The times., 1897-07-17
DEFICIENCY BILL WINS.
How the District Fared In the Con-
fereIsee Report.

FERENCE Report.
Among thdH iterifs disa greed to in the
report yestefiay on the deficiency ap
prJpriati0n NIL Was that appfopriaiing
$4,000 for ihe erection OF an engine
house for the Government Printing Office,
on land adjacent to the office and owed
by tile CoyefIment; also the paragraph
providing for the establishment and main
tenauee OF library for the exclusive use
OF the employees of the Government Print
ing 0ftice. The conferecs rejected the
provision appropriating SLAB, II .35 for
The payment OF judgments for lands con-
deuIned for the extension OF Sixteenth
street by the supreme court OF the Dis
trict; also the provision appropriattng S1l,-
006.S9 for the payment OF judgments tor
land condemned for the widening and ex-
tension of the following streets, viz:
Lowell street, Nineteenth street, Howard
avenue. Ingleside Terrace and reservation
A, rendered by the supreme court Of the
District OF Columbia
They also rejected the following pro-
vlso, which was inserted by the Senate:
For the opening OF North Capitol street
n1rthWard through the property or Annie
l.. Barbour and others, and 10 pay the
for public use in the extension of said
North Capitol street according to the re-
port OF the appraisers appointed by the
supreme court Of the District Of Columbia
March 16, 1894 tn appraise the land acc
eEsary for the extension OF said North
Capitol street, as said report was con-
firned by the supreme court Of the district
of Columbia June %, 1894, and fjnaily
adjudged by the court OF appeals Of the
District OF Columbia March 4, 1895, so Tar
as the SANE relates to the land OF said
Annie Barbour and others, S2l ,DTs, to be
paid wholly cut of the revenues OF the
District OF Columbia
The provision relating TO the Northern
Liberty Market claims was agreed to, with
an amendment, which provides that in lieu
OF the suspension recommended, the act
be amended by limiting the allowances
hereunder TO reimbursement for tools,
fixtures, and stock in trade, and to the
value OF the stalls for the meXpired por-
tion OF 1873; also prohibiting the pay
inent OF interest on am cunts awarded and
requiring that all allowances after ap-
proyal by the commissioners, snail be GER
titled To Congress for appropriation out of
the revenues of the District of Columbia,
instead Of by payment III drawback certi-
Gates.
The little item of $500 for Mrs Mills
Dean, treasurer OF the Teform-schOol for
girls, was stric ken out
One OF the items stiLl in dispute is an
appropriation OF S3,716, FOR the Wash
ington Gas Company, for extra lighting
during 1885
Among the items agreed to and which
VIII Therefore become a part Of the law
| are the following:
For amount required to make the salary
OF the Engiuter Commissioner $4,000 per
arnum, fiscal year 1895, SS4S.
For amount required 10 make the salary
OF The Engineer Commissioner $4,000 per
annum. fiscal year 1897, S279.06.
To pay Henry Nayior, jr., interest on
amount retained under contract $3.50.
To pay James McGandlish for the same
S107.Ob.
TO pay Andrew Gleeson for same, 1927
To pay a 5. wortfing gton for legal ser
| vices rendered IA connection with The
litigation growing out of the highway tx
| tension act, In fall compensation 10 date,
| $1,000.
For the money TO operate two fire en-.
| Street. between . aud L southwest, sroIn
June 1 to June 80, 1898, Ss,4su; for
one eagine. $4,000; for one hose car
nage, $500
To pay janitor OF Langdon school from
March / to juno so, both inclusive. 1897, f,
| 500.
Amount required for completion OF Wal
| lach school building, fiscal year 1888,
| 81 900
| Fer supplying Tie Lovejoy school building
with modern heating and vendlaung ap-
paratus, and for making necessary repairs
| thereto, fiscal year 1898, S5,725.
Fer three additional sanitary and food
| inspectors who shall also be charged with
| the enforcement or the garbage feg,na-
| tions. 81 200 each, fiscal year 1898, ond
! at same rate for the remainder or The
| current fiscal year during which they may
be employed, $4,000.
! For amount necessary to pay physicians
| to the poor IN full satisfaction for all ser
vices during said period for vaccinating
| II $50 persons dunn g the smallpox
| epidemic, from October, 1894. to Jan
uary, 1895 Sl.500. S75 to be paid to
| each physician
To refund to Mrs Catherine Whitter
! s30.43 water tax, enormously assessed
and to Mrs. j. S. Clark, Sal, surplus on
| a tax Toll
| Fol- re con structing g or replacing the
| western elevator In the Senate wing of the
Capitol, S6, 500
For paving with asphaltic concrete the
| gIaveled roadways in the eastern portion
Of the Capitol grounds, and for repairs
to the surfacing OF the present asphaltiC
| Ioadways in the grOun ds, $4,000