Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-06
Appropriation Bill Reported to the
Senate Today.
INCREASES OVER THE HOUSE MEASURE
Effect Of Appeals by the Comms-
sioners and Others.
1 T E MS IN D E T A L

Inc District OF COlumDld Appropriation
bill for the fiscal yeal ending June 80, 1850,
was reported to the Senate this afternoon,
and the Senate voted to meet tomorrow to
begin consideration of the measure.
AS reported by the Senate committee, the
bill makes net increase of $S91 800 over
the amounts as passed by the House.
The Commissioners estimate ted for eXpendi-
lures aggre eating 50, 23O so7.07; the House
allowed $6,359, a5077, and as reported to the
Senate, the bill carries appropriations for
s7251, ,905.77. The total appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1899, were
S6,536, ,5S7O7, which included $1O9, 700 car
ried in the sundry civil and deficiency bills.
The increases made by the Senate com
mttee in the House bill follow:
Increases by the Senate.
Commissioners Office, 500; auditors of
fee, $500; sinking fund office, 800; engi-
neers office, $500; street sweeping office
$500; free public library, $500; contingent
expenses of District Offices, $1,5O0; furni-
ture for municipal building, $1,000; special
repairs to market houses. 500; freproofing
in surveyors office, 5000; assessment and
permit work, So, GEO; work on streets and
avenues named in Appendix Y, Book of
Estimates, $4,000; paving = street and 7th
street northwest and ID street southeast,
$36,3oO; constructing new sewers, $i5,GO0;
repairing sidewalks and CurbS around pub
lie reservations, $15,O00; repairs of county
roads and suburban streets $4,000; con-
structlon of county roads SGI, 600; sprin-
king, sweeping, etc, streets, avenues and
alleys, S19,5UO; cleaning snow and ica. 1900;
street lighting by gas, 81, 100; electric arc
lighting, 5000; machinery for harbor
boat. $1,000; construction and repair
of bridges, $4,000; Massachusetts ave
nue. bridge SlG0HD; Washington aque-
duct, $i4,JO0; public schools namely
for superintendent of ninth, tenth and
eleventh divisions, $3.50; for teachers, $500;
for teachers of night schools, $1.SO0; for
manual training, $1,000; for fuel 5000;
for furniture for new buildings, 500; for
free text books and supplies, 5000. School
buildings, namely: Manual Training School,
first eight divisions, $4,000; eight-room
building and site, eleventh division, SAT 800;
eight-room building, Hillsdale, increase,
$1,000; four-room building and site Takoma
Park, $2O,0U0; four-room building and site,
Twining City, S1S,0Oo; land adjoining Pea
body Annex building. 81, 300. Total public
schools, $13395O. Metropolitan police, sal
aries and expenses. $1U9, 100; fire depart
ment. salaries and expenses, $3.50; fire
department, increase of, $105.9OO; telegraph
and telephone service, $4,000; health de-
partment. salaries and expenses, $6720;
Police Court, salaries, 800; transportation
of paupers and prisoners, S1,100; Washing
ton Asylum, new workhouse. etc, $53 l35;
reform school, $40; charitable institu-
tions, 81, 800; Garfield and Providence hos
pitfalls, maintenance of isolating wards,
$4,000; Industrial Home School, expenses,
81, 600; board of children's guardians, $1,000.
Total increase, $S94, ,455.
Observation-Disclosures, repair, etc, public
pumps, $500. Net increase 1891 ,9o5.
Changes in Detail.
AS reported to the Senate the bill con-
tains the following changes:
Executive office-Deputy property clerk,
from 81 200 to 81 400.
Auditors office-Chief clerk, $500 to
$1,000.
Sinking fund of1ice-Clerk, 81 800 to s., 800;
clerk, 5000 to $1,000.
Engineers office-Superintendent of park
ing, $1,000 to s1,4O0; assistant superintend-
ent of parking, 5000 to 81 900.
Street sweeping Observation-Disclosures
81, 800 to $1,000.
Free Public Library-Additional Two as
sistant librarians for evening service at
$500 eacL: for purchase of books and maga-
zines, 81, 600.
Appropriation for contingent and miscel-
laneous expenses, S2350O to So, 900.
Furniture for municipal building, $1,000.
Special repairs to market houses, 81, 500 to
$500.
Fireproof facilities for the office of the
surveyor of the District of Columbia, 3d. 600.
Street Work.
Assessment and permit work, S125OOO to
S15O,00O.
Work on streets and avenues named in
appendix Y, book of estimates, $780, to
500, 800.
Georgetown schedule, s13, 800 to s17,5Oo
Northwest, s435OO to s51, 600.
Southwest s21 900 to $31 500.
Southeast s33 900 to s441OO
Northeast, So, 900 to $56 400.
The Commissioners are given power in
their discretion to pave instead of grading
and regulating these streets.
Paving street from Rock creek to 18th
street. $11 500.
Paving with asphalt or asphalt block 7th
street from Pennsylvania avenue to X
street $24 0O0.
Completion of removing cobble stones and
repairing with asphalt block d street be-
tween 9Th and 9TH streets southeast $3.50.
For constructing in part east side inter-
cepting sewer between 22d and A streets
northeast and 18th street southwest s25 900
And the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia are authorized to enter into con-
tract for the construction of said intercept
ing sewer, at a cost of not to exceed $152,-
OOO.
For constructing in part east side inter-
cepting sewer from 18th street southeast to
the pumping station at foot of New JERSEY
avenue, $4,000 And the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia are authorized to
enter into contract for the construction of
said intercepting sewer at a cost not to
exceed $4,000.
Paving University place between yelling
and Huntington places, Sc, 800.
Grading and regulating Wilson street
Howard University subdivision, 5000
Paving Spruce street, LIE Droit Park from
Larch street to Harewood avenue 5000
Paving Harrison street, Anacostia con-
tinuing improvement, IS, 600.
Paving kenesaw avenue and Columbia
avenue from 18th to 14th streets. $4,000.
Grading and graveiing Flint street
Brightwood Park, $1,000.
Grading Pennsylvania avenue extended
southeast, and Branch avenue, 1000
Completion of grading and improving
Michigan avenue to a width of 100 feet
$4,000.
Grading Albemarle street $1,000
Grading North Capitol street from "
street to Soldiers Home. 5000.
Grading 3Ith street, $500
Grading and regulating Kansas avenue
from Brightwood avenue toward Trenton
street, increased from 81 900 to 1000
Sweeping the Streets.
The House provision for sweeping streets
by contract is replaced by the following:
Provided, That the Commissioners of
the District shall make specifications for
the manner Of sweeping and cleaning the
streets by machinery and by hand labor
and shall advertise to let the work tn the
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