Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-02
Public Works.

Six thousand dollars is asked for the
general repair of the Botanic Gardens.
For the completion of the new building
of the bureau of engraving and printing
$4,000 is asked and $4,000 is asked for
the completion of amount necessary for
payment of special technical services I'M
der the present limit for the buildings
of the departments of State, Justice and
Commerce and Labor. For the compile
ton of the new Washington post office,
500 600 is asked. Repairs for the Treas
ury Butler and Winder buildings are
estimated at $1,000. For continuing the
construction of buildings for the engineer
school at Washington barracks, Sio,oUU
is estimated.
Repairs and improvements for buildings
under the Department of the Interior
have been recommended with great lib
erality. and the estimates bear the nota-
ton that they have been recommended
by Fire Chief Wagner of the District of
Columbia and Fire Marshal Nicholson.
Repairs needed and the amounts are as
follows: Old post office building, $4,000;
installation of electric elevator in old
post Office building. $3.50; elevator. pat
ent office building. $500; repairs and i'm
provements, patent office building, $226Jo
for special repairs, patent office build
ing, $4,000; new plumbing in old post
office building. 1900: electric light wir-
ing in pension office building, S1S,0o0; in
stallation of carpenter shop for the De-
partment of the Interior. 4,SJ0: new
heat. light and power plant, Department
of the Interior, S21,JW-
Repairs at Capitol.
Repairs and improvements in and
around the Capitol are only $500 more
than the present appropriation. amount
ing in all to S63J00.
Large increases i'm the estimates for the
Government Hospital for the Insane are
recommended. as follows: Additional
barns. $4,000: additional land. $1,000;
additional quarters for employees, S23.0m;
installation of epileptic colonoy, $l6oOo;
requirement of additional farm land, So
coo: new shop building. s24,153; for pro-
vision for criminal insane. $30,4Ji: new
fence and gate. $4,000: new building for
woman patients. 100000: new fire pro-
lection, Sl1 800
New dormitory and other equipment are
asked for the Columbia Institution for
the Deaf the sum total being S11o.pt
A new assembly hall for Howard Uni
versity at a cost Of $4,000 is asked.
improvements to the courthouse in this
city are estimated at $4,000.
For the completion of central schooi
building, gymnasium and showers at the
National Training School for boys. s2o,WO
is asked. and coo is requested for ad-
ditional land for the institution.
Government Printing Office.
The total estimates for the govern
ment printing Office, exclusive of
charges to the various departments, are
$5,793,797.72, which is an increase over
the present appropriation of s5.lSS-264.
In the office of the public printer sew
eral clerical changes are asked for, but
the net result is an increase of $57,-
$40 in the salary roll For the public
printing, including the cost of Con-
gressional Record and for every con-
ceivable expense in connection with
government publications. S4,S37. 1872 is
asked, an increase of more than $675.-
900.
In the office of the superintendent of
documents, promotions are recommend
ed as Yellowstone clerk from class
three to class four. two clerks from
class two to class three. one clerk from
class one to class two. four clerks from
s72O to $500, and an increase of 5000 for
assistant chief of shipping and receiv-
ing section.
Miscellaneous Items.
The estimate for the Presidents econ
omy commission is s25O,OOO. while the ap-
preparation for the present year is
$4,000.
For the commission of fine arts $500
is estimated, an increase of $500.