Evening star., 1924-07-11
D. PARK PROGRAM
WILL Be LAUNCHED
IN NEXT FISCAL BILL
Commissioners Authorized to
Ask $1,000, 900 for Exten-
sion-SmaIIer Sum Likely.
$40, 900, 900 REQUESTED
BY DEPARTMENT HEADS
Budget to Be Heavily Cut, How
ever, Before Going to Gen. Lord.
Hospital Fund Retained.

The original estimates of the Com
inlssloners for next year will carry
the first request for funds for the
extension of the park system by the
newly created National Capital Park
commission it was learned at the
District building today.
This is an entirely new activity. the
commission having been created only
month ago, and Will tend to swell
Iurlher the number of worthy prof.
ects now before the city heads for
consideration.
Inc act creating the park com
mission provided that Congress could
De asked annually for an appropri
alton for this purpose not in excess
OF L cent for each inhabitant of the
United States. This would permit of
maximum estimate for park de-
Velopment of slightly more than
100000
$4O,OOO,OOO Asked.
II IS likely, however that the Com
! mlssloners will not be able to ask for
mat much for next year, in view of
the tact that the aggregate amount
that has been requested by all de-
partment heads combined is in tba
vicinity of $4,000, 900.
Ihls is more than the Commission
| ers Will be able to submit RI +ba
Ludset bureau, and various unoff5ciaI
predictions have been made as n ~
amount the city heads will recon-
mend.
In some sources it has been sue-
gested the first total sent ~ g.
Loro VIII be s35.o0O,O0o. Others have
piaceo the limit at $32,00o,ooO. AL
though all of the estimates are now
belng studied by the Commissioners
no attempt has yet been made IN ada
up totals, ard, therefore, the Com
inlssioners themselves are stilI sor,a
what in the dark as to what rbs s..
ure will be-
Many Items Cut,
| They have spent a week in cu+.;
down individual items all through ,ha
budget, but whether they have eIim;-
mated five million or seven million
from the sums requested by bureau
chlefs Will remain in doubt until Mai
donovan, auditor, gets to an adding
machine and takes an account of the
projects that have fallen under the
pruning knife.
Salary increases aggregating So
| 100000 and the necessity for seeking
funds for the park commission are
two factors the Commissioners did
not have to reckon with when last
years original estimates were being
prepared.
While the school estimates of s12,-
| duction, other divisions also will have
to take less than the sum for which
they have asked.
VIII Seek 6N-4O Restoration.
| The Commissioners, it is under
stood, plan to leave in the first budget
part of the 100000 recommended by
! the health office for erection of a
/ contagious disease building at Gal
| linger Hospital, SO that the city will
not have to make contracts with
| private hospitals in future
The act creating the Park Commits
sion stipulates that the funds for that
purpose shall be paid from the
United States and District funds in
the same proportion that all other
expenses of the city are borne.
| Congress has temporarily laid aside
| the 60-40 ratio for the current year
| by substituting a lump sum of So
| 00O,0 from the federal Treasury,
| but Commissioner Rudolph has made
! it plain several times recently that
| the Commissioners intend to fight for
| the restoration of the 60-40 next year.