Evening star., 1899-03-03
Partial Agreement Reached Upon
That Measure.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST GIVEN
Purchase of Wilson Park for the
insane Asylum Rejected
G A RE OF TIL E p A x S


visions of local interest which have beer
| agreed upon follow:
| The appropriation of 50, 600 GEO for the
| new government printing office was agreed
| to and S35oGUO appropriated to begin work
compromise was reached upon the divi-
| sion of the cost of maintaining and lighting
| certain public reservations. The District
is to bear one-half the cost Of electric light
| ing in the parks, amounting to $1,000 for
! the Districts share. The maintenance will
| be provided for in the past. The Dis
trict on the other hand, is to pay one-half
| of the cost of maintaining Garfield and
| Providence hospitals, the total share of the
! District for both being $4,000.
| The insane asylum appropriation, as
] agreed upon, was $4,000. The Senate APP
| preparation to add Wilson Park to the in
| sane asylum was stricken out. disagree
ment was reported on the appropriation OF
] 500 .0GO for improvements to the Zoo Park.
| The conferees agreed to increase to %
| cents an hour the pay of printers and book
| binders in the government printing office
| in the discretion of the public printer.
The Senate made 1872 amendments to the
| bill. adding thereto in the aggregate S.
| :Tk', 25394 of which sum it is agreed that
| the Senate recede from Si,0f9.oJo. and that
| the House agree to &iG64, ,243.9i, leaving
| still involved in amendments upon which
no agreement has been reached the sum of
| s., ,3S9940
Added Items Agreed To.
| The principal items added by the Senate,
which it is proposed that the House agree
| to, are as follows:
For public buildings:
Altoona, Pa. $1,000 instead of s125, 600,
as proposed by the Senate; Brooklyn, NY.
| purchase of additional ground for post Of
| flee, $4,000; Omaha, Neb., $1:o.Go; Canton,
| Ohio. $1,000: Minneapolis, Mimi. SO 600;
Macon, Ga, $5S 600; Hot Springs, Ark, $39,-
UO; Dubuque, iowa $J0.C0a: Springfield,
Mass, $20Gn0; Columbus. Ga, J00Gl: Jack
son. Miss, $1,000 an increase of 500 in
| the appropriation for repairs and preserva-
| tion of public buildings; for new pier and
| new disinfecting plant for the gulf quaran-
tine station, $33600.
For light houses. as follows: Whitehead
light and fog sigi al station Maine 81 400:
Cape Elizabeth Me-. light ship $1,000;
| Pollock Rip shoals light station, Mass,
Sso.@o; Fog Island shcal light and fog sig
nal station, R l., 5000; Green's Ledge
light station, Conn. sG0O09: NorwaIk har-
Dor lighted beacons, Conn. 5000; Salem
creek light station, n. J.. $1,000: Hooper ISL
and light station. Nd $20,oG9 Bloody Point
range light station. s. c., 81 100: depot for
sixth lighthouse district. S35GO0: depot at
Mobile. Ala, S12 9n; Point Argue!Io light
station, Cal, $50. $50: an increase of $50 600
IN the appropriations for the lighthouse es-
ta bliShment.
For outfttng the United States steamer
Ihetis for service of procuring and trans
porting reindeer to Alaska, $4,000; for a
new revenue cutter for the great lakes
Ss2,5n; for a revenue cutter for the Pacific
coast $112.a@o: for a launch for the Gus
tens service in Oregon, 81, 500
Under the Smithsonian Institution an in
crease OF 5000 IS made for International ex-
changes, and 5000 for preservation of col
lections in rhe National Museum
Under the fish commission for the Wash
lngton state station. $3.50 and for propa-
eatlon of food fishes an increase of $4,000;
| for reimbursement of Quandt Brewing Com
pany, $3.50. 20.
For the geological survey an increase of
$4oWo for topographic surveys. and S1o,GNO
for preparation of report on mineral re-
sources; for purchase of land records within
the Virginia military districts of Kentucky
and Ohio, $1,000.
Under the Government Hospital for the
Insane, for central heating plant, $1,000: for
renewing plumbing, 5000, and for fire.
prooting floors, 5000; for reindeer for
Alaska, an increase of $12. 900; to pay claims
of Des Monies land settlers S150,O00 for
Rock Island arsenal, s9.s51.24 for restoring
the power house, and S210J0 for additional
turbine wheels; for one barrack and fur
niture for same, Soldiers Home at Leaven-
worth, Kan, S22. 500.
For travelling and miscellaneous expenses
for the Department of Justice S10oGo; for
regular assistants to United States attor-
neyS, an increase of $1,000.
For the Paris exposition, s1,010000, in
cluding 100000 for necessary buildings and
100000 for pay of jurors; for souvenir dol
lars in aid of erecting a monument in the
city of Paris to General Lafayette. s59,G0o;
increasing the limit of expenditures for the
Industrial commission from $4,000 to So, 900
per annum
Items Rejected.
The principal items added by the Senate
from which 1t is proposed that it recede
are follows:
For the purchase of Wilson Park for the
| use of the Government Hospital for the In
| sane, S2i5,o00. For light houses. as follows ::
Long Island Head Light station, s4,a0o;
| tender for third light house district, S95. .09O;
telephone line to Table Bluff Light House,
Cal, $1,500 Burrows Island Light station
Washington, $4,000: telegraph or telephone
lires between Glen Haven. Mich. and
South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan,
S1J,60; fer payment to the widow OF Gen.
Garcia. s.. 900
Fer constructing committee rooms for
use of the Senate committees in the old
Congressional Library rooms, 2.500: for
new hospital at Rock Island arsenal $19,-
500. and for powder magazine, $1,000; for
book shelves for Army and Medical Mu-
scum, Se,Goo and for dental pathologist,
$1,000: for monument to Sergt Charles
Floyd, 5000; to enable the Secretary of
Agriculture to investigate physiological ac-
ton and putritive value of alcoholic bev-
erages, $1,000: increase of $4,000 in the ap-
preparation Tor assistants 10 United states
| district attorneys in special cases; for eX-
amining the papers Of the Continental Con-
gress, 5000.
Still in Conference.
The committee of conference has been
unable to agree on the following amend
| ments: For certain public buildings 0or
some of which the authorizations have not
yet been finally enacted by the two houses:
increasing the compensation of the customs
appraisers at the ports of Boston, Philadel-
| phia, Chicago and Baltimore; appropriating
| $150,000 for improving Yaquina bay Ore !:
| increasing the appropriation for improving
| the Missouri river from $500 eco to 5000. 900:
appropriating $4,000 for the establishment
of a branch Soldiers Home at Hot Springs
South Dakota; appropriating $3.50 coo for a
Pacific cable from California 10 Honolulu
MIR. BARROwS' NOMINATION.