The times., 1899-07-01

This is the first day of the fiscal year
1900
| 1t has been anticipated by the local
municipal authorities and every branch of
the National Government for months. The
| appropriations for the year which closed
yesterday began to be depleted several
months ago, and the money made avail
able by the District Appropriation, Sun
| dry Civil, and other appropriation acts
passed at the close OF the last session of
| Congress are now ready TO be drawn upon
to meet the general expenses of govern
ment and for large number of special
Improvements.
To Washingtonians the District Appro-
| priation act, which provides money for va
| ious improvements in all sections OF the
| District, is important. More than seven
million dollars today becomes available for
| the use of the District government. The
District municipal Offices, health. fire. po-
| lice, and others. are all badly in need of
| funds, and the chiefs of these departments
have been eagerly looking forward toward
\ today.
| Salaries Increased.
| In number of instances an increase in
| salary has been provided for the executive
Offices of the District. The various pro-
| motions and changes authorized by Con-.
| gress have been announced by the Com
| missioners during the last two weeks, and
published in The Times heretofore. The
| office of surveys has long needed a fire.
proof vault for the protection of the val
| liable plats and charts. and the sum OF
| $4,000 becomes available today for that
purpose.
| One hundred and sixty thousand dollars
| may be drawn upon for improvements and
repairs to streets and avenues George
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| Washington, si3,5o0; Southwest Washing
| ton, s21 900; Southeast Washington,
| s3S, 900, and Northeast Washington, $4,000.
In addition to routine matters in the
| Sewer Department, that branch will from.
| today be permitted to draw upon $4,000
| for the construction of suburban sewers,
| $4,000 for completing the Tiber Creek and
| the New Jersey Avenue high-level inter-
cepting sewer, and the unexpended bal
| ance of an appropriation for the prepara-
| ton of plans and acquiring land for the
| sewage disposal pumping station. Then
| there is an appropriation OF s25,0O0 for
| tie extension of the boundary sewer to
! the vicinity of Twenty-second and A
| Streets northeast $4,000 for construct
| ing, in part, the east side intercepting
| sewer and like amount for building a
portion of the southern end of the same
| sewer
Improvement of Streets
In the Street Department various
| amounts have been appropriated for the
construction and improvement of the fol-
| lowing county roads and streets: Uni
versity Place, Wilson Street, Spruce Street.
| Harrison Street, Kenesaw Avenue, ColuIn-
| bia Avenue. Harvard Street, Pennsylvania
| Avenue southeast, Michigan Avenue, AL
| bemarle Street, Thirty-seventh Street.
| Park Road, Twenty-second Street, Forty
second Street, Kenyon Street, Belmont
| Street, Benning Road, Adams Mill Road,
| Illinois Avenue, Kansas Avenue Connecti-
| cut Avenue, Sheridan Circle. and Kalo
| rama Avenue, in all amounting to $4,000.
The Bridge Department may, after today,
| draw upon an appropriation of 100000
with which to begin the proposed s225, 900
| bridge across Rock Creek on the line of
Massachusetts, Avenue northwest.
Much may be accomplished during the
present summer with the $50 600 allowed
for repairs to schools. A number of these
buildings are in a dilapidated condition,
as recently announced by the board of
school trustees, and some OF their structu-
raj defects may be remedied with part
OF the money at hand. The two appro-
priations of $780, 600 each for the two
! manual training high schools for the white
and coiored students of the city become
available today. Sites have already been
cleared and purchased for these buildings
| and the plans for the white school are
practically complete. Work will be be-
| gun on them just as soon as the contracts
| for their erection are awarded, which will
| be some time this summer. Money be-
| comes available today for school build
| ing in Columbia Heights, to cost SAT 800;
| also $50 900 for a school for Hillsdale,
| slS 600 for small school at Takoma Park,
and 81, 500 for the purchase of the lot ad-
| joining the Peabody Annex School.
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policemen will be added to the Metropoli-
tan Police force, the appointments having
been made last week.
Seven thousand dollars will be used for
| the proposed changes in the Police Court,
Sic, 600 for the erection of north wing to
the almshouse, $50, 600 for the construction
of a new workhouse for males, and $3.50
for the erection of an assembly hall for
the boys reform school.
Funds for Charity.
Thirteen thousand dollars may be drawn
on for the relief of the poor, and about
s73, 600 for the various charitable institu-
tions of the District including hospitals,
missions. homes for the aged, founding
asylums, newboys' homes, dispensaries,
and the municipal lodging house. The In
dustrial Home School will be in position
to draw upon $1,000 for the enlargement
and Improvement of the plant for indus
trial training.
An important feature in the District Ap-
preparation act Is the sum of $4,000 for
repairs TO the pumping stations, pipe dis
tribution to low and high service, and
mains and other Improvements.
The Sundry Civil bill appropriations for
the fiscal year 1900 include many impor-
tant items among them being $1S,2s2 for
repairing the Treasury, Butler, and Win
der Buildings; 1888 for repairing the
house in Tenth Street in which Abraham
Lincoln died; $4,000 for improving the
Capitol Grounds, and appropriations for
the maintenance of the public parks and
reservations.
Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
also becomes available today for the erec-
ton of the proposed new Government
Printing Office, which will cost 100000.
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS.