Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1923, Page 10

10 / THE EVENING 8 T, “WASHINGTON, D. . SIONDAY, 'DECEMSER '10,. ‘1923, : $792,987 Increase in District Budget Is Asked of Congress by the President $26,879,812 Asked for Running Capital for Fiscal Year 1925 Revenues of City Estimated Higher Than in 1924—Total Receipts of $19,816,500 Expected. ‘ (Continued from Page.) sloners are fixed at $7,500, in accord- ance with the reclassification, and they are placed under grade 14, special executive. Their salaries in the past have been $5,000. - One cmploye in the veterinary di- vision had _his salary increased to $1.680 from $1.640, which included basic Salary of $1.400 and $240 borus. For thirty-two employes in the pur- chasing_division_the ‘total salaries rec- ommended are $49,880, as compared to 547,680, which included the basic sal- aries plus the bonus. The salary of the chief administrative is Increased from $3,000 to $3,500. Bullding Inspection Divisfon. ¥or thirty-one employes in the build- ing inspection division the salaries rec- ommended are $57,080, an increase un- der reclassification of §5,150. For elght temporary additional assistant inspec- tors, fncluding two mew inspectors, a total of $17,000 is recommended. In the plumbing division the salaries recommended for thirteen employes to- tal 321,420, an increase under the classification act of $390. For forty employes engaged in the care of the District building total sal- arles amounting to $44,000 are recom- mended, an increase under reclassifica- tion of $3,400. For sixty-five emplo ror’s office total salar, total $17,740, an incr under _the classification’ act of $3 The salary of the chief administrative in this office is fixed at $5,200, which is an increase of_$2,000. For twelve employes in the llcense bureau salaries totaling $17,820 are recommended, an Increase under re- classification of $580, plus one additlonal assistant clerk, grade 3. For the purchase of metal {dentifica- tion tags for horse-drawn vehicles used for business purposes and motor vehicles a total of $18,000 is recom- mended, which is an increase of $500. Tax Collector's Offict. For forty-four employes in-the office of the collector of taxes total salaries 0 are recommended, an increase 140 under reclassification. One new junior clerk, grade proposed. For forty-three employes in_the au- ditor's office total salaries of §74,800 are proposed, rease under the classi- junlor clerk, grade 2, is estimated for. The salary of the chief administrative is increased from $4.000 to 0 and the salary of the tull administrative is increased from $2,490 to $3,000. For thirteen employes in the office of the corporation counsel total salarles of $30,740 are recommended, an increase under reclassification of $4,680. The salary of the senlor profe is $4.800 instead of $4,500. . For four employes in the coroner's office total salaries of $5,160 are recom- ended, an increase of $600 under re- assification. . For installation of refrigerating plant at the morgue a new item of $6,000 is vecommended. For - twenty-seven employes in the office of superintendent of weights and measures and markets total salaries of S350, pro- seconumentsd;an; increasy s in the asses- s recommanded nal Ask Motor Truck. For the purchase of one Ford motor truck for this office a new item of $630 s recommended. For sixty-two employds in the engi- neer department, surface division, to- 1al salarfes of $101,560 are recommend- ed, an increase of $15.730. The salary of the senfor professional is increased from $3.000 to $5,200. For nine employes in the trees and parking div on, engineer department, the total aries recommended are $18.920, an increase of $1,920. For thirtcen employes in the office of the chief clerk, engineer depart- ment, total salaries of $20,250 are rec- ommended, an increase of $1,300. For two employes in the office of per- mit clerk, engineer department, total salaries of $3.000 zre recommended, an increase of $20. For five employes In the office of the inspector of asphalt and cements total salaries of $8,160 are recommended, an increase of $635. For fifty-seven employes in the sewe: division, engineer department, _total =alaries of $90.700 are recommended, an increase of $9,060. For six employes in the engineer stables total salaries of $7.140 are rec- ommended, an increase under the clas- sification act of $705. For three emploves in the centrdl garage total salries of $4,260 are rec- ommended, an {ncrease of $40. Municipal Architect’s Office. For ten employes in the office of the municipal architect total salaries of 322,600 are proposed, an increase of $3,000. The salary of the senior ,pro- fessional is increased from $3,600 to $5,200. For five employes in the District re- palr shop total salaries of $7.500 are recommended, an increase of $380. A new item for the purchase of a Ford runabout at $650, for the office of the municipal architect, is recom- mended. A legislative tecommendation is to 1he effect that hereafter all apportion- nents of appropriations made for the use of the municipal architect in pay- ment for the services of draftsmen, as- stant cngineers, clerks, copyists and inspectors _ employed on construction work authorized by the appropriation shall be based on‘an amount equivalent 10 and not exceeding 3% per cent of the Amount of the appropriation made for cach project. . Publio Ttflities Commisston. For cighteen employes in the office f the Public Utllities Commission total salaries of $36,120 are recommended, an nerease of $1,000. ¢ For nine emploves in the insurance jpartment total salaries of $17,860 are commended, an increase of §230. @ Fod twenty-six employes in the su yor's office, total salaries of $42,320 