Evening star., 1937-01-08

$4,000 900 requested by the Board of
Education as the first year Of a five
year $50, 1000, 900 school extension plan.
For completion of the new Police
Court Building now being erected in
Judiciary Square, $3.50, 900, for which
a starting appropriation of $1,000 900
was made for the current year.
For construction of a hospital and
administration building at the District
Training School for Feeble Minded,
at Laurel, Md, $50, 900, and an ad-
ditional sl7,5o0 for power and lighting
facilities.
The largest construction items were
for extension and improvement Of the
water, highway and sewer systems.
For. the construction of new service
mains for the water distribution sys-
tenn, 100000; for completing of in
stallation of water meters, $4,000;
for fire and public hydrants, s22 $500;
for replacing old water mains, $135, 900.
and for the laying of two new trunk
line mains, $685. 900.
Gas Tax Fund Earmarked.
For highway Improvements under
the gasoline tax fund, 1.405 900; for
alleys and sidewalks, under the gen.
eral fund, s15o,000.
For extension of the sewer system
s675,000. consisting of 100000 for
main and pipe sewers, S175.000 for
suburban mains and s400 900 for serv-
ice sewers under the assessment and
permit system.
For new apparatus and other IA
cilities for the Fire Department
$69, 500.
For continuing construction of the
protection wall at the reformatory at
Lorton. Va, 0,0O0. and for continu-
ing construction of the new dormi-
tories for women prisoners at the
workhouse at Occoquan, 5000.
For construction of new vocational
building at the Industrial Home School,
for Colored Children, at Blue Plains
$4,000, and for installation of a new
boiler in the heating plant of the
Home for Aged and Infirm, $4,000
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For installation Of additional traffic
lights, 5000.
In addition to these new items of
construction, the District will have to
pay into the Treasury in the next
fiscal year 100000 as another in
stallment of reimbursement for P. w.
A. loans for District construction prof.
ects and 100000 of reimbursement
required by the Capper-Cramton law
for park Improvements.
There are two major bridge items
in the estimates: For the starting OF
new Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge,
s325.000, with authorized limit OF
81, 1,250. 900, and for completion of the
new Chain Bridge, 100000.
Deficit Of S9,s54,17S Faced.
Estimating that the District would
be facing $9,954,178 general fund
deficit, to be met by added taxation
If the budget total is approved along
with the reduced Federal payment
District officials explained the city's
financial crises as follows:
The estimated local revenue collec-
tions for next year. on the basis of the
present tax rates, not counting the
Federal payment here, would total
$30,975 900. This would be drawn from
the following sources: Real estate,
$17,525,00 tangible personal prop
erty, $l,100,000; Intangible personal
property. s2,525,o0O: public utility,
bank and building association levies,
s., ,400. .0c0; motor vehicle personal tax,
$675,000; penalties and interest, $780,
600; alcoholic beverage taxes, $2,000.-
600, and miscellaneous collections.
$4,000
From this gross total Of $50. .975, 900,
however, must come first of all an esti-
mated deficit Of 81, 1853, 900 expected 70
occur at the end of the current year,
together with $160,000 the District
must pay as its half Of the expenses
of Freedmen's Hospital and estimated
claims and deficiencies of $350.000.
These deductions bring the city's net
revenue available for application to
the general fund charges down to
$28, ,997, 900.
S11,647.o35 Short.
Against this available revenue, the
budget submitted today calls for $40,-
644,035 of appropriations to be met
from the general fund. Therefore.
the District would be $11 Sat ,035 short
of the amount required without con-
sidering the Federal payment.
While the formula in the Fiscal Re-
lations Committee report would repre-
sent q Federal payment Of $2,533, 1857
for 1898, this sum would be broken
down into separate allotments to the
three major financial accounts of the
District-namely, general fund, gas tax
highway fund and the water fund.
Since gas tax and water fund collec-
tions can be used only for the Highway