The times., 1898-03-03

Cleaning snow and ice. $4,000.
Parking commission. 5000.
Lighting by gas and oil, 'Slj,U00
New machinery for harbor boat, s, 600.
Public pumps. $1,000
Ordinary care OF bridges. 500.
New floor for Aqucduct Bridge, 300.
Washington aqueduct, sl2.GOo.
Inquiry as 10 iltering the water supply. 5000.
Completing The Washington Aqueduct Tunnel,
SOS So. 20.
School teachers and ianiters, $500.
Kindergarten instruction, $4,000.
Manual training. 81 600.
Necessary rereliI tD plumbing in existing
Text books aud school supplies. 5000.
Eight-room sciieoi building and site. NTH divi-
SioI southeast. S45.JQp.
Eight room school building and site, ninth iiyi-
sion. 81 2-a
Fom-room school building in Grant road, Sl2,-
COO
Manual training school building, commencing
instruction $4,000.
Metropolitan police salaries and expenses, $780,
205
Fire department. salaries and expenses. sl5,-
AZ.
Health department, salaries and expenses, g.
Washington Asylum, salaries and expenses. So
2e5.
Charities and charitable Institutions. S3.O0o.
Columbia Hospital tor Women, repairs and fur
Industrial Home school, furniture and equip
ment, $500.
Board Of Childrcn's Guardians. $500
Militia OF the District SgOo.
For executive office. 5000.
Assessors Office, 5000.
Auditors Office. $500
Sealer OF weights and measures Office $40.
Free public library, 1920
Rent oi police department headquarters, etc,
$3.50.
Repairs 70 morgue, morgue keeper and ex-
peEses - 100.
Arranging old District records, $500.
Reproducing records, office Of register of bills,
g.. coo.
special repairs 10 market houses, $500.
Typographical surveys in Georgetown, etc, s.,
Enforcement Of game and fish laws. $500
Condemnation awards for extension of Six
teenth street. szt2. .s5Og3
Paving ro&dwats under the permit s. stem, So,
Coo
Assessment ai.d permit work. $4,000
NoIl. on streets and avenues in accordance with
schedules. 500 gO
Improvement OF specific streets. SIS, 800.
Grading streets. alleys and roads 5000.
Suburban sewers. $4,000.
Tibcr creek and Nev jersey avenue sewer,
completing the soutlterly portion Slsl.Oy0.
Completing nortfeFly portion Of same sewer,
! 500 600.
+ Construction Of sewage pumping station in
. part $4,000
The struggle between the two electric
I lighting companies and the telephone
+ company for the privilege of laying CON
duits and hanging overhead wires, which
has been the occasion for several hear
ings. was settled by the adoption
of the following amendment, which was
. ordered inserted in the bin not fifteen
minutes before il was reported TO the
Senate by Chairman Allison:
Provided further. that all poles sup
I porting electric light and telephone wire
not the property OF the United States o!
the District OF Columbia. within the sec
ton bounded by y street north and FRS
street east. the FIRE limits and Rock Creel
shall be removed within one year from
.T~- -1-g Of IA 10
cepting such alley poles as may be needed
for distribution purposes as hereinaftal
provided. IN the District of Columbia al
existing conduits within the fire limit!
and all overhead telephone and eleCtri,
light wires without the fire limits arr
hereby realized until otherwise provided
by law The Commissioners Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia are hereby authorize,
10 issue permits for the construction Q
such ccnduits as may be necessary Il
4 replace the overhead lines required TO 10
removed ABOVE and 10 connect such aey
conduits at the nearest and most accessi
bic point Tor each, or TO accommo late III
wires Of any telegraph company within
said section; provided that such conduit
shall be located as nearly as practicabl
under the overhead lines which they re
place. Said Commissioners are furthe
authorized To issue permits for the con
strUctiCn Of service condUitS 10 and mt
the alleys Of all squares adjacent &
street couduits and for such alley pole
and overhead wires connected thereWit
as may be necessary for distribution i
the square; also for the construction q
, overhead telephone lines outside In
aforesaid fire limits by any company Q
corporation now authorized TO occupy III
streets OF Washington with conduits, an
also for the construction by the Unite
States Electric Lighting Company Of s
much additional conduit on FOurtcent
street as may be necessary 10 give tia
company two continuous lines Of condu
on Fourteenth street northwest. betwee
y street north and the fire limits. and I
extend its Ninth street conduit from tn
corner Of Ninth and l. streets nortl
westerly on Florida avenue to Thii
, teenth street. thence north on Thil
teen street 10 the fire limits.
Provided that all conduits and Owe
: head lines constructed under authorii
Of this act shall be subject 10 such regl
lations as the Commissioners Of the Di
: trict Of Columbia may prescribe as to j
Z cation. size and character of constru
, tion, and in all conduits such number
ducts as the said Commissioners ma
prescribe shall be reserved for the so
use Of the United States and the Distri
Of Columbia free Of charge; and the owi
er Of any conduit may rent and use du
room in any other conduit upon agre
ment with the owner thereof
: Provided further, That after twel'
n months from the passage Of this act
person or corporation shall operate
maintain within the District Of Columb
any dynamo or generator, or any electl
= cal circuit for furnishing or distributii
g electricity for light or power purpose
having any terminal grounded, or al
part within the District of Columbia
d electrical connection or contact with Il
n earth. Any violation Of the provisions
q this paragraph shall render the person
q corporation SO offending liable 10 a pc
) atty OF SO for each and every day duril
y which such violation shall continue, to
, recovered Ia any court OF competent ju
/, isdiction."
: The appropriation made for the free
/. brary, which was omitted by the Hou
L altogether, is az follows:
e For librarian, N,6G0; first assistant
brarian, $500; second assistant libraria
S72O; and for rent, fuel. light, fitting
D rooms and other contingent expens,
a $3.50: IN ali, 81, 40"
Under the Item Of contingent expens