The times., 1898-02-22
CALLS FOR s44,789,893.3l
The Sundry Civil Appropriation
Bill Is Reported.
SMALLER THAN LAST YEAR
A Reduction OF More Than Eight
Million Dollars-How District
Pruning Necessary Because OF
Dingley's Anti-Reven Raiser

| The House Committee on Appropriations
| yesterday reported the sundry civil an
preparation bill, which asks for $S,s6l-
| S90.07 less than the amount appropriated
! last year. The pruning shows the ne
cessity TO which the Administration has
/ been driven to reduce the deficiency ere
| ated by the Dingley bill.
| The local items in the bill reported
are: Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
| 81, ,lS2, 100; Army Medical Museum. $1,000;
Botanic Garden. $3.50; buildings and
| grounds i'll Washington. s., 300: capitol
building and grounds. $4,000; repairs TO
| capitol S40500 Senate statues, s5o3
! coast and geodetic survey, S52l e7o; court
house of the District of Columbia, repairs.
| 81. GOO; deaf and dumb institution, S5',5oO;
ethnology. American, $4,000; Executive
| Mansion. expenses of $4,000; Executive
Mansion and grounds. lighting, 81, l5S;
Fish Commission, s4ll $50; Garfield Hospi-
tai. sis. 600; Geological Survey, s6il 100: Ma
tional Museum. .2S5 0o0i Geological Park.
| So 600.
The committee makes the following ex-
plantations in reporting the bill.
The regular estimates upon which this
bill is based will be found in the book of
estimates submitted to Congress for the
fiscal year 1899, and aggregate $56, las 1888,
| in addition 10 which supplemental esti-
mates amounting to s1,S36, 33O.72. submit
| led in sundry House and Senate docu-
ments were also considered in connec-
| ton with the preparation of the bill
s44, 74s. 3.31 being 81. .39S, ,210.32 less than
the regular estimates, s13,234, ,5i1.04 less
| than the regular supplemental estimates,
and 1885,, ,S9O.07 less than the appropria-
tions for the current fiscal year.
The principal appropriations proposed
! in the bill for the several branches of the
public service, compared with those made
| for the current year, are as follows:
| For public buildings. $3,132. S0oe0; a re-
duction of s1,l9l, ,99i.62.
| For lighthouses, beacons and fog sig
nails, sl5i, $50; reduction of 1922 $40.
| For the lighthouse establishment, $3,ooS,-
| 0oG; an increase of s112, 400.
For the lfe-saving service, S,5S3,0io; an
| increase of S3G. $50.
| For the revenue cutter service, sr 100, 600;
| being the same as appropriated for the
current year.
For the Bureau of Engraving and Print
! ing. 81, ,1S2, 700; an increase of s69.009
| For the Coast and Geodetfc Survey,
| $521 070 an increase of $4,000.
| For the National Museum, sos, 600; an
| increase Of $14,000
| For the Fish Commission, Sil1 920: an
| increase of Sl3, 800.
For the Interstate Commerce Commits
| sion. $3.50 600; being the same as appro-
| priated for the current year.
For punishment Of violation of internal
revenue laws. $75, 900: an increase of s25,-
| COO.
/ For pay of assistant custodians and
| janiIors of public buildings, 100000; an
| increase of 5000
For fuel, lights and water for public
buildings. $4,000: being the same as ap-
| propriated for the current year.
For suppressing counterfeiting and
| other crimes, 500, 1000; an increase of s25.-
| 600.
For enforcement of Chinese exclusion
act, $1,000; reduction of $4,000.
! For the quarantine service, S150,G00; an
increase of $4,000.
For expenses of collecting the revenue
from the sales of public lands, s2S7, 900;
a net increase of S42, 800. Under this title
| is included a new appropriation of $4,000
for the protection and administration of
forest reserves.
Il or surveying the puDlc ldnuS.
being the same as the current appropria-
tion.
For the United States Geological Sur
vey, $641 100; an increase of $1,000.
For the Government Hospital for the
Insane, s312, 1872 40; n reduction of s59,9SS.6i.
For armories and arsenals, $l93.315; an
increase of s54, ,765.
For military posts, $4,000; being the
same as the current appropriation.
For work rivers and harbOrS under
! authorized contracts, S132 ,6l356; a re-
duction of S5.367. SS9.35:
For survey for deep waterways, be-
tween the Great Lakes and the Atlantic
Ocean, s225,O00; an increase of $4,000.
| For national cemeteries, $205, $50; an in
| crease of $500.
For artificial limbs, S125575; reduction
| of $57,425.
| For the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers, s2,Sl9,521 an increase
of S25S, ,115.
| may be certified TO be due by the account
| fiscal year 1899, $524, 900, a reduction of
sl7 600.
| For expenses of United States courts
/ $685. OH; a reduction of s54S500 under the
appropriations for the current year. in
! Guiding deficiencies tmat have already
| been provided for. The sum recommended
/ in this bin for United States courts is s524-
| 800 less than the appropriations including
! deficiencies for the fiscal year 1897 and
81. e233. SAT less than for the fiscal year 1896
| For the Paris Exposition, 500, 600, which