Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
ESTIMATES UNDER WAY
Heads of Bureaus Asked for
Statement of Needs.
PAIRING PROCESS FOLLOWS
District Commissioners Enjoined to
Be Conservative.
RESTRICTED TO ACTUAL FUNDS
Vacation Periods Of Two Members
Of Board Absorbed by Fam
lily Affections.
TO ACTUAL FUNDS

All three Of the Commissioners are In
Washington once more, and 1t is under
stood they will soon take up for con-
sideration the District estimates to be
submitted at the next session Of Congress
in December. The heads of departments
and boards which form part OF the
District government have been called
upon to submit their estimates for the
fiscal year beginning July / next to the
Commissioners before September Is. AS
soon as these estimates are in the hands
of the Commissioners they will begin a
discussion of them, cutting down here
and there to bring the total within the
available funds.
Practically none of the estimates have
been submitted TO the Commissioners 50
far, the exceptions being those from de-
partments OF small financial needs. All
OF the departn. mt heads have been eau
toned to be conservative in their esti-
mates for the next fiscal year. calling
attention to the fact that Congress has
prohibited the Commissioners from sub
hitting to the legislative bodies esti-
mates which exceed the amount Of the
District revenues.
Pruning Will Be Severe.
Following the receipt OF the estimates
from the several departments, the Com
missioners will do lot of pruning, prob
ably more than in several years past
Never before has Congress limited the
Commissioners so closely as this year, II
is stated. and that was accomplished by
putting a clause in the last District ap-
preparation act prohibiting the Distric,
government from submitting to Congress
estimates that exceeded twice the amount
of estimated revenues. Heretofore the
Commissioners have submitted estimates
for current needs which were within thu
revenues, and In addition have given esti
mates for permanent improvements in the
way OF buildings, bridges and Other
=. projects. to be paid for by a loan from
the United States Treasury and to b.
repaid from District funds in annual in
stallments extending over a period Of
several years.
District for the fiscal year of 1911 is alst
practically ready to be submitted to thu
Commissioners. It will show that thu
revenues will amount to about $685. 900
REPAYMENT of loans from the United
States Treasury will take about $500 on
of that amount, thus leaving about S5
100000. With the United States adding a.
much more, 1t is believed. the estimate.
of the Commissioners will total abou
$40 900.
Outings Marred by Addiction.
Commissioners mcfarland and Judsor
returned to their desks at the pistric
building this morning, their summe
vacations over.
Commissioner Mcfarland has been a
Kent. Conn, where he was called by tn
illness OF his father-in-law. ex-Commis
sioner John w. Douglass. who died re
Gently. After the death of Mr.. Dougla
and his burial In Washington. Mr.. Mac
farland returned to Kent for few day
of rest
Engineer Commissioner Judson ha
spent practically all Of his time. sine
he left Washington on his vacation triI
at the bedside of his son. who had a.
attack Of typhoid fever. He reporte
this morning that the young man is nov
on the road to recovery.