Evening star., 1923-02-15
DEFICIENCY ITEMS
! OF $56S,46839
LISTED FOR D. c.

Supplemental and deficiency esti-
mates for the District of Columbia
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1923, and for prior years, amounting
to so68.46S.39 were sent to Congress
yesterday by President Harding. trans
mitting a detailed statement from the
director OF the bureau Of tho budget.
OF this amount s562,414.93 is for the
fiscal year 1923. si.993.49 for the fiscal
year 1929, s510.S9 for the fiscal year
1921 and $o49.oS for audited claims
Included in Estimates
The supplemental estimates for the
fiscal year 1898 included $1,000 for the
plumbing inspection division: $4,000
for the surveyors Office for service Of
temporary craftsmen; 1900 for post
age; $4,000 for repairs to suburban
roads; $1,000 for maintenance of
Georgetown bridge; $500 for clean
Ing and repairing sewers and basins;
100000 for operation and maintenance
of the sewerage pumping service;
$4,000 for suburban sewers: $4,000
for sewer assessment and permit
work; $50, 900 for disposal of city
refuse: S2,500 for general supplies for
the electrical department.; $4,000 for
lighting by the electrical department.:
$500 for public schools in providing an
assistant principal and dean of girls
at the new Eastern High School for
four months: $4,000 for allowance to
principals; 10000. repairs and eX-
tensions Of the equipment of the old
Eastern High School; S313.33 for In
crease of salary of four janitors from
March / 10 June 80; $3.50 for two ad-
Gttional janitors for four months; $25,-
Goo for text books and supplies; Sc. 900
for the teachers retirement fund;
$1,000 for fuel for the metropolitan
police; $3,025 for maintenance of motor
vehicles: $1,000 for fuel for the fire
department. $500 for the health de-
partment; $4,000 for compensation of
jurors in the Police Court $1,000 for
the care of INDECENT patients In the
Chldren's Hospital: $4,000, for the
care of INDECENT patients in the Cen
trail Dispensary and Emergency Hos
pital; $4,000 for Eastern Dispensary
and Casualty Hospital; $1,000 for
the hoard and care of children conf
11litted by the court to the board Of
children's guardians: $4,000 for main
tenance of both white and colored
support OF INDECENT patients in ST. Eliz-
ilbelh's Hospital; s3.967.40 for refund
OF erroneous collections; s14.074.54 for
Judgments against the District OF
1OiumDla. S0.oSb Tor judgments
against the District OF Columbia;
st.1GS.05 for judgments against the
District Of Columbia: $4,000 for eX-
tension of the distribution system of
the District water department. and
$4,000 for construction and mainte-
nance of public convenience stations
and first aid stations during the Mystic
Shrine convention, which appropria-
tion is authorized by joint resolution.
10 the main conservatory west of the
several greenhouses. All told the
conduit and branches represent 6,500
linear feet
Within this conduit Is also laid a
telephone duct to connect the Botanic
Garden system with the telephone
Switchboards in the House Office
building. This latter feature was not
proposed in the first estimates.
The expansion of this work into it's
present form enables the Botanic
Garden to enlarge its work in the fu-
ture as we'll as to enable IL to take
care of the present" Gen. Lord said.