e recommended, an increase of $4,860. One new assistant professional, grade at $2,400 {s recommended. The sal- ary of the full professional, or sur- veyor, is increased from $3,000 to 53,5000 . i i An appropriation of $10,000 is’ recom- mended for carrying out the provisions of the act creating the District of Co- lumbia émployes’ ~ compensation _fund, the same as last year. Highways Improvement In additionto repairs for, specified stroets, treated separately and printed clsewhere in.thesp columns, the budget takes up various other items for streets, 10ads, alleys, ete. An item. of. $300,000 is recommended for assessment and.permit wol in- uding maintenance ‘of motor vehicles. his is an increase of $15,00p over.the current act. s ¥or paving roadways under the per- Wit system $45,000 is proposed. $50,000 for Grading. For grading streets; alley’ and roads $50,000.is proposed. R For. condemnation of streets; roads wnd alleys $1,000 is recommended; for the condemnation of small park areas at the intersection of streets, avenues or roads in the District, to be selected by the commissioners,. $5,000. . An appropriation “of $600,000 is reo- ommended for the current work of re- pairs of streets, avenues and alleys, in- cluding resurfacing and repairs to a phalt pavement. This. item represents an_increase of $50,000. For construction and repair of side- walks and curbs around public reserva. iions and municipal. and United ‘States butidings $15,000 is recommended. For.zepairs #9 suburban soags a0d streets an_ftem of $300.000 is recom- mended, an increase of $25,000. An item of $20,000 is recommended for completion of & trestle and bins in M street northeast between 1st and 2nd streets, For the construction and repalr of bridges $30.000 is proposed and for thg Highway bridge across the Potomac river $18,580 is recommended, {ncluding the salaries of employes and the cost of miscellaneous supplies. For the Anacostia River bridge, in- cluding salaries and supplies, $:,500 is recommended, and for the Francis Scott Key bridge, for miscel aneous supplies, $2,000. An item of $60,000 is recommended for trees and parking, including labor. New Items Proposed Among the new items proposed in the budget is that of $250, to be used in the support of the national confer- ence of commissioners on uniform state laws. Another new proposal is that here- after the charge for each certificate of taxes issued by the collector of taxes of the District shall be $1. The budget proposed an appropri- ation of $300,000 to be applied for in- terest and sinking fund in connection with the funded debt of the District. This item was not carried in the cur- rent appropriation act. For the purchase of speclal typewrit- ing equipment for the use of the office of assessor and collector of taxes an appropriation of $10,000 is recommended. Sewer Department Work The appropriations recommended for | sewers total $1,082,009, as compared with $842,000 in the current act. Of this appropriation $265,000 is for cleaning and repairing sewears and basins, $125,000 is for main and pipe sewers and receiving basin, $370,000 is for suburban sewers, $220,000 is for as- sessment ‘and permit work, an in- crease of $70,000: an item of $30,000 for extension of the Rock Creek main interceptor, 320,000 for continuing con- struction of the upper Potomac main nulg;;eptotrl.‘ e er the heading ‘Collection and Disposal of Refuse’ there 18 recom mended an appropriation of $420,000 for street cleaning, including dust pre- vention, sweeping and cleaning snow and ice from the streets. This is an increase of $20,000 over the current act. Under the same heading an appropri- atlon of $930,000 is proposed for the collection “and disposal of garbage, refuse and ashes, an increase of $70,000, Public Playgrounds The budget recommends an appropri- ation of $138,670 for public playgrounds, as compared with $136,032 in the pres- | ent act. Of this sum $71,270 represents the salaries of ninety-eight employes and an increase of $5,910 in salarl, |under " the classification act; 540,000 jis~for general malintenance, improve- ment and equipment, an increase of $4,688: $21,000 for the maintenance and continued ' expenses of keeping open during the summer months the public ;:fi-,k:)%gl lph{firoundsh an increase of ,000; for the purchase of playgror sites, $14,300. T DRl Electrical Department For the electrical department the budget proposes $686,000, as com- pared with $601,815 in the current act. For fifty-eight employes of this de- partment total salaries of $81,080 are recommended, an increase of '$10,485, One new employe 18 provided for. For lighting _the appropriation recommended is $525,000, of $53,000. AR niccexse The appropriations - recommended for the metropolitan police total | 81,904,847, as compared with $1,848,- 400 In the current act. Provision is made. for four {nspectors at $2,400 each, an Increase of one; for twelve captains at $2,400, a decrease of one; for 633 privates of class 3, at $1,660 each, an increase of & for 170 privates of class 2, at $1,660 each, a decrease of fifty-two; for fifty-one [rivates of class 1 at $1460 each, an ncrease of twenty-one; for twenty- five captains, lieutenants, sergeants and privates' mounted on horses, at 3540 each, an increase of five. For construction of additional cells in police station No. 7, $2,270 is rec- ommended, and for simiilar construction fin_police station No. 9, $4,437. The budget recommends _$400,000 for the policemen’s and firemen's relief fund, the same as in’the cur- rent act. Fire Department Appropriations totaling $1,548,710 are recommended for the fire depart- ment, as compared with $1,398,813 in the current act. = Recommended changes in the per- sonnel are as follows: