Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
Will Be introduced When Tax
and Legislation Gets
Well Under Way.
DEFICIENCY MEASURE
HEARINGS TOMORROW
$418,9 Asked to Meet City Ex-
penses to June 30-Klingle
Valley Fund Largest.

Work Will be completed tomorrow
on marking up" the District appro-
priation bill for the fiscal year COM
mencing July / next by the subcom-
mittee of the House appropriations
committee. Of which Representative
Charles r. Davis of Minnesota is
chairman. This means that two ap-
populations bills-the District bill
and the agricultural appropriation
bill-are about ready for the House.
to be introduced as soon as consid-
Grafton of the tax-revision legisla-
tion Is well under way. These bills
cannot be taken up in the House for
two weeks or SO, But they probably
week.
Hearings are to start tomrrow on
the District items in the deficiency ap-
preparation bill and supplemental es-
Inmates to provide enough money for
various activities Of the local govern
ment to pay expenses to the close
Of the present fiscal year. which ends
June 80. and the District Commits
sioners will appear before a subcom-
mitt.e of the House appropriations
committee tomorrow to testify in
their support.
Cut by budget Bureau.
The supplementals as prepared by
the Commissioners totaled 1,371.2S.
but the bureau of the budget trim
med them to $418.96l. and 1t will be
on this latter figure that the testi-
mony will be taken tomorrow.
One Of the most important items on
the list is 100000 for the purchase
OF land for the KlingIe Valley park
way. This was placed in the supple
mentals because Of fear in the
minds of the Commissioners that
building operations would block the
park project unless immediate &C.
tien was obtained in Congress.
It has, been deemed desirable . fog
yeas to preserve a roadway Though
Kiingie valley from its junction with
Rock Creek Park to the end of the
valley, together witha strip OF land
on either side Of the roadway SO as &c
preserve the stream and the virgin
forest which are now in. the valley
Applications have been made by own.
ers Of the land for grading permits
preliminary to the construction OF
buildings on the property which 1t is
desired to acquire, and unless imme-
diate action is taken to preserve the
klingle Valley and the stream the
property will be lost for Oil time, as
grading will destroy the natural
beauty Of the valley and remove the
trees, and the price which would be
paid In the future after the improve.
ments were constructed would be pro.
hibitive.
100000 for Sewers.
There is an item for 100000 70,
sewers, covering assessment and per-
nit work.
The appropriation for this work
for the fiscal year 1924 is $4,000
The regular appropriation for 1872;
was 100000. with a deficiency appro-
priation OF $4,000. The appropria-
lions for 1922. including a deficiency
appropriation, were $4,000. A por-
ton of the cost Is assessed against
the property benefited. During the
past three years the amount re-
turned by property owners has
averaged about SO per cent. The
rapid growth in building operations
In the District OF Columbia, chiefly
in residential buildings, necessitates
increased expenditure. as the con-
struction Of building must be sus-
pended II sewage connections can not
be furnished. The construction of
sewers applied for between July /.
1898, and December 1, 1923, was over
100000 in excess Of the regular ap-
preparation for the fiscal year 1924.
If applications continue at anything
like this rate, the 100000 requested
will be inadequate to furnish sewage
connections to new residences.
For the police and flremen's relief
fund a further appropriation Of not
to exceed $4,000 is asked, to pay
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