Evening star., 1909-09-02
INCREASE IN REVENUE
District Estimates for 1911
Total About $6.250.000.
STATEMENT NEARLY READY
Committee Awaiting Report OF Debt
From Secretary of War
KEEP WITHIN APPROPRIATION
Work of Preparation Unusually I'm
portant Because of Restrictions
Under Recent Act.

The estimates of tho revenues u the
District for the fiscal year of 1911 nave
practically been completed and will be
submitted TO the Commissioners within
few days While the figures have not
will be close to s8,25o, 900. This Is about
a quarter of q million dollars ahead of
the revenues for the current year.
In letter TO the Commissioners tooaS
District Auditor Tweedale announces that
the committee on preparation OF the est
mates of the revenues is awaiting a teetVt
from the Commissioners indicating the
amount of tile debt due the United states
on account OF advances which are I" DC
paid out of the revenues for the fscai
year 1a11, and also for a statement rom
the Secretary of War SLOWING the
amount of the approved estimates OF ap-
pronriations under his control which are
charged in whole or in part against the
revenues of the District Of Columbia. As
soon as those figures are received the
statement of the estimated revenues Will
be forwarded TO the Commissioners
The preparation of the estimates or
revenues for the next fiscal year IS re-
garded of unusual Importance. IN view OF
the provision in the last District appro-
priation act that the estimates OF eX-
penses for the District government to be
submitted by the Commissioners iS5sCon-
greSS shall not exceed in the aggregate
a sum equal TO twice the amount OF the
total estimated revenues of the District
for the same fiscal year. The estimates,
it is further provided. must take into ac-
count all charges against the District rev.
enues under appropriations In both the
District act and other acts. In view of
these provisions. the committee on the
preparation of the estimates of the Teye-
nues have been careful TO keep We'll with
in conservative bounds.
A Comparative Analysis.
Accompanying the report regarding the
preparation of the estimates for the next
fiscal year is a table giving careful and
comparative analysis of the revenues Of
the District for the last ten years from
all sources. Taken in conjunction with
the tables submitted III asterdsy regarding
the appropriations for sal b sfinnct.cn OF
the government. this table is expected to
give the Commissioners an easy way of
determining how the revenues from each
function have been divided among the
several functions for expenditures and
enable them to determine where cuts in
appropriations should be made and where
increases should be provided III the fu-
ture.
years shows that the Districts receipts
have doubled in the decade. The total
revenues for the ten years, as shown by
the report, is as follows:
In 1900, S3, 49, 1861 49, 1901, S3.3 .3S7 6Ss., 73 73
1862, S3.53i. .569.o,: 1903, $4.54o,.2s: 1904.
81. 7O7. .236.s5; 1905. A,s47. 64.5F; 1906,
s5.o94, 744s7; 1907, S.. .2s6. .a0e. 10; 1908. ss,-
i94, HIS. and 1909, s6.o5S,077.3:
The biggest source of revenue was, Of
course. from taxes. The revenue from all
a in al ed tr O.. iy,
1901 ii amounted to $3,S93, ,271. 16. and in
1909 it amounted to $5.119. 191. 45. The
biggest gain is shown in the amount col
Iected from tax on personal property. The
separate figures for the revenues from
this source in 1900 and 1901 are not avail
able. In 1907 there was collected for
personal taxes S63,ON.5S. in 1904 the
revenue from this source amounted to
$500. 1902; in 1905 it amounted to $685.
43S. .26; In 1909 it amounted to 1921 933. O4,
and in 1909, the banned year, it reached
$93l. .i6091.
Miscellaneous Revenues.
The revenues from liquor, plumbers
insurance. engineers and other licenses
were also large, and have been on the
increase in the ten years. In 1900 the
revenues from licenses of all kinds
amounted to s342. 2.57Oe7; in 1904 ss52,-
6s5.95. and in 1909 s6ts3 22224. 80. Receipts
from rents of markets and market stalls
have also been increasing each year dur
ing the decade. amounting in 1860 to
Sl6 1890: in 1904 to 1864. p, and In
1909 to $2S,FS.S. For rents of hay
scales fish and other wharves and pipe
lines in public space the revenues in 1900
were $5.53'.2O; In 1904 S11,So0.12. and in
1863 S1O.45i.60.
From fines in the Supreme, Police and
Juvenile courts the District in 1900 re-
ceived A,6I2.1s: in 1904 s23.6a4.55, and in
1909 sS.573.s1. In fees charged for test
ing weights and measures, inspecting gas
and meters, release of dogs from pound,
sewer. gas and water permits. building
and electrical permits. motor vehicle IL
censes and other sources the District in
1860 received S2i, 1916; In 1904 $56 125 SO
and in 1909 S103.413.S1. From other mis-
ceilaneous sources the District in 1860
received So, ,s17.92 in 1904 $40, ,984 90, and
In, 1GaA x1o5 0Sn 4S