Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1924, Page 37

G_STAR, WASHINGTO D. €, TUESDAY, DE EMBER 1924 Two and a Half Million Dollars Is Sought for Capital’s Streets and Roads President Sounds Note of Hope For Further Tax Reductions Estimates Surplus of $67,884,489 Out of Estimates—Repeats Plea for Increased (Continued from First Page.) crease in expenditures made neces- sary by the World War adjusted compensation act. Yet we are confi- dent that the year will be closed with a4 surplus of more than $67,000,000. Our aim should be not only to con- serve this prospective surplus but to add to it “For the fiscal year 1926 it is esti- mated that the ordinary receipts will lie £3.641,205.092 and the expenditures 3.267,551.378. This indicates a sur- plus of $373,743,714. In addition to these receipts and expenditures it is estimated that the postal receipts will be $647.410.000 and the'expendi- tures chargeable thereto $637,376,005. This forecasts a surplus in postal revenue of £10,023,995, which amount is included in the estimated general surplus of $873.743.714. “We come now to the estimates of sppropriations contained in this bud- zet. The Chief Executive is pledged to economy in the requests he makes upon Congress for funds for - the executive branch of the Government This pledge is kept in these estimates of appropriations. They call for a total of §2.089.223.841.48, exclusive of the Postal Service. A fair com- parison of the estimates of appro- priations for 1926 with the apy priations actually made for should include the supplemental esti- mates for 1925 which were presented 1o Congress for consideration in the mecond deficiency bill, fiscal year 1924, and the bill to adjust compensation of employes in certain of the fleld services. These two bills failed of enactment before the adjournment of Congress June 7, 1924. Takes Up Defenxe Needs. ‘For the national defense the esti- mates amount to $343,000,000, which 1S $29.000,000 than the amount available this current fiscal year. These figures do not_include non- military items of the War and Navy Departments. This reduction is made fn accordance with my belief that we can have adequate national defense with a morc modest outlay of the taxpayers’ money. “Further study may point the way to additional reduction without weakening our national defense, but rather perfeciing it. This Nat at peace with the world longer have international competition in naval construction of major unit We are concerned primarily with maintaining adequate preparedness. We 14 have adequate prepared- ness in 1926 within the limits of the ommended. side from the important factor of fraining personnel our national de- fense is largely an industrial problem. outstanding weakness in industriz] situation as it affects ational defense is the {nadequacy of facilitics to supply air service needs. The airp industry in this country present time is dependent entirely upon Government To strengthen this indus- strenzthen our national Vay Be $65.000,000. Air ad lie Service of the Army the Air Mail Service including contract jons, amount to $38,945.000 contemp an expenditure the industiies of $18.287,000 for rocurcinent of « airplanes, en- nd nccessories. The remain- 1,658, for maintenance, _experimentation and re- he amount of $38,945,000, » does not include all that "ll{ be available for this service in 1926. Amounts contributing to the Air Service carried in other estimates #nd usable war supplies will make a fotal availability conservatively estimated at $65.000,000. The amount requesied for national defense inciudes $50,118,000 for the Army and Navy Reserves, Natlonal Guard, citizens' military training camps and other clvilian training Ivities, There is also included in the na- tional defense estimates of $7.444,000 for increase of the Navy. This will vrovide for continulng work on the fleet submarines under construction #nd for beginning work on two of the four remaining fleet submarines au- thorized in the 1916 program. With regard to the Na estimates, legls- lation is now pending which provides for additional vessels, including gun- hoats for use on the Yangtze River. I'_ur'her estimates for increase in the Navy are dependent upon the enact- ment of this legislation. Tt will also he necessary to request of Congress legislation increasing the authorized cost of the two airplane carriers now under construction. If this be granted 1t will require funds for the next fis- cal year not provided in the estimates contained in this budget. Rivers and Harbors Funds. “For rivers and harbors $56.237.600 ix recommended. In this is included 340,000,000 for maintenance and Im- provement of existing river and har- hor works, $10,500.000 for flood con- srol on the Mississippt and Sacra- mento Rivers and $5,437,600 for the Gperation and maintenance of canals &nd the removal of wrecks and other Ltes 00 i operatio search, however, Economy. those for departmental the District of Columbia. “For federal ald to States the esti- mates provide in excess of $109,000,- 000. These subsidles are prescribed by law. I am convinced that the broadening of this field of activity is detrimental both to Federal and State governments. operations is impaired as their scope is unduly enlarged. Efficiency of State | governments is impaired as they re- linquish and turn over to the Federal Government responsibilities which are rightfully theirs. T am opposed to any expansion of these subsidies. My convictlon is they can be cur- tailed with benefit to both the Fed- eral and State governments. ° Reclamation Projects. “For reclamation purposes I am recommending $9.7 for 1926, It is highly desirable that the Con- gress, as a basis for this and other future reclamation expenditures, en- act the legislation embodying new reclamation policies proposed in H. R. 9611, Sixth-eighth Congress, first session “The gross public debt was reduced $1,098,894,375 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924, gnd stood at $21,250,812,989 on the latter date. This reduction was accomplished through (1) the application of the sinking fund and other public debt requirements required to be made from ordinary receipts, aggregating $457.999,750; (2) a reduction in the general fund balance