Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-16

new act. Salary increases throughout
the District service and new positions
In the Public Utilities Commission &C.
count together for about $40, 900 of the
increase in the new law.
With all of these increases scattered
through the 1928 act. the total would
have been much greater but for the
fact that the new water supply sys-
tenn from Great Falls is virtually COM
plete and did not require any funds
for the next fiscal year, whereas there
was $1,000, 900 for that project in the
current law. This saving made pos
sible many of the increases for other
phases of municipal development for
the coming year. The new water sup
ply system cost more than IS, 900 900
and has called for large OUTLAWS annu.
ally for several years.
Fire Department Cut.
The fire department is one of the
rev important agencies that has less
money for the coming fiscal year, due
principally to the fact that in the cur
rent year 1t had a special item Of
SSZ, oz5 for the building of a new en-
glne house In the vicinity of Sixteenth
street and Piney Branch road.
FOR street cleaning and the collec.
tlon OF city refuse the new bill carries
Sl.524,S60. an increase of So, 800 over
current appropriations. The increase
Includes $4,000 to buy land in Prince
William County, Va, for the garbage
disposal plant.
While the total amount appropriated
In the new act is 36,2S2.3S5. Congress
also wrote into the law authority to
SPEND several old balances left over
II rom the year 1925 aggregating $434,-
500. These sums are not included in
the amount appropriated, but District
officials say they should be added to
determine the total sum that is to be
spent. The District, therefore, will
spend $S6,717,1S5 under the new APP
preparation act. If you compare this
figure with the total of S33,91S,571
carried in the act for the current fis-
cal year it appears that the city's out
lay for the next fiscal year will be as
high as $2,798,614 above the current
year.
In order to make a fair comparison
between the two fiscal years, how
ever, 1t must be remembered that
1882 900 of the street paving funds
I, for the current fiscal year were made
available in a deficiency bill early in
the calendar year 1925 for the purpose
of eXpediting the paving program last
Summer. If this money had not been
preparation total for the current fiscal
year would have been $34,700.571
Comparing this total with the sum OF
$36.717.185 indicates that expendi
lures for the coming fiscal year will
be $2,016,614 higher.
Advances to Cease.
Incidentally, the District govern
ment will be ready July / to begir
operating on a pay-as-you-go basis
in other words, it will be prepared to
meet its obligations as they arise each
month. The past practice has beer
for the Federal Treasury to advance
the funds for the first few months Of
each fiscal year until the real estate
taxes and miscellaneous revenues were
received and deposited in the Treasury
| Five years ago Congress directed the
Commissioners to begin accommodating
a surplus sufficient to put the city or
cash-going basis after 1927.
In compliance with that mandate
the District has been setting aside
$500. 900 a year, which will amount to
So, 000. 900 on July 1. In addition to
this surplus Congress last year agreed
to make the 1000 900 which the Fed
eral Government pays toward main
tenance of the National Capital avail
able on the first day of the fiscal year
This makes $12 900, 900 that will be or
hand to start the next fiscal year.
In addition to this, there will bt
about $5,000,000 of unexpended bal
ances of appropriations still in the
Treasury on July /. so that the Dis
trict will have in all close to SIT,
600 900 to meet It's monthly require
ments until the first half of next
years taxes become due in September
Auditor Donovan declared this will be
obligations after July 1.