The times., 1899-01-07
INCREASES BY THE SENATE.
The District Appropriation Bill Re-
ported bN Senator Allison


The District of Columbia appropriation
bill for-the year ending June 80, 1900, was
reported to the Senate from the Appropria-
tions Committee yesterday by Senator Ali
son. and an agreement reached whereby
that body Will consider the bill today.
The bill has been in the hands of sub
committee Of the appropriations Commit
tee during the holiday recess. and many
changes have been made In it since it
passed the House. amounting to an in
crease OF 1891 .s55. The bill carries, as it
was reported TO the Senate. S7,25l, 905. II,
which is considerably less than the esti-
mates made by the District Commission
ers, who asked for considerably over
50 GOO eco. However, the amount carried
by the bill is larger by 81. IL, $3.50 than
the total appropriations for the District for
the fiscal year ending June 30 1899, in
cluding the urgent deficiency appropria-
tions
The items of increase over the House
bill are as follows:
Commissioners office, 5000; auditors Of
fee $500; sinking-fun Office. $500; En-
gineer's Office, $500; street sweeping Of
fee, 5000; Free Public Library. 50 geo: con-
tingent expenses of District Offices. 81. 500;
furniture for municipal building. 81 600;
special repairs 10 market houses. 500:
freproofng in surveyors Office, s., 600;
assessment and permit work, S25, 900:
work on streets and avenues named in Ap-
pendiX Y, Book OF Estimates. $50. 500:
paving Of ? Street and Seventh Street
northwest and D Street southeast. s35.-
$50; constructing new sewers, S45. 900: re-
pairing sidewalks and curbs around pub
lie reservations, $4,000; repairs of coun-
ty roads and suburban streets, s25. .OOO
construction of country roads, S67 600
ink linz
nues and alleys, sl9.5O0; cleaning snow
and ice. $4,000; street lighting by gas.
ss,i00; electric arc lighting. 81, 600; ma
chinery for harbor boat 81. 600; construc-
tion and repair of bridges, $4,000: Wash
ington Aqueduct, $14,500; Massachusetts
Avenue Bridge 100000.
Public schools, namely-For superinten-
dent OF ninth, tenth and eleventh divisions
$3.50; for teachers. $500; for teachers Of
night schools 81. 500; for manual training
$1,000: for fuel. 81, 600; for furniture for
new buildings, $500; for free text books
and supplies, 81, 500
School buildings. namely-ManuaI train
ing school, first eight divisions, s25, 600;
elght-room building and site, eleventh di-
vision. $4,000: eight-room building, Hills
dale, increase, $4,000; four-room building
and site, Takoma Park, $40, coo; four-room
building and site, Twining City, $4,000;
land adjoining Peabody annex building.
Woo; total. public schools, S123,9 $50.
Metropolitan police, salaries and expen-
ses, sl0s 100; FIRE department, salaries and
expenses, $3.50; increase of fire depart
ment, sl05,900; health department, salaries
and expenses, s6,T20; police court, salaries,
500; transportation of paupers and pris-
oners, sl,700; Washington Asylum, new
workhouse, etc. S53. 1886; Reform School,
$40; charitable institutions. $500; Gar
held and Providence Hospitals, mainte-
nance of isolating wards 81 .000 Industrial
Home School, expenses, $1,000 Board OF
Children's Guardians, 81, 900. Total in
crease. $685.
The following reduction was made: Pur-
ehase' repair etc, public pumps, $500.
Net increase. 1891. .955.