of $135,527,639, and (3) the use of the entire surplus of $505,366,986. The annual interest charges on the debt represented by this reduction are equivalent to over $45,000,000. “The total reduction in_ the debt since the high point of $26,594.000,000 on_ August 31, 1913, amounted to $5,343,080.000 at the close of the last fiscal year. This total reduction has effected a saving in interest amount- ing to approximately $225.000,000 an- nually. & saving which cquals nearly one-third of the total annual pre-war expenditures of the Government Fixed Debt Charges. “The fized debt charges are in- ‘luded in the regular budget of the vernment under a definite plan worked out soon after the close of the war for the gradual retirement of the public debt, and must be met hefore the budget can balance. The most important of these fixed debt charges is the cumulative sinking fund provided in the Victory Liberty loan act. Retirements through this fund during the past fiscal vear were about $296,000.000. The next items in xize among the fixed debt charges are the retirements of securities received employes in settlements and the purchases and re- tirements of securities from foreign repayments. “These continuing reductions of the public debt have a very material ef- fect in maintaining high prices for Liberty bonds. They permit the issu- ance of new Government securities for temporary and for refunding pur- poses at low interest rates, with con- sequent further economy in Govern- ment expenditures. Interest paid in the fiscal vear 1924 amounted to $940,- 000,000, Tt is estimated that this item 11 be $865.000,000 in 1925 and $830,- 060,000 in 1926. This raving of $110.- 000,000 in two years is the result of the reduction in the amount of the debt and decrease in the average rate of interest paid. The sinking fund is a part of the contract between the United States and the holder of the United States obligation, and there- fore cannot in good faith be changed. The continual steady effect of these debt reducing factors is to cut down the largest single item of Govern- ment expenditure and permit further reductions in the burden of taxation. Building Program for D. C. In my message transmitting the budget for the fiscal vear 1925 I rec- ommended the enactment of legisla- tion which would authorize a reason- able progressive building program to meet the needs of the executive de- partments and establishments of the Government in the District of Colum- bia. The &ituation is yearly becom- ing more acute even with full utiliza- tion of all Government owned build- Ings, Including the temporary build- ings erected during the period of the late emergency. We are now spend- ing something more than $570.000 per year for rental of buildings or parts of buildings in the District of Colum- bia. The present crowded condition is detrimental to efficienc The fire hazard in the temporary buildings is great. An expenditure of $5,000,000 aMnually for a period of vears would enable the present situation to be eradually relieved. A larger vearly sxpenditure would shorten the period during which full relief could be at- tained. “During the last session of Con- gress a bill was introduced authoriz- 221,000 PROVIDED obstructions. Of the $40,000,000 for maintenance and improvement of riv- ers and harbors, $21,973,915 s for new work and $17.241,675 Is for main- { tenance. This will make possible material progress on the most im- portant projects approved by Con- Bress. "It i3 estimated that $6,541.590 will be needed to complete Dam No. 2 at Muscle Shoals. Of thls amount 33,601,200 will be required this year. his will be covered by a supple- mental estimate for 1925. The bal- ance. $3,040.390. is provided for in these estimates. here ix included in these esti- mates $50,000,000 to be set gside in the adjusted service certificate fund establighed under the World War ad- justed compeneation act of May 19, 1924. This is for the second payment to the fund to be mado January 1, 1926. For the first payment, due Jan- uary 1, 1925, $100.000,000 is included in the deficiency bill now under con- sideration by Congress. Bonus Application Cited. “The applications from veterans so far have been below the estimated number, which the records indicate ns entitled to the benefits of the act. If the twe appropriations recom- mendeé be made, it is estimated there will be a sufficient amount in the fund on January 1, 1926, to meet the demands of the act. Should the num- ‘ber of applications Increase beyond what present experlence indicates as probable, there will be ample time to submit a supplemental estimate for the additional amount necessary be- fore that date. “The estimates for salaries of civilian emloyes In the District of Columbia are in accordance with the provisions of the classification act approved March 4, 1925. For the fleld services the estimates for salarie are based on rates comparable with 4 FORHOWARDU. USE Reduction Over Last Year’s Figure Due to Competition of Many Buildings. For Howard University a total of $221.000, which 1Is & reduction of $144,- 000 under the current appropriation, is recommended in the budget, sub- mitted today to Congress. Of this amount $125,000 is for maintenance, to be used in payment of part of the salaries of the officers. professors, teachers and other regular emiployes of the university, the balance of which is_to be.pald from donations and other sources. An appropriation of $34,000 is recommended for tools, ma- terials and other necessary expenses of the department of manuad arts, with a proviso that not to exceed $21,800 may be expended for salarics in the District of Columbia. For improvement on the grounds and repair of buildings $30,000 is pro- posed, which is an increase of $10,000. The decrease in the total amount recommended for the university under current appropriations is due to_the fact that last year the assembly hall, gymnasium, armory and administra- tive headquarters for the department of health and hygiene were completed at a cost of $157,500, so that Howard University is in line to get an in- crease in appropriation of $13,500. The total recommended for Freed- men’s Hospital is $202,950, as against $174,700 for the current flscal year. Of this amount $50,000 is for remodeling and enlarging the nurses' hom which is a new item submitted in th budget. Efficiency of Federal from foreign governments under debt | ing a yearly appropriation of not ex- ceeding $10,000,000 for a progressive buflding program in_the District of Columbia. This bill has my indorse- ment. I earnestly recommend its en- actment by Congres: “I have recently appointed a com- mission to Investigate agricultural conditions. The purpose of this was to determine what action, through legislation or otherwise, shculd be taken to place agriculture on a basis of economic equality with other in- dustries. The findings and recom- mendations of the commission are for the use of the Congress. I mention | this commission here for the reason that T will shortly submit to Congress an estimate of appropriation to meet the expenses of the commission. Against Tax Reduction. “We are now in the fourth year of our campaign for reduction in the cost of Government. Our aim Is to reduce the burden of taxes. In this we have been successfu For those things which we are now required to do we are fast reducing our expendi- tures to a minimum consistent with efficient service. We have before us an estimated surplus of $67,000,000 for the current flscal year and $373,- 000,000 for the next fiscal year. Shall we embark upon new projects involv- ing expenditures which will prevent the accumulation of these expected surpluses or shall we continue the campalgn for economy? “I am for economy. If we con- tinue the campaign for economy we will pave the way for further reduc- tion in taxes. This reduction cannot be effected immediately. Before it is undertaken we shouid know more definitely by actual operation what our revenues will be under our pres- ent tax law. But the knowledge of our revenue under the existing law will avail us nothing if we embark upon any new large expenditure pro- gram.” PLAN ADDITIONAL LIBRARY WORKERS Budget Provides 23 More Employes at Increases Totaling $32,780. For salaries for personal service in the Free Public Library in accord- ance wit the classification act of 1923, a total of $170,940 is recom- mended for 123 employes as against $138,160 for 1 employes during the current fiscal vear and $108.555 for 97 employes during the fiscal year 1924, Of these 100 employes are in the present establishment which includes the central Public Library, between Seventh and Ninth streets on Mount Vernon Square and the Takoma Park, Southeastern and Mount branches whose salaries under reclasification schedule amount $139.660. Y Four new positions in" the main library are recommended: one library assistant at $1,680; a clerical admini- strator and fiscal clerk at $1,320; a junior clerk-stenographer at $1,320, and an under mechanic at $1,140, making a fotal of $5,460 for these four positions. Mount Pleasant Branch Plan For the Mount Pleasant branch 17 positions are recommended, headed by an associate librarian at $3,000; three junior librarians at $1,860: 1 library assistant at $1,680: 3 under library asistants at $1,320; four minor library assistants at $1,140; two library aides at $900: one senior laborer at $360; a junior laborer at $500 and a junior messenger at $600, making a total of $22,640 for these 17 new positio In the Eastern High School branch, /one library assistant at $1,680 is pro- vided for and in the Bell-Deanwood School branches a junior library a sistant at $1,500 Is included in the estimates. For substitutes and other special and temporary service. including the conducting of stations in__ public school buildings, a total of $3,500 is recommended. Provide Extra Service. For extra services on Sundays, holidays and Saturday afternoons $2.500 is recommended. For books, periodicals and news- papers $50,000 is asked and $10,000 for binding. For maintenance, repairs, fuel, lighting, fitting up buildings, lunch- room equipment, purchase and main- tenance of bicycles and motor vehi- cles $15,000 is asked. This brings the total recommended appropriations for the Public Library up to €251,940. INCREASE OF $467,140 FAVORED FOR 6. P. 0. Total Appropriation Asked in Bud- get Is $3,129,980—New Salaries Factor. the to For the Government Printing Office the recommended appropriation in the budget report submitted today for the next fiscal vear is $3,129,980, as compared with $2,662,840 for the current fiscal yvear. Ot this total $157,980 is for salarics in the office of the public printer, in accordance with the reclassification schedule. Another item of $2,400,000, which is an increase of $400,000 over the current appropriation, is to pro- vide the public printer with a work- ing capital for public printing and binding. In the office of the superintendent of documents the salary schedule calls for $376,000. This increase of $35,000 is on account of additional clerks and to provide for promotion under the classification act, which grants an in- crease-of about $120 a year for em- ployes in low-grade work. The general expenses for the office of superintendent of documents amounts to $197,000, or an increase of $32,000 to cover an increased cost of printing and binding purchases from the public printer. The total number of employes cov- ered under the estimated appropri- ation for the Government Printing Office is 463, and the total salary item is $676,460, which is an increase from $643,820 for the current fiscal year, with an Increase of 10 in the number of employes. A $176,000 FOR MARKET. Larger Part of Appraprinion ‘Would Be for Salaries. For operation and maintenance of Center Market under the Secretary of Agriculture an appropriation of $176,- 000 1s recommended in the budget trans- | mitted to the House today. Of this amount not to exceed $97,600 is for salaries in the District of Colum- bia and not more than $500 may be used for payment of claims for the loss of, or damage to, goods while in storage in Center Market. Pleusant | (Continued from First Page.) pensation of jurors and $4,000 for re- pairs to buildings. For the Municipal Court $71,200 is asked, which is an increase from $06,516. Of this $54.000 is for salaries for 22 persons, $6,500 for compensation of jurors, $3.600 for rent of building, $2,500 for repairs and ‘improvements to building and $4,000 for contingent expenses. For the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict the salaries total $56, the fees of witnesses. $25,000; fees of jurors, $65,000; pay of bailiffs, $37,.