The Washington times., 1924-07-14
ES INMATES
REVIEWED
BY D. {.
Commissioners Complete Sur
vey Will Go to Budget
Bureau Tomorrow

The District Commissioners to-
day completed their work on the
preliminary estimates for District
appropriations for the fiscal year
beginning July /, 1925, and the
totals will be sent to the Budget
Bureau late this afternoon or to-
morrow morning.
Though the Commissioners are
prevented by law from making
public any details regarding the
estimates, it is understood that
the total is approximately $685.
100000.
100000 Increase.
Following a lengthy session with
officials of the District public
school system, the Commissioners
turned the estimates over to District
Auditor Daniel ]. Donovan, who will
tabulate them this afternoon and
submit them to the director Of the
budget tomorrow.
The Commissioners, during their
final estimates meeting today, had
under consideration an appeal from
the Northeast Washington Citizens
Association for a list of fourteen inn
provements in that section of the
city. A number of these items prob
ably will be included in the esti-
mates, it was indicated.
This is an increase of more than
50 900, 900 over the District appro-
priation bill for the current fiscal
year, though the increase is much
smaller when the deficiency and
supplemental estimates are con-
sidered.
The principal increase in the bill
is an item of about 100000 for
salary increases for District teach
ers, policemen and firenen. The
money for the increases this year
was not carried in the District APP
preparation bill, but was left for
the second deficiency bill, which
failed of passage during the closing
hours of the last session of Con-
gress. The deficiency items prob
ably will be passed early in the
december session.
$1,5OO,OOO for Conduit.
It Is understood that the esti-
mates contain substantial increase,
probably about 1900, 900, FOR con-
tinuation of work on the new Dis
trict conduit. The Commissioners
have long been in favor of pushing
this work forward as rapidly as
possible, and this desire has been
intensified by the break in tie
old conduit early this summer. whi.:h
reduced the reserve in the storage
reservoirs to the danger point.
The estimates for this work dur
ing the current fiscal year were
slashed by the House Appropriations
not increased by the House. The
Senate, however, increased the total
to 81, 100000. The House conferees,
however, bitterly opposed so great
an increase and a compromise was
reached on $1.500,000. which is the
amount which became available for
the year on July /.
The total in the bill also will be
raised by the inclusion of the first
appropriations for the newly
National Capital Park Commission,
it was learned. though the amount
provided for this purpose has not
been announced.
Parks Expenditure.
Under the law creating the com.
mission an annual expenditure for
increasing the District park system
Of not to exceed l cent for every
irhabitant Of the continental United
States is provided. This maximum,
based upon the 1920 census, is ap.
proximately $1,1O0,000. The Com.
missioners, the Budget Bureau or
Congress are left free to appropriate
all or any portion of this amount.
1t is held that Congress would not
be bound to make any appropria-
ton under the terms of the bill if
1t felt this was necessary in the in.
terests Of economy.
A substantial increase is also pro.
Vlded for the District public school
system, for which it is understood
the Commissioner have allowed a
total of $10,000,000. The current ap.
preparation is $2,000,000 less. The
commissioners, in reaching the $10,.
100000 total, were forced to cut
$2,6O0,O00 from the preliminary esti.
mates submitted by the school board.
Provides Police Station.
The new bill, if the Budget Bureau
and Congress follow the District
Commissioners preliminary esti.
mates, will contain appropriations
for a new police station and a new
fire engine house and for four pieces
Of modern fire apparatus. These
items were left, it was learned, after
t. estimates submitted by the