Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-04
100000 Worth of Street
Construction Planned
for District.
TAX RATE FOR CAPITAL
REMAINS TO BE. FIXED
Or. William Tindall Honored by
Special Clause Recognizing U. S.
Service Here Since 1869.

Passage of the District supply bill
last night, after the municipality had
been running on credit for three days,
will bring rush of work to the Dis
trict Commissioners Monday. Numerous
contracts will be let, promotions made,
and congratulations effected.
Although the city has been forced to
run on credit, it has had plenty of
money in the treasury. Acting Auditor
A. r. Pilkerton yesterday informed
Commissioner Luther H. Reichelderfer
that the exact sum to the credit of the
District in the Treasury was $15,773,-
S23.87, of which $14,693, 229.37 was in
the general fund and 81 ,080,594.50 in
trusts and special funds. About
$l0,000,000 of this money had no strings
on it. The rest was to care for work
done in the past fiscal year and hot
yet paid for.
Street Contracts to Be Let.
Foremost among the contracts to be
let at the special board meeting, which
has been called for Monday, are those
involving about 100000 worth of new
street and road construction. The long
delay in getting the appropriation bill
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will be far from complete by the time
freezing weather shuts down road-mak-
ing activities. Two months of excel
lent working weather have already been
lost.
One of the things remaining to do
Is to set tax rate for the city. This
is usually done before the fiscal year
begins. 1t was impossible this year,
however, on account of the fact that
The RffU hpadC lid lrr.Oxsy 1oek
night what the amount of their 1881
expenditures would be. It is expected
that the Commissioners will set a rate
of $1.70 per 500 valuation on real and
personal property, the same rate that
has been in effect for the past two
years. The act passed last night pro-
videS that the rate shall be not less
than this amount.
The new appointments to be made
involve number of promotions in the
Police Department new positions of
engineers, accountants and once work.
ers in the Public Utilities Commission
and new assistant corporation coun-
sci to handle the legal work of the
utilities commission. There are also
several extra clerks to be hired in vari-
GUS departments.
Tribute Paid Dr. TindaH.
One of the men to whom The bill
II
William Tindall, who has served the
District since 1t was a territory ndev
the governorship of Gov. Alexa lder
Sheppard. He entered the service in
1853 and Is far past the retirement
age. His friends at the Capital, how
ever, wrote into the bill special clause
allowing him to retain his position
with the District for the balance of
his natural life. Had it not been in
cluded he would have retired auto
matically next August 20.
Although of an advanced age, DR..
Tindan is extremely active both physi-
cally and mentally. He is a great walk
er and is at his desk early every day.
He heard the whistle of the bullets in
seven engagements in the Civil War
and later wrote a history of the en-
counter between the Monitor and the
Merrimac, differing in many details
from orthodox accounts of the affair
His hobby is physics and he has writ
ten a monograph on The Attitude of
Rife Projectiles in Flight" which won
the praise of the War Departments
gunnery experts. DR.. Tindall runs the
information service of the District and
his sharp memory of long past events
Is Of invaluable service to the District.
He showed up for work as usual today,
received congratulations and left short
ly after for hts home.