The Washington herald., 1911-02-24
.SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
REPORTED TOULOUSE
Carries S14O,268, ,394.99 for
Fiscal Year 1912.
$45, 100000 GOES TO CANAL
Sum of 81, ,OOO,O 900 Provided for Forti-
fcation-District Government In
stitutions Receive Customary Ap-
propriations, with Some Few In
creases-Thousands for Repairs.

Inc Sundry civil Dill, one or the most
| important, supply bills of Congressional
session, owing to its diverse provisions
| and large expenditures, was reported to
the House yesterday from the Appropr1a-
tions Committee. The total appropriation
called for for the fiscal year 1912 is $140.26S,-
| S94-99, an amount over $4,000 more than
the current sundry civil appropriation.
The estimates supplied by the Secretary
of the Treasury for the makeup Of this
bill amounted to S14,0000oo more than the
committee finally authorized.
Next years expenditures on the Panama
Canal will amount to $4, 560, 900 according
to the bill. The public buildings in course
of construction throughout the country,
or planned for, are to receive aid to the
extent of 81, ,311 ,2S The Panama Canal
! appropriation is increased by S,695, ,OOO
and the public buildings appropriation by
S16579, rs over last year. The sum of
100000 is provided for the fertilization
of the canal
President Taft's board of tariff ad-
visers is given an appropriation OF $4OO,-
900 to carry IT through the next two
fiscal years. This amount increases the
last appropriation for the board by
$4,000. The appropriation for the In
terstate Commerce Commission is $1,S15,-
UUO, an increase or S450,Og0.
An appropriation CT $3JO,OO is made for
carrying on the removal work of the
wreck of the battle ship Maine in Ha-
vana Harbor. A memorial arch at Valley
Forge, Pa, to cost 10000, is provided
for. For the continuation of river and
harbor improvements now under con-
tract S,oS'@7 is appropriated.
Some Increases for District.
The District of Columbia institutions of
the government, including the various
executive buildings, the grounds sur
rounding them, and the hospitals and
educational institutions receive their
customary appropriations. with increases
in a few instances. The following are
some of the items of local interest:
For buildings and grounds in and
around Washington, s157, ,S5O an increase
of $105O0
For expenses of the Executive Mansion,
$4,000
For lighting the Executive Mansion and
public grounds, $500.
For the unveiIing of the statue of John
Paul Jones, in this city, S, 5O0 recon-
mended as a new item.
For the Washington Manument, 81. $50.
For expenses Of the commission on fine
arts. $500, reduction of $1,000.
For repairs to the Army Medical Mu-
scum Building in this city, $4,000, rec
commended as a new item
For the support and treatment of desti-
tute patients in Providence Hospital, 49,
Co., the same as this year, in addition TO
S34950 for a power plant
For maintenance of Garfield Memorial
Hospital. $1,000 the same as, appropri-
ated for the current fiscal year, in ad-
dition to $13,3OO for the Improvement OF
the hospital grounds.
For aid to the Children's Hospital
on account of the building of an ad-
dition and for alterations and improve
ments, s25,OO0.
Thousands for Repairs.
For repairs of buildings. Interior De-
partment, $4,000, an increase of S1O,-
600, in addition to $4,000 for a coal and
ash conveyor and $4,000 for a new
roof on the Patent Office
For work at the Capitol and for gen.
eral and special repairs. $4,000.
For improving the Capitol grounds,
$4,000.
For the Capitol power plant and
lighting the Capitol and grounds. the
House and Senate Office buildings, and
the Library of Congress. $4,000, a re-
duction of $4,000.
For the Government Hospital for the
Insane, S4S9, 400. an increase of SIS 900.
For the Columbia Institute for the
Deaf and Dumb, $4,000, an increase of
$4,000.
For Howard University, $4,000, a
reduction of S11,SOO, and in addition
s11,340 for expenses in connection with
the heating and lighting plant used
jointly by the Freedmen's Hospital and
the university.
For Freedmen's Hospital S1O2 OOO
an increase of S47.160
For repairs of courthouse, $1,000
For new construction work for the Ma
tional Training School for Boys, s2O,5Oo, a
reduction of $500
New Vaults Provided For.
new paragraph in the bill authorizes
the Secretary Of the Treasury to procure
from especially qualified engineers ''the
plans and specifications for and the COM
plete engineering services necessary in
connection with the construction and in
stallation of vaults for the new building
for the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing"
Another new paragraph provides that |
hereafter all disbursements of money ap-
propriated for the construction of new
public buildings shall be made by the |
Treasury Department here at Washing |
ton, and not through local agents, as has |
heretofore been the case.
kmong the new minor items of local in |
terest are the following:
For completion OF improvements be-