- 520; the estimates for the probation system are $8,120. The budget recommends $25,000 for salaries of emploves of the District courthouse and $2.000 for repairs and improvements to the courthouse. For the Court of Appeals the salary recommendation totals $48.000, and $7.500 recommended for maintenance of the building. The item for support of convicts is $150,000, and for such miscellaneous expenses as may be au- thorized by the Attorney General for the Supreme Court of the District, $40,000. 4246,350 Total for Health Department. The total of $246,350 for the health de- partment includes $39,500 for prevention of contagious diseases; $20,000 for iso- lating wards for minor contagious dis- eases at Garfleld and Providence hos- pitals; $14,500 for maintenance of dis- pensaries and the treatment of indigent person: $6,000 for maintenance of disinfecting service: $2,000 for en- forcement of an act providing for drafnage of lots; $200 for special service in connection with the detec- tion of the adulteration of drugs and foods, including candy and milk; $750 for the bacteriological laboratory; $1,000 for the chemical laboratory; $3.150 for dairy farm inspection; $1.000 for miscellaneous expenses in- cident to the pure milk law; $3.500 for maintenance of the public crematory and $18,000 for maintaining the child hygiene servic including the main- tenance of child welfare stations for olinical examination, advice and care. For charities and corrections the budget carries recommendations to- taling $2.804,070. as agalnst $2.614,890 for the current fiscal year. These in- clude: For the workhouse, $216,340; for the reformatory, $169,000; for the National Training School for Boyvs, $55,000: for the National Training School for Girls, $70.580. An item of $50,000 is provided for continuing construction of permanent bulldings. sewers, water mains and equipment at the reformatory Fuonds Favored for Medieal Charit The appropriations recommended for the medical charities for care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts to be made by the Board of Charities Include: Frecdman's Hospital, fumbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum. $17,000: for the Chil- dren’s Hospital, §20,000, which isan in- crease of $5.000: for Providence Hos- pital. $17.000, which is an increase of $2.000:; for Garfield Memorial Hospital $15,000; for Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, $23,000, which is an increase of $1.000: for Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, $10000; for the Washington Home for Incurables, $5.000; for Georgetown University Hospital, $5.000; for George Washington University Hos- pital, $5,000. For maintenance of Columbia Hos- pital for Women. including additional construction, $14,500. For the Tuberculosis Hospital, $113.580, which is a reduction from $121.500 for the current fiscal year. This Includes $30,580 for salaries un- der the classification act; $55,000 for provisions and general maintenance costs and $8.000 for repairs and im- provements to bulldings and grounds. For the Gallinger Municipal Hos- pital a total of $311,250 is asked, which is an increase from $307.820. This includes $170,000 for salaries, $135,000 for maintenance, $5.000 for repairs to the duilding and $1,250 for purchase of an auto truck. Under child-caring institutions an appropriation of $5,000 for adminis- tration expenses for the Board aof Children’s Guardians, and $42.300 is recommended for maintenance of feeble minded children, both white and colored, $37,500; for board and care of all children committed to the Ruardlanship of the board by the courts of the District, $120,000. This makes the total appropriation for the Board of Children's Guardians $204,800. $170,000 to Complete Construction of Building. For the Home and School of Feeble Minded a total of $190,000 s recom- mended, which is an Increase of $140,000. This includes $170,000 for completing the construction of the home and school as authorized in the 1923 appropriation act, and $20,000 for maintenance, salaries and other ex- penses. A total of $49,200 for the Industrial Home School for Colored Children is recommended. This includes $24,000 for salaires, $21,450 for maintenance, $2,500 for repalrs and improvements to buildings and grounds, and $1,250 for manual training equipment and materials. For the Industrial Home School $44.400 is recommended. Of this $19.300 is for salarles, $22,100 for maintenance, and $3,000 for repairs and improvements to bulldings and grounds. For the Home of Aged and Infirm $94,680 is asked, which Includes $40.- 680 for salaries, $50,000 for general maintenance, and $4,000 for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds. For the Municipal Lodging House and Wood Yard a total of $5,940 is recommended, which includes $3,060 for salaries and $2,880 for mainte- nance. For _the Temporary Home for For- mer Soldiers and Sailors, $9.060 is asked, of which $3,060 is for salaries and $6,000 for maintenance. Other recommended appropriations for charitable institutions include: $1,000 for ths Florence Crittenton Home; $5,000 for the Southern Rellef Saciety, for the care and maintenance of needy and infirm Confederate vet- erans and their dependents; $2,000 for the Natlonal Library for ‘the Blind, 1801 D street northwest; $1,000 to aid the ‘Columbla Polytechnic Inatitute for the Blind, located at 1808 H street northwest; $900,000 to the Hospltal for the Insane, for the support of the indigent insane of the Dstrict in St. Elizabeth's Hospital: $5.000 for de- portation of fon-resident insane per- sons; $5,000 for the rellet of the poor, including the pay of physiclans. Add to Expense of Disposal of Refuse. A total of $1,437,000 is recommended for collecting and disposal of refuse as against $1,365,200 for the current $42,500; Co- fiscal year. This is made up of the following proposed _appropriations For street cleaning, 359,000; for dus District Budget Carries Increase)| Of Nearly $2,000,000 Over 1925 Many Activities Included in List for Which Additional