Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-05
S129,O12,275 SAVED
BY INTERIOR OFFICE
Estimate Presented by Work
Is for FOur-Year Period
From 1924 to 1927.

4 total estimated net saving OF
sl29, 2,275.61 in administrative eN-
penses of the Interior Department
for the four-year period from the
fiscal year 1924 TO the fiscal year
1927 is shown in tables presented by
Secretary Work to the subcommittee
of the House appropriations commit
tee, in charge of the Interior Depart
ment appropriation BILL
Referred to a few months ago as
1.-The $lOO 600 900 cabinet officer, Dr.
Work will have increased his net saw
irlgs@by more than S29000,0OO on the
basis of the four-year estimates he
submitted to the subcommittee.
Part of the savings are actual cash
savings brought about by reduction OF
force and elimination OF some POSI-
tons. In presenting the revised eS-
Inmates FOR the department for the rs
cal year 1927 The Interior Secretary
told the subcommittee reductions had
been effected in all bureaus with three
executions in the Geological Survey
estimates. the National Park service
estimates and a small increase in eS-
Inmates for the Bureau of Education,
while small increases We're noted In
the estimates for territorial govern
ment administration. due, the Secre-
tary said to meetings of the terrific
rial governments OF Alaska and Ha-
wall
The Budget Bureau has allowed the
interior department Tor the fiscal
wear 1927 $3.50 ,961 ,602, a decrease over
the appropriation for the current IFS.
cal year, 1926, Of $1l.2SS,00l.5o- The
1926 app opriation was decrease
over the 1925 total, aggregating 1921
S43,947.23.
Appropriations Decreased.
I'VE have lived within the depart
mentS appropriations although they
have been gradually reduced, Sec
rotary Work said. I'VE show a saw
ing for the fiscal years of 1924 and
1925 of $50, 63593O.3S and 1929 900, 900
for the four years, including the pres
ent year and the appropriation we
are now asking for next year.
I'VE are operating our department
with 2.0l3 fewer regular employees
than two years ago. This shows
saving in dollars of some s3.70o. 600
ESTIMATED in salaries alone. although
the Redistribution act increased our
salary expenditure 1850, 900" Secre-
tary Work added that by the end of
1925 every bureau in the department
would have been revived or reorgan-
lied.
Necessity for permanent improve
rnents. TO the Alaska Railroad, the
secretary said. arises from the fact
hat its construction was hurried and
some of it's structures are tlimSy and
temporary in character. menaced by
glacial rivers, with tracks under
laid by ice at some depth this year
round. Replying TO a question by
Chairman Cramton of the subcom-
mittee, he said that the railroads
should not be split off and abandoned,
certainly until some definite policy is
developed.
I'VE are spending some ten millions
of dollars in Alaska each year in the
Government of Alaska, and the rail
road is only d factor in the whole
general question. l would not advise
any change in that procedure now"
DR.. Work referred TO the dwindling
importance of Alaska as a source of
mineral supply and its decreasing
white population
Cuts i'm Estimates.
Decreases in the department esti-
mates were ascribed as follows: De
crease in estimates for the offices of
Secretary and solicitor due to transfer
to Department of Commerce of Patent
Office and Bureau OF Mines contingent
expenses. stationery, printing and
bnding). with some decreases due TO
reduction Of force.
General Land OffiCe-DeCreaS es due
10 reduction i'll force and elimination
of field offices.
Bureau of PeuSions-Decrease due
principally to death of Civil War pen
sioners and their widows also some re
auctions on account of fees of medical
examiners.
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, Howard
University and Freedmen Hospital
Reductions as compared with pre-
vious year due TO previous years APP
preparations carrying money for GER
tain buildings.
Increases We're noted in the esti-
mates for the Geological Survey, due
to an increase for topographic sur
veys in the National Park Service
estimates, due TO need for additional
facilities and road work in various
national parks: in the Bureau of Edu-
cation estimates, due to an increase
for medical relief in Alaska and for
education.
The percentage of alcoholic admis-