Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1922, Page 12

12 New Parks, Playgrounds and Schools for District Provided in Budget Bureau Estimates $946,077 Cut From Present riations of the District WOULD BOOSTPAY - OF PARK OFFICIALS costia River Flats. For continuing the reclamation and dcvelopment of Anacostia Park, in accordance with plans for reclamation of the Anacostia river flats an ap- propriation of §$130.000 is recommend- ed. which is identical with the cur- rent appropriation. a.-.-.\r.‘:inlfn o the hue bureau recommendations. L ease is noted in for condemnation of small at the intersection of avenues and roads in the . This item for the nex ar would be cut to $5.000. An increase of approximately $5.000 commended for salaries of em- of the office of public build- s and grounds, of $300 for the an increase of $300 for the of $10.000 Junior e X Jor the lientenant of park police, an inerease of $100 for the first sergeant, jark police. The budget bureau T mmends other increases in the personnel of the park police as fol- lows: Five first sergeants at $1.660 4 a decrease of two at §1.580 each. T of fourteen privates at .140, decrease of twenty-four pri- \ates at $1.360. and an increase of nine privates at $1.280. Total of $483.320. %or the improvement aud care of > grounds in the District of Co- total of $493,320 is recom- s against the current appro- priation. which totals $359.950. The increases include $1.000 for a ool Flouse grounds. $4.000 for commencing the preparation of designs and es mates for development of the Rock ck and Potomac parkway. 13.370 widening existing roads and and for constructing walks and in ecast Potomae Park. paths An item of $30.000 is proposed for continuing the coustruction of a sea- wall along the water front between e fuot of New Hampshire avenue and the north building line of G street. Another item of $30,000 is proposed for improvement and maintenance as | park of section D. Ana- ark. between Pennsylvania avenue and the Anacostia bridge. Lighting Item $37.000. For Tigiting pubiic grounds an ap- Ppropriati { $37.000 is proposed. For a parkway between Rock Creek and Potomac parks. an appropriation of $150.000 is recom- mended, w h is an increase of $50,- 000. This is_to enable the com- m authorized in 1913 to continue proceedings for acquisition of lands. A legi ive provision stipulates that the authority of the commission is extended to acquire by purchase or condemnation for park purposes the 1 known as Klingle Valley Park, ining about ten acres. and the Piney Branch Valley Park, containing about twelve acres; if acquired by purchase, the cost of these tracts not 10 exceed §130.000 for Kingle Valley Park and $200.000 for Piney Branch Vailey Park. with specific provision that these tr. of the park system of the District and be under control of the chief of engineers of the United States Aar For tie National Zoological Park the budget bureau recommends that the current appropriation of $125,000 be duplicated for the next fiscal year. $50,000 FOR D. C. MILITIA. Increase of $4,500 Proposed, Main- 1y for Training. An fnerease of $1.500 i3 proposed for the District militia, bringing this ftem up to $50.000. Of this an in- crease of $2.000 is proposed for ex- penses of camps. another $2,000 in- crease for the pay of troops other than government employes and an Increase of $500 in the expenses 'for target practice and matches. $229,708 Is Recommended For Contingent Expenses An increase of $30,906 for contin- zeng and miscellaneous expenses for 1he various offices of the District gov- ernment is recommended, bringing the tota]_for contingent expenses up to s This_includes an increase of $5,000 to the general contingent fund, bringing it up to $50,000; an in- crease of $2,000 for maintenance, care | | | Budget Bureau Also Urgesa $150,000 to Reclaim Ana- ! th This includes an ! landscape ! incer, an increage of $100 hed and storevard on the White | s shall become part | Approp (Continued from First Page.) important public works in the District is an item of $1,500,000 to continue the work_on_tho increased water supply for Washington, in accordance w!lh the plans approved by Congress. For this work a similar sum Was appro- priated in the current District law. School Bullding Cut. To continue the school building pro- sram an appropriation of $1.200,000 is |recommended for school buildings and | sites. The appropriation for the build- i Ing program during the current fiscal iyear was $2.296.000. | The relatively small appropriation | Public Library in the Mount Pleasant | Columbia Heights section of the city ireally means the erection thereon of |a $100.000 building, because the Dis- trict Commissioners by the same leg- amount from_the Carnegie Corpora- i tion of New York for the branch li- | brary building. { A total of i the Southeast Library. a library staff, including: Librarian, $1,620: firs ! $1.440; children isistant. $880: a $660: page. $420. A lumip sum appropriation of $3,500 was made in the appropriation act for the cul §of this library during a portion of th fiscal year. 840,000 for Sewage Work. Legislative recommendations are made for the extension of the Rock creek 000 is requested for ranch of the& Publi. I to the morth and an appropriation of l'ts proposed for continuing the con- interceptor. Other building projects for which the budget bureau recominends appropria- tions are: For the erection of a nurses’ home at the Tuberculosis Hospital, $70,000. For a site in Maryland and a buiki- ing for the National Training School for Gi $62,000. $17,130 More for Salaries. | | | for paying salaries to employes of the District is recommended. A new item proposes forty adminis- trative principals of elementary schools in charge of sixteen or more classrooms. A business manager for the District school system. who shall be rated as an assistant superintendent, at a salary of $3.750, is proposed. Salary recommendations cover 2,612 ::fld‘"il' and specific recommendations v grades are made for more