The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-28


The report of the House and Senate
eonferees on the District OF Columbia
appropria ton bill. submitted to the SEN
ate today. shows that the bill as finally
agreed upon appropriates So, 1eS. .2S7 SO. be-
Ing sli3.46S less than as 1t passed the
Senate. s341, ,s33. 50 more than as 1t passed
the House. 81. .325. 2.3s less than the ap-
propriations for the current year. and
s., 15T, ,S7s. .03 less than the estimates sub
raitted by the Commissioners.
The conference report was agreed on
yesterday afternoon, following the Sec
orid meeting of he eonferees.
FOR Htu1tcipaf Building.
1t gives the District handsome gran
tic municipal building. instead OF one of
brick, by appropriating IN additional
s500, COO for the structure AMI making the
limit of it's cost g, 800, ,0o0. This was a
Senate amendment agreed to by the
House conferees. It is understood that
the House representatives did not oppose
1t as vigorously as had been anticipated.
The House also agreed y the Senate
amendment authorizing the loan from
the Treasury of the United States to the
District of any deficit in the District
revenues at the end of the fiscal year
1906 provided that the loan be paid into
the Treasury Ia five years. with interest
at per cent.
1t has been calculated that This will
cali for loan of nearly S3.000, ,00n.
$4,000 for Play grounds.
The Senate amendment appropriating
5000 for public Fairgrounds, in which
The Times has been particularly inter
ested, got through conference safely.
The $4,000 given by the Senate for a
bridge across Piney branch on the line
of Sixteenth street extended, the cost
of the bridge being limited to $50,G0o
was agreed to by the House.
The House conferees, however carried
their contention that the salaries of the
public school teachers should not be
increased this year. Two kindergarten
are small.
Hospital Appropriations.
Speaking of the hospital appropria-
tions, the conferees' report sums up the
situation as follows:
On amendment approprtates as pro-
posed by the Senate, s., 600 for repairs
to Columbia Hospital, and s1S668 for re-
construction and completion of the Ma
tional Homeopathic Hospital
On amendment appropriates, respec-
lively. $4,000 for the Central DispensarI.
and Emergency Hospital, and 5000 for
the Eastern Dispensary to be exnended
Z under the contract or agreement to be
made with said Institutions by the
Board of Charities.
On amendment appropriases $3.50 in
| stead OF Sl,OJ0 as proposed by the Sen
| ate for the women's clinic
| AppTopriateS So, 800 instead of 81 Og(
as proposed by the Senate for the Wash
| ington Home for Incurables
$1,000 for INDECENT Sick.
| Appropriates 5000 instead of s15, 900 as
! proposed by the Senate to enable the
! Board Of Charities to provide for emer.
| gency care and treatment of and free
| dispensary service TO INDECENT patients
On amendments relating to the Boarc
! of Children's Guardians provides as
| proposed by the Senate for increase Of
| the salary of probation officer from
81 900 10 3 200; the record clerk from
| 5000 to $500; messenger from $500 to $3.50
| appropTiates for Il placing officer a
! $l20: strikes out provision for an addI
| tionai clerk at 5000; appropriates S12, ,O0
| Immediately available the appro1,rif tior
for the Industrial Home School for Col
! ored Children.
On amendments relating to the Indus
trial Home School makes provision foi
ihorse and wagons for the institution
and appropriates $500 for temporary la
| Dor, and reduces the amount for main.
| tenance by the latter sum.
| On amendments providing for con
| tract To be made with the German Or.
phan Asylum by the board of charities
On amendments relating TO the tenn
poraTy Home for eX-Union Soldiers anC
| Sailors increases, as proposed by tht
Senate. the salary of the tanitor from
$3.50 to $3.50 and the cook frcm s2S5 tC
$3.50
On amendments relating to the boar(
of charities increases, as proposed by
| The Senate. the salary of the stenogra
| pher from 5000 to 81, coo, the salary of on,
| inspector from 500 to 500 and provide:
| for a hostier nj s540
For Washington Asylum.
/ On amendments relating to the Wash
tngton Asylum provides, as proposed b!
the Senate, for an increase in the pa.
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