Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
Additional Schools.
New Parks Not Provided For.

SCnOpl, S-J.bbV-
New Parks Not Provided For
Among the important items estimate
for and not carried in the bill ar
storm centers from previous congress
Sional fights. For instance-the bill
does not carry an appropriation for
municipal hospital. Neither does
carry provision for the purchase o
the Dean tract. the Patterson tract no
the Klingle valley tract. All Of thes
tracts have value for public park pur
poses and Commissioners. citizens as
socia tions and private individuals hav'
underworld to impress Congress VIII
the necessity of purchasing them I'M
Commissioners asked for them thi
year. also for the hospital.
The bill does not carry the $4,000
requested for sewage treatment works
nor does il provide the 100000 asked
for a earba disposal plant. Although
The school appropriation is larger THAI
before. the committee left out entirel.
the estimated sum OF 100000 for alter
ing and remodsling schools
Another interesting item in the est
mates-not carried in the BILLS SIT 90
for free high school text books fo
WASHINGTON Free books have beel
schools for several years. and not il
the high schools. The schools receive,
$4,000 for new buildings and grounds
although they asked for S1,o66,00o. Tn
Items under this section not allowed
were eight-room additions at tn
WheHtley, West. Thkoma and Buchanan
schools; assembly hall and gymnasium
at the Mckinley Manual Trainins
school. and additional land for th'
Park View and Emery schools
Bridge Item Not Included.
The I,r,p s,,r, Of sos nna RI fpbt fu
ture infantile paralysis outbreaks wa
not granted. but the general fund Il
fight contagious diseases was in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000. Thu
Commissioners asked for $4,000 4
build bridge on South Dakota ave
nue., but 1t was not allowed.
The bill carries s323.5o Tor the con-
struction of suburban roads. practically
100000 less than asked; S315, goo 10.
repairs to streets and avenues ano
alleys; the amount asked for, and S150,-
900 for repairs to suburban roads, the
same as last year and $4,000 less than
estimated. detailed statement of the
new street work is given below.
The personal side of the bill is in
teresting, as 1t carries 1875 new salaries
and makes many individual increases,
in addition to any plan of horizontal in
creases TO be added to the bill in the
usual in the case of reports from the
appropria lions committee. gives every
Individual salary change and each ad-
ditional place. II also explains the
main increases and decreases, and
gives. the proposed new legislation.
The bill Will be taken up in the
House tomorrow If the legislative bill
is out of the way by this afternoon Il
will be in charge of Representative
Page of North Carolina. who is at the
head subcommittee cOnDOS,d OF
Representatives McAndrews, Howard,
Davis and Slemp.
The Report on the Bill.
The report on the bill follows:
The estimates of the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia. upon which
the bill is based. will be found on page.
ST. TO S9I of the Book of Estimates. and
department aggregate s1s.27s,09266
one-half of which amount. or of such
sum as Congress may appropriate, is
required TO be drawn from the reve-
mugs of the general government and
the remaining one-half to be levied
upon the taxable property and privi-
leges in the District of COLUMBIA other
than the property of the United States
and the District of Columbia, pursuant
TO section of the act approved June
IL, 1878. entitled An act providing a
permanent form of government for the
District of Columbia
The total amount recommended TO be
appropriated for the general expenses
of the District OF Columbia for the
fiscal year 1918 in the bali submitted
herewith. exclusive OF the amount fol
the water department. payable out of
water revenues. is s12.S31, 1885,. o.
which sum the general government and
the District of Columbia are each re-
CURED TO pay s6,il5,54s.s3.
The amount similarly appropriated
for the general expenses of the District
of Columbia for the current fiscal year
G9ID is sl2,575,s77.10.
Compared with the appropriation
for the current year. 1917, and with the
estimates submitted to Congress for the
ensuing fiscal year, 1918. the following
differences are shown:
The bill appropriates s255,222 81
more than was appropriated for this
same service for the fiscal year 1917
1T appropriates s3.4i6,993 less than
was submitted to Congress in the esti-
mates.
1T provides for 125 more specific
salaries than were appropriated for the
current year and 10 less than are
specifically called for in the estimates
1924 3o for Water Service.
' -
H3l ,eSe.66 appropriated by the accom-
N.nying bill under the terms of the
b. Of 1875 for general expenses of the
11vernment of the District of Columbia
for The fiscal year 1915. and payable
out of the revenues of the District OF
Columbia and out OF the Treasury OF
tee United States, there is recommend
ID for the water service. payable wholly
from the water revenues. s524,73
The whole sum appropriated by the
bill. including appropriations payable
half and half out of the revenues OF the
District and the general Treasury, re-
spectively. and the appropriations for
the water service, payable wholly GU,
of the water revenues, amounts &c
sI3,iJ5.s2s.s6, being SO $685. less tina.
the estimates submitted to Congress
and Sll9,lis-55 more than the whole
appropriations Oncluding s4s4.974. the
amount estimated to be expended for
extension of The high-service waite,
system. and for which specific
amount is carried for 1918 in this bill
made for the current fiscal year 1917.
The total general revenue of thu
District of Columbia for the fiscal yeai
1918, after deducting $4,000 specifically
charged against the same, 1t is esti-
mated. will amount to Ss,sSs,367.
The appropriations recommended i,
the accompanying bill and payabl,
from the revenues of the Distric
amount, as stated. to sS4i5,549.S3
In addition to the last-named sum
appropriations amounting to Sl,504,ll
are estimated for under the Legislative
sundry civil bill, one-half of which
is charxeable war fa IN.