than 100 additional teachers. Few Street Improvements. Relatively few street improvements are provided for in the recommenda- | tions by the budget bureau. Those { for which specific appropriations are recommended make a total of $730,000 for paving, repaving and otherwise improving streets and suburban roads, Appropriations which will increase very largely the park svstem of the District are recommended by the budget bureau. To carry out the project for a connecting parkway be- tween Rock Creek and Potomac parks, | the purchase of the Kiingle Valley Park. containing about ten acres. for $150.000, and of Piney Branch Valley Park, containing about twelve acres, for $200.000, is advised, with an ap- propriation recommended to be made of $150,000. which iy $50,000 more than for the current fiscal yea For commencing the preparation cf designs and_estimates for develop- ment of the Rock Creek and Potomac | parkway, $4.000 is recommended. Funds for Parks. For widening roadways and for con- structing roads and walks in East Potomac Park, $13,370 is recom- ! mended. An appropriation of $50,000 is in- cluded for continuing the construc- tion of a seawall along the water- front between the foot of New Hamp- shire avenue and the north building line of G street. ‘ Another appropriation of $50,000 is included for improvement and main- tenance of a recreation park between Pennsylvania avenue and the Ana- | costia bridge. Provision that the new George- town bridge, when completed, shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the District Commi: !'in the budget bureau's report. Construction of a refrigerating i This includes provisions for , struction of the upper Fotomac main j An increase of $17,130 in the budget | THE EVENING will be a new appointec). thrce at $1,200, five at $1,000 (one of whom is to carry out the provisions of the child labor law); two stenographers :st;_ou.wfl each and a messenger at Minimum Salaries Recommended. The recommendations for attend- ance officers are: One chief at §1,080,; one chlef at $960, eleven at $900.) which Includes four proposed new ) employes. i The budget burcau recommends minimum salaries for 2,612 teachers, as follows: Principal of the Central High School, $3,500, who shall be en- .titled to an increase of $100 a year of $25.000 recommended for purchase | {of a site for a branch of the Free:the ent fiscal year for the conductshull be deans of instruction $20,000 for that purpose. A like amount s increase of $50 a year for flve years. 1 H i and repair of automobiles, bringing |plant at the District morgue costing | the amount up to $32,000; an appro- priation of $4.500 for the purchase of | two automobiles for use of the vari- ous departments of the District gov- ernment. An increase of $5500 is recom- mended for postage for strictly offi- cial mail matter, bringing the total allotment up to $18,000. $7,000 for Morgue. For construction of a refrigerating plant at the District morgue $7,000 is asked. A decrease of $500 is pro- posed for carrying out the provisions of the act covering removal of dan- gerous or unsafe buildings. An_increase of $2,500 Is recom- mended for purchase of metal identi- fication number tags for horse-drawn vehicles used for business purposes and for motor vehicles, bringing the total allowance for purchasing tags up to $17.500. An increase of $300 is asked for the purchase of medicines, surgical and hospital supplies of the office of veterinary surgeon, bringing the total up to $500. Increase for Inspections. An increase of $360 is recommended in the item for transportation, includ- 4ng the allowance to building Inspec- tors for automobiles at the rate of $25 a month, making the total for this ftem $1,560. An increase of $312 is proposed for the plumbing inspection division to reimburse five assistant inspectors for motor cycles used in their official work, bringing the total item up to $780. An increase of $160 for main- tenance and repair of motor vehicles for the District building is proposed, which brings this item up to $1,600. For replacing piling at the municipal fish wharf and market $1,000 is asked. For revision of the highway plans $1,500 is asked to be expended by the surveyor’s office. For the mainte- nance of the public employment serv- ice for the District $7.600 is recom- mended. For the purchase of trucks and automobiles for the municipal architect’s office $6,000 is recom- ‘mended. $24,250 for District Mutes and $10,000 for Blind Asked For expenses of the Columbia In- stitution for Deaf from the District of Columbia an appropriation of §20,- 250 is recommended, which: iz the same as the current appropriation. For the education of colored deaf mutes_belonging to the District of Columbia in Maryland or some other state under contract to be entered into by the Commissioners, an appro- . priation of $4,000 is recommended, which is the same as the current ap- propriation. , For instruction of blind children of the District of Columbia in Maryland or some other state under contract, to be entered into by the Commissioners, an appropriation of $10.000 is recom. mended. which is the same as the cur- rent appropriation. Provisos are made that the educa- tion of colored deaf mutes and the fnstruction of blind children shall be made vnder the supervision of the board of educstion. 