Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
Less Given to Police Department.

fOr tIe support OIL the ponce depart
ment the committee recommends $685.
95362, which is $12,279.s3 less than the
| current appropriation and $142,31O less
| than was requested by the Commissioners.
Under the fire department the commit
tee recommends $735,61O. which is ST.
O6O more than the current appropriation,
but SS75,97O less than was requested by
the Commissioners.
Under the health department the COM
mittee recommends S104, $50, which is
$1,000 more than the current appropria-
ton, but $97,2 less than was requested
by the Commissioners.
Under courts the committee recon-
mends SIC. $50, which is 81 040 less than
the current appropriation and $13.7OO
less than was requested by the Commits
sioners
Under courts and prisons the commit
tee recommends sos, $50, which is 1900
more than the current appropriation and
$3OOeO less than was requested by the
Commissioners.
Under charities and correction the COM
mittee recommends $7SO,912, which is $751;
$50 less than the current appropriation.
and Si66,21J less than was requested by
the Commissioners.
The recommendation for the militia is
$1,000, which is $3.50 more than the cur
rent appropriation and $3.50 less than was
requested by the Commissioners.
Suggested Projects Ignored.
New projects urged by the Commission
ers which were ignored by the appropria-
tons committee include the following:
Classification of old records of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. 81, 500; repair of build
ings owned and used by the District,
when injured by fire, $4,000; file cases.
register Of Wills office, 81, 500; constructing
conveyers, etc, at District sand and
gravel yard, 5000; sheds, etc, for whole
sale producers market $4,000; stands
| and ice coolers, Eastern market, $4,000;
grading Massachusetts avenue and N
istreet southeast from Bowen road to 18th
street, including culverts $1,000; replacing
sidewalks around Treasury building, So
| 800; replacing sidewalks and curbs around
government printing office, 5000; con-
| struction of subway and bridge Cedar
| street, $4,000; widening 10th street bridge
across Piney branch, $50 900; removal of
superstructure and substructure, old An
acostfa bridge, 10000; Rock Creek valley
improvements. 100000: purchase and
maintenance of motor trucks, sewer de-
| partment, 5000; construction of stable
$4,000; Rock creek intercepting sewer,
| north of P street, $50 600; Stckfoot branch
trunk sewer, $4,000; trunk sewer for
North Columbia Heights s29,475; changes
in grade and protection of sewage disposal
system, so, 600; Piney Branch valley trunk
sewer 10000; purchase of ground for
nursery, 10000; survey and plans for
reclamation of Anacostia river $4,000:
| construction of swimming pool at bath
| ing beach, 5000; improvements of pools
-, 600; beach for deep-Water bathing S}O,-
600; operation of deep-water beach, ST.
500; dressing house and maintenance, 81
coo; drilling wells and maintenance,
5000: playground sites, $4,000: George
| town site improvement and equipment
| $1,000; CardoZa site, SAC, coo: Rosedale
! playground, $4,000; reserve cables for
fro a liar OF
wagon, $1,000; patrol boxes. $1,000; dwell
| ing for Waterman at Great Falls. 81, 600;
stable at Great Falls. 5000: purchase of
coagulant for filtration plant, $1,000; re-
| modelling Georgetown reservoir 800, 900;
school nurses for public schools, 81 800;
evening lectures, $1,000; Fairgrounds. 49,
400; laboratory fixtures. $1,000; expenses
of child labor law. $4,000: removal of
weeds. under health department. 5000;
site for dog pound, $4,000: erection and
equipment of pound, $19.JO0: stable for
smallpox hospital, $500; erection of north
wing of workhouse. $4,000: water mains
and fire plugs. $500; additional building
at Home for Aged and Infirm. 10000;
preparation of plan and appropriation to-
ward erection of tuberculosis hospital
buildings. 10000; building for school for
| feeble minded children $4,000
| Following are the changes and the new
items in the District bill as reported to the
| House today:
General Expenses.
! Executive Office.-Clerk who shall he a
| increase of $3.50.
| Plumbn Inspection Division-Tempo
rary employment of additional assistant
inspectors of plumbing and laborers for
such time as their services may be neces-
sary, $1,000 an increase of $500.
| Care of District Building.-Clerk and
stenographer at $780, an increase of
$500: two dynamo tenders at 1915 each,
an increase of one; forty cleaners at $24O
each, an increase of four, eight watch
men at 5000 each, an increase of three;
one pneumatic tube operator at $500:
fuel, light, power and repairs and mis-
cellaneous supplies. $4,000, an increase of
s., 600
| Assessors Office.-One clerk at 5000
Auditors Objective clerks at 81 200
each, an increase of two.
| Engineers Office, Record DiviSion.-Boss
carpenter boss painter, boss timer, boss
plumber. boss steamfitter and boss grader
| transferred to permanent roll and CORE
spending reduction of $1,000 made in gen
eral fund from which they were hereto
fore paid: one municipal architect, So. 600.
Department of MISUNDERSTANDING er
$720, an increase of $120: temporary clerk
hire, 5000, a decrease of $780,
Il Surveyors Office.-Three assistant engi-
neers. an increase of one; authorization
for purchase of automobile not to cost
over 81 800.
Public Library.-Librarian, $500, an in
crease Of $3.50; employment of substitutes
and other special and temporary service,
at the. discretion of the librarian, $1,000.
, Contingent and Miscellaneous Elk
penses.
Allowance for use of bicycles by in
spectors in the engineer department, in
creased from $500 to $500; postage for
strictly official mail matter, increased
from $1,000 to $4,000; metal tags for motor
vehicles, 500, a decrease of 500, installa-
ltion of permanent electric wiring system