Evening star., 1916-01-01

I ference of the year with the President
They were accompanied to the White
| House by Postmaster General Burle-
| son. 1t was announced after the con-
| ference that the Great Falls project
| had been discussed and that the Pres
! ident favored developing this part OF
the Potomac river for local municipal
! purposes.
| On the ground that the award was
nearly three times as great as the
| valuation placed on the property by
| the assessor. the Commissioners. Sep
| tember "a, rejected the report of the
with the purchase of ground between
18th and 18th. East Capitol and A
| streets northeast as site for the pro-
posed Eastern High School.
The annual report of the assessor
made public October s, gave the total
assessed value of real estate in the
District at $390.09S.S49, which was an
| increase of $5.s47.11O over the valua-
tion given in the preceding report
October IL Miss Alice George. a
cousin of former Representative Henry
George, jr., was appointed private sec
retary to Commissioner Newman, sue
i ceeding Thomas H. Claffey, who be-
came secretary to Edward Hurley OF
| 18th OF this month the Commissioners
annual budget was completed and for
| warded to the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
New Engineer Commissioner.
Capt. w. D. A. Anderson. former as
| sistant engineer commissioner, who
| was ordered to duty in Panama. termi
mated his service with the District Oc-
| tober is. He was succeeded by Capt
j. j. Loving of the engineer corps OF
the army.
| October IS the joint citizens commit
| tee for the retention of the half-and
| half plan of appropriating for the Dis
| trict began it's argument before the
! joint fiscal commission appointed to
| Investigate the fiscal relationship be-
tween the District and federal govern
ments.
five wholesale liquor houses which had
been denied license renewals by the
excise board went out of business
Commissioners Newman and Brown
low, November 5, presented to the fis
cal investigation commission their
recommendations for the future gov
| ernment. In lieu of the haitian half
act they urged that the federal gov.
ernment shall in the future pay all
the expenses of the District and that
| fair and reasonable amount, to be paid
| into the federal treasury.
The present plan of paying the ex-
penses of the District. modified by
leSScHlNS tne part ny tue
| federal government, was advocated by
| Engineer Commissioner kutZ. who pre-
! sented his recommendations to the
| commission November 6.
December the Commissioners an
nual estimates. calling for a total ap-
| preparation, including water depart
| ment expenses. of $15,473,616 were
presented to Congress.
| The most important recommendations
| of the budget, which is planned to
| bring about a Capitalization of au-
| thority in the management of the city's
| affairs, are that the board of educa
| tion and board of charities be abol-
| ished and their powers transferred Il
| the Commissioners. Another importan,
! proposal in the budget is the transfer
to the Commissioners of the jurisdic'
! ton over that branch of the water sup
| ply and distribution system of the Dis
trict now exercised by the War De
| pertinent.
| 4 Christmas gift to Washington was
| the opening. on the afternoon of De
cember "a, of the nav stone and con
| crete bridge over Rock creek. connect
| ing Q street in Georgetown with e
street in Washington. The bridge cos
$4,000.