Evening star., 1897-02-17
SENATE ADDITIONS
Increases in the Appropriations for
the District.
TIE BILL As REPORTED TODAY
Improvements for Streets in Sub
urban Subdivisions.
FO X L III T. FREE IJRR APv
FOR THE FREE LIBRARY

the District of Columbia for the year-.n,l-
iiig June 30, lS,S. The Senate committee m
creased the appropriation over that allowed
10y the House of Representatives by IsoI-
S"'.SS. With this addition the amount r.r
on mended by the committee will a..rc-
gate %h75TL44 The amount of the last
appropriation bill for the District of Column
hlG s5apo3la 4S and The on,o,,,. =,
mated by the Commissioners for III. next
fiscal year was ssGS6.6IG.3s
The Increases of appropriation roco,,-
mended by the Senate committee roro,
Free public library sa 30. ranrod,,o,,,
'ecords. register of wills 81 ,an. nayu.p,
vi judgments for land on 10th street ax
'e"ued, s2lo.ow; assessment and perm,t
"orh' S'".""; payment for land condemned
under the highway act s65 onn: work nm
streets avenues and alleys s1o0 900: pav-
nag certain streets. additional sI1 sap.
suburban sewers. s64. 600; complctIur Rocr
creek sewer s4oo0o; constructing Tiber
creek and New Jersey avenue sewer s5o :
oto. county roads. s94.oao; gas lichtin,
s""eo; bridge across Rock creek, plans
Suc.. s2ooo; Washington aqueduct sl Op,.
washington aqueduct tunnel soi6 az rs
mpupiic m schools, sl5,1oo; school buildings,
%.'""' metropolitan police. ass $50: tele.
sraph and telephone service SpHl: fire de-
par'ment s6o6oo; health department. sl7.-
$40; JAN grounds, inclosure of saom.:
charitable Institutions, net 81 gst. Coiu,n
bia Hospital for Women repairs &, 9u.
reform school for girls $40: industriai
nome school. s2,1oo; militia expenses of
rine practices and matches $500: total in
crease, s1329, ,S66.3S. The following reluc-
uons were made: Electric lighting sl5 ar,.
contagious disease hospital site slln on
Total reduction, $4,000. Net Increase.
81, ,2oi, ,SG6.3S
Electric Lighting.
The Senate committee as indicated I'm
The Star yesterday. has made a provision
in the appropriation bill which, IL it should
become law. would prevent the Potomac
Electric Power Company from securing any
contract for electric lighting i'm this city
during the next fiscal year The bin pro-
vides for an appropriation of sIo.ooo TO,
electric arc lighting, including necessary
inspection, in those streets lighted with
electric arc lights In the city of Washing
ton on the LIST day of January 1897" As
The Potomac company is without lights on
streets that were lighted with electric arc
lshts on January L, IL cannot secure a
contract under this act. The matter will
doubtless be fought over i'm conference
The bill makes a further provision as fol-
lows:
That hereafter there shall be no extern
sion of the electric lighting service, and IT
snail be unlawful to open any of the
streets. roads. avenues, alleys or other pub
lie highways or any of the parks or reser-
Vations in the District of Columbia for the
purpose of laying electric wires cables or
conduits therein until specifically author
lied by law.
Free Public Library
Other additional provisions made by the
committee follow:
Free public lbrary-For librarian, 81 .6a;
first assistant librarian, $500: second as
sistant librarian, $40; and for rent fuel
light and fitting up rooms and other con-
tingent expenses, $500; total, s6,Iap.
ITO enable the register of wills to COM
pare, correct and reproduce certain rec
CrdS or will BOOKS, including clerical ser
vice aud purchase of books. $1,000.
The House provision for advertising
rotice of taxes in arrears July I, 1897, as
required to be given by act of March 10,
1889, for which 5000 is appropriated to be
reimbursed by a charge of sl.2o for each
lot or piece OF property advertised, is
modified by the following provision:
That the penalties on taxes due and
payable on or before July l, 1876. be, and
the same are hereby. remitte6 provided
that tie taxes due and payable on or prior
to said date paid with q per centum
interest on or before January |. 1S.,s.''
For payment OF judgment for the land
condemned for the extension CT 10th street
10y the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia, in case No. 4l3. District Court,
$21n,VO are appropriated, this amount to
be paid wholly out of the revenue of the
District of Columbia. 1t is also provided
follows:
ITO pay for lands to be condemned under
the highway act, approved March !. iSr:.
for the extension of Rhode Island avenue
frcm lie Droit Park avenue TO HARDWOOD
avenue northwest, namely, for lands be-
tween lie Droit avenue and Harewood
avenue, not exceeding s35,Joa. and for lands
between Harewood avenue and Florida ave
nue. not exceeding S,0,OOo; total. S65.et0, to
be pad wholly out OF the revenues or Tho
District of Columbia
improvements nnd Repairs.
Under announcements and repairs changes
are made in the schedule over those adopt
ed by the House of Representatives as fol-
lows:
Georgetown schedule, from 81, l66 10 $lS.
3D.; northwest section schedule, from s39.-
.,S3 to $59, l66; southwest section schedule,
from s13,GG6 to s27.332; southeast section
schedule, from s2l, ,6S4 to $i3,36s; northeast
section schedule, from S29.JD0 to 81. .Sp.
For paving with asphalt East Capitol
street between 1lth and 18th streets south
east the committee makes addition TO
the House bill of 5000.
For paving II street between I'D and I'D
streets northwest, $500.
For suburban sewers the committee in
creases the House appropriation from $,d-
go to $lO0,Ooo, and for the completion OF
the upper part of the Rock creek and X
street intercepting sewer il increases the
House allowance from s9o,000 TO sl30,000.
For constructing in part the Tiber creek
and New Jersey avenue nigh-level inter
cepting sewer IL increases the House APP
from $4,000 10 s1Oo.ooO.
Paving Connecticut Avenue.
In the House item for raving Connec-
ticut avenue and Columbia road between
Florida avenue and 18th street extended
the provision, that ihe owners thereof
shall dedicate the spaces for widening said
Columbia road within the limits named
for conformity with the recorded plan of
extensions" is stricken out, ami
the following is added:
provided, That il any surplus remain OF
the sum hereby appropriated, the same
shall hereby be expended by paving Bal
timore street from Columbia road to Goth
street, and thence along 10th street to
the Adams Mill road entrance to the Zoo
logical Park; provided. however, that the
portions of Baltimore street and 10Th
street SO paved ere or shall be dedicated
by the owners In conformity with the plans
for highway extension"
The following additions are made to the
bill for street and road improvements:
For grading and regulating Clifton, Iry-
|rg. Yale, Bismarck. Harvard, Columbia
Dteuben, Kenesaw, Wallach and l3:h