short on contingent cash, but n
little more than 81 800 being left OF the,
original appropriation.
As result the Commissioners today Or
dered the exercise or strict economy IN all
branches, In order to have the remainder
of the fund cover the departmental ex-
penses for the remainder OF the year. The
burning OF gas is restricted, ice is sprOhibited.
the laundry expenses are to be reduced to
the minimum, and every head OF depart
ment is en- joined to strict scrutiny OF the
daily expenses.
The total OF the appropriation for Contin-
gent expenses for the current year was
SEE, 500. This was by the terms OF the law
to be used in paying among other things for
the detection of frauds on the revenue,
printing and stationery, repairs of market
houses, painting. binding, repairing aud
preservation OF records, the maintenance
OF the laboratory and apparatus in the
offices respectively of the inspector of gas
ana meters and the inspector OF asphalt and
cement, fuel. ice, gas, insurance and other
general expenses.
provision OF the In " was that the Com
mssIoners should SO apportiou the fund as
not to cause deficiency. The average ex-
pendture per month to date has been about
$1,000, but this amount will be reduced
from the present to the end OF the fiscal
year TO about $40O per month about one
fifth of the previous average.
Tive health office is by no means relaxing
its erforts to have the heated term start
off this year under properly enforced gar
bage regulations, and the inspectors COLI
tinuc to report violations upon the part OF
the citizens.
From one report alone in the hands of
the department information was filed in
the police court this afternoon in twelve
cases, in each OF which the charge was the
absence of proper receptacle Tor the
deposit of the waste.
The Ia W obliges tenants TO keep closed
can at the alley gates, or. in the absence
of an alley gate at some other point desiG-
mated. frUm which the drivers OF the carts
may dump it. The experience OF the past
winter was that the rules were rather IN
differently observed, but this can be no
longer tolerated, each departure from
the established regulations being assessed
at SO by Judge kinbal.
Hon. John sherman obtained permit
today for tie construction of $4,000
dwelling at No 1889 Clifton street, Co.
luInbia Heights. The structure Is to he
erected on a lot having a frontage of 90
feet and Il depth of 213 feet. 1t will be
built of white brick, with limestone founda-
ton The main building will have three
stores above the basement, "A feet L.
inches by 50 feet in Dimensions, and there
Will be back building, two stories III
height, 81 by 81 feet in dimensions.
Other building permits issued today: Bat
Long, dwelling, No. 40S II street NORTH
east, $4,000; d. b. Croft, two dwellings,
Nos 723 and 725 Second street northeast,
S4 900; HoIlidge, ToIks & Hollidge, two
dwellings, Bunker Hill road, Brookland,
500