Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-15
Goes to Secretary of Treas
ury, But Amounts and Prof.
ects Not Announced.
INCREASES ARE BELIEVED
TO BE SOUGHT, HOWEVER
Provision Made for Public Parks,
High School Cadet Camp and
Other Projects, It Is Said.

In veil of secrecy which prob.
ably has not enveloped any sini.
lar document, the Districts an.
nual budget went to the Secretary
OF the Treasury today for trans.
mission to Congress.
Its total of appropriations requested
doubtless will not be known until tn,
bill is presented IN Congress, for tn,
Commissioners this morning absolutely
declined to throw any light on this sub
ject or make public what improvement,
have been asked for. 1t is believed
however, that the budget is a mos
| comprehensive estimate for the need.
of the District and asks for an in.
creased appropriation. which. to say
the least, reflects the increase in Dis.
trict revenues.
Despite the absence Of any officia
announcement as to what the estimates
ask for. 1t may be stated authorita.
lively that the budget provides for:
I. Acquisition Of Patterson and
Dean tracts for public parks.
2. Establishment of camp Of mill.
tary instruction for High School
Cadets.
8. New Eastern High school ana
extensive additions to grade schools.
4. Municipal lodging house.
s. Preparation Of plans for new
Aqueduct bridge and Calvert Street
bridge.
9. Appropriations for continuing
work on District reformat0ry and
municipal hospital.
:. Liberal street Improvement
program.
Silent on Great Falls Project.
What has been done with the Great
Falls water supply and power develop
ment project is not known, the Com
missioners refusing to state whether OF
not this item is included in the esti-
mates.
The recommendation for public
parks is understood to call for one Of
the largest appropriations for this pur-
pose that has been carried in any bud
get for some time. The Patterson tract
Is just west of Kendall Green, while
section of Connecticut and Florida
avenues.
Surprise probably will be caused by
the item for a high school camp. as this
Is a brand-new suggestion. The Com
missioners believe that the cadets
-
ton, and that the expense Of the camp
should be met out of the school boards Q
appropriation.
The recommendation for the new
Eastern High School means, OF course,
that the Commissioners plan to take
immediate steps for obtaining a site
for this property. following the rejec-
tion of the condemnation commissione Z
award for the site formerly proposed.
liberal To Grade Schools.
tions requested for additions to grade
schools are unusually liberal. Last
years bill carried about three-quarters
of a million dollars for three buildings
the Central. N Street High and Park
View schools With these improve
ments provided for. the Commissioner
feel that first consideration should now
be given to the needs of the grade
schools. For every school that an ad-
dition has been asked provision II
made, it is understood. for an assem-
bly, hall.
How much is requested for a new
municipal lodging house is not known
but it is understood that 100000 il
asked for continuing work on the
reformatory which adjoins the Dis.
trict workhpuse at Occoquan. Va The
street improvement budget also call.
for considerably larger expenditure
than that of last year.
So far as can be ascertained the es.
Inmates do not provide for extensive
partment appropriations, it is under.
/ stood, provide for extensive motoriza
| ton of the departments fre-nghtine
| apparatus.