Four additional sergeants at $1,700 cach: mine ' aqditional® privates. Hams 3, $1,660 each; . seventeen- additional privates, class 2, at $1,660 each. An ftem of $30,000 for the purchase of hose is proposed, an increase of $10,000; for the purchase of one gasoline tank and oil wagon, $1,500. The following permanent improve- ments are recommended: For three pumping engines, triple combination, motor driven, at $12,500 each, $37,600. hook-and-ladder For one aserial truck, mgotor driven, $15,600. For one automobile, $2,000. For one drill tower and one con- crete smoke-test bullding, to be lo- flk.t(e:d’on gyl‘nwwnee ‘byl‘tho!blltrh:l of Colum jacent to No. 8 engine house, $16,000. s For house, site, furniture and fur- nishings for a truck company to be located in the northeast section of the city in the vicinity of 12th and H streets northeast, including the cost of necessary instruments for re= ! ceiving alarms ‘and connecting said ?:zualso with fire-alarm headquarters, For house, site, furniture and fur- nishings for an engine company to be located in the vicinity of the inter- section of Conduit road and Reser- volr street northwest, including the cost of necessary instruments. for. re- oeiving alarms and connecting said house with fire. headquarte; $56,000, = For .the health department.a total appropriation of $245,340 is recom- ! mended as compared with $209,675 in the current aot.” - ' For, eighty-three -employes in ‘the ‘health department total salaries of 3130540 are recommended, an invedsa +|mended for under-the reclassification act of $10,810. The. salary of the health dfficer of the District is increased from $4,000 to_ 35,200, SR r the préventlon contagious diseaves an appropriation of $40,000 is recommended, the same as in the current’ act. . Salaries for fourteen employes total $20,460 as recommended, an increase of $1,150. Isolation Wards. For isolating wards for minor con- tagious diseases at Garfleld and Providence hospitals, $16.000 and 6,500 respectively are recommended; for the maintenance of a dispensary or dispensaries for the treatment of indigent persons suffering _from tuberculosis or venereal diseases $14,500 is recommended. For dairy farm inspection $6.500 1s recommended.. An item of $18,000 for establishing and maintaining a_child hyglene service is carried in the budget récommendations, District Courts A total appropriation of $47.617 is recommended for the Juvenile Court as compared with $37,180 in the cur- rent act. Salaries for twenty-six employes of the court total $41,516, an increase of $4,532. The salary of the judge Is In- creaved from $3,600 to $5,200. The total appropriation for the Police Court recommended is $72,904 as compared to1$59,840 in the current act. ‘For thirty-five employes salaries total $52,704, an increase of $4,800 accord- ing to budget recommendations. The salaries of the two judges are increased from $3.600 to $5,200. The Municipal Court. Appropriation recommendations for the Municipal Court total $68,216 as compared to $53,880 in the current aca . The salaries recommended for twenty- two employes aj gate $51,616, an In- crease of $9,093 and provide for one new assistant clerk, . grads 3, at 1,680. ’ The salaries of the judges are in- creased from $3,600 to 35,200, : 2 District The appropriation for the cf Sunr:meWCoun as carried in the budget is practically the same as for he current year. i appropriation recommended for the Court of Appeals is approximately the same as in the present law. Charities and Corrections Appropriations for the board of charities, as recommended, total $29,140, compared with $24,440 In the current act. For eighteen employes the total salaries recommended are $26,840, an increase of $2,620. The appropriation recommended for the jall is $97,300, as compared with ,750 in the current act. o thirty employes at the Jail the total salarles recommended are S$4l.- 520, an increase of $3.260. The sal- ary of the superintendent is increased from $1,920 to $3.000. The appropriation recommended for the workhouse {s $260,610, as com- pared to $227,600 in the current act. An {tem of $15,150 {s recommended for the construction of a brick- making plant. For the reformatory an appropria- tion of $151.300 is recommended, as compared with $136,000 for the pres- ent fiscal year. The appropriation recommended for the National Training School for Boys is $60,000, the same as in the current act. Appropriation for the National Training School _for Girls, recom- mended {n the budget is $58.500, while the appropriation for the current year is $105,800. The decrease is due to the fact that the current act pro- vided for a new building. The recommended appropriation for Freedmen's Hospital s 342,600, the same as in the current act. Appropriations recommended for the following hospitals are the same as In the current law: Columbia, $17,000; Children's, $15.000; Provi- dence, $15,000; Garfleld, $15,000; Emer- gency, $22,000; Casualty, $10,00 Washington Home for Incurables, 35,0001 Georgetown University Hospital, $5.00¢ George Washington University Hos- pital, $5,000, and for additional con- struction at Columbia Hospital, $15.000. For the Tuberculosis Hospital a total appropriation of $123,000 s rec- ommended, as compared to $113,720 in_the ourrent act. For the Gallingér Municipal Hos- pital a. total appropriation of $322,820, is recommended, as compared with $215,000 in the current act. Of this increase $31,132 is in Increaséd sal- arfes. A provision is recommended that patients may be admitted to the psy- chopathlo ward for care and treat- ment at such rates as may be estab- lished by the Commissloners, and all money received from this source shall be credited to the current appropria- tion for maintenance. For the board of children's guard- lans a total appropriation of $203,600 is recommended, as compared with $190,640 in the current act. Items in this appropriation ar $5,000 for administrative expenses, $41,000 in salaries for twenty-seven employes, an increase of $6,480; $37. 