The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
sums ASKED IN
DISTRICT BUDGET
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/ advance of their submission to Congress.
1t is therefore impossible for me TO par
ticularize as TO the projects and services
which we have recommended. In general
terms, however. l think we have the
| authority to make public what we have
done.
For BENEFIT of People.
BROADLY speaking. the policy followed
by the Commissioners, acting with the
approval of President Wilson, has been
to retard the expenditures OF large sums
for the external Identification of the city
and to increase the activity of the Dis
trict government in advancing such
projects and expending such services as
we hope will make for a more rapid de-
velopment OF the social. moral. and physi-
cal conditions Of the people Of the whole
city.
1--WE believe that the people of the Dis
trict, as q whole. will approve this
policy. and will approve the specific
recommendations which We have made
toward carrying them out when they
learn later Just what those recommenda-
tions are. We also believe that our gen
eral policy will meet with the approval
of Congress, and that the expenditures,
which we urge as necessary to putting
that policy into operation, will receive
favorable consideration at the Capitol.
In the apportionment Of funds whose
expenditures We. recommend. we have
given careful consideration to the recon-
mendations Of organizations of citizens,
with a view to approximating exact Jus
tice TO each community, bearing in mind
the community's needs and the proper
nf
ceived in the past"
Large sum for schools.
One Of the largest items In the budget
is for the public schools, the amount
asked for this branch of the District
government being about three and a half
million dollars. Appropriations for be-
ginning the erection OF the proposed
Eastern High and Manual Training
Schools, the latter TO be located In the
Southeast, II is understood, have been
asked. A second installment for the con-
struction of the new Central High
School building and an item for a school
for the Park View section also are
asked
About s175.ooe has been reunested for the
creation OF a model municipal market on
the site of the old market on Water
street. for the handling of marine pro-
ducts and such fruit and vegetables as
are brought by water to the Capital.
Further. IL Is understood. the Commits
sioners have, made provision for the
preparation of plans for a general munic-
ipal market nrobablv TO be situated in
the center OF the citV. II was the object
of the district heads in including this
convenient to all and one planned along
modern sanitary lines
1t is not known how much larger are
the estimates for the Public Library and
the District Department of Health, but
il is believed that these appropriations
are large enough. il allowed, to mater
tally increase the opportunity for service
of both.
Only one New Park.
There is provision for only one addl-
tional park project. 1t is understood, and
that is to be situated in the Northeast.
The Patterson tract of eighty-one acres,
lying north of Florida avenue. and
bounded on the east by the Columbia
the west by New York Avenue, and on
the north by Fairview avenue. is said TO
be the tract considered. The Northeast
is lacking in park facilities.
Other items call for $1,000 for the
preparation of plans for the improve
ment of the harbor front at a cost of
81 500 600; for the establishment Of a
central ware and storage house for the
receipt and distribution of supplies pur-
chased for the District: for the build
ing of a District reformatory ON site
recently purchased near Occoqusn; for
Improvement of the lighting system Of
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue Southeast; for the
provision OF two public comfort stations,
at Wisconsin Avenue and M Streets
Northwest and at Fifteenth and H
Streets Northeast. and for a large num-
Der Of street improvements. the bulk Of
which improvements are in the Northeast
and Southeast sections