The Washington times., 1901-10-13
A SMALL INCREASE ASKED.
Board of Charities Estimates S745,.
O15 for the Coming Yenr.

015 for the Coming Yenr.
The Board of Charities. through its sec
| retary, George S. Wilson, yesterday sub
mitted to the Commissioners its schedule
of estimates for the expenses of the de-
partment for the fiscal year ending June
30. 1903. The total amount estimated for
the department is S745,015. For the cur
rent fiscal year the estimates were s6i5, $50
| and the amount appropriated was s715, ,12o.
The amount estimated for salaries In
connection with the Office of the Board is
Sl3.9O0, distributed as follows: Secretary
5000; clerk. 1920; stenographer. S72o; three
| inspectors. at $40 each, 81 160; messenger,
5000; travelling expenses, $500; one driver
and foreman of stables, $500; three drivers
at S540 each, S,620; for miscellaneous and
contingent expenses, including purchase
and care of horses. harness and repairs
| thereto, forage. vehicles, horseshoeing.
hack hire, transportation, stationery,
printing, office furniture. books, record
forms, and other necessary items, SO, 500.
With reference to these items the Board
gives the following note of explanation:
THE items above, for drivers and for
contingent expenses for the maintenance
OF the ambulance service, are rendered
necessary because the ambulance service
has been transferred from the Police De-
partment to the Board of Charities. The
cost of this service was formerly covered
in the schedule of the Police Department,
so that the items referred to are not re-
quests for new appropriations, but simply
for the maintenance of the service as it
now exists
Under the head of reformatory and cor
rectional institutions, including the varf-
Gus departments of the Washington Asy-
luEn. the Board asks In salaries s26, ,35s, for
contingent expenses So, 600, for continuing
the erection OF workhouse for males $780,
600. and for repairs to certain buildings
50, 900.
For the Reform School for the District of
Columbia the estimate calls for s16 i52 in
salaries. s26, 600 for the support of inmates
and contingent expenses, and for repairs
81, 500.
The salaries for the Reform School
for Girls are estimated at S5,3S5. and vari-
Gus items for the support OF the inmates.
including contingent expenses, SlO,0oO
The item for conveying prisoners to the
workhouse. is placed at s2.eea
The estimates for the expenses of
Freedman's Hospital foot up at S55, 500;
those of the Columbia Hospital at $40
900; for the Garfield Hospital. sl9. 600. and
for the Providence Hospital, $4,000. The
Children's Hospital is given $4,000; the
National Homeopathic Hospital. $500;
Central Dispensary and Emergency Hos
plldl, SlO,VJJ, Eastern DlSpeHSdTy. SZ,VOV,
Woman's Clinic, 81 zoo. and Washington
Home for Incurables. $1,000.
For child caring institutions the esti-
mates call for the following items: Board
Of Chidrens Guardians, 1000 in salaries
5000 for maintenance of inmates of va
rious institutions, and 81. 900 for care of
feeble-minded children. For the Indus
trial Home School S13, 900 is required for
maintenance, 5000 for repairs and i'm
provement Of grounds, and 81 900 for the
enlargement of the plant for Industrial
training. The National Association for
the Relief of Destitute Colored Women
and Children require $500: the Washing
ton Hospital for Foundllngs, 5000: st.
AIMS Infant Asylum, 5000. and the Ger
man Orphan Asylum, 81. 800.
Under the head of temporary homes the
estimates are as follows: Municipal lodg-
ing house and wood and stone yard, 81 600;
temporary home for ex-Union soldiers and
sailors, to be expended under the direction
of the Commissioners Of the District of
Columbia $3.50; Women's Christian Asso-
citation, 5000, and Hope and Help Mis-
sion, s., 900.
The Board asks for S215, ,220 for the sup
port of the INDECENT insane in the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane, and 81, 900
or the deportation of insane persons and
for other purposes.