Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-04

The great sundry civil bill,
carrying total appropriations of
SIo7.6o6,75o.28, was reported to
the House today from the appro-
priations committee. and includes
the authorizations for important
new projects within the District
of Columbia.
Covers Wide Range.
The bill appropriates for thou
sands of items, from the purchase
OF typewriting machines in Wash
ington to the fortifcation of the
Panama canal and the improve
ment of thousands of miles of
waterways throughout the coun-
trv.
Smallest in Several Years.
Compared to previous sundry
civil bills it is smaller than any
submitted to the House since
1906; is SIo,oo3,I8o.5o below the
sundry civil act passed last year,
and SI7,784,88o.77, below the esti-
mates submitted by the execu-
tive. ."....
Cash for Freedmen's Hospital.
From the revenues of the District of
Columbia the Commissioners are directed
to pay to the United States Treasury the
sum of s41. 73. which is one-half the
cost of maintenance of INDECENT patients
at Freedmen's Hospital chargeable to the
District in excess of the number paid for
by the District in the years from 1905 to
l"l.. inclusive. The committee wrote that
provision in the bill after the advisory
board of the hospital made a report stat
IN. that the District owed the hospital
Tor board and treatment Of Door patients
during the years mentioned the sum of
SS2.419.41 The advisory board states that
when that money is given it the hospital
VIII be able to make necessary extensions
Scattered all through the bill are items
OF tremendous importance to Washing
ton, several of which are legislation of
the constructive. kind. based on the broad
ment recognizes in this city national
capital which can. with proper attention,
be made into the worlds most beautiful
city
For Lincoln Memorial.
For the continuation of the work on the
Lincoln memorial the sum Of s4OO. 600 is
46cluded in the bill, and to provide for the
first years work on the great amphithe-
ater at Arlington $4,000 is appropriated
For the completion of Columbia Hospital
for Women 100000 is in the bill, and gen.
eral increase of So, 800 in the amounts
to be spent on public buildings and
grounds about Washington Is to be found
Long-needed repairs in the patent office
and old post Office buildings may be made
under the bill. which specifies s55,590 for
that purpose.
Of general interest. the appropriation
for the interstate commerce commission
has the largest single increase for ad-
ministrative purposes. For that BODY
the sum of $3.6.0.6O is appropriated Of
which 81 100000 is to be used in the work
of physical valuation of common carriers
This total is an increase of S16JD 40
Ihe Panama canal appropriation in the
Dill reaches the enormous sum of $50 1fS-
ono. an increase of $1,9i2 900. Inasmvch
as the greater part of the fortificatiop of
the canal has been done. only SI,124,415
Is carried in this bill. decrease of
One legislative rider limits the per diem
allowance for travelling expenses outside
OF mileage. except when otherwise fixed
for their particular cases by law. The
recent complaint that the several bu-
reaus and departments of the govern
ment are purchasing the same sort of
typewriters for various prices will be
settled forever under this proposed act
by a paragraph prohibiting the purchase
of any typewriter at price higher than
that paid for the same sort of machine
sby other offices under the government.
Report on the Bill.
The report on the bill, prepared by
James c. Courts clerk to the committee
and Marcellus Shield, assistant clerk,
gives every general increase or decrease,
and that part of interest to Washington
is as follows:
In presenting the bill making appro-
priations for sundry civil expenses Of the
government for the fiscal year 1915 the
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