500 for the maintenance of feeble- minded children, and $120,000 for Tiittea "o the" suasdienship ot ‘ehis e guardianship of s board by the courts. & * For the Home and School for Feeble-Minded an appropriation of $60,000 is recommended, $80,000 for continuing construction and the Com- missioners authorized to enter into a contract for the bulldings at a total cost not to exceed $262,000, and $20,- 000 for maintenance, salarles, eto. An appropriation of $46,900 s rec- Sohoor for Cotorod Gimie. aa amerag 001 for Colore to $37,800 In the current st Foo twenty-four employes' salaries, $21,- 900 recommended, an increase of $6,036. o An appropriation for the Industrial Home School of $45,440 is recommend- ed, as compared to $36,040 in the pres- ent act. Home for Aged and Infirm. An appropriation of $96,430 15 rec-. ommended .for the Home for Aged and Infirm, as compared to $87,732 in the current act. For forty-two em- ployes total salaries of $39,480 recom- mended,an Increaso of $11,756.80. For- the Municipal Lodging House an appropriation of $5,940-is recgm- mendéd, and- for the temporary home for ex-Unlon soldiers and sailors and veterans of. other wars, $7,760. For the -Florence Crittenton Home $1,000 1s recommended, & reduction of - $3,000; for the Southern Relfef So- - clety, 33,000, a reduction of $4,500; for : the ‘support of Indigent insans of the’ District in' St Elizabeths Hospital, | $850,000: 1s recommended, the same as in_the present act. For the District militia a total of' $45,940 18 recommended, as | to $47.600 in the current aot, this | aj , $23,000 is for expenses at campe, eta.; $7,000 for the reat of lmorlub eto., ‘and $2,600 for the ex- 0! penses practice. An a on of $160,000 1y rec- ommended -for continuing the rec. lamation and development of An costia Park below Benning bridge. Publie Bulldings and Grounds. Appropriation of $136,880.is recom- the salaries of employes, publie’ bulldings and _grounds, - the same-as in-the existing law. Of this wmm $51,540 1s for the sal- Eckington place, ~fhe @ Eckiakion piace ia cenpest with Budget Gives Schools $438,930 Additional Pay and Buildings Provides for Business Manager Under D. C. Commissioner—99 New Teacheys Allowed—S_ites for Schools Named. Large increases for the public schools system of the District over current appropriations are provided in the budge} for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1925. The total dmount recommended for the maintenance of the public schools, Including teachers' salaries; longevity pay, rent of bullding, etc., is $6,295, 700, an Increass of $81,430 over the cur- rent appropriations. For bulldings and grounds the budget recommends a total of 31,687, 600, an increase of $357.500 over the appropriations for the present year for stmilar purposes. Ask Business Manager ‘While .the salary of the superin- tendent of schools remains at $6,000 and the salarles of two assistant superintendents at $3,750 each, pro- vision {s made for the creation of a business manager to be In charge of the business administration of the public school system and to be ap- pointed by and responsible to the District Commissioners. The salary of this business manager is fixed at $3,750, Provision {s made for 2,691 teach- ers, an increase of 99 more than in the current act. Provision is made also for three additional principals of junior high schools at $2,700 each, making a total of nine such principals. Four New Principals Provision is made for seven assistant principals who shell be deans of girls in the various high schools, at $2,400 each. This is an Increase of four such sssistant principals. Additional mended Two heads of departments in high and manual training high school in &roup B, of class 6, at $2.200 each. Seven' normal high and manual training high school teachers pro- moted for superior work, group B, of class 6, at $2,200 each. Twenty-seven additional, group A, class 6, at 81,440 each. . Fourteen additional teachers, class 5, at $1,200 each. Thirteen additional teachers, class 4, 8t $1,200 each. Fourteen, class 3, at $1,200 each. Nine, class 2, at $1,200 each. Six, claes 1, at $1,200 each. New Buildings and Grounds For buildings and grounds of the public school system the budget makes the following recommenda- tions: Completing the construction of an addition to the Armstrong Manual Training’ School (act, Feb. 28, 1923, vol. 42, . 1347, sec. 1), $200,000.00. Completing the construction of an addition to the Western High School (increase of $350,000 submitted) (same act), $450,000.00. For completing the construction of a third-story addition to the Thomson School (increase of $15,000 submit- ted) (same act), $75,000.00. For completing the construction of a bullding to replace the present John F. Cook School (increase of $50,000 submitted) (same act), $150,000.0! For grading and making the water and sewer connectlons in the school site on Calvert Street near Connecti- cut avenue (submitted), $5,000.00. For the preparation of plans and specifications for a new school build- ing for the McKinley Manual Train- ing School (submitted), $5,000.00. or the purchase of a site in the northeast, somewhere within a dis- tance of approximately a half mile of the Taylor School, located In square 891, and for construction of a junfor high school on said site in accordance with the plans and speci- fications used in the construction of the Langley and Macfarland Junior High Schools (submitted), $600,000.00. For