The times., 1899-12-05

The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday
submitted to Congress an estimate of aU-
propriations for the conduct of the Govern
ment for the fiscal year 1901.
For the District Of Columbia the Secr5-
tary states that 1851. 779 viii be neces-
sary. a recapitulation of the amount re-
quired for the executive departments places
the running expenses at $631, ,CS1. .9ei an
increase over last year of more than S&4.-
Ooo, 00O One OF the chief items for the
District is s63. .993 for salaries for the Com
missioners' offices. Sixteen thousand nine
hundred and eighty dollars is asked for The
free public library
For the national legislative establish
ment the estimate is placed at 81. 936, ,257;
executive proper, $257.I4O; State Depart
ment S2,133,2 ,27S; Treasury Department
1852. III .442; War Department. $3.50, 112. S51; ;
Navy Department, SIS. .46s. $50: Interior De
partment, $174.G60 S41; PostofIice Depart
ment S45S1,6S5; Agricultural Department,
S4,206. 257 Department Of Labor $172,aSo;
Department Of Justice. $6.27957O. Total
estimate for 1901, S531, ,OS1, 1894 The appro-
priations for 1900 were $3.50. .S46 $40
The amount required for the internal
revenue branch OF the service is placed at
$ii5o.ooO, an increase Of $4,000, GOO in
round numbers over 1898.
In the State Department the creation Of
the office of Assistant Solicitor is recon-
mended and the salaries of the Second and
Third Assistant Secretaries Of State are
asked to be increased $500.
Clerical changes in the Treasury De-
paTtment are recommended as follows
office at 81 400. and an additional Law clerk
in the CCmptrOllers Office at 81 900. To
meet the increase in the internal revenue
work four more clerks of class are rec
commended.
The War Department requires an in
crease in the permanent force and requests
the continuance of the temporary force
The salary OF the Auditor for the Post
Cff!cc Department Is recommended t0 bG
increased $500 per annum, and over seven
ty-five additional clerks are said 10 be-
necessary for the conduct Of the business
The most important changes in the ln-
ternal Revenue Bureau suggested is an
other deputy commissioner at 81. GEO AIsc
two additional heads Of division and mort
clerks
Il is thought by the Secretary that re
dUctiCu can be made in the clerical forct
CT the Record and Pensions Division o.
/ the War Department on account of thl
work now being practically up TO date
The salary Of the CHIEF Clerk OF tho
/ War Department is recommended increased
( by $1,000 Minor changes are sugges ted
IN other bureaus OF the War Department
Among items of local importance are
$S75, 600 for the Washington navy yard ant
an appropriation Of S245,000 is asked t
4 purchase more land near the Government
Asylum for the Insane; for the improve
memt Of the Potomac River below Wash
! ingt0n Sl50,G00, and $I4I 000 Tor improving
: the same at Washington.
The amount for Army and Navy pens iunt
( is fixed ut STA coo 600; for a Iaborator!
I for the Marine Hospital Service $50 600
and $4,000 is asked for q peniteutiary q
( Sitka. Alaska.
IN river and harbor estimates the fol
! lowing calculations are made for improve
ments of harbors under continuing con
tracts;
/ Boston SI50 600, Buffalo SIG. .661, and tht
/ Buffalo entrance TO Erie Basin and Biacl
J Rock Harbor, SlgS,1l3; Gowanus Bay, Re,
Hook and Bay Ridge Channel New YorE
/ Harbor 1892 600; Delaware Bay. harbor o
refuge, $450,00U Wilmingtou, Del, $205
$50
i'm the South. Winyah Bay. South Caro-
lima. S300.g00 Cumberland Sound Georgia
and Florida, 100000 Tampa Bay, Florida
/ $3.50. 900
} tn Ohio. Ashtabula Harbor, Sl56,000
! Cleveland s40O .000; Toledo. $500 Goo.
Improving the waterway from Norfolk
+ Va, to The sounds Of North Carolina, $500,
/ 600
For continuing the contract system
4 for river and harbor improvements SIS.
/ $50 62f is asked, an increase Of nearly SO
f 600 000.
! For the Mississippi River Commission
! s.. .000. 600 is asked. and $l,000.000 Tor th
+ Missouri River Commission
/ Fer the James River, Virginia, $500 600
! Cane Fear River, 100000.
/ The total amount asked for under tn
I title of public works is S76,fl6,225 an in
/ crease over the current appropriation 0
! So. .Sl2, ,7Jg.
Among the estimates for public build
Z ings are the following: Annapolis Nd.
/ So. GOO: Baltimore. Nd. $l00 600; Bristol
( Tenn. $25 OG0; Cleveland Ohio, $500, ,000
/ Chicago. Ill, $500 coo; Elizabeth City, \
/ G., Sz5, ,0O0; indianapolis. Ind, S500,000
4. New Brighton, Pa. S37 500: Newport News
/ Va. $50 GOO; Philadelphia Mint, $351,355
( Winston, y. c., SIS coo. and 100000 is ask
i cd for 4 quarantine station at Savannah
/ GA.
! Appropriations 10 aid navigation in thl
J vicinity are: Light station off Point NJ
/ Point, Chesapeake Bay, Nd. SG5, ,0C0; ligh
+ and fog signal station. Baltimore HaTboT
$50 900; for same on Ragged Point Va.
! 10000; for rebuilding same at Northwes
Point Royal shoal, y. c., $4,000; ligh
I vessel at Cape Lookout Shoals, \. C., $50
500; Cape Fear Light y c.. $4,000.
Extensions and improvements for nav
yards and stations require large amounts
Among them are: For building cadet quar-
( ters al the Naval Academy, Annapolis, 10
10 exceed in total cost 81 536. 600 $3.50 600
power house. Naval Academy, $2o0,6 coo
same amount for storage warehouse an
workshops at the Academy; continuation
Of sea wall. 5000, 600: foundations for gu
battery and beacons. $50, 0O0 brick subway
S25. 600; to purchase land adjacent TO Ia
Academy, $3l1, 900, and SIS 900 TO construc
four new double houses; maintenance
naval station, Havana, Cuba, $50. 900
naval station san Juan Porto Rico. $50. coo
navy yard, Norfolk. Va. 81 649 000 Ports
mouth. " H. SG02 GOO; Boston. 81, 79S 800
Brooklyn, 1897 coo; League Island. Pa
81 .9C3 Gg2; Port Royal. S. c.. SSS2 900
Mare Island. Cal. 81 l52 700; for the com
pletion of dry docks at Portsmouth. \
H.. 5000, 600; Boston, $500 600; League Isl
and 81 600 600, and Mare Island, $200 00i
For the construction of gun and mOra
batteries, including works for the defenc