The Washington times., 1925-01-29
total Of 1922, 1880, or an average
increase Of 1928 per cent.
Further Increases.

-ktotaI Of 1922, 1880, or an average
increase of 1928 per cent.
Further Increases.
! Further salary increases totaling
$82 ,2S2 have been made necessary
in the new appropriation bill by the
granting Of appeals from original
ALLEGATIONS and about 1000 more
appeals are stin pending.
Employment OF thtrty-eight Ad-
ditional employees, outside OF the in
| crease in the schools and police ana
fire departments, has h@sn PROVIDED
in the bill, involving an increase OF
SCI 800 for salaries.
The committee explained the re-
duction in the bill fop street con.
struction and repair as, a result or
the failure Of the gasoline tax law
1 to raise the anticipated revenues.
1.-THE appropriations for street
| and road Improvement and repair
for the current fiscal year amount.
ed to $2,994 ,270," the committee
/ annual appropriation ever made on
this account and, of course, was
| due to the new gasoline tax law,
in pursuance of which the whole
| OF the estimated receipts from the
gasoline tax ($925,000) was made
| available for specific street i'm
| provement items.
TT appears that the receipts
| from this source during the pres.
| ent fiscal year will fall short of
the estimate to the extent of APP
proximately $1,000 so that auth.
orized work costing approximately
| that figure will have to be borne
out of the receipts during the fiscal
year 1928, which, OF course, viii
reduce to that extent the amount
| available for appropriation for
1926 for new projects.
$722 500 for This Work.
1.-THE budget estimates, therefore,
took this into account and the
recommendation totals $722, 500, or
=$21 Il, 900 less than the current law"
The committee slashed from the
bill items Of $70,500 for grading
in outlying sections of the city,
substituting $S9,500 for improve
ments in built-up sections where
the streets have not been paved
and to be used In widening thor
oughfares in congested sections.
The committee makes no APP
preparation for repairing streets
damaged by the recent SHOWS, leav-
ing these to be cared for in de-
ficiency bills. The following COM
mittee report on streets was SUBJ
mitted:
Under the regular annual ap-
preparation for improving certain
specific streets the budget estimates
amount to $298,750, or $500, 900 less
than was appropriated for the eur
rent fiscal year. The committee
has not disturbed these items and
is proposing the budget estimate.
For repairs of streets, urban
and suburban, there was appropri-
ated for the current fiscal year
SS75 200. The budget estimate for
1926 totals 1897 500, an increase OF
So, 500, all on account of suburban
roads. The committee recommends
that this sum be allowed. This
is used for ordinary repairs and is
not intended to meet any abnormal
condition such as has been occas
stoned by the recent SHOWS. 1t
is understood that deficiency
estimate will be presented to take
care Of that situation"
New Comfort Station.
The committee approved a re-
quest for $4,000 for construc-
ton new public convenience
station at Ninth and F streets
northwest.
Aroused by criticism OF Congress
for failure to provide for snow re.
moval in Washington during the
severe storms this month, the conf
mittee made long statement clear
ing Congress of blame in the mat
ter. Regarding the appropriations
for collection and disposal Of refuse,
including snow removal and street
cleaning, the committee reported
as follows:
For this purpose the appropria
tons proposed total s1,427, lao. This
/ sum is SCI $40 in excess. of the
current appropriations and 1880
less than the sum of the budget
| proposals. Included under this
head is the usual appropriation
for cleaning streets, including the
removal of snow and ice from
streets and sidewalks. The amour.
proposed for this purpose Is $780,.
900, which is $4,000 IN excess Of
| the current appropriation.
| Much is heard of the iradequacf
of this appropriation or OF the
emergency appropriation carried uh-
| der another head Of the bill to
meet conditions such as occasioned
! by the recent snow. AS usual the
blame is placed upon Congress.
| The fact is that up to and includ-
| ing the fiscal year 1912 a separate
annual appropriation of $4,000 was
| available for removing snow and
ice from the streets and sidewalks
1.-THE general STRENGTHENING fund
was not available for that purpose.
With an unusually heavy snow the
amount of SO, 900 was not sufficient.
The usual complaint of inadeauacy
of funds was applicable to the sep
Arate appropriation. So for the fis'
cal year 1913, on recommendation IF
the Commissioners as set forth in
their estimates to Congress the sep.
arate fund was abolished and the
! general street cleaning fund was
made available for removing snow
and ice. In the submission of their
estimates for that year the Commits
sioners made the following explann.
ton of the proposal to include snow
and ice as part of their regular street
cleaning appropriation:
Appropriation Available.
""The new clause covering the
work of snow removal has been
added, as it is desired to include this
work in the general work of street
cleaning, payable from the general
appropriation. Snow removal Is but
a particular class of street cleaning
involving the use of the same or.
/ ganiZatiOn, the same labor and