1 $7.000 is included. There is also a ! municipal fish wharf and market at a cost of $1,000. $25,000 for Playgrounds. The purchase of sites for two play- grounds, one the Hoover playground, $17.000, and the other at 27th and O streets northwest, $8,000, is proposed. Appropriations made for the cur- rent fiscal year, which were not asked for and which were not included in the report of the budget bureau, to- taled $2,214.251, and are as follows: Repairs to buildings injured by fire, District of Columbia, $5,000: contin- gent and miscellaneous expenses, Dis- trict of Columbia, repairs to property yard, $2.500; buiidings, metropolitan police, District of Columbia, $20.000: fire department, District of Columbia: Installing steam heat, $10.000; bulldings. Gallinger Hospital, District of Colum- bia, $246,410; National Association for Colored Women and Children, District of Columbia, $2500; Washington Home for Foundlings, District of Co- lumbia, $1.500: St Ann's Infant Asylum, District of Columbia, $1.000; buildings. Home for Feeble-minded. | District of Columbia, $100,000; South- ‘ern Relief Soclety, District of Colum- bia, $7.500: National Library for the Blind, District of Columbia, $2,500; Columbia_Polytechnic Institute, Dis- trict of Columbia, $1.500; joint select committee on fiscal relations of Dis- itrict of Columbia, "$20,000; bridge lacross Potomac river, Georgetown, ! District of Columbia, $250,000; Colum- jbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum, $20,000; increase of compensation, $1,- 513,841; snow removal, $10,000. Salaries of School Teachers and Principals Set in Budget A new proposal for forty adminis-' various offices of the District govern- trative principals of elementary schools, in charge of schools with sixteen or more cl ms, at sal- aries of $2,600 each, making a total of $104,000, is made. This is on the assumption that if this item is al- 5 _teachers will be feduced by twenty. It the item for administrative prin- cipals is not allowed, the number of Class 6 teachers should be increased by twenty. A proviso is made that such administrative principals, on a basic salary of $2.60v, shaill be en- titled to an increase of $100 a year for four years, but shall not be en- titled to any additional compensation for session rooms. The salaries schedule recommended for the public schools is superinten- dent, $6,000; two assistant superin- tendents, $3,750 each; a new assistant } superintendent . for business affairs, $3.760; director of intermediate in- struction, thirteen supervising prin- ! i | District lowed by Congress a number of Clan}curk. messengers and sten for five years. Two assistant principals, one for! the Central High School and one for | McKinley Manual Training | School, at $2,400 each, who shall be| entitled to an increase of $100 a year | for five years. Principgls of \normal, high and manual thainipg high schools, eight islation are authorized to Recept that in all, at $2,700 each, providing that the principals of the normal, high and manual training high, other than the Central High School, shall be en- titled te an increase of $100 a year for five vears. Six principals of junlor high schools At $2,700 each, which includes provi- sion for two new positions. These | x_principals would also be entitled 10 $100 a year for five years. Three Denns of Girln. Three assistant principals, girls of the e tral High School, Eastern High chool and Lunbar High School, %t 00 each. and entitled to an in- crease of $100 a ycar for five years. Seven directors of music, drawing. physical culture, domestic sclence, do- mestic art, kindergarten and penman- { who main interceptor for the District's sew- ship at $2,000 each, entitled to an in- age system to drain Maryland towns,crease of $100 a vear for flve years An assistant director at $1,800, of primary entitled to an Seven assistant directors of music, drawing, physical culture, domestic science, ' kindergarten and penman- ship at $1.800 each. and entitled to an increase of $50 a year for flve years, An assistant supervisor of manual training at $1,800. Fourteen heads of departments in high and manual training _high schools in Group B of Class 6 at $2,208 each. Fifty-Six Teachers Promoted. Fifty-six tcachers in normal, high and manual training high schools, promoted for superior work, Group B, Class 6, including seven additional salaries in order to promote teachers. This represents an Increase of $15,400 over the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Four hundred and seventy-nine teachers in Group A, Class 6, includ- ing seven principals of grade, manual training schools, at $1.440, each of which includes recommendations for forty-three new salaries. Other salary recommendations are: 213 in Class 5 at $1.200 each. includ- ing vocational, trade instructors and teachers on Americanization work. which Includes ten new salaries; 588 in Class 4 at $1.200 each, including 25 additional salaries: 641 in Class 3 at $1.200 each. including 38 additional salaries; 425 in Class 2 at $1,200 each, including 20 additional salarfes; 120 in Class 1 at $1,200 each, including 10 additional sakaries. Ten Librarians Provid Tt is provided that all teachers and librarians and clerks thus provided for shall be entitled to the full amount of any increased compensa- tion granted for the fiscal vear 1924, regardless of increases recommended in the bureau of the budget estimates, but if the full amount of the in- creased compensation makes the to- tal compensation of any teachers in excess of $2,740 a year, only such por- tion of the increase as comes within this $2.740 shall be allowed. ‘The budget bureau report says that the salaries recommended for teach- ers. clerks and librarians in all classes during the fiscal year 1924 shall be In lieu of the present basic or initial salarles for such classes, and the present rate of longevity increases of pay for those classes shall apply to the basic or Initial salaries recom- mended. Recommendation is made for ten librarians in high and normal schools in Class 5 at $1.200 each. Recommendation is made for thirty- five clerks in Class 4 at $960 each. An_appropriation of $20.000 is pro- posed for vacation schools, to be ex- pended for the instruction and super- vision of children at the vacation schools and playgrounds. with the stipulation that = supervisors and teachers of such vacation schools and playgrounds may also be supervisors and teachers of day schools. Longevity Pay. An increase of $68,860 for longevity ioners is found |pay is recommended, which brings the total estimates for this item up to $668.860. The estimates carry a proviso that “no part of this sum shall be paid to provision for replacing