Evening star., 1931-12-09
MUNICIPAL CENTER
WILL Be LAUNCHED
Commissioners Authorized to
Let Contract for Founda-
ton Work.
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viii probably have to go to condemna,
ton.
The original estimates presented b.
the Commissioners to the Budge1
Bureau called for appropriations total.
ing S4S, ,969 971. The elimination of thu
100000 item would bring this figure
down to s46,969,9 ,97l, so that the tota
of SAT ,33l ,9l9 reported by the bureau
appears TO show that 1t gave the Com.
missioners more than they asked or
other items. This, however, Is not cor.
rect, as the increase represents items
asked for by the Commissioners aftel
they had sent their original estimates
over. Some Of these items which art
identifable are $4,000 for construction
OF a four-room school to replace the
Kenilworth School, recently condemned
as unsafe; an increase to S225 900 II
the estimate for beginning construction
of Junior High School at Nineteenth
street and Minnesota avenue southeast
and to 100000 for starting construc-
tion of the new Benning Bridge.
Following is a brief resume of the
important items carried under various
heads in the estimates:
Streets and Bridges.
There is an increase in this item from
q 1882 appropriation Of s4,3e2,9lo te
S4,435,4lo. New work under this in
creased appropriation will include the
widening and repaying of Constitution
avenue from North Capitol street te
Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street
leaving only one link of this monu-
mental approach to the new Arlington
al vi -, l,o ~J1tn
years project will cost sos, 900. There
is an item of 100000 toward construc-
tion of a 100000 bridge to replace the
Benning Bridge; $250,000 for construc-
ton of a bridge to replace the present
p street Bridge over the projected Rock
Creek Potomac Park Parkway: SAC. .ooC
for plans for new bridge to replace
the old Calvert Street Bridge and sI5,-
600 for plans for viaducts in the line OF
Michigan avenue and New Hampshire
avenue over the track of the Metropoli-
tan Branch Of the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad.
Sewers.
The Sewer Department appropriation
Is increased $4,000 over the 1882 ap-
preparation of sl,5s4,e2o. The princi-
pal new appropriation recommended Is
$25, 900 for beginning surveys and engi-
neering investigations of drainage into
the Rock Creek area, with view to
taking pollution from sewage eventually
out OF the waters Of the creek.
Refuse Department.
The appropriations recommended for
this department carry s23s,0oo less than
the s2,076,52o appropriated In 1892,
largely because the 1882 appropriation
Included an extraordinary item of $780,
900 for two high-temperature tncin-
orators. The District is having concid-
cradle trouble getting these incincrators
built, as the first bids for the contracts
had to be thrown out because of ir-
regularities. New bids were opened yes
Jeroay.
Fairgrounds. -
This item shows decrease OF $2i $50
from the 1882 appropriation OF s2ls,-
$40, chiefly by reason Of the completion
during the current year of q program
OF physical improvements at cost of
$4,000.
Electrical Department.
This appropriation shows a decrease
Of s33,825 from the 1892 appropriation
Of 81 ,253 ,545, principally because of the
during the current year OF
a SIS 900 study and report on the FEAST
plant for government buildings and
from rearTangements of patrol signaling
systems in the Police Department.
Police Department.
There will be little change in the Po-
lice Departments activities under the
1888 appropriations recommended, since
the bulk of the increase goes to the au-
tomato increases of 500 a year in sal
ary now received by all privates up to q
maximum of S2,400 The total increase
is sT9,l80, and of this,
S52, ,780 was for salary step-ups. The
budget carries appropriations for two
additional telephone operators and nine
clerks to replace policemen now doing
clerical work. An item of $l2 500 is in
cluded to further motori1e the depart
ment by purchase Of automobiles and
equipment. The total recommended is
S3,568, ,o80.
Fire Department.
The Fire Department estimates pro-
vide for the construction of q truck
house at Fourteenth street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast, the site
for which has already been acquired.
The total estimates show a drop Of ST.
900 from the 1882 appropriation Of S2,-
583, $40, largely through the completion
during the current year Of an expensive
building on K street northwest. The
estimates include increases Of $42, 500
for the purchase of new apparatus,
$4,000 for repairs TO apparatus, $3l 900
for automatic step-ups of privates,
1000 for repairs to engine houses and
$500 for purchase of uniforms and
equipment.
Public Welfare.
Chief among the new projects for
which money is carried in the 1898 es-
Inmates under this heading Is $240, 900
for completion Of the buildings of the
Children's tuberculosis Sanitarium In
Prince Georges County, which will be
under contract soon The total of
SIS, ,405 ,468 recommended in the budget
for 1888 represents net decrease of
S49, ,803 from the 1882 appropriation, the
result Of large number Of increases
and decreases in various special items
Other new construction work pro-
vided for includes a ward for contagious
diseases at Gallinger Hospital, for which
S250,000 is provided for start on con-
struction. This is project urged by
Health Officer William c. Fowler since
what time the memory OF man runneth
not to the contrary, and its final inclu-
sion in the estimates represents a per-
sonal triumph for the health officer.
The ward will eventually cost 100000.
Most Of the other increases are for ad-
oitional personnel or additional salary
for present personnel
Water Service.
There is decrease OF S262 $40 under
the 1892 appropriation of s2,354 ,220
represented by expenditures in 1882 fol
homecoming items. The appropriations
recommended include $4,000 for a
booster pumping plant at Dalecarlia
Reservoir, and S345,00o for 48-inch
water main from Fifth and Upshur
streets to Georgia avenue and Military
road.
DETROIT LOST ON LEGION