Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-31
MONEY FOR DISTRICT
Appropriation Bill Reported to
the Senate.
MANY INCREASES MADE
Additions Are Made All Along the
Line.
SPECIFIC ITEMS OF INTEREST
In the Various Departments of the
District Government That
Have Been Changed.
PECIFIC ITEMS OF INTEREST

The Senate committee on appropriations
today reported the District of Columbia an
preparation bill for the next fiscal year to
the Senate. AS reported the bill appropri-
ates s10,1s1. .2o6.16 The Senate increased
the bill s1.299. s63.01, and made decrease
of $3.50, making the net Increase 81 .29s,-
o33.01.
The changes recommended by the COM
mittee in the amounts of the House bill
are as follows:
Increase.
Executive Office $3.50; assessors Office,
800; excise board $1,000; personal tax
board, So. 400; auditors office, $3.50 coroner's
office, 1886; engineers Office, $3.50: street
sweeping Office, $3.50; department OF insur-
ance, 800; surveyors office. 81, 100; public
library, 1880; miscellaneous expenses. Dis
trict Offices, SO. 500; historical tablets $500;
work on streets, avenues and alleys 81, ,334;
work on specific streets, S13. 300; opening
alleys and minor streets, S50,00o con-
struction Of county roads, Sis. 800; re-
pairs of streets. avenues and alleys. ~
coo; replacing sidewalks and curbs around
public reservations. $500: continuing
construction of Anacostia bridge. ss1o.Ooo:
cleaning and repairing sewers. sooo; SUB
urban sewers. 100000; Brookland sewer
$4,000; sprinkling, sweeping ana cieahihs
streets, $4,000; cleaning snow and Ice from
cross walks and cutters, Sf.ooo, uathis
beach improvements. $4,000; public scales
and pumps, 81, 800; reconstructing whati
near morgue, $500; condemnation OF insan-
itary buildings. 1920; electrical depar.-
ment, S3 zoo; gas lighting. 100000: electric
arc lighting. $4,000 attendance officers un-
der compulsory EDUCATION act, $lzU, jan
itors and care Of school buildings, ss,Soo,
rent, equipment and< care OF temporary
rooms for full day schools, S2I ,3I2; repairs
Of plumbing In school buildings, slo.vo.
completing equipment of Business High
School, $500; apparatus FOR physics oe-
partment Of high school. SSsooo; mlseeais- Mss q
neous Items for public schools az
ditional school buildings, s1os,933: metrdss-
poitan police salaries $131, 7Se OIL: metro
politan police. fuel, etc, 5000; house of
detention, s1Tf0; fire department. miscel-
laneous $1,000; increase of fire depart
nlent, s22.3e0: health department--sal-
aries. s4.1oo; enforcement OF laws to
prevent spread of contagious diseases.
etc $3.50; abatement OF nuisanees,
Juvenile Court expenses H,940; Police
Court, 8, 800; court house care and proteo-
ton of, $3.50: board of charities, $50;
Washington asylum. $500; Home for Aged
and Infirm. s8916: reform school for girls.
$500: board of childrens guardians. si.5o0:
Industrial Home School, 81 ,944: Washington
Hospital for Foundlings. $1,000; ST. Ann's
Infant Asylum. $500: temporary Homes,
1920; militia of the District. 50. 700; water
meters for private residences, 100000; water
department. $1,000. Total increase, 81, ,299.-
S63.01.
Decrease: Market masters. 800: harbor
patrol (net). 81 .26o: medical charities (net),
$3.50. Total decrease. s., 800 Net increase,
81, ,29S. .0330 01. Amount as reported TO Senate,
$40, 1Sf ,2e6. 10.
Opening of Streets and Alleys.
The bill provides for the opening of al
leys and minor streets as follows.
For opening, widening and extending al
leys and minor streets in the District of
Columbia under the provisions of the Dis
trict code $4,000 is appropriated, to be
paid wholly from the revenues of the Dis
triot, and this sum, together with any bal
ance OF. appropriations heretofore made for
the same purpose, shall be available for
use in opening, widening, extending and
Strengthening alleys and minor streets under
the code. The Commissioners OF the Dis
triet are authorized 10 employ, for such
time as may be necessary, an assistant to
the corporation counsel, at compensation
of $50 a month, whose duty 1t shall be TO
institute proceedings for the COMBINATIONS
necessary to be taken in opening, widening
extending and Strengthening alleys ana
minor streets, and the compensation or such
assistant shall be included I'm the costs and
expenses of such proceedings and shall be
assessed against lands benefited by reason
of such opening, &C, as provided In the
code. This appropriation is TO De reim-
bursed by the payment of assessments TO
be made under the provisions of the code
County Roads.
For the construction of county roads the
tol,ou,ir,. nrov,s,on Is made.
Massachusetts, avenue. grade and improve,
SO 600; Connecticut avenue extended, grade
and improve. $4,000; Lincoln road. north OF
p straat srada and iunrove * GOO. penn
sylyania avenue extended. grade and i'm
prove, s., 600; Brookland avenue, Bunker
HilI road to Bates road. grade, 1900; Mich
OILS avenue, Anacostia. grade and improve.
$5, coo; streets In American University Park,
grade and improve. 5000: Albemarie street.
east of Connecticut avenue grade. $500;
T street, North Capitol street TO LIST street,
west, pave, $3.50; Chesapeake street. Rock
vile road to Grant road, grade and inn
prove. $1,000; 18th street. Chiffon 10 Euciio,
and Brentwood road. northeast grade ana