Evening star., 1933-06-25
ID. c. 0FF|C|ALSASK
USE OF $1,9DO,ol)
Appeal to Budget Bureau for
Gas Tax Funds for High
way Projects.
Continued From First Page)

funds Of private agencies are exhausted
and their cases are transferred to the
District rolls.
In the fiscal year 1889 the District
Of Columbia will expend approximately
81 ,390000 for emergency relief" Maj.
Donovan said.
"Of this amount, $1,15O,O0O repre-
Sents appropriations made in the annual
appropriation act for the District for
1888 and subsequent deficiency acts,
Sl00, 900 Is the amount turned over to
the Commissioners by the Community
Chest to tide over the work of relief
during the period between the exhaus-
ton Of the initial appropriation of $780,
600 and the granting of the first def
cheney appropriation in the first def
cheney act, 1888, and $4,000 has been
paid over to the District under the pro-
visions of the act approved May H. 1888,
entitled An act to provide for co-opera~
ton by the Federal Government with
the several States and Territories and
the District of Columbia in relieving the
hardship and suffering caused by unem-
ployment, and for other purposes Ap-
proXimately 80 per cent of the total
expenditures for relief under the fore
going sums is paid in wages under
made work programs.
$500,OO0 For Quarters.
For the fiscal year 1884 the District
of Columbia appropriation act carries
an appropriation of 81, 100000 for emer-
gency relief. 1t is the opinion OF officers
of the Board of Public Welfare that in
the first quarter of the fiscal year 1884
the expenditures from this appropr1a-
ton will amount to $500,000, covering
all purposes, wages on made work di-
rect relief and administrative expenses.
For the second quarter OF the fiscal
year 1884 the estimated expenditures
are $650000. This would leave only
$3.50 900 on January /, 1884: remaining dI
of the entire appropriation of 81 300 600.
It is believed that there may be OBJ
tanned under the act OF May IL, 1888,
referred to, the further sum of about
$4,000 This amount, with the unex-
pended balance of the appropriation OF
81 10000 would be enough only to
cover the period up to January 10,
1884. Whether any further additional
funds will be paid over to the District
of Columbia under the act of May IL,
1888. is at this time problematical.
1T would appear, therefore. at this
time. that at the best the appropriation
of 100000, plus probable additional
moneys paid over under the act of May
II. 1888, will cover a period not ex-
tending beyond February l, 1884, thus
apparently leaving the District without
relief funds for five months of the fiscal
year 1884
S750,000 Less for Relief.
Last year the appropriations made by
the Community Chest to relief or
ganizations operating through the Chest
were about 81 100000. This calendar
year, 1888 those same agencies are re-
ceiving $3.50 In other words. they
will have about $750,000 less than they
had last year to carry on their relief
work Some of this relief work has al
ready been transferred to the emergency
relief division of the Board of Public
Welfare Most likely all of it will have
to be taken over by that division within
the next month or two. This, of course,
adds a further burden which in past
years has been provided for from pri-
vate relief funds
The total number Of men now en-
ployed ON made work on wages paid
from the emergency relief appropriation
under the Board of Public Welfare is
5000, employment being given every
otner week, or an average OF 5000 men
per week. Fifteen per cent Of this num-
ber work five days every other week,
with daily wage of $3.50. Forty per
cent work two days every other week at
the same wage and As per cent work
three days every other week at the same
wage. In addition to this there are
about 100 women receiving wages from
the emergency relief appropriation
weekly"
Fund Will Lie Idle.
Mai Donovan concluded his argu-
ment for approval of the proposed prof.
ects with the statement: 1T should be
borne in mind that failure to expend
this fund of 81 100000 will result in ac-
emulation of a surplus of approxi-
mately $l,800,000 in the gasoline tax
fund, which will lie idle in the Treasury
without use to the District of Columbia.
These monies, which belong wholly
to the District Of Columbia, and are in
no way participated in by the United
States, should be released. where need
and justification for the expenditure is
shown, both from the viewpoint Of work
projects and the relief of unemploy-
ment, for expenditure to the extent au-
thorized by the fund provision of ST.
100000"
Approval of the items for the bridge
and for the section of Constitution ave-
nue. would obligate $620,740 of the ST.
500 900 gasoline tax surplus, leaving
S819, ,260 for other purposes. These two
comprised a first group recommended
by Capt. Whitehurst.
S275,000 for Current Work.
The second group was made up of an
item of $275.000 for current work for
repairs to streets. alleys and sidewalks;
S75 900 for construction of curbs and
cutters or concrete shoulders for mac
adam roadways, and 10000 for the re-
surfacing or replacement of asphalt,
granite block or concrete pavements.
In juStifying expenditures for this
class OF work, Capt. Whitehurst declared
the increased sums over those appro-
priated in the 1884 District supply bill
ARE vital to the maintenance and eco
nomical salvage of existing structures"
Also, he declared, unless this expendi-
ture Is approved more than $50 en-
ployes of the Highway Department
would have to be let out, as we'll as
about so tradesmen and truck drivers
of the shops and transportation unit.
The budget director was asked to ap-
prove the following expenditures, total
ing s34l,360 for major thoroughfare
projects:
Reservoir road, from Foxhan road to
Conduit road, widening and paving, to
cost SAP 900.
Michigan avenue, from North Cap
itol street to Columbia road; Park
place, from Hobart place to approx
mately 200 feet north of Columbia
road; Hobart place from Fifth street
to Michigan avenue, and Fifth street,
from Harvard street to Hobart place,
widening, Strengthening and paving, to
cost $4,000.
Benning Project Listed.
Benning road northeast. from Lake
Kingman culvert TO kenilWorth ave-
nue., widening and paving. to cost $69,-
000 and building of one-half of the
culvert at Lake Kingman, S32 900.