Appropriations Are Asked for Coming Year. prevention, sweeping and cleaning streets and removal of snow and ice, $430.000; for collection and disposal of garbage, dead animals, miscellane- ous refuse and ashes, $910,000. For the purchase of the site on which the present garbage transfer station is located, $40,000. Of the total of $765.628 for the electrical department, 34,800 is for placing wires of fire alarms, police patrol and telephone service under ground in existing conduits; $2,500 is for the extension and relocation of the police patrol system, Including the purchase of new boxes; $590,000 is for purchase, installation and maintenance of public lamps, street designations and similar equipment; $35,000 is for replacing gas lamps $10,000 for extenston and relocation of the fire alarm system: $8,000 for purchase and installation of addi- tional lead-covered cables‘to increase the capacity of the underground signal cable system. Out of the total of $1,154.500 for sewers in the District of Columbia, $260.000 s for cleaning and repairing sewers and basins. including the necessary motor vehicles and ma- chinery: $150,000 is for main and pipe sewers and receiving basins; $390 000 is for suburban sewers: 275,000 for assesment and permit work: $2,000 for the purchase or condemnation of rights of way; $67,500 for extension of the Rock Creek main interceptor and $10,000 for continuing the con- struction of the Upper Potomac main interceptor. 5 $575.000 For Upkeep of District Public Gro An estimated total of $575,000 for improvements and maintenance of public grounds. in the Disfrict in- cludes the following ftems: For improvement and maintenance of grounds south of Executive Man- sion, $4,900. For care of greenhouses and nursery, $2,600. For repair and reconstruction of the greenhouses at the nursery, $3,900. For care Lafayette Park, $2.400. For improve- ment and .care of Franklin Park, $1,800. For improvement and care of Lincoln Park, $2,600. For Improve- ment and care of Monument Grounds and annex, $8,800. For improvement, care and maintenance of Garfield Park. $3,000. For construction and repair of post-and-chain fences; re- pair of high iron fences, constructing stone coping about reservations, painting watchmen's lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps, and lamp-posts repairing and extending water pipes, and purchase of apparatus for ciean- ing them: hose: manure, and hauling same; removing snow and ice; pur | chase and repair of seats and tools: | trees, stakes, labels, and stock for twine, baskets, wire, splint and moss, to be pur- chased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine; care, construction and repair fountains; abating nuisances lean- ing statues and repairing pedestals, $20,770. For improvement, care and maintenance of varlous reservations, the maintenance, repair. exchange and operation of four motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and the purchase of one motor-propelied passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes, and the operation, maintenance, repair and exchange of motor cycles and bicycles for division foremen, $69.100. For im- provement, care and maintenance of Smithsonian grounds, $5.000. For im- provement and maintenance of Judi- ciary Park, $3.100. For laying cement and other walks In various reserva- tions, $4.200. For broken-stone road covering for parks, $10,550. For curb- ing. coping and flagging for park roads and walks, $2,400. For im- privement and care of Rock Creek Park, $38.945. For improvement, care, and maintenance of West Poto- mac Park, including grading. soiling, seeding, planting and - constructing paths and roads, $39,010. For oiling or otherwise treating macadam roads, $10.400. For improvement and care of East Potomac Park, $40,560. For improvement, care and maintenance of Montrose Park, 6,000. For placing and maintaining special portions of the parks in condition for outdoor sports, $19.460. For improvement, care and maintenance of Meridian Hill Park, 27,44 For care and maintenance of Willow Tree Park, $1,800. For care of the center park- ing on Maryland avenue northeast, $1,250. For operation, care, repair and maintenance of the pumps which operate the three fountains on the Unlon Station Plaza, $4,350. To pro- vide for the increased cost in park maintenance, $61,730. For care of the center parking in Pennsylvania Ave- nue between 2nd and 17th streets southeast, $3,100. For purification of waters of the Tidal Basin and care maintenance and operation of the bathouse and beach, $12,300. For care and maintenance of Mount Vernon Park, $1,325. For purchase and re- pair of machinery and tools for shops at nursery and for the repair of shops and storehouses, $1,250. For improve- ment and maintenance as a recreation park of Section D, Anacostia Park, between Pennsylvania Avenue and the Anacostia Bridge, $63,060. For expenses incident to the conducting of band concerts in the public parks, $3.000. For the construction of park lodge and comfort station in Rock Creek Park, $10,000. For widening existing roads and bridges and for constructing new roads and bridges in Rock Creek Park, $25,000. For improvement and_ maintenance of Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, $40.000. For widening the inlet bridge, West Potomac Park, $20,000. Further Expenses For Parks and Grounds For lighting public grounds in the District an appropriation of $37,480 is asked and $6,000 for heating offices, watchmen's lodges and greenhouse at the propagating gardens, making a total of $43,480. For the salaries of emploves of public bulldings and grounds in the District a of $61,540 s recommended. “or salaries of park police, $127,446 is_recommended. IFor purchase of bicycles and re- volvers and motor cycles and uni- fotms for the park police a total of $11,450 is included in the budget. For reclamation of Anacostia River flats $170,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $20,000 over the current appropriation. This is for continuing the reclamation and development of Anacostia Park. The continuation of the work above Ben- ning Bridge through the acquire- ment of necessary land, was author- 1zed in the appropriation act in the current fiscal vear. For the District Militia $50.450 is recommended, as against 345,540 for the current fiscal year. Of this, $24,- 000 is for the expenses of camps; $13,000 for rent of armories, store- houses and drill halls; $1,200 for keeping uniforms, arms and equip- ments In condition; $2,600 for ex- penses of target practice and matches and $9,000 for pay of troops other than Government employes. Por the expenses of the new Na- Capital Park Commission, tres and plant whitewashing. flowerpots, time, nursery, of | of | authorized by an act approved June 6, 1924, an appropriation of $600,000 to be made immediately available and to remain available until ex- pended is recommended. This s to enable the commission to continue the acquisition of land for a con- necting parkway between Potomac Park, the Zoological Park and Rock Creek Park. Of the $600,000,.