Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-18
TWOM|L[|ONS ADDED
BY THE COMMITTEE
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AIRY of the second assistant is increased
from 81 $40 TO $500 and provision is
made for law clerk at $1,000.
Coroner's office-The provision is added
for hcstler and laborer at 1865.
| Wholesale produce nlarket-The proVl-
sion for $500 for sodding and planting
with trees the square between 10th and
18th on street northwest. near Penn
sylvania avenue. is stricken out.
Engineers office-The salary of the as
sistant permit clerk is increased from $500
to $1,000. and of the index clerk from
500 10 $500. and of the assistant In
spector OF gas and meters from 81 900 to
sl.NO. and of another assistant inspector
of gas and meters from $40 10 $1,000.
Special assessment off1ce-The salary OF
| the special assessment clerk is increased
| from 81 100 to $1,000
Street sweeping office-The salary Of the
superintendent is increased from $500 to
$3.50. and the salary of stenographer
from $40 to 5000
Insurance department. The salary of the
superintendent is increased from $1,000 to
$500 and additional provision is made for
an audito and license inspector a. xl.2uO
| Surveyors office: The amount allowed
for temporary craftsmen. etc, is In
creased from 5000 to 5000.
For Public Library.
| Public Library: Provision is made for a
chief OF the circulating department at
Sl.2OO. salary of five attendants is in
creased from $3.50 to $40 each. and that
of five attendants from $500 to $3.50, and
that of two messengers from $500 to $3.50.
The amount for the purchase of books for
the library is increased from $3.50 to
$1,000.
Contingent and miscellaneous expenses:
500 is added to the appropriation OF S',Uo
| for postage The amount for judicial ex-
penses is Increased from $4,000 to $1,000.
| The amount for livery for the coroner 9
office and for other miscellaneous ex-
penses of this Office is increased from
S. 80 to $1,000. $1,000 is added for repair
of building owned and used by the Dis
cases for the Office of the register of wills.
Street Improvement.
For Improvement and repairs on streets
and avenues the sum Is increased from
$50 600 to $9OO0O. For the Georgetown
schedule the amount is cut from $500 to
81 COO For the northwest section sched-
ule. from 1880 to $4,000, and for the
southwest section. from Sl9.sto to *lsV"
For the southeast section. including Penn
sylyania avenue from 18th street to loth
street the sum is increased from $16.oCo
to So. 800 and for the northeast section
schedule the amount is increased from
S26 800 to S27.J0O. An additional amount
of 50 600 is appropriated for paving South
Carolina avenue southeast from i3tn 10
18th streets.
The following additions to the House
bill are recommended: Rhode Island ave
nue. extended, to the District line, S1o.Oo:
Massa Chusetts avenue. for grading and I'M
proying $4,000 and $gj.OtO for the con-
demnation of land necessary for extending
this avenue from Wisconsin avenue to
Nebraska avenue. etc: for paving North
Capitol street from p to V. S96O: Tor
grading Mills avenue northeast from
Franklin street to Rhode Island avenue.
SIS 500: for grading and improving 9TH
street northeast from Girard street TO
Central avenue. $1,000: for grading ana
improving Albemarle street northeast.
$4,000: for grading and improving Penn
sylvania avenue southeast 5000. for
grading Upton street northwest,
east Of Old Pierce Mill road. $4,000: for
grading and improving Franklin street
northeast from 22d to 18th streets. f. 800:
for grading and improving NJ street north
east from Bladensburg road eastwardly
to 2sth street northeast $1,000; for WIDEN
ing and grading Minnesota avenue south
east from Pennsylvania avenue north as
far as the land had been dedicated there
for. 5000; for paving Massachusetts ave-
nue. northwest from s street to T street.
81. 800; for graveling and grading Gull
verts on Barnaby road southeast from
Livingston road TO the District line. 500;
foe paving 18th street northwest from
Euclid to Harvard streets. $11.1OO: for
grading and improving Webster street
northwest from 14th TO 18th streets. S4.-
600: for having street from 18th street
to New Hampshire avenue, $3.50.
The amount for replacing and repairing
sidewalks around public reservations and
municipal buildings Is increased from
5000 to 81, 900.
County Road Repairs.
Repairs for county roads: The sum of
800 900 is increased TO $4,000 and 5000
Is made Immediately available.
Bridges: new provision is made for
special counsel TO investigate and deter
mine the ownership of the land and ripa-
rian rights along AnacOstia river. for the
purpose of improvement of the Anacostia
fats 5000 Is appropriated Tor thls pur-
pose.
For sewers: Provision is added author
izing the Commissioners 10 procure the
right of way for trunk sewer in the
valley lying north of the proposed line
of T. street and south of the naval OBJ
servatory grounds from Wisconsin avenue
TO Rock creek, the cost to be charged
to the appropriation for suburban sewers
for 1898 Provision Is made for the 1oi-
lowing sewers: Along Rock Creek Park
etween Piney branch and Broad branch.
SIS, go; for beginning work on bikes for
sewage disposal project. S4o.Uo; relief
sewer on 4th street southeast from PENN
sylvania avenue and from 4th street TO
Virginia avenue and I'd street southeast,
x31. $40.
Streets: Provision is added for laying
concrete floor in the stable occupied by
the street cleaning departm cost $3.50
The amour; for the expenses of the park
Ing commission contingent is increased
from 10000 TO $4,000. Provision is
added for $1,000 for general construction.
grading and cOncreting the bottom Of
sW INNING pools.
For Public Fairgrounds.
Instead of an appropriation of $500
fo- completing the equpmnt of outdoor
play grounds. provision is made of $4,000
for maintenance. equipment and super
vision OF outdoor municipal Fairgrounds
and for 5000 for grading. planting of
trees etc. at the Rosedale Fairgrounds
Provision is added fer 5000 for drilling
deep wells and maintaining the same.
The appropriation for maintaining public
convenience stations is increased from
s., 200 to $3.50. \ paragraph is add
aprropriating $500 for the reconstruction
OF the wharf and sea wall adjacent TO
tn, morgue.
Electrical department. Instead OF two
electrical inspectors a i.SU each. pro-
vision is made for an electrical engineer
at 81 900 and another at 81 800. The salary
Of the clerk is increased from 81 900 to
81 200. For rent of stOreroOm. carriage.
etc. the appropria ton is increased from
sSD 10 tn so, 1c1 For extension Of the