Evening star., 1925-07-11
ALL LBUDGET|TEMS
HEAVILY PRUNED|N
EST|MATEFOR 1927
Gen. Lord Is Expected to
Make Few Further
Reductions.
TOTAL NOT REVEALED:
IS ABOUT s38, 100000
Commissioners Cut Deeply to Avoid
Necessity of Raising Tax Rate
in the District.

A total appropriation of approx
nately $500, 900 for the maintenance
ana development of the National Can
ltaI during the fiscal year 1927 is ex-
pected to be recommended by the
commissioners when they make their
hfst report to the Bureau of the Bud
get early next week
After confering with the Citizens
ADVISORY Council at the District Build
ing today the city heads indicated that
they had settled upon all the large
items. Mai. Daniel J. Donovan. IocaI
pudSet officer, will need few days.
however. to add up the revised
hsufes and prepare the report, which
must go to Director of the Budget
Lord on or before Wednesday.
ne council, after weeks of consid-
eIdtIoh OF the needs of all depart
nno eiIlS, nS: recommended a budget of $685.
cannot reveal the figures. thew have
decided, 1t is understood. upon a
Duuset asgregating $38,50O. 900.
VIII Not Raise Tax Rate
Although this would be considera b1,,
more than Congress has been an+,rr. ~
prlatlnS in recent years for the Dis
Lflct, II is believed at the District
bulidlng that budget of that amount
could De taken care of on the Dresent
tax rate of $1.70, by making allow
dhce Tor the steady increase in tay-
able real estate, due to building oner.
auohs, and considering also that the
CITY mas about half of its old surplus
10 be expended next year.
The report, which must po IN tbs
Budget Bureau next week. will not in.
cIude the detailed estimates. but will
De the summary of department totals.
me cEy heads viii then Law aside
consideration of the needs of 1927
until Gen. Lord indicates. after a
STUDY OF the preliminary report. what
the Budget Bureau believes the total
should be. The Commissioners are
represented as being hopeful thar the
Budget Bureau will not cut tbe total
below the figure being recommended.
since II was arrived at after coasulta-
tlon with the Citizens Advisory Coun-
ell and with the Board of Trade, as
TO the general needs of the city.
Up 10 this time there has been
much discussion of the amounts rec
commended by individual department
heads Tor their respective classes of
work. The Commissioners. however
cannot reveal items they have agreed
to in revising and cutting down the
departmental recommended tions
Heavy Cuts Made.
ina | 81 severe pruning ali along the
line was necessary, even leaving the
budget at more than $3S. .00O. 600. is
indicated by the statement that If
everything recommended by depart
mental chiefs had been granted the
budget would have totaled Sal, ,0O0, 900
The largest single item in the
budget is for the public school sys-
tenn. The original recommendation
for this purpose was in round num-
bers, $13,500,000. II is reported the
city heads found it necessary to re-
duce this figure to about $12.5O0, 900.
In drafting the preliminary report
on the budget, it is understood, the
Commissioners did not devote much
time to discussion of the fiscal rela-
tionS, believing that this is a oues-
tion to be taken up and given serious
consideration when the hearing on
the budget begins at the Capitol next
Winter rather than at this time.