Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-10
ESTIMATES CALL
FOR $13,OOO,O0O
Amount Which District Will Ask
of Congress.
LARGE INCREASE NEEDED
Excess of Nearly 100000 Owe,
Appropriation Last Year.
STATEMENT NEARLY COMPLETE
Revenues for Coming Year Estimated
to Be SIS, 1857, 549-Tax Col
lections Past Year.

The estimates of the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia, which are to be
submitted to the Secretary Of the Treasury
for transmission to Congress on or before
October Is, will call for total of about
$13 100000
An authoritative statement to this effect
was made in the District building today,
closely following a declaration that the
budget this year would be enormous" If
these statements receive the approval of
the Secretary of the Treasury and are for
warded to Congress without change it will
mean that the District is asking for nearly
SIS, 100000 more for next year than was car
ried in the current appropriation bills.
In their estimates last year the Commits
sioners asked for a total of 81 ,461 500 1G, in
addition to $1O4,1 for the water depart
ment When these sheets went before the
Secretary of the Treasury he recommended
that reduction sufficient to bring the esti-
mates within the estimated revenues of the
District be made, and in this condition the
estimates went to Congress. Last years
appropriations for the expenses of the Dis
trict totaled $40 232, 1926.
Estimates Exceed Results.
When the Commissioners were consider
ing their annual estimates a year ago a
special committee consisting of Assessor
Darneile Collector of Taxes Davis and Au-
ditor Garrison furnished to them detailed
estimate of the revenues for the year end
ing June 30, 1906, this amount being placed
at s., 567,549.
The report of the collector of taxes just
received, shows that this estimate was not
realized, and that the income of the District
from all sources totaled only s., 0S6, 1893 Ga,
an overestimate of nearly $500, 900.
In the office of the collector of taxes to-
day 1t was stated that the estimates of
revenues in other years We're almost always
more nearly realized in actual collections,
and 1t was explained that the collections of
realty taxes last year were the first to be
made under the new assessment and that
the expectations of the authorities were not
realized by many thousands of dollars.
Nevertheless, 1t has been asserted that the
District will realize much more literally
in it's realty tax collections this year.
The same committee has presented to the
District Commissioners it's estimate Of the
revenues for this year placing the total
at s., 73O, SOB.
According to the organic law, with the
United States meeting half the expense of
the government Of the District and dupli-
eating its revenues by the appropriation
of an equal amount, there should be avail
able to meet all expenses Of the local gov
eminent next year a total of $11 ,461 606. 1t
is with this amount that the District esti-
mates Of $13,OOO,OO0 for the ensuing year
should be compared
Reduction Ordered.
When the District appropriation bill A.
nally passed Congress at the last session
the estimated s11, 461, 52O15 had been re-
duced to a total of s9,sO4,97216.
Subsequently this figure was increased by
s427, $780, carried In the deficiency bill, as
salaries for the reorganiZed fire department,
so that the final total Of $40 232, is car
ried with it the increased salaries for the
police and fire departments and the public
schools. The pay rolls of these three
branches Of the local government this year
are S400, S04 in excess of last year.
Altogether the District Commissioners
have made satisfactory progress during the
past ten days in the preparation of their
estimates. and Commissioner Mcfarland
stated this morning that the only items
yet to be received are the estimates of the
public schools and the board of charities.
By appointment, the board of Commits
sioners this afternoon received special
committee of the committee on taxation OF
the Board Of Trade consisting of John Joy
Edson Charles ]. Bell and Assessor Hope
well Darnelle The subject discussed con-
cerned the ACCESSIBILITY of earnestly advo-
eating before the next session of Congress
the proposition to provide for all extraordi-
nary expenditures of the District separately
and allow the current revenues to meet
current expenses.
priation no provision is made for extraor-
binary improvements except for high-pres-
sure water service, to cost S15O,OOO.