the purchase of & site for a new school in the vicinity of Third and Rittenhouse _streets northwest (submitted), $20,000.00. Purchase of site, Burrvills (sub- mitted), $7.500.00. remainder is for the salaries of the park police. For the improvement and care of public grounds a total appropriation of $407,650 is recommended. Among the items are $30,000 for the care and improvement of Rock Creek Park and’ Piney Branch parkway; $30,000 for the improvement and care of West Potomac Park; $35.000 for the care and improvement of East Potomac Park; $25,000 for the improvement and care of Meridlan Hill Park; $15,000 for placing and maintaining special por- tions of parks in condition for out- door sports; $12,000 for purification of waters in the Tidal Basin and operation of a bathhouse at the bath- ing beachj $50,000 for improvement and maintenance as a recreation park of section D of Anacostia Park, be- tween Pennsylvania avenue and the Anacostia bridge. To Locate Boundary Line, Two new proposals are: Five thousand dollars for widening the 'Inlet bridge, ‘West Potomac Park, and $5,000 for a survey to establish the District of Co- lumbia and Virginia boundary line, be- tween Chain Bridge and Jones point. An appropriation of $75,000 is rec- ommended for lighting public grounds For the National Zoological Park an appropriation of $161,487 is proposed as compared to $125,000 in the current this item is included $3,250 for ?t::;l“mm the park 1,550 feet of Bix- inch water main, and installing two ‘hydrants. nr;‘ar’umdnuin‘ the work on the proj- ect to increase the water supply of the District, an appropriation of $800,000 is recommended, as compared to $1,600 current act. ml“\l:: the water service an appropria- tion of $1,016,860 is recommended, as compared to $861,020 In the current act. Of this eppropriation $170,000 is for maintenance of the Washington aque- duct, and $180,000 for an emergency fund to be used in case of a break in the important aqueduct or Aitration plant structure; $48,480 is for salaries of thirty-eight employes in the revenue and inspection branch, increase of $960; § 0.0?0 is for ealaries of forty- oyes the water department's distribution sys- tem; $450,000 for the maintenance of the distribution eystem. New Water Mains. The following new proposals are submitted: For laying 7,800 feet of sixteen- inch water main from 18th street and Minnesota avenue southeast, through Rallroad avenus to Stevens road southeast, $66,300. For laying 4,500 feet of thirty-inch water main in Rhode Island avenue I northeast, from a point between 7th and 9th streets to 16th street, $90,000. For laying 5,650 feet of sixtesn- inch water main, beginning at Wis- consin avenue and Jewett street, there to oconnect with twelve-iach fourth service main, west in Jewett north in 45th street to & point mid- way between Lowell and Macomb strests northwest, $48,000. For 5,100 feet of sixteen- inch !fll‘n{n 4th street northeast the proposed thirty-inch main n Rhode Island avenue to 8 street. west in 8 street to 24 street, south in 2d street to R .street, west in R street to and south three in the distribution bmmfl‘iso.oco for the extension of hlf‘h reet to 45th street, and Purchase of site in the vicinity of Fifth and Buchanan streets iorthwest (submitted), $50,000.00. For athletic fleld for the Western High School (submitted), $125,000.00. The Commissioners of 'thie District of Columbla are hereby authorized &nd directed to erect the school bulld: ing for the care of tubercular ohil- dren on such part of thé site now occupled by the Tuberculosis Hospital as in their judgment mmy be best suited for such purpose, the said s being described on the tax recore of the District of Columbia as parcels 84-134, 84-146 and 84-147, for which bullding an appropriation of $160,000 has heretofore been maide by the act approved June 16, 1921, entitled “An act making appropriatfons to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending Jume 30, 1921, and prior fiscal years, and for other pur- Pposes. In all, $1,687,600, to be disbursed and accounted for ms uildings and grounds, public schools,” and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. Teackers’ Langevity Pay The appropriation proposed for the longevity pay of keachers is 3$660,000, which is an increase of $40,000 over the current act. For an allowance to principals of grade school bulldings for services rendered as such {n addition to their grade salaries $44,000 {s recom- mended, an increase of $19,000. In the office of the superintendent of schools salaries proposed total $69,420, an Increase under the classi- fication act of $1.580 over and above basic salaries plus the bon Pro- vision is made also for sixteen new positions in this office. . For nine employes in the office of the secretary the total salaries recom- mended_are $13,020, an increase of $330. ~ Provision {s made for one additional position. For twelve employes in the office of finance and accounting total salaries of $18,360 are recommended, an in- crease of $1,220. For 39 employes in the office of hygiene and sanitation total salaries of 360,120 are recommended, an in- crease of $19,060. For the care of bullding a grounds the budget recommends 4 employes, with total salaries amount- ing to $460,000. This is an increase of 45 employes at salaries totaling $36,760. ’ Increase to Old Employes. The increase in salaries of the old employes under the classification act amounts to $36,636. For the Teachers® Retirement Fund, $60,000 1s recommended, an in- crease of '$15,000. For the night schools, 376,000 is recommended, the same amount as carried in the current act. For Americanization work and in- struction of forelgners, $10,830 is recommended, an