$9,120 is for salaries of four employes and $589,000 is for land purchasing. Water Revenu: Provide For Aqueduct. Appropriated wholly out of the revenues of the Water Department for expenses of the Washington aqueduct and its appurtenances are itmes aggregating $197,210, as against $175,000 for the current fiscal year. Of this amount $192,210 is for opera- tion, including salaries of all neces- sary employes, maintenance and re- pair of Washington Aqueduct and its accessorics, McMillan Park Reservoir, Washington Aqueduct tunnel, the fil- tration plant, the plant for the pre- liminary treatment of the water sup- ply, purchase, Installation and main- tenance of water meters and Federal services, vehicles, and for each and every purpose connected therewith. An item of $5000 is for ordinary repalirs, grading, opening ditches and so forth on Condult road. The Water Department budget totals $1,020,000 and among the im- portant items are $70,000 for salaries of 43 employes In the distribution branch; $447.000 for maintenance of the Water Department distribution system, including pumplng stations and machinery; $175,000 for extension of the Water Department distribu- tlon system, laying mains under the assessment system: $30.000 for in- stalling water meters; $23,000 for in- stalling fire hydrants, and $30,000 for 6,100 feet of 16-inch main in Ne- braska avenue from Wisconsin ave- nue to Forty-fifth street and south in Forty-fifth street to a point between Kiingle and Lowell streets north- west; $70,000 for 3,556 feet of 36-inch main in Rhode Island avenue north- east between Sixteenth street and Queens Chapel road northeast: $48.000 for 5,800 feet of 16-inch main in Allfi- son street from lllinols avenue to New Hampshire avenue and north- east in New Hampshire avenue to North Capitol street; $42,000 for lay- ing 6,500 feet of 16-inch main in Grant' street from Forth-eighth to Fiftleth street; Fifty-third street from Grant to Foote streets; Foote street from Fifty-third to Fifty-sixth street; Fifty-sixth street from Foote to Dix and east in Dix street to Eastern Avenue, and $13,000 for lay- ing 1,200 feet of 16-Inch main in I street from Sixth to Eilzhth streets and south in Eighth reet to H street forthwest. Permanent Special Funds Aggregate $1,565.356. Permanent and indefinite appropri- ations for special funds under the District of Columbia total $1.563,356, as compared with $1,626962 for the current fiscal vear. An appropriation of $175,000 for the teachers' retirement fund is con- cpicuous among these. Indefinite appropriation of the amounts de- ducted from the basic salaries of teachers of the public schools of the | District of Columbia, to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of an individual account of the teacher from whdse salary the deduction is made. The fund thus created to be held and invested until paid out as provided in the acts of Congress in relation thereto. The miscellancous trust fund de- posits of the District call for an estimated expenditure during the fiscal year of $763,356. This fund is derived from deposits made by prop- erty owners, corporations and others on account of work to be performed by the District in connection with cuts i strects, cpecial sewers and various engineering projects, the whole cost of which is paid by the depositor; there are also carried in this account several bequests for the benefit of certain charitable and re- ligious institutions and as a fund to provide awards for prizes for excel- lence in school work. The estimated expenditure for the Washington redemption fund is $125,000. This fund is derived from the collections on account of pay- ments made by persons redeeming their property which has previously been sold for taxes; payment® from this fund are made to the various holders of certificates representing purchases of such unpalid taxes. The permit fund, derived from de- posits made by property owners for various improvements, is estimated at_$20,000. The police and firemen's rellef fund calls for 4n estimated expendi ture of $450,000. This fund consists of fines imposed upon members of the Police and Fire Departments by way of discipline; rewards, gifts and emoluments received for extraordi- nary services: a deduction of 23 per cent of the monthly salary of each member of sald departments; donations; net proceeds of falo of unclaimed property: any deficiencies in said fund being paid from the general revenues of the District of Columbia. Payments are made to pensioners under sald fund pursuant to law. For the National Zoological Park $156,000 is recommended, which is an increase from $148,237 for the current fiscal year. Of this amount $109.500 is for salaries of 80 persons, approxi- mately $25,000 is for forage and for other food for animals. INCREASES ARE ASKED IN MEMORIAL FUNDS Larger Appropriations Sought for Monument, Lincoln and Wake- field Shrines. For care and maintenance of the Washington Monument the budget transmitted today recommend $18,040, which is an increase from $15,640. Of this amount $9,060 is for the pay of employes and $2,500 for extra services and supplies providing for the open- ing of the Monument to the public on Sundays and legal holidays. An item of $480 is for purchasing uni- forms for six employes at the Monu- ment, For the care and maintenance of Lincoln Memorial $13,160 {s recom- mended, an increase from $11,320. This includes $7,260 for pay of