piling at the!any person who, in the opinion of the board of education and the superin- tendent of schools, has an unsatis- factory efficlency rating.” A decrease of $15,000 is proposed In the allowance to principals of grade school buildings for services in addi- tion to thelr grade salary, reducing this item to $25.000. A decrease of $5,520 is proposed in the item for Americanization work, reducing the total to $6.480. An_increase of $15.500 is proposed for the teachers’ retirement fund, bringing the total to $52,000. * $30,000 for Repairs. . An_increase of $30,000 is proposed for the purchase and repair of furni- ture, tools, machinery, etc., books and apparatus to be used in connection with the instruction in manual train- ing, bringinz this item up to $75.000. An increare of $10.000 i{s asked for fuel, gas, electric light and power, bringing this item up to $175.000. ‘ For text books, school supplies, for the use of pupils in the first elght grades. a total of $101,000 is recom- mended. An item of $4.000 for maintenance | and repair of eighty-four school play- . grounds now established, to include| $500 for six additional playgrounds, is proposed. An increase of $300 is requested for tive offices of the District govern- ment. including the salaries of the| Commissioners, secretary, | ogrlpher-[ the purchage of United States flags, amounts to $30,280, which is the same ment, which Increases the total ap- propriation for salaries from $1.01%,- 636 to $1,029.836. The recommendation for the execu- bringing this item up to $1,200. For the community center depart- ment $35.000 is recommended, with a proviso that not more than 80 per cent of this sum shall be expended for salaries of directors, supervisors, teachers, clerks and janitors. Recommended Salary Total Is Increased $17,150 The budget bureau recommends an increase of $17.150 for salaries in the as the current appropriation. For the veterinary division the recommenda- tion is $1,400. which duplicates the present allowance. For the purchas- ing division a recommendation of $42,340 is made, as against the ap- propriation for the current fiscal year of $40.340. For the building inspec- tion division, an increase from the present appropriation of $57,690 to $58,290 is recommended. = Increase for Inspections. For the plumbing and inspection division an increase of $1,000 s rec- ommended, making the total $21.360. For care of public buildings $¢0,000 is cipals, supervisor of manual training |asked, which is the same as the cur- and director of primary instruction, irent appropriation. For the assessor’s sixteen in all, at & minimum salary of '$2,400 each, a total of $38,400; sec- retary, $2,000; financial clerk. $2,000; ks as follows—one at $1,600, two. at $1,500, two at $1,400 (one of whom g 3 office $61,020 is asked, as against $58,120 appropriated for the.present fscal year. For the special. ment office the current ey STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DE IMBER 4, 1922. CHART PRESENTATION OF THE ESTIMATES OF RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1924,: ON THE BASIS OF THE AVERAGE DOLLAR, CHART G. Recerrrs oy SoURCES ar REVENUE. CHART No./. ESTIMATES oF APPRGPRIATIONS BY ORGANIZATION UN/T'S. CHART No4: ESTIMATES oF EXPENOITURES BY ORGaANIZATION UNITS. DIST.0F COL. 06 CIN Ty LLLGISI ATIVE BRANCH CFrve BuvoGcer STATE DePTRAS S R T CHART VO 2. ESTIMATES OF APPRoPRIATIONS BY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. CHART No. 5. ESTIMATES oF EXPENDITURES By GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. S. An increase of $2,500 for construc- tion and repair of bridges is proposed, bringing the total amount for this item up to $30,000. - An increase of $1.300 is submitted, i bringing the total item for the High- tinued. For the personal tax board| an appropriation of $31,400 is recom- mended, which is the same as the cur- | rent appropriation. For the license | bureau $14.600 is asked. as against' $13.200 allowed for the present fiscal vear. For the collector’s office an in- creage of $2,400 fs asked, bringing the | recommended total up to $54.820. For the auditor's office $36.276 is recom- mended, the same as the current ap- propriation. plies and expenses of every kind inci- For the office of corporation coun-|dent to the maintenance of the new sel the recommended amount is $23.- | Georgetown bridge across the Poto- 420, same as the present allowance. | mac river $5.000 is recommended, with For the coroner's office the present the proviso that upon its completion $16.000. For the Anacostia river bridge $7.000 is asked. For lighting, appropriation of $3.600 would be con- | the jurisdiction and control of the ' $54150 is recommended, as againsti| Georgetown bridge shall be under the Commissioners of the District. Budget for School Buildings - . ) Slashed $1,096,000 For the Engineer Commissioner's office an increase of $5.000 iy recom-| The budget bureau recommenda- mended from $182,210 allocated for|tions for buildings and grounds for the present fiscal year to $187.210. | the public schools shows a reduction For the central garage, $3,500, the|from $2,296,000 during the current same as the present appropriation. |fistal year to $1,200,000 recommended For the municipal architect's office, |for the next fiscal vear. The items $23,060 18 recommended. identical with | recommended are as follows: the appropriation for the current fia- New Schools Planned. Cominiasion. 339,530, hame. 4. the | Topard the construction of ay adai present allowance. For the street| Teaining School submitied @ o $200,000.00 cleaning divislon, $44.180; the same For begloning the remedelic ot as the resent -appropri: on. ane J of an - The board of examiners._steam engl- | tion to the Western High School neers—a _decrease from $600 to $450 | 15 provide a new amembly ball iy recommended. For the department| DIIPYn Tor bove. O €7 of insurance the present &ppropria-| classrooms, submitted. tion of $16,500 is recommended to (And the Commissioners ar. be continued. For the mrveyor'fls 5«'.'