Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15

beaches, but did appropriate for the ex-
| listing bathing beach.
| The proposed purchase of the Patter-
| son tract. adjoining the Columbia Insti-
tuition for the Deaf, for an eighty -one-
acre park at cost of s375.019 was not
included i'm the bill and many of the
projects coming under the board of
charities We're not appropriated for. One
of the important legislative provisions OF
the bin transfers the jurisdiction of the
reformatory and workhouse expenditures
from the board of charities to the Com
missioners. In place of the extensive CEN
trail warehouse and new purchasing and
supply system. the bill includes a para
graph making it necessary that all de-
partment heads shall make up an in
ventory of the District property under
their control.
General Administration Items.
The comparison by general depart
ments. according to the report the
bill. between the present act and the pro-
posed act for the fiscal year 1915 shows
that for executive office salaries and gen
eral administrative items. including thoss
for corporation counsel. tax collecting.
assessing. library, auditor etc. the bill
carries STA. 1926. as against s799,6l1 for
the present year. The number of EN-
ployes is raised from 617 to 62:i. details
of which are shown in the committee re-
port printed below. Contingent and mis-
celaneous expenses, under the present
act s75.s5o, are in the bill at SIS, 10
For improvements and repairs OK
bridges, streets, etc, the bill carries Sl.-
IA. .3S5, almost $4,000 less than provided
in the last act. The total for sewers is
s5J9.6Jo. increase OF sl1ooo. but the
committee cut the estimate for suburban
sewers from s25S, 800 to $1G1,6O0.
Under Streets which includes dust
prevention. cleaning and snow removal.
disposal of refuse parking commission.
public convenience station maintenance,
etc. the bill carries s542,6o0. an increase
of S12000.
The bill gives $685.. 600 for lighting, an
increase of $4,000, but the general fund
for the electrical department is reduced
from S461, ,995 to s66.345. Police depart
ment appropriations are reduced TO S9so,-
Isl l3 from s9Sa.349 The total number
of employes of the police department
drops from S23 TO 500
Fire department expenditures are pro-
vided for in this bill at s745. 10 an i'm
crease Of Sl1.GW. The big requests OF
the health department were not written
into the bill, which carries sl13.34o for
that service reduction of $1,000 The
health department asked for sl69.53o.
For charities and corrections, work
house. hospitals, board of childrens
guardians ETC. the bill carries 81 .l3a,s22,
an increase OF $1,000, but almost s2to,oo
less than the estimates. which included
new hospitals, new iouSlis House' c'e'
Submits Complete Explanation.
Setting an example to the rest OF the
committees which will have appropriation
bills to make up. the subcommittee in
charge of the District bill has given 10
the House a report which leaves alb
soIutely nothing to be explained. When
the bill is placed in the hands of men,
bers of the House, together with the
report. they will be able to see AT a
glance the proposed limitations on eS-
pen6itures the few legislative provisions
in the bill and the differences in salaries.
This report, made to expedite the leS1s-
on the noor Was compiled Chiefly
by lanes c. Courts. clerk 10 the COM
mittee on appropriations, and Marcellus
Shield assistant clerk. The subcommit-
tee members are Representative Page or
North Carolina, chairman; Representative
Sisson of Mississippi. Representative Nc
Andrews of Illinois, Representative Davis
of Minnesota and Representative Hine-
baugh of Illinois.
Committees Report.
The report on the bill follows:
The committee on appropriations, in
presenting the bill making appropria-
tions for the support of the govern
ment of the District of Columbia for
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1915.
su bmits the following in explanation
thereof:
The estimates of the Commissioners
Of the District of Columbia. upon which
Continued on Fifth paS'