Evening star., 1925-12-09
Asked in District Budget $900Q00Q Lump Sum Federal Share
MANY INCREASES PROPOSED
FOR VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS
Budget Bureau Also Agrees to Submit Urgent Sup
elemental Estimate for $82O,OOO to Be
Used i'm Street Work.,

motor driven. So. 900 is recommended
and for three combination chemical
and hose wagons, motor driven,
S24 1000
Health Department Needs.
The total recommended for the
Health Department is S274,OO0 an in
crease of about S22 900. which is
largely taken vi in salaries for per-
sOnal services. An item of S2,1OO for
the purchase of motor ambula nee,
for use in removing persons suffering
from smallpox to the Smallpox Hos.
pital. is proposed.
For the courts and prisons in the
District the estimates total S74l .937.
an increase of about $4,000. For
the Juvenile Court S55.656 is proposed
an increase of about 1000. For the
Police Court the estimates are S1l5,-
40. decrease of about S23, 5000, due
to cutting down the items for repairs
and alterations to buildings The
items for compensation of jurors have
been increased and also for the fees
of witnesses.
The total for Municipal Court is
500. .S91. an increase of about 5000. For
repairs and Improvements to the
Courthouse an item of $500 is recon-
mended
For the workhouse of the District
the estimates are so67,74O, as COM
pared with S246.340 in the current act
And the estimates for the reforma-
tory are Sl69 900, the same as for the
current fiscal year.
The estimates for the National
Training School for Boys are SAG 900,
i decrease of 50 900. For the Ma
tional Training School for Girls sos
40 is proposed. decrease of about
g. 900
Hospital Appropriations.
The appropriations for the various
hospitals in Washington are the same
as for the current year. with the fol.
lowing exceptions: For general re-
pairs at the Columbia Hospital
s25 900 instead of sl4 $500. and for per-
Sonal services at the tuberculosis
Hospital. S54 400 instead of S50.5S0.
The estimates for the Board of
Childrens Guardians total S215.5S0.
an increase of less than $1,000.
The item proposed for the District
Training School is S217.5Oo. as com
pared with slSS.300 in the current act.
For continuing construction of the
school. 100000 il recommended.
which is $4,000 less than the amount
carried in the current act for that
purpose. The items OF increase cover
salaries and equipment.
For the Industrial Home School for
Colored Children S52.74O is proposed.
an increase of less than So 900.
For the Home for Aged and In
firm the estimates are sl23.640, ap-
proXimately $4,000 increase.
The Southern Relief Society will re
ceive 1000 instead of $4,000 and the
National Library for the Blind $3.50
instead of 1000.
The estimates for the support OF
the INDECENT insane of the District in
ST Eliza beths Hospital is 81 lo0o.0 900.
AN increase of s100.0 900.
The total estimated for charities and
corrections in the District is S3.3l9.-
go as compared with S2.S2S.92o in
the current act.
The budget bureau has recommend
ed 81 800 900 for continuing the work
supply This is a decrease of 1000
600 from the current act.
For Water Department.
The total for the Water Department
is Sl2l4.SS1.. as compared with ST.
027.71O in the current act. Several
new projects are proposed which make
up this increas including the follow
ing: 500 feet of 16-inch main in Six
teenth street northwest. from Me
ridian to Fuller streets, west in Fuller
street and Columbia road to Eight
eenth street northwest. 4.150; 2,15O
feet of 24-inch main in B street be-
tween Fourteenth and Seventeenth
streets northwest. $40 OPS: for 1900
feet of 16-inch main in II street north
west from Eighth to Thirteenth
streets. s19.371 for 5000 feet of -
inch main in Alabama avenue south
east from Branch avenue to the Dis
trict line $500: for 2,750 feet of 20
inch main in Forty-seventh street.
from Upton to Brandywine streets
northwest S25 .S15: for replacement o.
old mains in various locations on a"-
count of Inadequate size and bad con
dition of pipe and laying mains In ad-
vance of vement. $50. 900. and for
the purchase or condemnation of a
Site for II ney third high-serNlce reser-
voir embracing lots ! To 2. inclusive.
square 1852: 2 to Is. inclusive. square
1863: - to 80. inclusive. square 1865;
19 to -. inclusive. eGuare 1S45. s7o.O0n.
The recommenda tionS for the police
and firemen's relief fund authorize
$3.50 900, the same as in the current
act.