Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-14

The District of COLUMBIA appropriation
Representative Gardner OF Michigan,
chairman of the District subcommittee.
which prepared the measure.
Although, in response to the mandate
Of Congress, the board OF Commission
ers cut the estimates for 1911 approx
mately FIVE millions below those for 1910,
the appropriations committee has still
further cut and slashed the budget, un-
til. as reported today. it carries a total,
exclusive of the water department, of
than the estimates, and $424,6085O less
than that carried in the current law The
Commissioners estimates called for
sl1.c46, ,543.fa.
The amount recommended for the
water department, all of which is pay
able from the water revenues, Is $129, 4;;5,
an increase of $500 over the appropria-
tions for the water department for the
current fiscal year.
Water Revenues Available.
1t is estimated that the water revenues
available for the fiscal year 1911 will
amount to SJ3J,Ooo, but it is provided in
the bill, in the acts for the current
and preceding fiscal years, that any
surplus of these revenues over appro-
prations made specifically therefrom
shai! be applied to the work OF extend
ing the high-service system of water dis
tributIon.
Indcr these indo finite appropriations of
The surplus water revenues there has been
expended 10 July ]. 1909. for extending
the high-scrvice system, total Of $3,8S4.-
:s9l ST Tie estimated ultimate cost is
about S5.GIGv>. which srm includeds
$l..H.ts" estimated TO be required to COM
pletc the installation of meters in private
premises.
Representative Gardners Talk.
In reporting the bill to the House to-
day. Representative Gardner said:
The total general revenues Of the
1911 it is estimated will amount to $685.
e7O.
The appropriations recommended in
the acco mpanying bill and payable from
the revenues of ,.le District amount to
$5.O74, 2236. 10.
'In addition TO the foregoing sum. ap-
propriations are estimated for under the
Legislative, executive and judicial bill and
in the sundry civil bill. all chargeable
next year TO the revenues of the lis
trict aggregating about $3.50 go
Advances made by the United States
under authority of the special act passed
February H. 1901, and continued In the
several District of Columbia appropria-
tion acts enacted since. that date, will
amount to S3.y:G5l5 OK. June 30. 1910
estimated by the Commissioners. the
interest charge upon which sum. at the
prescribed rate of = per cent. for 1911
will amount 10 about $4,000
Adding To the sum total S5.074. 236. ~
recommended in the accompanying bill
PAYABLE from District revenues, the sums
that will probably be carried in the
legislative and sundry civil acts and the
amount required for interest advances
out Of the United States Treasury. 1t viii
De seen that the probable total amount
TO become charge against the revenues
of the District of Columbia during the
fiscal year 1911 will not exceed xJ,3O4,
G3.io. or Sl.t3:;. 7:S,.51 less than the esti-
mated sum of those revenues which sur
plus will be available. required by law
10 reimburse the United States Treasur,
a considerable portion of the whole sun
that will have PROBABLY been advanced BY
July ]. 1911, on account of the District OF
Columbia, under the acts referred to, anG
which it is required shall be reimbursed
within five years beginning July l, 1910
Limitations Imposed.
A number of legislative limitations OF
Importance are contained In the bill a.
reported to the House. Some OF them
follow in brief:
The Commissioners are forbidden to en-
ter into any lighting contract for longer
period than three years
The provision of the Legislative bill OF
1905, which has been called the anti-pr
v2te carriage act and which forbids gov
ernment officials using government vehi
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