The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-16

Senate Committee Report
Boosts Lump Sum %
81 900. 900

Increase Of the Federal lump
sum appropriation for the District
from $4,000, 900 to $11,OOO, 900 ii
provided ii the District appro-
priation bill reported to the Sen
ate today, carrying total Of
sci .8l2. 3:37, or 1861 $40 more than
the sum contained III the bin when
passed by the House.
Boosting of the lump sum ap-
preparation 81 ~, O0O. 600 came AZ.
complete and pleasant surprise
to friends 81 the District today.
and 1t is hoped Il viii survive the
conference on the bill
Half Increase for schools.
II has been limited that the bill
would enTbody resolution calling
FOR appointment of committee to-
iron out the fiscal relations between
the District and Federal Govern
nler,f. either on Jump sum or per-
centage basis. but this was not
done.
The Senate subcommittee has
stricken out section Of the bill
inserted by the House, which was
designed to perpetuate the lump
sum appropriation Of $9.OUOs UOV.
This is taken to mean that the
Senate does not care to be tied
down to such an arrangement Is.
rardinr the fiscal relations between
the Federal Government and the
District.
The appropriation bill for the
District for 1926 is the largest ever
framed in the interest of the Capt.
tai. IT exceeds by $1,O17,346 the
1925 budget estimate and It exceeds
by 81, O,083.79 the appropriation
made for the District for the year
ending June 30, 1925, which was
$29 ,172 1921.
Nearly one-half Of the $71S.5O0
increase in the bill put in by the
Senate District Appropriations SUD.
committee win go to public schools.
$500, 900 for Stuart High.
The stuart Junior High School
building will receive $780, 900 OF the
1881 ,1s0, the balance going as fol-
Personal services in public
schools. $11,S80: department OF
school attendance and work per-
nits. $11 500; community centers
department, &4,700; contingent ex-
An increase of $230,5O il given
by the Senate committee to inn
| provement Of District streets as
| follows:
Paving Ordway street, Thirty
fifth street to Wisconsin avenue,
| $14, 900.
Paving Thirty-fifth street, Quebec
| to Rodman, $4,000.
4 Tooxyf~o1 Monorah Gfroaf from Wis
| consin to Idaho avenues, $l2 BOO.
| 100000 for General Repair.
General repair to streets, 5000, 900.
The other items which make up
the $718,500 increase granted by
the Senate follow:
| Improvement and care of public
/ grounds, $85, 730; water department,
| S7.71O; Court of Appeals. $3.50; site
| for garbage and transfer station.
| SO, 900: replacement Of truck for
municipal architects office, So.
| 400; office of superintendent OF
| weights, measures and markets.
| 81, 900; fire department, $50; upper
Potomac main interceptor, $4,000.
Some Cuts Made.
! A total decrease of $3.50 from
| the appropriation bill as passed
by the House has been made by
the Senate subcommittee as fol-
lows:
superintendent of bathing beach,
$720; personal services and mis-
icellaneous expenses of police force,
S55, 450; support of prisoners at
District jail, $780,
Senator Phipps OF Colorado. chair
man of the subcommittee on Dis
trict Appropriations, and other
members have taken care of the
measure this year promptly and its
speedy passage is contemplated in
the Senate. The Senators made a
tour of the city on Friday and
after 1t had been concluded they
sanctioned the substantial in
Icreases for public school and street
improvements.