.??.&"3‘!’"3:?‘3“'?. e'l;trer“llnlltnwl office an increase of $3.000 is urged. - b'r,:ngmg the total amount for sal- | Modeling and extension at a cost aries up to $36,000. For the minlmum | por’the Sarchase of 8 site on which wage board the present salary total of $5.000 is recommended to be con- tinued. For the office of superin- tendent of weights, measures and markets the recommendation is that 324,160 be allowed, the same as for the present fiscal year. $5,000 Boost Provided. 100,000.00 | to locate a sixteen-room bullding between Georgia avenue and 16th street northwest, north of Park tinued. For administration of the District of Columbia employes' com- rn"?'&.':ml;:~fl Sl 60,000.00 | pensation fund an increase of $3,000, | Tonythn Purchase of & new clie on bringing the salary budget up to! building in the vicinity of and to « $10,000, is recommended. For the| relleve the Temley School, sub- Rent Commission a reduction from | mitted ; e 500000 $72,500 to $65.000 is advised. Tne Wek iy, Manuel” Training A Pahie Library o | rmitsed iy ? 215,000.00 mendet or Tee 'ul c Yy = | For the purchase of lan ol cluding the Takoma Park and South- | the “Garaet Patiersmn _schonls to o for the remodeling and the ::;“E S%z‘nch!!' bringing the total to N:;;;“C“O'b'fl:’l{':: nddlfion i s +800. schools, su : > 50,000. o For_the erection of an eight.room $680,300 Increase Provided - gxemuis igue ix e 2o &2 eorxia avenne a: stree For Street and Other Works | seriwest™sorn™5t Pk 'wait | For public works Included under |For the erection of an_eight room the heading, “Improvements and Re-| Sambi "{.'m"“fi“‘,,",",‘,;,,_,““}“;;',"‘fl“; + an increase of $680,300 is rec-| E¥mEALium, on i wie to be pu- zr.n‘vr:enfi:: by the budget bureau.! chased in the vicinity of and to Which brings the total for this line of | Illere: the Ter 00000 work up to $1,999.000, as againat| For beginnig the erection of A 8ix- $1,318,700 appropriated for the current| teen-room building, including a fiscal year. This includes an Increase | combination " asembly ball "and of 335,000 for assessment and permit, EITMNEC, Ko ot mitted 100.000.00 work, ' including the maitenance of motor vehicles, making the total for this ftem $285,000. For street improvements, such as paving, repaving, grading and other- avenue, Su- (And hereby authorized to enter into contract or contracts for such the Commlissioners are buildin $250.¢ For the purchase of additional land @ cost mot to exceed ) wise improving street: burban roads and suburban Streets, a | 1o nx":'am“e(‘(%?h ofjithey Slater: total of $730,000 is asked, to be known | REROR b 000000 as “street improvements” fund. and |por the purchase of & mew site on which shall be immediately available. | whicH to locate a Jjunior high school between 20th “strect wid Vi ts are: The proposed improvemen school_between 20th atrect und For Street Paving. poorthwest or vicinity, submitted. . 50,000.00 2 =t d T begloning construction of a 5:?8;;&’!?:\![“."‘::“!."{:‘0:-: third-story addition to the Thom- street to Chevy Chase Circle, 60 i son School, submitted. €0,000.00 (And the Commissioners are au- thorized to enter into contract for said addition at a total cost not to exceed $185,000.) feet wide. o 5 $45,000.00 Northwest—For paving ' Connecticat avenue, Porter street to Tilden street, ‘60 feet wide. | 17,000.00 rthwest—Fa i Connect It Nevcnue, van Reas “street morth- | Would Enlarge Western High. e e """‘""”' 1t is proposed by the budget bureau Tne. . Military’ road o~ Dahiis that the District appropriation bill ateeet ') (eati wide . . 83.000.00 | ghail authorize the District Commis- Nerthenst For poTre. Bladensbere sioners to have plans prepared by the Toad from ead of asphalt porth: ward, 60 feet wide. . 210,000 Southeast—For paving Nichols ave- 00| municipal architect for an addition to the Western High School, including nue, south entrance of St. Eliza- repairs and alterations to the present beth’s Hospital grounds to Port- bullding, with a view tq previding JanQgstreat; §40 Taetand (o0} feet not less than twenty-four additional ‘wide . s . 54,000.00 ) 8. N uednct bdss-vo Hosall roas 30 1 s Droposed that appropriations geet wide. 40,000.00 ' for the construction of school build- Northwest—| ings shall be made immediately avail- setts avenue, 8 street to Wisconsin able. A proviso is made that plans avenve, 40 feet wide..... ...... 80,000.00 res and specifications for all school build- N ren moad: Boh stroet 1o Uothas ings shall be prepared under the street, 30 feet wids w.ese.s. 80,000.00 | supervision of the municipal architect Boutbeast—For paving Good Hope and after consultation with the board Toad, Minnesota avenue to Alabama of education, and shall be approved N e e s Taisaa >"%0.% | by the District Commissionera. Recom- Neenne. 10th "atrest "t Disthet mendations are also made that all line, 58 feet wide.......... 100,000.00 | such school bulldings shall have doors and other exits opening outward, and each building of more than eight ropms shall have at least four exits. MORE FUNDS ARE URGED FOR COURTS OF DISTRICT; $15,000 JURY. INCREASE Increase; of $15.000 for jurors' fees in the 8 Court of the D fet $3,000 in the emer- experded 4m-cases Increase for Repairs. For repairs of streets, avenues and alleys an increase of $30,000 over the current appropriation, bringing the recommended amount up to $6560,000, is proposed. This includes the pur- chase of three motor trucks. For construction an repair of side- walks and curbs around public reser- vations and municipal and United States bulldings $15,000 .is recom- mended. ~ - An increase of $59,000, bringiay propriation, fe l'l'd?.lr"h h Peda i to §275,000, 1s Tecow | way bridge across the Potomac up to | miscellaneous sup- | lor other public calamities are found in the budget bureau's recommenda- | tions for the courts. A total of $5.13 { which is the same a& the current ap- | propriation, is recommended for the | probation system of the Supreme Court. For the Juvenile Court