Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1927, Page 39

... THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, DECE ER i, 1097 District Gains $1, 606,801 in Proposed Appropriations of $40,431,186 for 1929 -~ » SUPPLEMENTAL LIST CARRIES $395795 FOR CAPITAL CITY $2.720.000 for Permanent and Indefinite Needs Included in Total for B Fiscal o {Gontinued from Fir: ge.) Special committee which studied the Situation during the pas mamer. Estimates totaling $247, e sub- mitted for laying water mains in vari- ous sections of the city. For acquisition of park and play- ground sites the National Capital Park and Planning Commission i lowed $600,000, which includes sal. for 14 person 2 $40,000. r the National Zoological Park $180,000 is recommended, which is $73,000 less than the current appro- priation, but in reality an increase of $5,000 for ordina maintenance ex- penses because last year 378,000 was appropriated for construction work on exhibition buildings. For the District sewer system ,526,000 is carried in the budget, of which $50,000, identical with the cur- rent appropriation, is for continuing the construction of the Upper Poto. continuing construction of the Uppe Anacostia main interceptor along the Anacostia River between Benning rcad and the District line, for which | an appropriation of $60,000 was carried in last year's appropriation bill. Contingent Expenses. For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the District—including $3,000 for refund of erroneous collec- tions, $9,650 to maintain a pub- lic employment service, $6,000 for ad- vertising notices of taxes in arrears, $4,000 for such emergencies as riot, pestilence or calamity by flood, fire or storm; postage for strictly official mail matter, $21,000; for general ad- vertising, $8,000; for allowance on privately owned motor vehicles used in_the performance of official duties, $15,000; for maintenance, repair and operation of motor vehicles, $97,000, and for printing books, stationery, in. struments, etc., $30,000—a total of $228,700 is recommended, which is an increase of more than $9,000. Sewer Department. For the Sewer Department a total of $1526,000 is recommended, as against $1,700,390 for the current fiscal year. This includes $255,000, an increase of $5,000, for cleaning and Year. |$10,000 is recommended. The budget {also carries an item of $8,000 for a {garage for the fourteenth police pre. | cinet station; $52,000 for the erection | of building to be known as the Fif- teenth police precinet station house, including a garage, and $3,000 for the installation of a steam heating plant | for the ninth precinct station house ! . and $3,000 for the installation team heating plant for the ninth precinct station house, House of Detention. For the House of Detention, $29,500 is recommended for maintenance of a suitable place for the reception and | detention of children under 17 years of age, in the discretion of the Com- i of girls and women over vears of age, and necessary s connected therewith. This in_salaries for e new position e. The prinei- r the House of rvic Detention is §6, ceries. v fuel, construction, maintenance, and incidental expenses for the harbor patrol, 00 is recom- mended, the same as in the current appropriation, To pay the relief and other allow- ances from the police and firemen's relief fund as authorized by law, a sum not to exceed $630,000 is recom- mended to be appropriated. Fire Department. For the Fire Department a total of $2,130,015 is recommended, which is nearly $8,900 less than the current appropriation. This includes a salary item of $1,895,000, which is an increase of §70,000 for 884 positions. The sal- aries for the clerical force under the ification act total $9,040 for four positions. For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $25,000 is recommended, the same as in the cur- rent appropriation. For furnishing uniforms and other official equipment, $30,975 is recom- mended, which is an increase of $850. For repairs to apparatus, fire boat and for new apparatus and tools, $51,- 000 is recommended, which is an in- crease of $1,000. For hose, $4,500 is repairing sewers and basins and the replacement of three motor trucks and for maintenance of other vehi- cles and machinery. For main and g!m sewers and receiving basins 195,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $15,000. For suburban sewers $600,000 is recommended, which is a reduction of '4;.‘:!0. r assessment and permit work $410,000 is recommended, a of $30,000, e For the purchase and condemnation of rights of way for construction $1,000 is recommended, which is a $500 decrease. For continuing construction of the upper Potomac main intercepter $50,- 000 is recommended, and for continu- ing construction of the upper Anacos- tia main interceptor, $15,000. City Refuse Division, For collection and disposal of refuse, & total of $1,575,000 is recommended, which is an increase of approximately $50,140. This includes $125,000 for 68 emploves; $500,000 for dust prevention, sweeping and cleaning streets, snow 2nd ice removal from streets and side- wal maintenance and repair of stables; $950,000, an increase of $50,000, for collection of garbage, miscellaneous For the playgrounds, a total of $192,880 is recommended, which is an increase of $21,500. For salaries for 84 employes in the ent, a_ total of ?hytrounfl 100,000 is recommended, which is an Increase of $5,015. For general mainte- nance, equipment, supplies, etc., $54,500 is recommended, which