The Washington times., 1905-06-19
MONEY AVAILABLE
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
District Appropriation Act
in Effect July l.
PROJECTS WHICH BENEFIT
Municipal Building, Filtration Plant,
Promotions, Police Increases, Fire
Boat and Other Enterprises.

The act of Congress appropriating
funds for the needs of the District OF
Columbia for the fiscal year of 1SOo-6
will go into effect July l.
On that date the entire amount of
money appropriated by the last session
OF Congress will become available. AL
though by far the major portion of it
is required for the ordinary expenses
o., administration and routine work.
considerable sums will be used for the
promotion of various undertakings
planned By the District government.
No extraordinary changes In the per-
scnnel Of the District official force will
be made at the beginning Of the new
fiscal year. Work on the extraordinary
improvements will be prosecuted as Wig
orcusly as the appropriations will allow
Among these may be noted the
Municipal building. The contract for
the construction of the superstrueture
OF this building will be awarded early
IL, the summer.
Work on the filtration plant and other
enterprises VIII go ahead as usual
Per Diem Employees.
But many minor changes provided by
the appropriation act will become Ell
fectiye July /. For one thing. all per
diem employees of the District will then
he transferred to the annual roll.
This will affect a host of employees
and will mark the accomplishment OF
long-deferred hope of the Commits
sioners. 1t will have the effect OF re-
ducing the salaries of the employees in
all cases, but will make provision for
allowing annual leave Of absence, which
in 10
The Police Department will be In
creased by the addition of another pre-
cinct, the Harbormaster's Office being
added TO the Metropolitan police force
as a separate precinct. and Harbormas-
ter Sutton being made q lieutenant of
police.
The freboat will go into service soon
after July / When Chief Engineer Belt
returns from his leave OF absEnce he
will recommend the appointments Tor
The crew and company OF The Fire
fighter Tie wharf and companys house
are under course of construction.
Another nr.,vieion az the apDropria-
ton bill allows s1,7o0 to keep the public
library open on Sundays from to 10
?. M, and on five holidays during the
year from 10 q. m. TO 10 p. m
Piney Branch Bridge.
Work will commence on the construc-
ton Of the bridge over the Ptney branch
on Sixteenth street extended, for which
10000 has been appropriated. The Com
missioners are also authorized to enter
into a contract for the entire work at
q cost not to exceed $4,000 This work
will be in line with the ambition TO i'm
prove the Sixteenth street boulevard
The contract for the construction of
the new Anacostia bridge has already
been awarded, and work will begin as
as he ic vat IL,
One of the things made possible by
the act, to which the Commissioners
paid immediate attention. was the small
1890 item for Fairgrounds. DR.. Curtis
some time ago took charge Of the ar
rangements for the expenditure of this
sum, and the playground campaign is
already well under way.
An eight-room school building and site
iii Georgetown is made possible 10 re-
Eeye the Curtis School by an appropria-
ton of 1880. while the Commissioners
are authorized TO enter into contracts
ct cost not TO exceed $50. Coo
Business High School.
The work on the Business High will
be finished under the last appropria ton,
and appropriations were made for new
school IN southwest Washington to re-
lieve the Randall and Bell Schools for
colored children.
The process of installing meters in
measuring more accurately the amount
of water used. and also TO encourag e
economy in its use, will be inaugurated
on July /. Only S. 900 was appropriated
for this purpose as starter, and GER
tain houses in the city VIII be chosen
under the direction OF Superintendent
Mcfarland of the Water Department
in which to place the first supply OF
meters.
Work on the new $4,000 Police Court
will ha IF ha f1asNt xsf
fiscal year. Other buildings that vii
be advanced under available appropria-
tons will be the Home for Aged Mer
and Women and the Industrial Home
School for CoIored Boys and Girls or
Shepherds Point
Hospital Patients.
The care of patients at the emer
gency hospitals during the coming yea
will be paid for by contract instead o.
by lump appropriation. as in year!
past. The District will hereafter only
pay for the maintenance OF the boy!
committed to the Boys Reform Schoo
from the District itself. In the past +
aa0 paid one-half of the expense Of thu
institution. The new system will b.
the game as is in use in the Insan'
Asylum.
Inspector of Plumbing Davis. at tn
District building, is preparing TO super
intend the construction Of the two pub
DC comfort stations provided Tor D,
the last appropriation bill at a cost o
$50.c00. The plans are already com
pIete0 for these and the locations ap
proximately selected. One VIII be bull
above ground on the reservation soutl
OF Pennsylvania avenue. near Seventh
street. The other viii be below the CUR
face of the triangular space near Thir
teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
PATRICK MANN DIES
At DAUGHTERS HOME
Funeral services will be held over tin
remains OF Patrick Mann tomorrow
morning at 8 O'Clock. at st. Peter
Catholic Church, at which time requier
high mass will be sung. The remain
Will be inferred In Mt. Olfvet Cemetery
Patrick Mann died yesterday mornin
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. c. n
Weolf. 619 North Carolina avenue south