Evening star., 1924-10-12

me HSCai year beg1nn1ng next July
will be one of marked progress in
the development of the National Cap
ital, II the Commissioners are grant
ed the funds they have asked for in
their estimates.
the city heads are sch hedu1ed to ap-
pear before the budget bureau at
the Treasury Department tomorrow
morning to testify in support or reg
ular estimates amounting to $31,55l,-
sos and list of urgent supplemental
items aggregating slightly more than
$5,000,000.
This makes a sfand total sought
budget bureau several months ago
fixed $31.551,5o5 as a tentative limit
on local expenditures for next year,
but gave the Commissioners permis-
sion to submit the remainder of their
needs in the form Of urgent supple
mental requests
Will Explain Needs.
At the conferences, which begin
tomorrow, 1t is expected the Com
missioners not only will explain the
need for every item in the regular
estimates, but will also endeavor to
show the necessity for the projects
recommended as suppIementals.
A large appropriation to continue
work on the badly needed water con-
duit from Great Falls, a generous al
lotment for the extension of the park
system and a number of new school
building projects are the outstanding
features of the program Of expendi-
ture the Commissioners will argue
for tomorrow.
For carrying on the building of
the water conduit the Commissioners
are said to have, asked for close to
$2,000,000, OF which about half is in
the regular estimates and the balance
on the supplemental list.
Break in Conduit.
Early this year a break occurred in
the old conduit, which emphasized
the seriousness Of having to depend
on single water supply line Since
the city has for some time been using
close to the safe daily capacity of
the existing pipe line, it is expected
the Commissioners will make
strong fight for the supplemental
estimate for the new conduit.
The forthcoming hearings at the
Budget Bureau also will determine
the question of how much is to be
recommended to Congress for pur-
chase of new park areas by the Ma
tional Capital Park Commission. 1t
asked for nearly s1,0oO,00V for carry
ing out the park plan. This item
also had to be split between the regu-
lar and supplemental estimates.
Need OF Park Sites.
While the acquisition of park sites
may not be regarded as essential as
the water conduit, it is pointed out
that the tracts of land most desirable
a irc ~
likely to be privately developed un-
less they are soon acquired.
In addition to the school projects
in the regular estimates. it is re-
ported that the city heads have asked
for more than half a million dollars
for school buildings in the supplement
tai estimates for which they Will
argue at the Budget Bureau. The
school items in the supplemental list
are for the adding of new wings TO
three existing buildings and the COM
pletion of two other schools already
authorized.
Money for Hospital.
1t also is reliably reported that the
supplemental list includes a request
for more than 100000 for enlarge
ment of the new Gallinger Municipal
Hospital. A part of this enlargement
plan calls Tor the erection OF build
ing for the treatment of contagious
disease by the Health Department.
The Police Department is seeking
two more station houses to reduce the
amount of territory now patroled by
large suburban precincts, and it is
understood this request has been put
in the supplementals.
The need for a fireproof structure
in which to house the valuable land
records of the recorder of deeds has
been stressed in the past and is being
recommended again in the supple
mental estimates, according to reli-
able reports.
In advocating these various build
ings and other large projects the
Commissioners have not lost sight of
the continuous demand for street
paving, sewer and water mains to i'm
prove new residential areas.
List Of Streets.
The regular estimates, Of course,
fares to be paved out of next years
gasoline tax collections, estimated at
nearly 100000. In addition to that,
it is understood the supplemental esti-
mates include several hundred thou
sand dollars for other new paving
Jobs, repairs to old streets and up
keep of county roads.
The Commissioners have recently
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