is an increase of $9,000. For maintenance and contingent ex- ‘penses of keeping playgrounds open during the Summer months, $25,000 is recommended, which is an increase of For supplies, installing electric light and the expenses of operating three swimming pools, $6,000 is recommend- od, :r‘hich is double the present appro- ion. For bathing pools, including superin- tendence and upkeep of grounds, $6,880 is recommended, identical with the current appropriation. Electrical Department. For the electrical department a total of $1,136,070 is recommended, as against $978,480 for the current fiscal year. This includes $112,500 for sal- aries, which is an increase of $8,220. ‘This covers 66 existing positions and four new positions. It includes also $33,000 for general supplies and $34,- 000 for placing wires of fire alarms, polite patrol and telephone services :;:g’:g ground which is a decrease of The amount recommended for pur- chase, installation and maintenance of publio lamps, lanterns and fixtures of all kinds is $950,000, which is an in- crease of $200,000. For rearranging , and improving the police patrol sig- nal system in the proposed No. 15 police precinct and extending tele- phone system to the proposed No. 16 police station house $4,570 is recom- mended, which is $550 more than the ourrent appropriation for similar in- stallation in No. 14 police precinct. ‘To complete the erection and equip- ment of an addition to the storehouse on land belonging to the District in square 298, $2,000 is recommended, to be immediately available, where the current appropriation is $9,000. Police Department. For the Metropolitan Police De- partment, $3,209,150 is recommended, which is an increase of $120,420 over the current appropriation. The sal- ary item is $2,820,000, which is an in- crease of $77,480. This includes the pay for the major and superintendent, 2 assistant superintendents, 5 inspec- tors, 14 captains, 21 lieutenants, 1 lleutenant assigned to the Detective Bureau with the rank of captain; 56 sergeants, 1210 privates, making a total personnel of 1,311. Additional compensation is also provided for pri- vates detailed for special service and allowances for 2 inspectors on motor wvehicles. , For 25 officers and men on horses, for 32 officers and men on bicycles and for 90 members of the force detailed to motor cycle service. Salaries for the clerical and custo- dial forces amounts to $76,640 for 52 existing positions and 2 new positions. Under miscellaneous items for the police force, $8,500 is recommended for fuel, $9,500 for repairs and improve- ments to police stations and station nds and $60,000, identical with the urrent appropriation, for miscella- neous and contingent expenses. For the purchase and maintenance of motor vehicles and replacement of those Worn out in the service, $60,000 s recommended, which is an increase of $5,000. For uniforms and other of- fictal ¢quipment prescribed by depart- ment regulations, $70,000 is recom- ‘mended, Which is $5,000 less than the current appropriation. recommended, as compared with §21,- 000 in the current appropriation. For fuel, $30,000 is recommended, which is identical with the current appro- priation. The amount for contingent expenses is also $30,000, and identical with the current appropriation. Under the item for permanent im- provements an appropriation of $15,- 500 is recommended for one aerial hook and ladder truck, motor-driven. The current appropriation bill carried $31,000 for two such trucks. The recommendation is also made for $11,000 for one pumping engine, triple combination, motor-driven, where the current appropriation was for three engines of this type. For one rescue squad wagon, motor-driven, an appro- priation of $12,000 is recommended. Another item is $4,000 for two auto- mobiles. For a site for an engine company to be located in the vicinity of Con- necticut and Nebraska avenues, $12,- 000 is allocated, with the proviso lim- iting the purchase price to 25 per cent in excess of the assessed value. Health Department. For the Health Department of the District, $379,260 is recommended, which is approximately a $5,000 in- crease. For salaries for 86 persons, $158, 700 is recommended. For prevention of contagious diseases, the item is $43,000, which is an increase of $3,000, and includes salaries for 16 persons, amounting to $29,480. For isolating wards for minor eontagious diseases at Garfleld Me- morial and Providence ~Hospitals, maintenance amounts of $15,000 and $8,000, respectively, are recom- mended. For the maintenance of a dispen- sary, or dispensaries for the treat- ment of indigent persons suffering from tuberculosis or social diseases, $20,000 is recommended, identical with the current appropriation. For maintenance of the disinfect- ing service, $5,500 is recommended, a decrease of $500. For enforcement of the act providing for the drainage of lots in the District and the act pro- viding for abatement of nuisances, $3,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $1,000. For special serv- ice in connection with the adultera- tion of drugs and foods, including candy and milk, $100 is recommended. For hygiene and sanitation in the public schools, $66,460 is recom- mended, which is a slight increase. It provides salaries for 39 persons. For the maintenance of the free dental clinics in the public schools, $1,000 is recommended, the same as the current appropriation. For the maintenance of labora- tories, including reference books, ap- paratus, equipment, etc., $2,500 