Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-09
BUDGET ABOUT READY
District Expenditures Esti-
mated at $11,2OO,0 900.
WELL WITHIN REVENUES
Latter, Including the Governments
Share, Nearly $12,000,000.
CONGRESS NOT LIKELY TO CUT
Estimates Carefully Drawn in Ac-
cordance With Act Limiting Ag-
gregate Amounts Asked For.

clude estimated expenditures Tor the next
fiscal year of approximately sll,ZVo'oVo
AS this is entirely within the estimated
revenues for the same year. 1t Is be-
lieved that the appropriations by Con-
Rress will total practically this amount
Last year the estimates Of the Com
missioners amounted to $16O44,99oo ia
cluding $4,000 as loan for the ex-
tension of water mains, to be paid back
in small annual installments. The ac-
tual appropriations in the District Dill
amounted to $1O573, 171.49.
Should Congress grant in toto the Dis
trict budget as prepared by the Commis-
sioners as is hoped, because 1t Is wathin
the current revenues. the appropriations
for the next fiscal year will exceed those
for the current fiscal year by about
500. O.OOO..
I'm the preparation of the budget for
next year to be submitted to Congress,
said Commissioner West today. Il thlnK
we have kept within both the letter ana
the spirit of the law passed at the last
session requiring the estimates to be WITH
in the revenues And there has been no
questioning of the wisdom of Congress In
making the restrictions on the eStimates.
"And | think the Commissioners have
nrovided we'll for every one Of the several
departments. In fact, l feel quite prouo
Of the results.
To Go to Congress Early.
At a. session Of the board Of Commits
sioners to be held Monday it is expected
that the District budget. which has peen
under consideration for over three weeks,
will be adopted in its final form. 1t Will
be sent to the Secretary of the treasury
for transmission to Congress day or two
later and will probably be turned over to
the subcommittee on the District appro-
priations early in November. The men,
hers of that committee will take the bud
get with them on trip to Panama.
The small amount Of the estimates to
be submitted to Congress this year as
compared with last year Is the result OF
the clause in the last District act "hich
provides:
thereafter the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia shall not submit, mol
shall the Secretery of the Treasury trans
init to Congress regular annual estimates
for expenses Of the government OF tne
district of Columbia for any fiscal year
that shall exceed in the aggregate q sum
equal to twice the amount of the total
estimated revenues of the District of Co
lumbia for such fiscal year. Said estl-
mates shall take into consideration and
enues arising under appropriations other
than the regular District Of Columbia
BILL"
In another part of the bill 1t is provided
that advances made to the District IRON
the United States Treasury, amounting In
all to about $4.OOO.OOO. shall be reim-
bursed to said Treasury out of the reve-
nues OF the District of Columbia from
time to time, within five years beginning
July 1, 1910, together with interest there
TO of
OH annual balances until SO reimbursed
Question Of Repayment.
In the course Of the preparation Of the
estimates 1t was urged that this pro-
vision of law required the Commissioners
to include an item of $500, 900 for next
years refund. a contention which was
opposed on the ground that the law does
not specifically provide for annual INSTALL
ments on this account, and furthermore
because such an allowance would per-
haps unnecessarily reduces by $S0O.0no
the amount available for application in
this connection, that the Commissioners
could not precisely forecast the amount
Of repayment on this account which Con-
gress would decide to require during the
next fiscal year, and that 1t was fmpoS-
sible for them to know that the District 8
Indebtedness to the federal Treasury
would not be increased by the next bill.
to provide adequately for the permanent
improvements still remaining to be under
taken and for The adequate current MAN.
tenance of the District government.
Taking into consideration all these re-
strictions imposed by Congress, the Com
missioners have prepared estimates for
appropriations Of about 81. 100000 as be-
ing within the current revenues of the Dis
trict. It was estimated by a special CON-
mittee appointed for the purpose-com-
posed of Auditor Alonzo Tweedale, Asses
sor w, P. Richards and Collector of Taxes
Charles c. Rogers-that the total gross
revenues Of the District for the next fiscal
year will be Sc. 462. .97O. From this amount
must be deducted $125.OOQ. which goes to
the credit Of the policemen's and f1remen' S
pension fund 1t is also understood that
the Commissioners have provided FOR re,
payment Of advances from the United
States treasury of 100000. which must
come entirely out OF the District revenues.
Net Revenues About $5,937 $40.
On this basis it is understood that the
Commissioners figured that the net rev.
enues of the District for next year Will De
a1,out & q37, go Adding like sum to be
Maid by the United States. it is found that
the total amount available for District ex-
nenditures will be about $11.S75,040. AS
outs;de charges not embraced in the Dis
trict hill must be considered-amountin
Tn about 100000 in all-the Commission
ers determined on 81, 6,940 or approxt-
,na+eIv SIT. .2OOOOO. as the amount within
which the District budget was to be held.