The times., 1899-03-03
THE DISTRICT
APPROPRIATION BILL
The Conferees Unable TO Reach
an Agreement.
Mr.. Grout's Vigorous Attack Upon
the Police Force.
4 Further Report on the Measure
VIII Re Had This
Morning.

conference report on the District of
Columbia appropriation bill was presented
to the House yesterday. announcing that
the conferees were unable TO reach an
agreement The House sustained the ac-
ton of the conferees and gave them fur
ther instructions insisting on still more
radical action on certain points.
The report was presented by Mr.. Crout
of Vermant. who explained that the chief
questions on which an agreement had
electric subways. and charities.
Mr. Grout said that Washington already
had more police than any other city of
its size, besides having the Capitol and
departmental police and the cavalry at
Fort Myer, all of which could be called
on in case of emergency.
Coming to electric subways he said that
the House bill proposed to permit the
! United States Electric Company to en-
large its conduits, and the Potomac Elec
trio Company to extend its. and to cross
the United States ways. Also, in consid-
, Grafton of these privileges, the House
wished to fix the rates for service at GER
tain figures to which the Senate demurred.
He asked instructions from the House.
The House accepted the report and nom
concurred in the disputed Senate amend
ments. 1t then voted to insist on its own
| amendments.
Mr. BabcocI's Resolution.
Later Mr.. Babcock offered the following
instructions to the conferees, which the
House adopted:
The conferees of the House shall insist that no
companv availing itself OF the privilege of extend
ing its cOnduits provided for in the bill shall
charge or collect more than Sc per month for
each arc light of 900 candle power, more than
fu.nn ftg-
rent, and that any company charging or collect
ing an amount in excess Of such rates shall he
deemed guilty OF a misdemednor and shall pay
To the District Of Columbia the sum Of $50 for
each offence and that such company shall pay to
the District in lieu OF presonai taxes upon per
sonal property each year per cent of its gross
receipts from whatsoever source, and that lis
real estate shall lie taxed other real estate IN
the District of Columbia.
After these instructions were adopted
Mr. Grout stated that he believed they
meant the failure of the bill. The Speaker
appointed as confeTees Representatives
Grout, Bingham, and Dockery.
The Items Agreed Upon.
The principal items agreed upon in the
report, which was also adopted by the Sem
ate. are as follows:
Permit and assessment work. $50, 900;
work on streets and avenues. $3.50, ,0OO; i'm
proving ID Street between Sixth and Sew
enth southeast, $3.50; replacing and repair
ing sidewalks around public reservations,
$1,000; for cleaning and sprinkling streets,
s1i5, 600; street lighting with gas, Sl72, 500;
cleaning snow and ice from crosswalks
81 600; for paving p Street, $ll 500; re-
pairing county roads, $50 900: improvement
in University Place between yelling
and Huntington Places. $500; improve
ments in Wilson Street Howard Univer-
sity, $1,000; improving Harrison Street,
Anacostia, $1,000: improving Kenesaw
Avenue and Harvard Street, s15 600; ex
tension of Pennsylvania Avenue southeast,
$4,000; for Michigan Avenue. $4,000: Al
bermarle Street, $1,000; Thirty seventh
Street, s., 500; Kansas Avenue, 50 900.
The public library is allowed $4,000 for
new books and 5000 for an additional as
sistant librarian.
For the east side inteTcepting sewer
from Twelfth Street southeast to the
pumping station at the foot OF New Jersey
Avenue. $4,000 is appropriated and con-
tracts authorized for $50 600. For the in
tercepting sewer between Twenty-second
and Streets northeast and Twelfth Street
southeast $4,000 is appropriated and con-
tracts authorized for sl52. 900.
For construction and repair of bridges
$4,000 is appropriated. The Senate pro-
vision for the Massachusetts Avenue
Bridge across Rock Crek is retained in the
bill
For investigating the feasibility of fill
tering the water supply $1,000 is appropri-
ated; for repair of Conduit Road, 81 600
The Items Stricken out.
The following items have been stricken
from the bill: For paving Seventh Street
from Pennsylvania Avenue to X Street
$4,000: for repair of Flint Street. 81 900;
for repair OF North Capitol Street from V
Street to the Soldires' Home So. 600: for
the protection of the inlet at Great Falls,
$4,000; for machinery for harbor boat.
81 00Q
All increases proposed by the Senate for
the salaries of teachers in the public
schools were stricken out. An appropria-
tion of $500 is made for a superintendent
OF the NINTH tenth and eleventh divisions:
for teachers of the night schools SS 500.
Tor material for instruction in the manual
training school. $4,000; for fuel, $37 600:
for furniture for new buildings. s.. 800; for
schoolbooks and supplies, Sf2 coo
The manual training school provision is
left, as the Senate provided at $3.50 600.
for new four-room school building at TIA.
koma Park. $4,000; TO purchase an adioin
ing lot TO the Peabody annex. 81 200, for a
new school building at Twining CITY
$4,000; for a building at HiIIsdaIe
$50,OJO. The appropriation of $i7. 500 for a
new school building in the eleventh djyi
sion is stricken out
The Health Department..
In the Health Department 81 900 is an.
propriated for an additional clerk: for dis
injecting, $1,000. The appropriation of s79o
for an engineer at the smallpox bosnitaI
is stricken out, as is also 81 900 for gratui.
tous vaccination
For isolation wards at Garfield and Provi-
dence hospitals $1,000 is appropriated
For the Board of Chidrens Guardians
S3l 900 is appropriated.
For the maintenance of the Industrial
Home School $4,000 is appropriated. and
$1,000 for the repair of the same: for a
watchman for the Reform School for Rows
$500, for transportation of paupers, 81 O0O.
for conveying prisoners to the workhous.
s.. 600.
The Police Department.
In the Police Department S22, ,OGO il an
propriated for miscellaneous expenses. for
repairs of stations. $1,000; for an additional
deputy clerk in the Police Court. 81 900
The proposed increase Of 5000 in the sal
aries of the deputy clerks in that court is
stricken out. The 81. 200 for improving the