Evening star., 1932-04-14

sonal services for the Department OF
Vehicles and Traffic for 1888 is $3.50,
which is Sl,620 less than the budget
figures and Sl6,020 more than the 1892
appropriation.
Increase for Public Library.
For personal services in the Public
Library there is recommended the oud-
get figure Of S319,440, which Is 1890
more than the current appropriation
The increase ever 1882 is cue 10 tne
consolidation with this item OF para
graphS for ten porary and sGb5titute
services formerly carried separately and
| to the necessity for appropriating for
the new Northeast branch for full
year.
For the purchase of books, psriodi-
| Gals, etc, the estimate OF S54,50O is
! approved.
THE budget estimate of S28,500 for
maintenance is recommende5, with tne
elimination of the language providing
for the purchase of lunch room equip
ment.
In accordance with the policy OF
poStponing new construction When pos
sible, the committee has not included
the estimate of $4,000 for beginning
d
Georgetown branch library.
For the office of the register OF Wills
there is recommended for personal serv-
ices $4,000, which is 81 720 uncer the
| current appropriation and the same
amount below the budget. The reduc-
ton of 81 900 under the estimate OF
$1,000 for miscellaneous expenses Is
made possible by the decrease IN the
! cost CT articles to be purchased.
For salaries in the Office OF TIE re-
corcer of deeds there is recommendeo
| 100000. which is 5000 less than both
| the estimates and the current appro-
priatlons. The saving of Sl,500 in the
estimate of $4,000 for miscellaneous
expenses is due to the decrease in the
cost of supplies and equipment.
For contingent and miscellaneous ex-
penses of the District government. such
| as printing, motor vehicles, postage, ad-
vertising, etc, the committee recon-
mends a total of S237 $50, a decrease OF
1 $63,9l6 under the 1882 appropriation
| and S68, GIG less than the estimates.
The CON rittee has reduced the esti-
mate of SAL coo for general expenses to
| S37 500, which is $4,000 more than the
, current appropriation, and has also re-
! duced from S10 to Sc the per diem to
| be paid members of the board to survey
! dangerous or unsafe buildings.
"A reduction of $4,000 in the estimate
! of $4,000 for printing and binding is
recommended by the committee, which
| is also $4,000 less than the 1882 appro-
oriation.
! For maintenance and operation Of
| passenger carrying automobiles there is
: recommended $65.000, which is $57,516
| less than the current appropriation and
! S54416 below the budget figure.
| For general advertising there is rec
omn ended SIS ,00O which is $4,000 under
| the estimates and the same amount be-
low the 1882 appropriation.
Municipal Center.
THE act of February %, 1929 (45
Stat, p. 1909, authorized the Commits
sioners Of the District of Columbia to
acquire all of squares 400, 491 and 533
AMI reservation 10 in the District of
Columbia as a site for Municipal Cen
ter and to construct thereon necessary
buildings to house municipal activities.
These blocks are located north OF Penn
sylvania avenue and between Third and
Sixth streets northwest.
Up to the present date a total of
$7,500000 has been appropriated by
Congress for these purposes, and the
pending bill recommends the additional
sum of 1922 900, together with the re-
appropriation of $1,278,000 originally
appropriated for construction work, to
be available for the purposes of the
paragraph in the pending bill. The re-
appropriation of the uneXpented bal
ance for construction is made with the
understanding that construction work
will not begin during the fiscal year
1888 end has been agreed upon by your
committee in conference with and at
the suggestion of the Commissioners
after a review of the finances of the
District.
Appropriations for this project, in
Guiding the sum recon mended by your
committee, are as follows:
Purchase of land. Sc, 900 900
Construction work. k............ 100000
Grading and paving ng.......... 100000
1otal ................... .S9,OUU.OOU
For street and road improvement and
repair the committee recommends an
appropriation CT $3,6l7,290, which is
SITS. $50 less than the 1882 appropria
tion and $618,220 under the budget es
timate.
The budget estimate of S1,960, 900
under the gasoline tax road and street
fund is reduced by the committee to
ST ,671 100, which is $328,900 less than
the 1882 appropriation and $268, 900 be-
low the estimates. Members of the
subcommittee made al inspection of
the proposed project and recommend
that the following be eliminated:
Good Hope road, Minnesota ave-
nue. to Naylor road. ........... $96, 300
Sixteenth street, Irving to Law
renee streets. ....,.,........ 1s,7OO
Varnum street, Tenth to Twelfth
streets ................... $500
Fourth street, Franklin street to
Michigan avenue. ........... $500
Third street, Sheridan to Un-
derwood streets. ts........... $500
Tuckernan street, Eighth street
to Georgia avenue .......... 1920
PIney Branch road, Georgia
avenue to Van Buren street. $4,000
Dahlia street, Georgia avenue to
Nlnth street. ............... 400
Hamilton street, Thirteenth
u Fourteenth streets. ~ 12,700
Forty-third street, Jenifer street
to Military road ...... 5000
Ingomar street, Forty-second
street to Wisconsin avenue. e. l0,700
Waterside drive, Massachusetts,
avenue south ...............- $1,000
Fifteenth street. Florida avenue
to Euclid street 1880
Total Observation-Disclosures. S288 300
For repairs to streets, roads, and so
forth, there is recommended 100000,
which is $4,000 less than the budget
figure and S257, 900 below the current
appropriation.
For widening and repaving Consti-
tuition avenue from North Capitol street
10 Sixth street the budget estimates ask
an appropriation of S203 900, and of this
sum $l26,200 is contained in the esti-
mates for the District government. This
latter sum is not allowed. The funds
for the Federal Governments share of
this work have been stricken from the
independent Offices bill and this action
is in accord Herewith.
Hinder the DarapraDb for copetruc