Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-16
THE DEFICIENCY BILL
Conferees Strike Out Payment for
Street Extensions.
DISAGREEMENT ON G. P. 0. ITEMS
A Number of Other Senate Amend
ments Retained.
SS,OOO,OOO APPROPRIATED d


eral of the Senate amendments. the most
important OF which were those limiting
the price of armor plate to $500 per ton
and paying claimants under the Spanish
American claims commission.
Among the Senate provisions stricken
out are those for the international exposi-
tcn at Brussels and requiring the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to certify to Congress
Tie balances due the several states under
the act of 1861
The House conferees accepted the amend
Tents appropriating s150.OOn for an immi-
grant station at Ellis Island limiting the
total final cost to AuO,WO; providing for
me representation of the United States
at the Paris exposition and making an
appropriation of $4,000; for additional
United States commissioners and deputy
Inarslials in Alaska; providing a salary of
s'.ooo for an additional judge in Indian
territory.
The bill as reported carries a total ap-
preparation of $S.Oo,OOO.
street Extension Appropriation Out.
Many items of local interest We're acted
upon by the conferees. One of the most
important of these was the item relating
TO payments for street extensions
Ihe conferees struck out of the hill the
appropriation for payment of judgments
Tor the land condemned for the extension
OF 10th street by the Supreme Court of the
District OF Columbia in case numbered 414
District court, amounting to $l4J,1i.35
The proviso to'this item was also strick-
en- out 1t read as follows: THAT in all pro-
ceedinSs under the act of Congress- entitled
An act to provide permanent system of
highways in that part of the District of
Columbia lying outside of cities approved
March =, 1888. where a rev trial is order
ed, the jury appointed for such new trial
shali levy the tax provided for in section
ftGrv of
ITS discretion. summon separate jury to
be enpaneled in accordance with the pro-
visions of section ten of said act to levy
such tax or any assessment that may be
Necessary to give effect to the provisions of
any portion of the aforesaid act
They also struck out the appropriation
fer payment of judgments for land con-
demned for the widening and extension of
The following streets, viz: Lowell street,
18th street. Howard avenue Ingleside ter
race and reservation a, rendered by the
Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia in case numbered 4E:, District Court
amounting to $11.N6.39.
They also struck out the appropriation
for the opening of North Capitol street
rorth%ard through the property of Annie
+. Barbour and others, and to pay the
owners of the land necessary to be taken
fer public use in the extension of North
Capitol street according to the report of
the appraisers, amounting to $21.61S.
In lieu of the provision inserted by the
Senate suspending action under the law
relating to the Northern Liberty Marke;
claims. the committee of conference recon-
mend a provision amending said act by
limiting allowances hereunder to reim-
bursement fer tools. fixtures and stock in
trade, and to value of stalls for the uneX-
pired portion of the fiscal year 1873; also
prohibiting the payment of interest on
amounts awarded and requiring that all
allowances after approval by the Commits
sioners shall be certified to Congress for
appropriation out of the revenues of the
District instead of payment by drawback
certificates.
The item of $500 for the treasurer of the
girls reform school stricken out.
The item to pay Hugh r. Taggart s2:,!'D
for services in the Potomac fiat cases was
stricken out.
Disagreed on Printing Office Items.
The conferees disagreed upon and will
ing items:
To enable the public printer to construc.
engine house for the government print
ing office, on land already owned by the
United States adjacent to the boiler house
recently erected for the use of said office,
$:!50OO
For the further establishment and MAIN
tenance of library in the government
printing office, the uses of which shall be
exclusively confined to the employees OF
said office and its branches, $500.
To pay the Washington Gas Light Com
pany for extra lighting, being for the serv-
ice of the fiscal year 1896, $3,715.O7.
The following was stricken out:
TO pay j. c. Hurst for lots 30 and 36.
block l. of Clark and Hursts subdivision OF
part of White Haven, 81, 7O2S
All the other amendments put on by the
Senate were agreed to by the House and re-
main in the bill.
Senate Items Agreed To.
The principal items among them are as
follows:
For the necessary force to operate two
fire engines one located at Anacostia and
one on Sth street between d and E north
east, from January l to June 30, 1898,
81, 4SO
For one engine. fiscal year 1893, 1890.
For one hose carriage, fiscal year 1893, 500.
That the Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia be, and are hereby, authorized to
transfer the unexpended balance of the ap-
preparation for the fiscal year 1897, for
house, lot and furniture for one engine
company, to be located in the vicinity of
North Capitol street and Florida avenue"
to the appropriation for the fiscal year
1898. for house lot and furniture for one
engine company, to be located in the sec
tion bounded by 7th and 18th, C and F
streets northwest"
Also the items for Langdon, Wallach and
l.ovejoy schools.
For three additional sanitary and food
inspectors who shall also be charged with
the enforcement of the garbage reg lla-
tions, at 81 200 each. fiscal year 1S9S and at
same rate for the remainder of the current
fiscal year during which they may be en-
ployed. $500
For amount necessary to pay the physi-
clans to the poor in full satisfaction for
all services during said period for vacci-
mating $50 persons during the smallpox
epidemic, from October, 1894, to January,
1895. inclusive, $500; $75 to be paid to
each physician.
The conferees also agreed to leave in the
bill the number of small claims inserted
by the Senate. including an item of 5000
to pay A. S. Worthington for services rem
dered in litigation growing out of the high
way extension act.
The Market Claims.
When the conference report came I'D in
the House this afternoon Mr. Cannon ex-.
planned the paragraph relating 10 the
Northern Liberty market claims. He said
the committee had found these claims to
be excrbitantly and extraordinarily swol-
len. They amounted to something over
81, 100000. and provision had been in
serted for interest, that there was
nearly $2NOOOO in sight.
The committee, he said, had eliminated