the recom- mendations total $37.180, which is |identical with the current appropria- tiona, | For the Police Court the recom- | mended appropriations total $60.840, which is an increase of $1,000 over the current appropriations. For the Municipal Court a total of | i the current appropriation of $52,430. | An increase of $1,750 is proposed for | contingent expenses. For writs of lunacy an increase of $500 is proposed, bringing the total of this item up to $7.000. For courts and prisons a total of $48.120 is recommeded, which is a de- crease of $250 from the current ap- propriation. This decrease is made in the office of the clerk of the Court of | Appeals. For the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict a total of $236.520 is asked, | which is an increase of $12,000 over | the current appropriation. For the support, maintenance and transporta- tion of ‘convicts transferred from the i District of Columbia and related ex- jpenses under the direction of the { Attorney General $170.000 is recom- ! mended, which is a decrease of $5,000 | from the current appropriation. iIncrease of $24,714 Asked for D. C. Police An increase of $24,714 for the { metropolitan police is recommended, | which brings the proposed total ap- propriation for this department of public safety up to $1.849900 as against $1,825,186 for the current fis- cal year. The police salary schedule, as car- tied in the budget estimates, is as follows: ) Major and superintendent, $4,500: two assistant superintendents, at $3,000 each, $6,000; three inspectors, at $2,400 each, $7.200; thirteen cap- tains, at $2.400 each (one additional submitted), $31,200; chief clerk, who shall also be property clerk, $2,400; clerk, who shall also be a stenogra- pher, $1.800; two clerks, who shall be stenographers, at $1.500 each, $3.000; clerka—one, who shall be assistant | property clerk, $1,200; one $1.200; | three, at $1,000 each, $3,000; one $700: | four surgeons of the police and fire departments, at $1,600 each. $6,400; | additional -compensation for thirty- | five privates detailed for special serv- ice in the detection and prevention of | crime, $16,800; additional compensa- tion for fourteen privates detailed | for special service tn the various pre- cints for the prevention and detection of crime, at the rate of $120 per an- num, $1.650: additional compensation for one inspector or captain and one lieutenant detailed for speclal service in the detection and prevention of crime, at $400 each, $800; twenty-one lieutenants, one of whom shall be harbor master, at $2,000 each, $42.000: fifty-six Sergeants, one of whom may be detalled for duty in_ the harbor {patrol, at $1.500 each. $100,800; pri- vates—five hundred and eighty-two of class 3. at $1,660 each (thirty-two additional submitted), $966,120 (under the law privates who have satisfac- torily served two years are promoted to be privates of class 3; it will, therefore, be necessary in order to comply with law to make provision for the number of privates in class 3 recommended); hundred and_twen- ty-two of class 2, at $1,560 each (de- crease of fifteen submitted, ~ $346.- 320 (under the law privates who have satisfactorily Served one year are promoted to class it will, there- fore, be necessary in order to comply with law to make provision, for the number of privates in class 2 recom- mended); thirty of class 1. at $1.460 each (five additional submitted). $43,- 800; amount required to pay salaries of privates of class 2 who will be pro- moter to class 3, and privates of class 1 who will be promoted to class 2 during the fiscal year 1924 (increase of $1,273.64 submitted), $7,960; nine tele- Phone clerks, at $900 ‘each) $8,100: nineteen junitors, at $600 each (one additional _ submitted), $11.400; la- | borer, $720; messenxer. $600; motor- vehicie allowance for two-inspectors, at $480 each (increase of $480 sub- mitted). $960; twenty captains, lleu- {enants, eergeants and privates mounted on horses, at $540 each (de- crease of $9.710 submitted). $10,800: thirty-twp lieutcnants, sergeants and privates mounted on bicycies, at $70 I decrease of $2.240 submitted). $st0: iy five driver privates of class "2, at $1,560 each (decrease of \ited), $54,600; three criver Siates o ce 1 ot e Son{ (e . at o 20 in support of a national bureau of criminal identification to be expend- ed under the direction of the Com- missioners, provided the several de- partments of the general government may be entitled to like information from time to time as is accorded police departments of various munici- palites privileged to membership therein. . An' lnlcrenae of $4.000 is proposed or fuel, bringing this item up to: $10,000. o | Recommendation is made for an appropriation of $7.000 for repairs and improvements to police stations and station grounds. An increase of $10,000 is proposed for miscellaneous and contingent ex- pensee, including rewards for fugi- tives, purchase of modern revolvers and other firearms, bringing the total for this item up to $60.000. For maintenance of motor vehicles and replacement of those worn out In the service, $35.000 is recommended. _For the construction of cell cor- ridors and for modern locking de- vices in precinct houses, $7,500 is recommended. For the .h(luFQ of detention a total of approximately $28.000 is recom- mended, of which $17.000 is for mis- I cellaneous expenses. | For the harbor patrol $9.000 fr ked. of which approximately $5,560 ig for salaries. Police and Firemen's Rellef Fund. A total of $216.5: for the police department relief fund and $113.642 for the fire department relief fund, | | imaking a total of $330.194, is recom- mended. This represents a reduction in the police department retirement {estimates of $8,571 under the amount during the fiscal vear 1922, IINCREASE OF $112,568 IN ESTIMATES_FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT ! An appropriation amounting to $$1.415,313, which is $112,568 greater than for the current fiscal vear, is recommended for the fire department. i