Evening star., 1896-12-07
MONEY FOR THE DISTRICT
Items of Local Rterest Submitted in the
BOoktof Estimates.
Approprintions Asked for Municipal
and Governmental Installations
sScated Here.

Items relating to- the District and to gov
ernmenta1 interests located in the Dis
trict are scattered throughout the annual
book Of estimates submitted by the Sec
retary Of the Treasury today. Among
these may be mentioned the following,
briefly stated for purposes Of condensa-
ton:
For repairs to the Maltby building. $1,000.
For the custody, care and maintenance of
the new library building. $4s.GO0, divided
as follows: Compensation Of custodian,
$1,000; one clerk, 81 600: one captain of the
watch. $1,000; twelve watchmen. at ST2O
each, $S,6i0: one chief engineer $1,5OO; five
assistant engineers. at $1,000 each, 5000;
ten firemen. at $40 each. 1890; one elec-
tric1an, $l.2OO: three elevator conductors, at
each, 81. 100; ten laborers (skilled), at $I2O
each. $500; thirty charwomen, at $40
each. $500.
For fuel, lights; etc. for the new library
building, S5,OU0; for furniture. etc, $1OOOO;
for expenses OF removing the books. etc,
$1,000.
Repairs to the Butler and Winder build
.ngs, and treasury building, Treasury De-
partment, $3O.357.
For new building for the laboratory of
the marine hospital service S2,,oGo.
Washington City Post Office.
post office building, $41O,OOO.
For new building for storage and stable.
bureau of engraving and printing. $02.O0O.
For improvements at the Washington
navy yard. 500, 1920, as follows: For i'm
proving electric plant $4,000; dredging in
front of sea wall, 1851; new scale house,
$1,2Il.S2; for store house for guns and
mounts, $4,000.
For continuing the grading in the
ha aIyal md
other improvements there. 5000.
For repairs to the Interior Department
and pension building, 5000; elevator for
Interior Department building. $4,000; for
excaVating the inner court OF the Interior
Department building and the construction
of building for a steam plant, heating ap-
paratus. boilers. dynamos, etc. $4,000
For additional accommodations at 81.
Elizabeth's Asylum for 115 insane pa
tlents from the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers, $75,O0O: for a chapel
building at the asylum, 5000: for rebuild
Ing shops, 5000; for new laundry, $4,000.
For annual repairs to the court house
building. $1,000; for repairing vault, -ocur-
ing and placing metallic shelving. file hold
ers. &C.. In the office Of register of wills,
5000.
For the improvement and care of public
grounds in this city, s74.600; for the care
and repair of the Executive Mansion. $780,
600.
For removal of sheds now adjacent to
the Smithsonian building and rebuilding
them, s., 800. 81
For maintenance of the National Zoologi-
cal Park. $73,6O0. f
For fuel. lights, &c, in the new pest
office building $3aOOO. deducting $1,000
for the period that the building will not be
occupied In whole. leaving an estimate OF
$40. .WG0; for an electric lighting plant for
the new post office building, wiring, 'dyna-
mos, &c. $65,e
For maintenance Of the Columbia 1nsti-
tuition for the Deaf and Dumb. Including
s.. 900 for repairs to building, &c, $5I.'W
for the maintenance Of Howard University
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