increase of $4,350. For community center department, $30.000 is recommended, the same as in_the current act. The appropriation for maintenance of schools for tubercular pupils rec- ommended by the budget 4s $4,000. For the trapspor‘ation of pupils at- tending such schools, $3,000 is asked. Miscellaneous Repairs, Ete. The appropriation recommended for the purchase and repair of fur- niture, tools, etc. is $60,000;for fuel, gas and electric power, $235.000, an increase of $60,000; for furniture, in- cluding planos, window shades, etc., $287,000 for text books and school supplies for pupils of the first eight grades $150,0000 an fincrease of $50.000 over the current act; for re- pairs and improvements to schoal buildings and grounds $300,000, and for the repair of 92 school play- grounds, $4,500, including an in- of elght additional play- for equipment, grading and improving eight additional school vards for purposes of play of pupils $4,000; for repair, replacement and extension of equipment to adapt for use as junior high schools the old Eastern High School $6,000,-the Jef- ferson school, $8,000 and the Randall school, $6,000. the twelve-inch main in Florida ave- mue, $44,000. The total permanent and indefinite appropriations recommended are $1,226,962, as compared to $1,513,843 in the current act. A large part of this reduction is due to the fact that the police and firemen’s relief fund appropriation has been placed under another heading. Among the items found in this total are $200,000 for the teachers' retirement fund; $809,962 for the miscellaneous trust fund de- posits and $150,000 for the Washing- ton redemption fund. NATIONAL GUARD MOUNTS ALL OLD, SAYS RECKORD By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., December 10.— Maj. Gen. A. B. Reckord, adjutant general of Maryland and president of the National Guard Assoclation of the United States. told delegates attending the Pennsylvania ard convention here that used as a mount by en in every state In the Unlon was more than fifteen years old. ! ., STREET REPAIRS ASKED IN BUDGET Estimate for Needed Im- provements $257,280 Above Current-Appropriations. ‘The budget makes provision for many much needed street improvements and repairs of streets in the District. The total appropriations recommend- ed under the heading *street improve- ments’ and repairs” kre $2,174,080, as compared with $1,916,800, which was ap- propriated for the current year. Streets to Be Repatred. For “street improvements” a fund of $700,000, to be immediately avalilable, is 210 Fho strests and roads that are to be fmproved under this fund, in- cluding paving, repaving and grading, are as follows: Northwest and southwest—For pav- Ing 14th street west, B street south to C “street north, 50 and 70 feet wide, $30,000 Northwest—For paving Varnum street 2d street to 4th street, 30 feet wide, $11.6 Northwest—For paving 34 straet, ‘Varnum street to Webster street, 30 feet wide, $5,600. Northwest—For paving 2d street, Up- shur street to Webster street, 30 fect wide, $9,200. Northweet—For paving 8th -street, Crittenden street to Decatur street, 30 feet wide, $5,200. Northeast—For paving 15th strest, B street to B street, 32 feet wide, $38,500. Northwest—For paving Bmerson street, Georgia avenue to Sth street, 30 teet wide, $12,700. Northwest—For paving Farragut street, Georgia avenue to 8th street, 30 feet wide, $12,700. Northwest—For paving Hamilton street, Georgla avenue to Illinols ave- nue, 80 feet wide, $7,500. Southeact—For paving Massachusetts avenue, 15th street to 16th street, 40 feet wide, $14,000. Northwest—For paving Kansas ave- nue, 13th strest to Quincy street, 40 teet’ wide, $6,200. Northeast—For paving Monroe street, 18th street to 20th street, 30 feet wide, $11,500. s Northwest—For paving Varnum street, 15th street to 1Gth street, 30 feet wide, $6,000. Northwest—For grading Fern street, Blair road to §th street, $2,400. Southeast—For paving 11th street, M street to bridge, present width, $25,000. Northwest—For paving 9th street Emerson streest to Farragut street, 30 feet wide, §5,200. Northwest—For paving Upshur street, 24 strect to 4th street, 45 feet wide, Northwest—For paving 4th street, Varnum street fo Webster street, 30 feet wide, $4,700. Northwest—For paving Quincy street, 10th street to Kansas avenue, 30 feet wide, $6,400. Northwest—For paving Quebec place, 10th street to 13th street, 24 feet wide, Northwest—For paving Taylor street, west of 1ith street (approximately 400 feet), 30 feet wide, $4,700. Northeast —For paving 2d street, Bryant street to Channing street, 30 feet wide, $5,200. Northeast—For paving Bryant street, Jincoln oad to 34 street, 30 feet wide, Northwest—For paving T street, 35th street to 37th street, 30 feet wide, Northwest—For paving S street, 36th street to 37th street, 30 feet wide, $5,800. Northwest—For .paving 38th ' street, Windon street to Albemarle street, 30 feet wide, $11,000. Northwest—For paving Maple street, Vine street to Carrol street, 24 feet wide, 34,600. Barry Farm Distriet. Southeast—For grading In subdivision Barry farm as follows: Howard road, west of west end of existing pave- ment; Sumner road, west of Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks; Stevens road, Wade road to Barry road; Wade road, insane asylum grounds to Sumner road; Barry road, Stevens road to Sum- ner road; Firth-Sterling avenue, Stev- ens road to Sumner road, $21,000. Northwest—For paving 27th street, K street to L street, 32 feet wide, $14,000. Northwest—For paving 20th street, B ;'l.:;e:ota'.o Virginia avenue, 32 feet wide, Northwest—For paving Vine street, Baltimore and Ohlo raflroad to Maple street, 20 feet wide, $2,800. Northwest—For paving Princeton place, Warder place to