The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-26


! what in their Judgment. such revenues
will amount to. but apparently acqufesce
| in the estimate made by the Secretary Of
/ the Treasury
| The appropriations recommended in
! the accompanying bill and payable from
/ the revenues Of the District amount to
| S3.S73. 744.4S In addition to this SUN ap-
! preparations have already been passed by
the House in the legislative. executive.
and judicial and sUndry civil acts charge
able to the revenues Of the District aggre-
eating S-G4.543.
Advances to the District.
Under the act of February Il. 1901. to
authorize advances from the Treasury Of
/ the United States for the support of the
government Of the District Of Columbia.
it is estimated by the Secretary Of the
! Treasury that advances will have been
made by June 30. 1902. amounting to not
less than s1,19o,C00, one fourth Of which
sum with , per cent interest thereon, or
not less than $3.50, SEQ is required by said
act shall be reimbursed the United States
| Treasury out Of the revenues OF the Dis
| trict annually, beginning July I. 1902 It
will thus be seen that obligations fixed
by law, provided by bills already passed
by the House. and proposed by the ac-
cumpaHying bill entail drafts on the Dis
| trfct revenues aggregating S4.31S, PSI. IS. or
S53S, 22z-4S in excess Of the total of such
estimated revenues for the fiscal year
, 1903.
y revision OF the assessment Of real
| property in the District is now IN Pro-
gress, and while it is claimed q consid-
cradle increase in revenues viii be real
lied Hereunder, the actual results cannot
be definitely known until after the prob
able adjournment Of the present session
Of Congress-"
The Amounts Recommended
The following are the amounts recon-
mended in the bill for the various pur-
| poses specified:
The Salary List.
saIaries-Executive Office, S6S.S2l: As
SCISSORS Office. $42. 800. Collectors Office.
$4,000; Preparation of tax-sale certtf-
GATES. $500; Auditors Office, 81. 500. At
torney's Office, s12.T2t Sinking fund Office.
$500; Coroners Office. = 500; Market
masters. S4.gS0; SeaIer Of weights and
. measures. s. $50: Engineers Office. S67.-
Oh; special assessment Office 81 800:
| street sweeping Office. S25, 100; board Of
examiners, steam engineers. $500; depart
ment OF insurance e, 600: Surveyors Of
! fee. S16.S00: free public library. SIS 500
Total salaries, 1921, 716-
Contingent and Miscellaneous.
Contingent and n.isceHaneous-Free
! ~.
$4,000; Engineer Depart -nent, stables,
etc, 5000; Rent aDS District Offices.
$1,000; Rent Of old record vault, 5000;
rent Of property yards and storeroom.
I $500; rent, Department Of Insurance $40:
collecting overdue personal taxes. 81. 500;
judicial expenses, 8 900; Coroner's Office
livery. expenses, etc, 81, 200; advertising,
general. $4,000; advertising notice OF
taxes in arrears, 50 600; market houses.
repairs, $3.50; File cases, register Of
wills. $1,000 Total contingent and mis-
ceIlaneous, S6l, $50
System Of Highways
Permanent system OF highways payable
wholly out Of District revenues). $500.
Improvements and Repairs.
Improvements and repafrs-Assessment
and permit work $4,000: paving road
ways under permit system, SIC. O0e; work
on streets and avenues. $3.50. coo; grading
streets, alleys, and roads. s.. 600: con-
demnation OF streets. roads. and alleys.
81. 600; plats of subdivision outside of
| Washington, g, 000 county roads con-
struction, So, 800; repairs OF streets. ave-
| nues and alleys. including resurfacing
s200, 600; sidewalks and euTbs, public
reservations. $4,000; repairs, county
roads. $4,000. Bridges-Care of. $4,000;
construction and repairs. $4,000. Total
improvements and repairs, s675 500.
Improvements for Sewers.
STRENGTHENING and repairing sewers
and basins. S58. 600; main and pipe sewers
and receiving basins, $4,000; suburban
sewers $50. 600; rights of way. 81, 600;
automatic flushing tanks, $1,000: con-
strISction east side inteTcepting sewer be
tween Twenty second and a Streets
northeast and Twelfth Street southeast,
81, 000; : extension OF boundary sewer TO
Twenty-sec0nd and 4 Streets northeast,
$40. Coo: sewage disposal system pumping
station, $25O, 900; low-area trunk sewer.
$50 COO Total sewers, $3.50 900.
The Street Appropriations,
Streets - sprinkIng. sweeping. and
cleaning. $3.50, 00e; removal cf SHOW and
ice from cross walks. 81 600; collection
and disposal Of garbage, ashes, and refuse
from private houses. slI5,0G0: Parking
Commission, S2-saf; haTbor and river
front, $4,000; bat ~ beach, $500; public
scales, $3.50: ~ --,o pumps, $1,000, total
streets, S346IsC
The Eie,tlicaI Department.
Electrical Department-For salaries,
SIS 20; general supplies and repairs. S12,-
900; placing wires under ground, IS 600;
extension of fre-alarm telegraph $3.50;
purchase OF poles and fittings. s.. 600; re-
pairs TO hre-alarm headquarters. 50 500;
extension to patrol system, s., co., light
ing, gas or oil, $685., GOO: lighting. electric
arc, $4,000; total electrical department,
S306, 270
Washington Acknowledgements and
maintenance. $50, 600; filtration plant,
5000 900 Total Washington Aqueduct,
S623. 900.
Increasing water supply-COmpleting
aqueduct tunnel and Howard University
Reservoir. So, 600
Rock Greek Park. 81 SEQ
The Public Schools.
Public schools-For officers. $1S,62O:
for teachers, $917.S75; night schools and
kindergarten instruction, s36.5OO for