em- ployes, $1,750 for extra costs for keeping the memorial open to the public on Sundays and legal holidays and $240 for uniforms. For repalrs to the building on Tenth street where Abraham Lincoln died $240 is recommended. % For improvements at the birthplace of George Washington, at Wakefleld, Va., $13,080 is recommended, of which $12,600 is a new item proposed. . BUREAU FUND BOOSTED. $7,378,430 Is Asked for Engraving and Printing Plant. The budget filed today with the House recommends $7,378,430 for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which Is an increase from $5945,675. Of this amount $5,418,658 is for:the salaries of 3,640 employes in the de- partmental service. For the wages of plate printers at plece rates, to be fixed by the Secre- tary of the Treasury, $1,800 is recom- mended. | Widening of Business Blocks Subject to Congress’ Approval Estimate Includes Costs of Paving, Re- pairing, Grading, Wages and, Upkeep of Highway Operations Machinery For street and road improvements and repairs in the District of Columbla a total of $2,510,238 is recommended in the budget transmitted to Congress today. This provides for paving, re- paving, grading and otherwise improv- ing streets, avenues, suburban roads and suburban streets, specifically men- tioned, and Includes the maintenance of motor vehicles used in this worl In view of the fact that after Congress had provided in the District appropria- tion act for the current fiscal year for increasing the width and paving the roadway of Thirteenth street, between I and T streets, to a width of 80 feet and the District Commissioners, at the solicftation of merchants along. that street, allowed the work to be done to a width of only 70 feet with the under- standing that if Congress disapproved the interested merchants would have the width fncreased to 80 feet at their own expense, specific provision is made in the budget approving the width of 70 feet as it now stands. List of Improvements. The street improvements. which are in the northwest except where other- wise stated, specifically provided for are as follows: For paving Klingle street, Tunlaw road to Forty-fifth street, 30 feet wide, $13,420. or paving Forty-fourth street, Klingle street to Lowell street, 30 feet wide, $5.600. For paving Lowell street, Forty-fourth street to Forty-fifth street, 30 feet wide, 8,560, For paving Ordway street, Thirty- fourth street to Thirty-fifth street, 30 feet wide, $7,920. For paving FEighth street, Florida avenue to Barry place, 30 feet wide. $21,750. senden streeet to Garrison street, 30 feet wide, 36,610. S For paving Rodman street, Reno road to Thirty-fifth street, 30 feet wide, $6.600. For paving Ninth street, Decatur street to Emerson street, 30 feet wide, $8,000. For paving Delafield street, Georgia avenue to Ninth street, 30 feet wide, $5.300. For paving Emerson street, Ninth street to Illinois avenue, 30 feet wide. $6,600. Southeast—For paving Shannon plac U to W; and U street, Nichols avenue to Shannon place, 30 feet wide, $5.200. Northeast—For paving Kearney street, Twenty-second to Rhode Island avenue, 30 feet wide, $6,700. Northeast—For paving Trinidad ave- nue, Florida avenue to Neal street, 30 feet wide, $13,200. Northeast—For paving Monroe street, Twentieth street to Twenty-second street, 30 feet wide, $7.130 Northeast — For paving Channing street, Lincoln road to Fourth street, 30 feet wide, $11.000. Northeast—For paving Third street, | Bryant street to Douglass street, 30 feet wide, $9,900. Southeast—For paving Esther place. Nichols avenue to Raleigh street, 24 feet wide, $4,000. For paving Decatur street, Georgia averue to Kansas avenue. 30 feet wide, $15,700. For paving street to Kansas avenue, $2,200. For paving east side Sherman Circle. Crittenden street to Illinois avenue, 40 feet wide, $7,000. For paving lllinois avenue, Allison street to Buchanan street, 40 feet wide, 38,250, For paving Crittenden street, Sher- man Circle to Fifth street, 30 feet wide, $4,500. For paving Sth street, Hamilton street to Ingraham street, 30 feeet wide, $3.500. For paving Seventh street, Hamllton street to Jefferson street, 30 feet wide, $9.900. For paving Kansas avenue, Buchanan street to Sherman Circle, 50 feet wide with 10-foot center parking; west side Sherman Circle, Kansas avenue to Illi- nois avenue, 40 feet wide; and Tlinois avenue, Sherman Circle to Emerson street, 40 feet wide, $24,500. For paving R street,” Thirty-seventh street to Thirty-eighth street, 30 feet wide, $5.200 For paving S street, Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth, 30 feet wide, $5,200. For paving T street, Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth street, 30 feet wide, $5.200. For paving Woodley road, Twenty- eighth street to Twenty-ninth street and Twenty-ninth street, Woodley road to Cathedral avenue, 30 feet wide, $13.200. ¥or paving Thirty-third place, Ma- comb street to Woodley road, 30 feet wide, §9,450. For paving Cathedral avenue, Cleve- land avenue to Thirty-fourth street, 30 feet wide, $4,400. For paving Crittenden streeet. Eighth street to Sherman Circle, 30 feet wide, $2,200. Northeast —For paving Twentieth street, Lawrence street to Monroe street, 30 feet wide, $5,200. Northeast—For paving Second street, Channing to Cromwell Terrance, 30 feet wide, $3,000. Southeast—For paving V _street. Nichols avenue to Fourtecnth street, 3 teet wide, $10,000. Northeast—For grading Evarts street, Fourth street to Central avenue, $4.400. Cost to Abutters. Provision is made that in the widening and repaving of these road- ways, 40 per cent of the entire costs in each case shall be assessed against owners of abutting property. The following roadways in. the northwestern section, except as otherwise stated, are to be covered with asphalt and curbing and gut- ters provided where necessary under the fund received from gasoline tax: Thirtieth _street, Q street to R street, $5,000. Cathedral avenue, Connecticut ave- nue to Twenty-ninth street, $8,000. Southwest—Seventh street, from G Street to Water street, $11,000. Nineteenth street from Pennsyl- vania avenue to K street, $6.000. Twenty-first street, Pennsylvania avenue to K street, $4,000. = Northeast—Rhode 1sland avenue, Lincoln road to Fourth