This includes provision for nineteen {additional privates of class 3 at $1.660 jeach and fourteen additional privates of clase 1 at $1,460 each. and a de- !rrease of seven privates of class 2 at 1$1.560 each. |, Provision is also made for one addi- tional lieutenant at $1,760 and one additional sergeant at $1 Appropriation for Salaries. __The total appropriation for salaries in the fire department is as follows: Chief engineer, $4.000: two deputy chief engineers, at $3,000 each. $6.000; eight battalion chief engineers, at {32400 ‘each. $19.200; firc marshal, {32.400; deputy fire marshal. $2.000 four inspectors, at $1,660 each. $6,640: ,clerk. $1,400; clerk (who shall be a {stenographer and typewriter), $1,660; { thirty-cight captains, at $1.900 each, {872.200; forty-two lieutenants, at {$1.760 ‘each, 20: forty-two ser- {Reants, at $1.700 each. $71.400: super- intendent of machinery. $2,500: assist- ant superintendent of machines 2,000 two pilots, at $1.700 euch, $3.400; two marine engincers, at $1.700 each, $3.400; two assistant marine en- gineers. at’ $1.660 each, £3,3 two marine firemen, at $1.460 each, $2,920; privates, 447 of class 3, at $1,660 each. $742.020; sixty-four privates of class at $1,660 each, $99,840; twenty-six {privates of class 1, at $1.460 each, 337,960; amount required to pay sal- taries of privates of class 2 who will | ’be promoted to class 3 and privates |0 class 1 who will be promoted to {privates of clars 2 during the fiscal | {year 1924, £1,503; hostler, $1,080; la- peaciiaci a1 stler,” $1,080; la. Repalrs and Improvements. For repairs and improvements to engine houses and grounds $20.000 is asked. For repairs to apparatus d motor veMicles $30,.000 is asked. which is an increase of $8.000 over current appropriations. Another in- crease of $8,000 is recommended in the ftem for hose, bringing the total | for hose up to $20,000. An increase' of $2.000 is recommended for repairs and improvements of fire boat. which doubles the appropriation made for the current vear. An increase of 1$5.000 is proposed in the item for the jcontingent ‘expenses, bringing this total up to $30.000. Nearly $104,000 is recommended for permanent improvements. as follows: For four pumping engines, ¢ combination, motor driven. at $12 each, $50,000; for one combination chemical and hose wagon. motor driven. $8,130; for one aerial hook | and ladder truck. motor driven, $15,500; for onme city service truck.| motor driven, $9.560: for additional | amount necessary for repairs, im- provements and alterations to engine house No. 16, D street, between 12th and 13th Streets northwest. $5.000: drill tower—for one drill tower and one concrete smoke-test building. to be located on land owned by the Dis- trict of Columbia adjacent to No. 8 engine house, $16,000. HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET OF $217,385 IS $8,845 INCREASE For the health department an in- crease of $8.845 is recommended, Which brings the total to $217,385. The recommendations for salaries follow: . Health officer. $4.000; asistant health officer, $2,500; chief clerk and deputy health officer, $2.500: chief bureau of vital statistics. $1.800. Clerks—One, £1,600; five, at $1,200 each, $6.000; four. at’ $1,000 each, $4.000: two. at $900 each, $1,800: one, $720. Sanitary in- spectors—Chigf. ' $1.800; assistant chief. $1,400; twelve. at $1.200 each. $14,400; two, at $1.000 each. $2.000; three, at $300 each. $2.700. Food in- spectors—Chief, $1.800; assistant chief. $1.400: six. at $1.400 each, $8,400: five, at $1.200 each. $6,000; six, jat’ $1,000° each, $6.000; five, at '$300 each, $4.500. Chemist, $2.000: ws-| aistant chemist. $1.500; chief of bu-| reau of preventable disease and di- rector of bacteriological laboratory. $2.750; serologist, $2,500: two as sistant bacteriologists, at $1,200 each, $2.400: laboratory assistant, $840. Skilled laborers—One, $720; one. $600; | two messengers, $600 each, $1,200: three chauffeurs, at $720 each (one additional sumbitted), $2.160: pound- master, $1.400; watchman, $600; la- borers,’ at not exceeding $65 Der month’ each, $3.120. Women Imspectors Urged. To_carry cut the act to regulate the hours of employment and safe- guard the health of females employed in the District of Columbia a total of $4.500 is asked. which Includes three inspectors. two of whom shall be women. at $1.200 each. and a stenographer and clerk at $300. For the prevention of contagious disease an appropriation of $40.000 |1s recommended: for maintenance of the disinfecting service. $6.500, which i an increase of 3500 for enforce- ment of the provisions of an act to provide for draining of lots in the District, $2.000. An increase of 3250 for the chemical laboratory is rec- ommended. which brings this item up to $1,000. An increase of $2.000 is recommended in the appropriation for dairy farm in inspection, which brings this item up to $5.000. $300 More for Crematory. For Garfield and Providence Hos. pitals $10,000 and $6.500. respectlvely is recommended for isolation wards for minor contagious diseases. For repairs to the contagious disease wards of Garfield Hospital, $5.600 is recommended. An increase of $500 is proposed for maintenance of the pub- lic crematory, bringing that item up to $2,500. For maintenance of a dis- pensary far the treatment of indegent persons suffering from tuberculosis or social diseases an appropriation of 212,500 is recommended. A de- crease of $3.000 is proposed. bring- ing the item for clinical examina- tions. advice, care and maintenance of children under six years of age, under contract with the Child Wel- (are Society, down to $15.000. $620,455 Is Total Provided For Electrical Department Increases totaling $70.800 for the eleotrical department ‘e recom- i 1 | i i | ; | | i ! | wacthmen and other employes of the s [, INSTITUTIONS ASK ~ FIE ALARM BOXES Increases and Cuts in Ap- _propriations Recommended for Public Places. An onpropriation of $4.250 for installation of fire alarm boxes the Tuberculosis