Georgia avenue, 30_feet wide, $10,000. Northeast—For paving Kearney street, fi:hs Street to 20th street, 30 feet wide, Northeast—For paving 20th street. Lawrence street to Monroe street, 30 feet wide, $5,200. Northwest—For paving Sth street, Butternut street to Cedar street, 30 feet wide, $5,200. Northwest—For paving $th street, Butternut street to Cedar street, 30 feet wide, $3,700. < Northwest — For paving Chesapeake street, River road to ¢ith street, 30 feet wide, '$8,300. Northwest—For paving Otis street, ;;h”;tnet to Park place, 30 feet wide, Northwest—For paving Farragut street, Georgia avenue to 13th street, 30 _feet wide, $8,100. Northwest—For paving Arkansas ave- nue, avenue to Emerson street, 40_feet wide, $13,000. Northwest—For paving Kennedy street, 5th street to Sth street, 40 feet wide, '$15,000. Northeast—For paving 12th street, C strest to D street, 32 feet wide, $8,000. Northeast—For paving 13th street, D Education Gets Lion’s Share in D. C. Estimates More money is recommended for education work in the District in the 1925 estimates. than for any other two activities, excepting *protection of life and property.” The amount for education s $5,013,- 670, while its nearest competitor, “protection of life and property.” re- celves $4,685,497 from the budget bureau. Following are the District of Co- lumblu’'s 1925 estimates: General fun General government Protection of property ... Health and san! Highways . Charities and corrections Education Recreation Miscellaneous Total, general fund......$23,385,990 Public service enterprises. 1,996.860 Trust and special funds. 1,226,962 Interest and sinking fund 300,000 Total under D. C. $26,879,812 $1,985,906 4,685,497 2,787,540 2,099,080 2,609,890 8,013,670 1,133.837 190,570 street to Emerson street, 35 feet wide, $12,000. . Southeast —For grading Savannah street, Wheeler road to 11th street; 9th, 10th and 1ith places, Savannah street to Alabama avenue, $7,600. Northwest—For paving - 34th street. Newark street to Ordway street, 30 feet wide, $6,900. Northwest—For paving 34th street, Lowell street to Klingle road, 30 feet wide, $9,800. Klingle Road Repairs. Northwest—For paving Klingle road, 34th street to east end of Massachu- setts avenue subdivision line, 30 feet wide, $12,000. Northwest—For paving 17th street, Irving street to Kilbourne street, 30 feet wide, $7,200. Northwest—For paving 9th street, Crittenden strest to Decatur street, 30 feet wide, 35,000, Northwest—For paving 4th street, Taylor street to Upshur street, 30 feet wide, $4,000. Northwest—For paving 13th street, Allison street to Iowa avenue, 40 feet wide, $8,000. Northwest—For grading and _con- structing retaining walls on Audubon terrace between Linean avenue and Broad Branch road, $15,000. Northwest—For paving Jefferson strest, 13th street to 1l4th street, 30 feet wide, $11,500. Northwest—For paving Allison street, 7th street to Illinois avenue, 30 feet wide, $4,000. Northwest—For paving Varnum street, 14th street to 15th street, 30 feet wide, $6,100. New Hampshire avenue to Rock Creek cemetery, 30 feet wide, $15,800. Northwest—For paving Garrison street, Belt road to Wisconsin avenue, 30 feet wide, $11,700. 7 Northwest—For paving 39th _street, Warren street to Van Ness street, 30 feet wide, $6,900. Northwest—For paving 39th street, Windon street to Alton place, 30 feet wide, $7,000. _ Northwest—For paving 35th place, T street to U street, 24 feet wide, $3,500. Northwest—For ~paving 7th ° street, Jefferson street to Kennedy street, 30 feet wide, $4,700. Northwest—For paving 7th street, Kennedy street to Longfellow street, 36 feet wide, $4,700. Northwest—For paving S8th _street, Ingraham street to Jefferson street, 30 feet wide, $4,700. Northwest—For paving Sth _street, Hamilton street to Ingraham street, 30 feet wide, $5,200. Northwest—For paving Kansas ave- nue, Allison street to Buchanan street, 50 feet wide, with 10-foot center park- ing, $7.500. Northwest—For paving New Hamp- shire avenue, Grant circle to Allison street, 60 feet wide with 10-foot center parking, $10,800. Northwest—For paving 15th street. Varnum street to Webster street, 30 feet wide, $4,700. Northwest — For _grading__Garfleld street, Arizona avenuo to 45th street, 7,500. Northeast—For paving 12th street, Otis street to Michigan avenue, 40 and 50_feet wide, $19,000. Northwest — For avenue, Macomb street to Norton place and constructing a_ culvert in connec- tion therewith, $12,500. Northwest—For paving Tllinois ave- nue, Geor, venue to Kennedy street, 40_feet w! 5,200. Northeast—For paving 5th_street, T street to W street, 30 feet wide, $13,300. Northeast—For paving V street, 4th street to Gth street, 30 feet wide, $3,500. Northeast—For grading 4ith’ street, Dix street to Grant street, $5,600. Northeast—For grading Otls street and Perry street from Eastern avenus westward to a point about 155 feet west of 30th street; 30th street, Otls street to Perry street; Eastern avenue, south line of Monroe street to & point about 800 feet northwest of the north- erly line of Bunker Hill road, $7,000. In all, $700,000. SENATOR GIVES $10,000. Phipps Sends Check to Harding Shrine Fund. DBENVER, Col, December 10.