streect, $22,000. Fifteenth street, Euclid street to Irving street. $10,500. Ontario road, Columbia road to end of pavement south of Euclid street, $3,800. Seventeenth street, Columbia road to Euclid street, $3,700. Northeast—V street, Lincoln road to Rhode lsland avenue, $2,600. Buchanan street, Fourteenth street to Sixteenth street, $5,800. Allison street, Seventh street to Georgla avenue, $7,700. Shepherd street, Fourteenth Street to Georgla avenue, $12,600. For paving and repaving roadwa: as_follows: Eleventh street, I street to G street, fifty-five feet wide, $22,000. Northwest and Northeast—North Capitol street, V street to Michigan avenue, fifty feet wide, $53,000. Ninth street, Florida avenue to Barry place, thirty feet wide, $10,000. Northeast—A stree Fifteenth Buchanan street, Eighth 30 feet wide, | the following: | avenue to Forty street to Seventeenth street, feet wide, $17.000. Southeast—Potomac avenue, Six- teenth street to E street, forty feet wide, $22,000. Southeast—E street, Elghteenth street to Nineteenth street, thirty-five feet wide, $14,000. Northeast—Seventeenth street, East Capitol street to A street, thirty feet wide, $9,000. Southeast—Seventeenth street, East Capitol street to A street, thirty feet wide, $9,000. Thirty-fourth street, Massachu- setts avenue to Cleveland avenue, thirty feet wide, $20,000. Buchanan street, Thirteenth stree: to Fourteenth street, thirty feet wide $9,900. Northeast—Fourth _street, Island avenue to Central fifty feet wide, $13,900. Woodley place, from pavement south of Woodley road to Cathedral avenue, twenty-four feet wide $12,000. Woodley road, Woodley place to end of pavement east of Connecticut ave- nue, thirty feet wide, $1,500. Maple street, Vine street to Car- roll street, twenty-four feet wide, $4,600. Webster street, Second street ta Rock Creek Church road, thirty feet wide. $10,000. Thirteenth street, Jefferson stree: to Kennedy street, forty feet wide $6,000. . Twenty-second street, B street to C street, thirty-two feet wide, $10,000 C street, Twenty-first street to Twenty-second street, thirty-two feet wide, $7,000. Q street, thirty Rhod» avenue Thirtieth street to Wis- For paving Forty-second street, Fes- | ©008In avenue. present width, $23.000 R street, Thirtieth street to Wis- consin avenue, present width, $32,000 D street, Fifth street to Seventh street, present width, $18,000. Eighth street, Market space street, present width, $18,000. Georgia avenue, Florida avenue to to E | Barry place, present width, $25,000. For grading. inclyding necessarv culverts, drains and retaining walls Sixteenth street. Alaska av to Kalmia street, $40.500. Western _avenue, Massachusetis first street, $20,000 For construction of curbs and gu'- ters and adjustment of roadway- thereto, $50.000. Funds for Grading. enue, For grading streets, all sand roa including labor. purchase and repair of carts, tools and hire of horses, a total of $52.700 is recommended. For the condemnation of small park areas at the intersection of streets avenues or roads in the District as se lected by the Commissioners, a tota of $5.000 15 recommended. For current work on repairs to sui urban roads. an appropriation $279,500 is recommended. Under the gasoline tax street fund. amounting to $722.50C whatever funds are necessary from this source during the coming fiscal year to complete the improvements specifically authorized in the appro priation act for the current fiscal year, and which could not be don due to the faliure of sufficient re- ceipts, would be authorized. Th work includes: Northwest: For wide: ing to 60 feet and repaving the roa: way of M street from Twenty-nin street to Thirty-fifth street, $37.40¢ Northwest: For widening by 12 fe on the west side and repaving t roadway of Ninth street from N York avenue to Massachusetts aven: $3,000. Northeast: For widening to 60 f and repaving the roadway of Blade: burg road from H street to the ¢ of the present asphalt roadsw: $30,000. of road and Repair of Bridges. For construction and repair bridges an appropriation of $28.% is_recommended For personal services under the 1 classification schedule, for operat: and maintenance of the Highv Bridge across the Potomac River total of $18.600 is recommended For Anacostia River Bridge, | cluding emploves and miscellance =upplles and expenses, a total of § 500 is recommended. . For the Francis Scott Key Brid across the Potomac Rliver, includi personal services and supplies in dent to the maintenance of th bridge and approaches, $2,000 is re. omended. For trees and parking incident t street and road improvements $78.0¢ is_recommended. For maintenance of public venience stations, $28,000. For a new public convenience sta tion at the northeast corner of § and F streets, §15,000 is recomme: ed. $2,500,000 ASSURED FOR WATER SYSTEM Figure Is $1,000,000 Greater Than Sum Appropriated Last Year. A recommendation that $2,500.u00. an increase of $1.000,000, be appro- priated for continuing work on the project for an Increased water supply for the District, is made in the new budget. It Is specifically provided that the | Secretary of War may enter into con- tracts for materials and work neces- sary to the construction of the pro- ject, to be paid for as appropriations may from ttme to time be made, not to exceed in the aggregats the sum of $9,169,000, including all appropria- tions and contract authorizations herein and heretofors made. No bid in excess of the estimated cost for that portion of the work or plant covered by the bid shall be accepted. nor shall any contract for any portion of the work, material, or equipment to constitute a part of the plant for which this appropriation is available be valid unless the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army shall have certified thereon, that all its terms are within the requirements of the authorization and the revised esti- mates for the work. cut AFG—ALLERY_FUND. | Estimate of $20,000 Is $158 Under Present Figure. For the administration of the Na tional Gallery of Art by the Smith- sonian Institution the expenditure es- timated, by the budget laid before Congress today is $20,000, which is $158 less than for the current year. Of this amount $16,822 is for personal rvices in the District of Columtia.