Evening star., 1916-08-18
ID. c. BILL CARRIES
$12,846,049.10
Partial Report on Appropria-
tion Measure Is Made
to Senate.
ITEMS IN DISAGREEMENT
MAY NOT ALTER TOTAL
Half-and-Half, Intangible Property
Tax and Gas Rate Still
to Be Settled.

gas, was submitted to the Senate
today by Senator John Walter
Smith of Maryland.
The bill as agreed to by the confereet
carried total of approximately $12..
S46.O471O. The items still in disagree.
ment will change the total of the bill
practically not at all, no matter which
way they are finally agreed to. This is
1891 ,6S7.62 less than the bill passed by
the Senate and sso4.22s.7s more than
the House bill carried.
The Senate agreed to the partial re.
port as submitted, and, on motion OF
Senator Smith, further insisted upon its
| amendments still in disagreement and
asked for another conference with the
House.
Senate Conferees Prevail.
The Senate conferees prevailed in a
large number of it's amendments. The
La Toilette amendment providing a
retirement and pension system for the
police and fire departments was agreed
to with an amendment putting the
crossing policemen of the District on
the same footing with the other men,
bers of the police force.
| The Senate amendment providing for
| biennial assessments of real estate in
the District, instead of triennial, as at
present, was agreed to.
The provision transferring all rec
| ords, etc, relating to the collection OF
| taxes now kept in the assessors Office
to the Office of the collector of taxes
was stricken out.
| In the matter Of public schools, many
of the Senate increases were allowe ed
| by the conferees. The Senate also pre-
vailed in the matter of many street
improvements.
Hospital Item Stricken Out.
On the other hand, the House con-
ferees succeeded in striking out the
Senate amendment providing for the
erection Of the proposed new municipal
hospital. to be known as the GalIinger
Hospital.
They also succeeded in striking out
the Senate amendment doing away with
the new so-called Borland amendment
which has the effect of still further
extending the operation of the original
| Borland amendment relative to the
pavement of the streets and under
which the owners of the abutting property
must pay one-half the cost of the paving
| and repairing.
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| amendments still in dispute are the Sen
ate amendments relative to the payment
| of Thomas w. and Alice N. Keller for
! benefits assessed against them in connec-
ton with street development. and the Sen
| ate amendment authorizing the accept
| ance Of voluntary services in connection
4 with the school Fairgrounds.
| The Senate amendment providing that
no salary shall be paid to any member OF
| the District excise board whose nomina-
ton has been rejected by the Senate was
| agreed to.
Other Senate Amendments.
| Other Senate amendments agreed to
by the conferees were as follows:
| An additional inspector at $1,000 in
the office of the superintendent OF
| weights and measures.
| Salaries. public utilities commission
$4,000 instead of 100000.
| Engineer Commissioners Office, an ad
| ditionaI clerk at $500.
| Street cleaning division. superintend-
ent at $4,000 instead of S2,500.
Department of insurance. deputy and
additional clerks at 5000 each; tempo.
| rary clerk hire cut from $1,000 to 5000
Contingent and miscellaneous ex-
| penses, motor vehicles, $4,000, instead
of s13,ssS.
| For the purchase of a site and erec-
tion of a central garage. $4,000.
For the erection of a third steel
shelter at the farmers produce mar
| ket, $4,000.
| For auto truck for superintendent
| OF weights and measures, $500.
For changes at the District repair
! shop. $4,000.
For construction of shed in the rear
| of the repair shop. S1.600.
| For machines for repair shop 81 s0o
For Street improvements.
improvements and repairs-work or
streets and avenues, sls6. 900 instead OF
sls6.e0o: Southwest section schedule
an increase of s4.700: southeast
schedule. an icrseae Of $500; North
east section schedule. an increase O,
$4,000.
Street improvements as follows were
agreed to:
Repave with asphalt granite block
roadway OF 9Th street northwest from n
street to Florida avenue, $4,000
For repavlns street northwest from
9Th TO 18th streets, $2S,000
For grading and improving Rhod.
Island avenue from South Dakota ave
nue. to the District line. $1,000
For improving Canal road. s25, 900. an
increase of $4,000.
| Southeast-Naylor road. east of Good
Hope road. to District line grade an
Improve. $500; and the appropriatinr
of $4,000 contained in the District an.
preparation act for the fiscal year 1ais
is hereby continued available for ex'
penditure during the fiscal year 1917
and for that purpose is hereby reap.
lpropriated;
Standardization street, from 14t,
street to Colorado avenue, grade ant
macadam, $1,000:
Northwest-Park road, New Hamn.
shire avenue to 14th street, pave
sl7.500;
Northwest-Warder street. KenyoY
street to Columbia road. pave, $4,000
Notwithstanding road, end of ma
cadan to Central avenue. grade and i'm.
prove. $500.
Northwest-keokuk street. Connection
avenue to 37th street. grade and improve
$4,000.
/ Northeast-Queens Chapel road, Bunke
Hill road to District line. grade and i'm
prove. 5000.
Northwest-Lamont street. 9Th street t,
Park place, pave, $500.
Northwest-16th street from Mon
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