—A check for $10,000 from United States Senator Lawrence C. Phipps of Colo- rado was received Saturday as contribu- tlon to the Harding memorial fund, according to Willlam V. Hodges of Denver, chairman of the fund for Colorado. This is the largest contri- ‘bution made so far, Mr. Hodges said. grading _ Potomac Salary Estimates for Establishments of U. S. In District Are Summarized and Compared Statement summarizing and comparing the budget estimates of appropriations for the fiscal yoar 1925 with ¢ 4, 1923, Estimated_expenditures, H H | Minnesota avenue to Good Hope road, | to Railroad avenue and south In Bureau of eficiency. .. Civil Service Commission ook compentath ission. Eaj * compensation commi -2 Federa Board for Voeational Education Federal Power COMMISSon......enes Federal Trade Commission .. General accounting office. Interstate Commerce Com: advisory com. for B! Institution " 2 Btats, War and Navy Dept. buildings. Tariff Commi = Dnited States Veterans' Bureau.. ent of War Department District of Columbia Post Offico Department .. Wiscal year 1924. Number of | of Mar. 4, s included in the by estimates of expenditures for 1924 for the personmel of the cxecutive de- partments and establishments in the District of Columbia classified under the act of March Estimates of a tions, fiscal | S i Increass (+) or decrense (—) of _estimates of ap- ‘propriations for 1925 over or uader estimated ‘expenditures for 1924, Increase in esti- mates for sal- aries for 1925 doe to classi- fication over the s e of employes re. | celve in 1924 : 1823, dget. BB 5 Bt R ':'EE..a ,... B 4 5 BEs 588 Rgud s 58 . 8 oas 2 LR ot 15, 4 R 1030 H Bi% o0 i b (& wa o 1 a5iekey Sesceihice: Siast Es Lt s533508 BpLLE H + $3 ¢ £3 g 4y Ly SLsatl E 5 5 seeats o 2 2588 4 3 Bee PR + 2 S Su828 53508 LL 58 §2 §5288 s 388 E] \3 8 » 2 8 Northwest—For paving Webster street, | ASK §81 550 MORE FORD. C. LIBRARIES Recommend Total of $214,- 300—Would Create 31 New Positions. The total appropriation for the free Public Library of the District recommended in the budget is $214,300, an incresso of 357,660 over the current appropriation. The recommended appropriation for salaries for the Public Library, in- cluding the Takoma Park, Southeast- ern, Mount Pleasant, Eastern High School, Langley Junior High School and Macfarland Junior High School branches s $153,000. Provision is made for thirty-one new salaried positions in the main library and the various branches. The salaries for ninety-seven employes, the total under existing law, recom- mended in the budget, amount to $122,598, an ncrease of $16,042 under the classification act. This increase {s over and above the basic salaries plus the bonus paid during the current year. The budget includes $28,000 for tha purchase of books, perlodicals and newspapers, and $8,500 for binding, including the necessary perso: services, and $19,300 for maintenance repairs, fuel, lighting, etc., at the It brary and its branches. Salaries of All Grades. The salary of the chief adminis trative, or librarian, is {ncreased from $4,000 to $5.200. The salary schedules for all employes of the brary is as follows ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, 1935, Clerical, administrative ud\gg.u service— Grade 1, under clerical ashoclate ad- ministrative . cents ‘per hour. Grade 3, minor custodi 3122.598.00 Increase under classification act, $16,042. NEW POSITIONS RECOMMENDED FOR- 1925, MAIN LIBRARY. administrative and service— 1, underclerical Grade 2, junior cleric Grade 3, sistant clerical.. ‘Total salaries. MOUNT PLEAS. dministrative and [ Cleric: Clerical, Grade 1, underclerical, ‘months, at $1,140 num) 5 Grado 2, juaior cierical (6 months, ‘st $1,320 per an- num) Grade 3, (8 months, at $1,500 num) Grade 4, ‘month anoum ey Grade ©, senior clerical (6 monts, at $1,800 per an- num) . & Custodial service— Grade 1, junior messenger (8 months, at $600 per anoum) 5 Grade Lour (8 m 3 §553 per axaum). . Grade 8, minor custod months, at $1,020 num) 730.00 840.00 930.00 300,00 281.50 P 510.00 Total ealaries.... 12 $6,881.50 HIGH SCSHOOL, Grade 4, main cle: Custodial ‘service— Grado 1, junior messeDger.. Total salartes.. LANGLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BRANCH admintstratise and Custodial service— Grade 1, junlor messenger.. Total salaries. X MACFARLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Clerical, administrative and fiscal servi Grade 1, underclerica! Grade 2, junlor clerical. Grade 4, main clerical Custodial service— Grade 1, junior messenger.. Total salaries.. Grand total ealaries. An item of $3,000 to pay the sal- arfes of substitutes and for other special and temporary service, in- cluding the conducting of stations in public_school buildings at the discre tion of the librarian, Is recommended and also an item of $2,600 for extr: services on Sundays, holidays and Saturday half holidays. §373,900 INCREASE 10 ST. ELIZABETHS Budget Recommends Total of $1,805,000—Howard University, $815,000. Appropriations Tecommended in the budget for St. Ellzabeth’s Hoepital total §1,805,000, as compared with $1,431,500 in the current act. Among the items are: $1,350,000 for the sup- port, clothing and treatment of the insane from the Army, Navy and Ma- rine Corps, etc.; $90,000 for general repairs and improvements to bufld- ings; $80,000 for remodeling and cx- tending the power, heating and light- ing plant and $260,000 personal funds of patients. An sppropriation of $109,000 § recommended for the Columbia Insti tute for the Deaf, as compared with $107,000 in the current act. The appropriation recommended for Howard University is $815,000, us compared with $232,500 for the cur- rent year. New {tems proposed for Howard University include $127,5600 toward the construction of & bullding for an assembly hall, gymnasium, armory and administrative headquarters for a department of health and hyglene —an increase of $87,600 over the cur- rent act; $370,000 for additions to the medical school building, and $130,000 for equipment for these additions to the medical school building. For Freedmen's Hospital an appro- priation of $174,700 is recommended against $172.800 in the current act. For the National Training School for Boys in Washington, D. C., an ap propriation of $60,436 is recommend- i £d, Lhe salng current-asle . 4