The Washington times., 1912-12-02
Must Appropriate at Rate Of
$42,000,OOO Daily to
Meet Estimates.
$l3,629, ,S97 ASKED
FOR THE DISTRICT
Increase Of Commissioner Sala.
ries to $500 Per Year In
cluded in Requests.

Est,mste, for .no,bcr b,,,,on.d dollar
Congress- were sent to the House TODAY
by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Through the Treasury Department,
the various establishments Of the Gov.
ernment ask for Ss1. as t55.I for the
conduct Of Uncle Sans business and
the payment Of his bills during the rs.
cal year Of 1914 This total IL exclusive
Of the appropriation for the postal serv.
ice. which probably will amount to
S?7b. .00O. 900 additional, and which would
run the grand total considerably over
the billion mark. Allowances for the
postal service. however, are presumed
to be fully reimbursed from the reve-
nues OF the Postoffce Department.
Granting that the Democratic pruning
knife will be mercilessly applied to the
annual estimates-as was done last ses-
sion-Congress must dig into the Treas.
ury vaults Tor about N.0O.ooo.ooo.
Members OF the House figure there
VIII DC but twenty-six days Tor actual
work on appropriation bills during the
snort session. aiio~ins Tor the regular
calendar DAYS set apart Tor othsr
business ana counting out the christ.
mas recess.
Ahout n, M ooo par Dsv
propriate at the rate Of approximately
n2 an. mO per dav IN order 10 dispo,e Of
,h. an.,,,a, $780,. .-io- a. N.-.,,
'no Annus' "uose's p''"F =" "s''" =
when the session dies.
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Ihe treasury department recon-
mends an appropriation OF Ns.6sS'sV. "
for the District OF Columbia. the
amount representing $l2,6aT0 Tor
general expenses and $'o5.6O for per-
manent annual appropriations. The es.
timatcs for the fiscal year Of 1914 are
slightly above those for 1918. which
were so unceremoriousiy cut by tn.
House Appropriations Committee. The
District received for the current nscal
year only sll,sli.ls7 and the Democrats
are still believed to he of an "economi.
cal' turn Of mind.
In transmitting the District estimates.
the Secretary OF the Treasury appends
cnn' ',,t.",n ns ,ns ~, T .hnn.sn .sc. .hns ne
have left intact the original estimates
Of the Board Of Education and the
| Board Of Charities dealing with these
branches OF the mun'c'pal government.
Increase In COMMISSIONER Salaries
Ex,on.,y. .,r.., ,pnrcv.ment. rae,
lsmation Of the Anacistia mats. an in.
crease OF G.5oO each In the Ealaries Of
| the District Commissioners. numerous
| calarv increases for subordinate EN-.
n,ov.. n, tho D,.ir,c, Government nr
| increase In the number OF policemen
and firemen. a renewal OF the request
| for appropriations for tho Kllngle Val.
lev Park and Highway and the Piney
Branch Valley Highway and Mt. Ham.
i!ton Park. are among the District Items
submitted to the treasury Department
Once more the Commissioners ana ths
treasury Departmeht renew the Iee."
mendat'on ior the estao,sh.en' ot q
municipal asphal1 p'sn. % On ..e I' p'Ont W.,
space lying soutn OF Was'er .. 49,. ~"t
east OF f'ourteeh'n stree. sou'n~" Nv es, 81
totaI cost OF NOT Hore ''sM 49, s'''.D. 80 l..
The pr'ncipa. amounss ms. co,.' @ "
tne es'ima'es 'o' ~.
oia hciuoe '"e '., s 4.
10 cohtmuo n tne .S.an",,a .,vas oni
veiopmemn o. '"'
"s.s' slV s.,s, .,,o.. po.,
| 10 eo"ntIs - .,s.,.w,va ~. sv.
Cleek on ~. .' ss ss.. ~, :" src..a s,so
nue' " .o'a az Soo ~ ~. ,n,mad,s,.I,
.U.,iaS,s 49, ine sun This ri latter request CARRIE
with IL the provision that the Capita
| Traction Company shall remove ~
tracks from Twenty.sixin street norvn
west, petween srnn, n .treet north
Sas, anS hstween Twent y-.ixth and Twen
ty-ninth streets, and relocate the sam'
in Pennsylvania avenue across the nev
bridge TO Juncuon VIZ" uS M, pprnswi
tracts ~ me"''
'~ w...x
| Vthet 6"P'oyes "'e
Salaries Of three Commissioners a.
$500 each. Instead OF $o.ooo each'
For q District warehouse 10 oe usee
for the receipt. care. and Distribution
OF supplies ior 'he '"u"''''A' e''
ernmeht. sso'ovo' o..
10 phrchase TWO mo. s.sno o'