Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-18
WHERE MONEY GOES
Long List of Things Which Are
Purchased by District.
H:....CROVE GOOD SPENDER
Paid Out the Trifing Sum of
$1,319,30s Last Year.
AUTOMOBILES A BIG ITEM
But Groceries and Meat and Dry
Goods Took Considerable More
of Districts Cash.

1t cost the District s21O95 to keep its
shoes half soled and heeled last year,
according to the annual report Of Marion
Hargrove, property clerk, which was
handed to Commissioner Rudolph this
morning. Mr.. Hargrove is in reality a
purchasing agent for the District. He
buys everything the District uses from
hooks and eyes to renting halls for school
commencements, from buying breakfasts
for Police Court prisoners to boats for
transporting those same prisoners to Oc-
coquan.
Mr.. Hargrove spent $3.50. 3OS during
the fiscal year. which exceeded the
previous year by over 1900 Most OF
the money went for such things as school
supplies. desk supplies, foods, clothes.
etc., and only about $3.50 was spent
for construction material.
Took Lots Of Coal.
He bought 1929 tons OF hard coal
and 1000 tons less Of soft coal OF
wood the District used 729 cords. In
the way of sewer pipe OF all descrip-
lions and sizes. he bought the merely
normal amount OF 10000 feet. which.
laid end to end, would reach from the
two times. OF bricks, vitrified paving
and sewer. a million and three-Quar-
tiers were bought.
The Districts autos stood the tax
payers $l2,O71.5O last year for new We
hicles. One Of these was the auto pa
troll wagon, used by the police force,
and cost $3.50. Repairs to automo-
biles cost 1917. Athletic goods cost
s1.13470. Awnings and patching up
holes in them cost $414.75. Badges for
policemen and repairs cost $581.94,
while shoulder straps for policemen
Car tickets cost ss,115. while boots
and shoes cost $4.824 Keeping the
$43S.50. The school children's photo
Autograph diplomas cost 1881.
Electricity cost a little something, for
the current alone amounted to $9.273.5O,
while electrical supplies cost $30,810.04.
Dry goods was an active feature OF
Mr.. Hargrove's shopping last year, and
his bill for this little item was ST.
875.16. His visits to the drug stores
were numerous and expensive also. as
chemicals and drugs cost the District
$13.252.36.
Cost Of Fire Engines.
Chief wagner's fire engines and the
care which Superintendent Of Repairs
Robinson put on them cost N6.O75. Re-
charging the fire extinguishers in the Dis
trict building and in the various fire en-
CINE houses cost $2jS 46.
Food was a tremendous item in the
Districts outlay. For animals the forage
cost H4,357.6O, while the groceries which
the various institutions use cost $40, S11 CO.
Milk and cream cost $S,09611; fruits and
vegetables cost $2.973. Fresh meat cost
the modest sum of $2O.O17.36. Hardware
and tinware. inclusive of pots and pans
by the carload. cost $43,44S.37
Fuel alone cost $14S 767. %. Glass, paint
and varnish ran up to SO. 1884
New horses cost $21 639 SO, and to shoe
them the District paid out $6.95S36. Fire
hose cost $17.367.12. Telephones cost the
District S.435.9S and kilograms cost
$5JO.7O. Regulating the temperature in
the schools cost $1.575 and washing the
air at the District building cost s., 1888