The evening times., 1896-10-27
THE CHARITIES.

cOnvWts ana prisoners S83,UoO instead
of 100000.
| THE CHARITIES.
| The department of charities was asked
| for $35. 900 FOR construction by the AS
| sociaton for Works OF Mercy but the amount
| was not included in the estimates. But with
out any application for it by anybody, 50
far as shown, AN item OF $4,000 for n
crematorium at the Washington Asylum
was submitted. For contingent expenses
at the Washington Asylum the sum is
raised from S44 900 to $50, 900.
| The estimate of $25, 900 for construc-
| ton. asked for by the Municipal Lodging
| House, was not submitted. For repairs
and fittings at the Eastern Dispensary
| $4,000 is included, but $4,000 for the
| purchase OF property, ETC., i S not allowed
| to go.
At the Industrial Home School $40 O0o
is asked for to replace the old almshouse
building and the amount for maintenance,
including repairs, is raised from 50 300
to 81 200.
Of $4,000 for building ninety new cells
| isincluded. land $500 is added for a tree surer.
Al tie freeuman's Hospital tine rent Tor
hospital is raised from $4,000 10 $1,000.
Columbia Hospital is increased from S2O,-
600 to S25, for Homeopathic Hos
pital from SS, 500 to $4,000.
THE COUNTY ROADS.
For construction OF county roads there
was a total Of $4,000. 1t includes the
paving of Connecticut avenue and Column
bia road betw cen Florida avenue and
Wyoming street; grading and regulating
Sherman avenue, Kenesaw avenue, Park
road, Harrison street, Anacostia avenue,
from Monroe street eastward; Spruce
street, in lie Droit Park. rroiu Larch street
to Hardwood avenue; Massachusetts ave
nue. extended, Providence, Lansing, Hart
ford and Tenth streets, Brookland; the
cross streets in Columbia Heights, Il street
extended. from Florida avenue westward;
Harewood avenue, from Maple to Spruce
streets; Twelfth streets, BrOokland; Al.
bemarle street, Belmont and kalorama
streets, California avenue, PeDnsy sylvania
avenue south east and others.
For paving Columbia road from Wyoming
avenue TO Eighteenth street $4,000 is
asked
For continuing the improvement of the
road extending from Broad Branch road In
Chevy Chase crole So 600 is solicited. with
the provso that the owners of property adj
joining that already dedicated shall dedi-
cate the spaces for widening said road IN
conformity with highway extension plans.
The parking commission gets SOL 900,
in accordance with its previous estimates.
For operating, maintaining and extend
ing the gas, naptha and inca ndesCent light
ing service, the Commissioners ask for
S2O3,7936i; for operating, maintaining
and extending arc light service, $50. .9i3.50,
For care OF Rock Creek Park $40, 600 is
estimated.
CARE OF STREETS.
Street sweeping department. SpnnkIing,
cleaning and sweeping streets, avenues, al
leys and suburban streets, $500, 900: for
cleaning snow and ice from cross walks and
cutters under the act approved March .,
1886, $4,000.
Harbormaster Sutton's estimate of S50,-
600 for new harbor boat is included, as
is also the additional 81 ,22U for repairs 10
the Joe Blackburn.
The sum of $4,000 is asked for the CON
StruCtion OF bridge over Rock Creek
at Massachusetts avenue. This is but u
part of the estimated cost, which is placed
at $3.50 900.
The Washington Aqueduct gets S44, 900
for engineering, maintenance and repairs.
The sum of seq .41O is included for the
benefit OF the militia
MONEY FOR SEWERS.
The appropriation asked for sewers was
distributed as follows.
Cleaning and repairing, $50, 900; re-
placing, 5000 IN ain and pipe scwers and
receiving basins, $50 900; for suburban
sewers. Sl71 900. Then there are items
agrregating S11O,90O for cwerS in Lincoln
avenue. BrightwUod and Takoma Park
Meridian avenue. W and North Capitol
streets. Halurana avenue system. Morris
road. Cleveland Park, receiving basins
and Arizona avenue system and for vsri-
ous pipe sewers. Rropkland gets $4,000
for sewers: petworth, $1,000; Bright wood
So. 100, AnaC1Stia, $4,000: Washington
| HEIGHTS, S6.loo: Meridian Heights, Sc, 100.
and Cincnnati street. $4,1OO.
The following new items are introduced.
Completion Of + street, portion OF the F
street and Easily Point interCepting sewer,
S62 900; completing upper portion of the
Rock Creek and Il ST rect intercepting sewer,
81 80 600: foF constructing in part the 1iber
Creek and New Jersey avenue high level in
terCept;ag sewer, 500 900. Authority for
the Commissioners to enter into continu-
Gus contract for this last work is asked the
same not to exceed in cost S3s5 900.
For extending the Boundary sewer from
its present terminus to A street
| between Twentieth and Twcnty-frst
streets northeast. $4,000; and au-
| thority is asked to make contract
for completion not to cost in excess If
$4,000. For constructing i'll part the
east side intercepting sewer. between
| Twelfth street east and the intersection
of Tw entieth and II streets northea st, 500
900, and authority to contract is asked
at a cost not to exceed S1S0,000.
For condemnation OF rights of way for
construction, maintenance and repairs of
public sewers, $4,000; for automatic
flushing tanks, 81 900.
The total cost of com mpleting the system
Of sewage disposal is estimated to he
S2,10S, "a. This includes Rock Creek and
B street interceptnr, east side, Water and
| N streets. street and Easily Point,
Four q nd-ahal street, Tiber Creek, b
street and New Jersey avcDue outlet to
old street sewer, pumping station, out
fall sewer and dikeS.
An item of $1,000 is included, $40, 900
OF which is for extending deep well sys-
TEN.
OTHER ITEMS.
The free public library is put in for S.