Hogpital, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Jjail, Nationa! Training School for Girls, Industrial Home School and the Home for the Aged and Infirm is recommended There also is a recommendat $11.000 for the ecxtension of mains, installation of fire hydrants and other work for the better pr tection of the building of the Hon for the Aged and Infirm against fire. Increases Recommended. Child-carin- the budget bure ommends an appropriation of which 1Is an increaxe of $1.000, for t board of children's guardians. T increase provides for (wo additional officers at $1.000 each and an increase of $2.000 for maintenance of fecble- minded children, both whiie and eolored For the Industrial Home Schoo! for Colored Children a total of $39.500 i< recommended, which is an increas: of $3.000. Of this $1,000 for repairs and improvements to huildings and grounds and an increase of $2,000 for erection of a cottage for boys. Home School C ¥or the Industrial Home School $17.- 000 is recommended, which i a biz decrease from the $36.766 appropriated for the current figeal year. For the Home for the Aged and Infi a total of $57.792 is recommended e ;:‘fln-l the current appropriation of For the Municipal Lodging House the recommended appropriation i $ 040, which is the same as at preses For the temporary home for ex- Union soidiers and =ailors, G. A. I an appropriation of $6.920 is recon - mended, which is the same as for t current’ year. For Hope and Help Mission $4.000 is recommended for care and mainte- nance of women and children under o contract with the Florence Crittenton Hope and Help Mission b the boasd of charities, the same as for the cur- rent fiscal year. $550.000 for For support of indige ingane of the District of Columbia at St. Eliza- beth’s hospital $ai i asked which duplicates the current appro- priation. An increase of $1.400 for 1 hospital for the insane is recommend- ed in the item for deportation of nor- resident insane persons. For relief of the poor. including the pay of physicians, 1o be expended under the direction of the board of charities. the budget bureau recom- mends that the current appropriation of $£10.000 be renewed. — the maane. mended. which make an aggregate of $620.455 for this department, as against $349 655 for the current fie- cal vear. This includes an increase 0f $7.000 for general suppiles, bring- ing this ftem un to ¥ . A de- crease of $200 is proposed, cutting the item for placing wires for fire ala police patrol and teiephone servi underground in exixtinz conduits tu $4.800 An increase of $42 bring- ing the item for lighting up to $172.- An increase of $15.000 is proposed for replacing gas lamps and fixturce by improved electric installations This would bring the total for such work up to $35.000. For the the purchase and installa- tion of additional. lead-covered cables to increase the capacity of the un- derground smicral! cuhle svstem. j increase of $4 004 is sulimitted, which brings the total for tiis work up 1o $10.000. A new item of 37400 is submitted for installing police matr~l telephor: Service in the No. 12 volice precinct including the purchase. installati and relocation of the necessary boxes WATER SERVICE FUND OF $1,500 000 SOUGHT, NEW RESERVOIR URGED For continuing work on the projec’ for an increased water supply for the District, adopted by Congress in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year 1522, as modified by th- District appropriation act for the current fiscal vear. the bureau of the budget recommends an appropriation of §1.500.000. A similar amount wis carried in tie current law. The appropriation for the Wash- ington water service includes th. following proposed increases: $30.u: for maintenance of the water depar ment distribution system, $50,000 1o the extension of the water depart ment distribution system, $20,000 .. the purchase of a site for a reservoir near Fort Reno and $96,000 for lay- ing 6.200 feet of thirty-inch main. 1st and Adams etreet northwest Rhode Island avenue between and Sth streets northeast. $25,000 Is Recommended For Purchase of Playgrounds For salaries of supervisor, inspector. directors and assistant directors playgrounds service a total of $31.- 000 in salaries is recommended. An increase of $5.000 over the cur- Tent appropriation for general main- tenance, {mprovement, equipment, supplies. Incidental and contingent cxpenses of playgrounds is recom- mended, bringing the amount up to $40.000. E T An_inerease of $5.000 is proposed for maintenance and other expenses of keeping open during the summer months the publie school playgrounds bringing this item up to $15.000. The purchase of sites for two new playgrounds is recommended as fol- lows: For the site now occupicd Hoover playgrounds. containing 6 000 square feet, $17.000: for purchas- Ing site at 37th and O streets, con- taining 10.000 square feet and for ;.h; Durchase of another lot contain- ng 3.840 square feet, 351 - ing 3340 mat et, $5.000 1s recom Total for Sewer Work Is Increased by $362,000 Increases totalling $362.000 ar. recommended for sewer work in th District, bringing the total amount from $552,000 for the current fisca! vear up to $912,000. This includes $20,000 for extensions of the Rock Creek main interceptor and $20,000 for continuing tne Beo struction of the upper Potomac main interceptor. An increase of $50.000 for cleaning and repairing sewers and basine, in- cluding the purchase of two motor field wagons and five motor fleld trucks is recommended which wouid bring the total up to $130.000. An increase of $55,000 for operation and maintenance of the sewag: pumping service, including repairs to boilers. machinery, and pumping sta- tions, and including the purchase of one motor fleld truck is proposed This would bring the total for thi= item up to $135.000. An increase of $205000 for subur- ban sewers is proposed which would bring _the appropriation up to €339 000. The budzet bureau also reco mends an Increase of $50,000 for as- segsment and it work, making this total $150,000. A