The Washington herald., 1918-04-26
HOUSE MAKES
DEEP CUT IN
D. c. ESTIMATE
Appropriations Committee
Takes $4,3SO. 900 from
Sum- CommissionasAsk.

Anhough the District Commissioners
ssked for an appropriation Of s17sos.-
fDss for the esrrent expenses Of the
District for the ascal year ending
June %, 1as. the House Appropria-
tions Committee recommended but
sis, l2s, 3sR 8 IN their report submitted
yesterday by Representative Sisson.
This amount Is sg7s. .ss4.1s less than
was apropriated last year, the amount
for mat period being s1l, ,4o5. ZHs5.
None Of these figures apply in any
way to the water department as that
branch Of the District government Is
supposed to exist by means Of water
revenues. All told the District Will
probably receive sos 0s3s3 less than
the District Commissioners deemed
necessary.
4s3 New EmpIoyes.
The bill as reported yesterday pro-
vides 4cs more specific salaries than
was appropriated for the current year
and 81 less than are specifically CALI
ed for in the estimates.
TAe water department Is to. neceive,
sdSs15 and this amount is to be
wholly derived from its revenues. OF
the whole amount appropriated for
the fiscal year OF 1913 the District
must pay itself out Of rs revenues,
approximately S,O46.5ssS.
The secretary to the Beard OF
Commissioners Is to receive an IN
erea In salary of 500, the report pro-
vides. One clerk In the ONCE is to
receive an increase of 500. The sal
ary Of one stenographer Is increased
from $50 to 81 ,a0 An additional
clerk is provided at a salary of $40.
In the assessors office. an addi-
tional craftsman is provided at a
salary OF $1,000, The report also
recommends the transfer from the
assessors office to the office OF the
collector of taxes, one assistant as
SCISSOR, seven clerks and one mes
senger. From the Office of the spe-
cisl assessor. ive clerks are to be
transferred to the collectors office.
Tax Board Gets Clerk.
For the personal tax board the
report recommends an additional
clerk at $1,000. An inspector from
this office is to be transferred to
the collectors office.
Two new clerks and one messen-
ger are recommended for the license
bureau. The excise bureau is of
course omitted entirely in the re-
port. For the collectors office the
report recommends two additional
clerks at $1,000. There are also to
be Transferred from other depart
ments 10 this department, one chief
clerk. thirteen clerks and three
bailiffs.
For the office Of the Corporation
are recommended at a salary Of
Ographers in this office Is to be in
creased from $T20 to sS4O and $500.
For the office of the superinten-
dent of weights and measures the
report recommends a chief inspec-
tor at $500 per annum. For the
Fairgrounds fourteen additional
employees are recommended. They
are three directors at $65 per month
each, two assistant directors at $50
per month and two at $50 per
month. three assistants at $45 per
month, three watchmen at $50 per
month and one clerk at SIS per
month-total salaries recommended
for new playground employees, s6,-
lis.
AFo We" SCuOOh lcuChcT9s
One hundred and forty-six new
school teachers are recommended, 10
cost yearly the sum of. Sl27. 80. The
Increase in the salaries of certain
school teachers recommended amounts
to $124,iOO. Nine additional employees
whose salaries total $3.50. are recon-
mended for the public schools.
For the Metropolitan police depart
ment the report recommends fifty
five new privates of Class ]. at a
yearly salary of 5000. three lieu
tenants at 8, 800. two policewomrl at
800 yearly. and four sergeants at
81 .4e0 yearly each. The salaries of
SO employees of the police department,
ranging all the way from privates up.
are recommended to be increased, said
increases to total $3.50.
One hundred and forty-four en-
ployes for the fire department are
recommended This includes seventy
nine privates of Glass 2 and fifty-nine
of Class l. Total salaries for the new
employees amounts to SIS, 400.
Six new employees are recommended
for the health department to cost
$500 yearly. Three new employees for
the Municipal Court are also recon-
mended, to cost yearly $50. Sixteen
employees at the workhouse are to be
dropped il the bill passes as reported.
This will save s11, $50 yearly.
In regard TO the proposed widening
of Nineteenth street northwest, be-
tween Z and F streets, the report
recommends that the width be made
thirty-hve feet instead of thirty-two
feet, as heretofore specified