Evening star., 1913-02-17

Carrying total Of sl13. .151 .6l4.66 the
sundry civil appropriations bill, en-
comprising thousands of details of the
governments expenditures for the fiscal
year 1914, was rel orted to the House to-
day from the appropriations committee.
Representative Fitzgerald of New York.
chairman.
The bill has scores of items of grea
interest to Washington. locally. we
as millions of dollars which affect the
government bureaus and departments
here. From cleaning the Capitol dome
to appropriating nearly four millions for
the fortification work on the Panama
canal. the sundry civil bill takes a wider
sweep of expenditures than any other
supply bill which is handled by the ma
tional Legislature.
Fourteen millions of dollars are appro-
priated for public buildings all over the
country, the list aggregating eighty pages
in the printed document. and over twelve
millions are appropriated for contracts to
be let under the rivers and harbors Inn
provement works.
Deep Cut in the Estimates.
The subcommittee which reported the
bill believes II to be generous and
carefully drawn one. Although il is less
than the estimates furnished by the gov
ernment officials interested BY $25,5OO.O0O
and less than last years act b. 1885,
36S30. there are provisions for money to
be spent on crying needs OF the govern
ment, both within the District of Co
lumbia and throughout the country.
Possibly the items of greatest interest
to Washington are the provisions for
raising the rate of pay at the bureau
of engraving and printing. where the rate
faf 2 f1t-ao ;c, ,fen<f 81 a.sA
a day. and the rate OF printers assistants
from s1.50 TO s1.15 a day; the two-hun-
dred- d-and-twenty-t -th housand-dollar item for
the erection OF new building i'm the
court of the patent office. where crowded
conditions have driven the force of clerks
to all sorts of eXpedients to get their
ordinary days work done at all: and
the appropriation of s107,200 to acquire
new land for the National Geological
Park
heating plant to cost nearly a million
and a half, to heat and light nearly ali
the big government buildings in the city.
Guard for President-Designa
OF interest to Washington and the ma
ton at large is the wording Of line in
the secret service appropriation. where
s135,0O0 is appropriated for the needs oG
the service. including the guarding OF
the life of the President and the person
chosen to be President" When the bill
was being discussed the committee wor-
ried considerably over whether or not ii
could put in a provision to protect the
life of the "President-elect.
At that time Woodrow Wilson was not
'President-elect," the electoral vote
had not then been counted and certified
by Congress. 1t is also noted in the bill
that the Wilson regime will start Off
with a general housecleaning at the
White House, if the item is enacted, TO-
$4,000 is carried in the bill for new wall
coverings i'm the red and blue rooms at
the White House and new upholsterine
throughout the mansion. New roofs for
the terraces are provided also.
The Smithsonian Institution appropria
ton for it's maintenance carries q new
item of $4,000 for new bookstacks. The
National Museum appropriation this yea
is $412,jO0.
Addition to Zoo Park.
For new roads, bridges. etc.. and their
upkeep in the National Geological Park.
$780, 600 is appropriated: and the land TO
be acquired under the terms Of the bill
lies between the present western bound
ary of the park and Connecticut avenue.
from Cathedral avenue TO Klingle road.
with the exception Of a small parcel cI
which house has recently been built.
Work on public buildings and grounds
in the city Of Washington is appropriated
for to the extent of s21G, 400. This in
cludes the upkeep of the southern slope
OF the White House grounds. the White
House greenhouses. Lafaye ette Park.
Franklin Park. Lincoln Park. the Wash
ington Monument and other reservations.
For soil. seed and work In Potomac Pari.
S35 900 is appropriated. and special ap-
propriation OF $1,000 TO start work i'm
the park on the east of the railway
bridge Is made. New park lodges for
Lafayette. Franklin. Judiciary and Lin
coin parks are provided for. as we'll as a
small appropriation for plans preliminary
TO work on Meridian Hill Park.
Twenty-Five Thousand dollars, the usuas
for the travelling expenses
of the President, is made in this bill.
Lincoln and Grant Memorials.
Work on the Lincoln Memorial will
start as soon as the bill passes. as $780,
coo is appropriated for that work. Con-
tinuation of work on the Grant memorial
ia provided for by a $4,000 appropria-
ton.
General repairs have been scheduled
throughout the Interior Department ano
its bureaus. the largest item being the
of $4,000 for the pafcnt
ofYire where a separate structure or
glass iron steel, ETC., will be raised La
The COURTYARD of the old building. Sew
he interior