is recommended, which is a reduction of $500. For dairy farm inspection, $5,000 is carried, which is identical with the current appropriation, and for con- tingent expenses incident to enforce- ment of the act relating to adultera- tion of foods and drugs, $1.000 is car- ried, the same as the current appro- priation. For maintenance, including personal services, of the public crema- tory, $2,500 is recommended, the same as the current appropriation. Another item of $2,500 s included for mainte- nance and operation of a motor ambu- lance and for the purchase of one non-passenger-carrying motor vehicle. For maintaining a child hygiene serv- ice, including the establishment and maintenance of ciild welfara stations for the clinical examination, adv care and maintenance of children u der 6 years of age, $45,000 is recom- mended, identical with the current a propriation. This provides salaries f 37 employes and includes $5,563 for rent, Courts and Prisons. For Juvenile Court, a sum total of $62,600 is recommended, which is an increase of $4,900. The salary item s $55,600, which is an increase of $3,100. 1t provides for compensation to 31 em- ployes. For compensation of jurors, $2,000 is recommended, a decrease of $500. For fuel, ice, gas, laundry, station- ery, printing, etc., an appropriation of $5,000 is recommended, which is an in- crease of $300. For the Police Court, a total of $142,- 500 is recommended, as compared with $127,820 {n current appropriation. The salary item is $89,000, which is an in. crease of a little more than $2,000, and it carries compensation for 46 persons. For printing, law books, di- rectories, stationery, fuel, ice, gas, electric lights, telephone service, etc., 189,600 is recommended, the same as {the current appropriation. For wit- ness fees, $1,500 s allocated. which is a_reduction of $500. For compensation of furors $40,000 is recommended, which is a $13,000 increase. For re- pairs and alterations to buildings $2,500 1s carried, identical with the current appropriation, For the Municipal Court a total of Feor heavy-duty Diesel engine po- lice boat, to be immediately available, $74,536 is recommended, which is an increase of more than $3,000, The 12 per- | 50 for food and gro- | §1,104.35015 ASKED FOR WATER DEPT. Saving Effected by New Con- duit System—Extension Provided For. Tor the Water Department of the | District, the expenses of which are | paid out of its own revenue, a total of $1,104.350 is recommended in the budget, 4 decrease from the current appropriation of § 0. For the Washington Aqueduct $425.- 000 is recommended increase from This includes $206,420 for salaries for 153 employes. It provides for the op- eratipn, maintenance and care of the Washington aqueducts and their ac- ies, including Dalecarlia, George- town, McMillan Par , second and third high service reservoirs, Washir ton Aqueduct tunmel, the filtration lants, pumping plants and the plant the preliminary treatment of the An emergency fund of $5,000 budget to be used only in c erious break | requiring immediate repairs in one of | the most important aqueduets or filtra tion plant structures is not included in »t for the next vear. The item of $142.000 carried for rev- enue and inspection and distribution by s of the Water Department compensation for 78 persons ranging from $1,140 to t salar $5,000. $335,000 for Pumping Stations. For maintenance of the Water De- partment’s distribution system, includ- ing pumping stations and machinery, a total of $335,000 is recommended, which is a decrease from $446,500. For extension of the Water Depart- ment distribution system ing of such service main necessary under the as tem $250,000 is recommended to be immediately av. ble, which is identi- cal with the current appropriation. For installing water meters on services in private residences and busi- ness places $30,000 is recommended, which is the same as the current ap- propriation. For installing fire and public hy- drants $50,000 is recommended, which is double the current appropriation. For replacing of old mains in vari- ous locations on account of inade- quate size and bad condition of the pipes on account of age and for laying mains in advance of pave- ment, $50,000 is recommended, the sama as in the current appropriation. $700,000 for New Mains, Two important tems that ran up the total current appropriations and are responsible for a large measure of the decrease in the budget submit- ted today are the current appropria- tion of $700,000 for the laying of approximately 21,000 feet of 48-inch water main from the intersection of Nebraska and Wisconsin avenues to Georgla avenues and Military road and for an addition to the Reno Reservoir. The other item was $60,- 000 for construction of an additional ‘water power of 160,000 gallons capac- ity at the Reno Reservoir. For 5900 feet of 36-inch main In M street, from Eleventh street to New Hampshire avenue $177,000 is recommended. For 900 feet of 12-inch water main in Eighteenth street from Pennsyl- vania avenue to F street $5,600 is recommended. For 2,800 feet of 12-inch water main in Georgia avenue from Fair- mont street to Park road $21,350 is recommended. For 1,900 feet of 16-inch water main in Wisconsin avenue from P street to Reservoir street and in Reservoir street from Wisconsin ave- nue to Thirty-fourth street $23,400 is recommended. For 2,950 feet of 12-inch water main in Nineteenth street from K street to Pennsylvania avenue $20,000 is recommended. — e salary item is $58,736, which includes compensation for 22 existing positions and 2 new positions. For the com- pensation of jurors, $6,000 is recom- mended, which is a decrease of $500. For rent of building $4,800 is carried, identical with the current appropria- tion. For contingent expenses, cover- ing books, fuel, light, telephone, etc., $5,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $250. District Supreme Court. For the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict the salary item is $72,020, which is a slight increase. This carries com- pensation for 12 employes. For wit- ness fees, the item is $33,000; for jurors’ fees, $82,000, which is an in- crease of $3,000; for pay of bailiffs, $41,660, which is an increase of $1,080, covering 25 positions; for the proba- tion system, $9,220, covering four posi- tlons. The salaries for personal services for care and protection of the courthouse under the direction of the U. S. Marshal, total $29,300. This carries compensation for 31 employes. For repairs and improvements to the courthouse, an item of $2,500 is recom- mended, identical with the current appropriation. For the Court of Appeals, for salaries of the chief justice and two associate justices and 12 other em- ployes, a ‘total of $62,160 is recom- mended. For personal services for care and protection of the Court of Appeals Building, $7,020 is recommended for six positions, and $780 for necessary material and equipment. For the support of convicts, in- cluding transportation, $120,000 is estimated, the same as in the current appropriation. For_expenses attending the execu- tion of writs of lunacy, $8,500 is recom- mended, the same as in the current ap- propriation. For miscellaneous expenses for the Supreme Court, $35,000 is recom- mended, and for printing and binding, $4,500. This makes the total for courts and prisons $787,296, which is $25,294 more than the current appropriation. Board of Public Welfare. For the Board of Public Welfare a total of $383,500 is recommended, which is $48,040 more than the cur- rent appropriation. The salary item is $93,500, which is $3,040 more than the current appropriation. It pro- vides compensation for 53 employes. For administrative expenses, includ- ing placing and visiting children and the purchase of necessary books of reference, $5,000 is recommended, the same amount as is carried in the cur- rent appropriation. For board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of the board by the courts and for temporary care of children pending investigation, a total of $160,000 is recommended, which is $20,000 more than the same item in the current appropriation. For home care of dependent chil- dren, $125,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $40,000. This in- cludes salaries for six existing posi- tions, amounting to $10,680, and for one new position at $1,500. District Jail. For the District Jail a total appro- priation of $125,600 is recommended, which is an increase of $17,600. This includes $61,000 for salaries of 31 ex- {sting positions and 12 new positions. For maintenance and support of pris- tions—Provides For salaries of emplayes in the Dis- triet government, a total of $2,044,810 |is recommended in the budget, which |is an increase of over the cur- | rent appropriation, and which includes | provision for a number of new posi- s of the District Commis- employes in the execu- ffice, for 31 employes of the pur- ing division, for 51 employes of the building inspection division and 20 employes of the plumbing inspection division a total of $239,520 is recom- mended, which is a net increase of ap- proximately $8,000. For personal services in the office of the District Commissioners, covering the salaries of the Commissioners and their clerical staffs, the new budget recommends $43,700, as compared with This in- sation for several existing employes. $3,000 for Editor. ommends §33, ent allotment of $50 fes of the purchasing divi 't government. Of the in- crease $3,000 is to provide for the cre- ation of a new position of editor, who would be also a printing and binding estimator, supervising all _printing work for the municipality. The other §500 that has been added is to cover small increases for existing employes. For the building inspection service the budget carries a total of $107,320 for salaries, compared with a current llowance of $105,520, a net increase of $1,800. The budget recommenda- tion actually provides for salary in- creases totaling $3.900, of which $3,660 is due to reallocation of certain posi- tions under the classification act. There would be a_saving of $2,100 through reduction in force, however, making the net increase for salaries, 1,800. 3 : In the plumbing inspection service $35,000 is carried for personal services, as against $32,800 this year. The addi- tional $2,200 recommended is to be used as follows: For reallocation in- creases, $820; for increases under existing _allocations, $380, and for increase in temporary services, $1,000. For personal services in care of the District Building a total of $61,800 is recommended, which is an increase of $340. This includes $47.800 for 40 employes and $14,000 for the cleaning force. For fuel, light, power, repairs, laundry, mechanics and labor not to exceed $5,000, $34,500 is recommended, which is a §500 reduction. $181,280 for Assessor's Office. For the assessor’s office, a total of $181,280 in salaries is recommended, which is an increase of $7,160. This takes care of 99 employes at a salary total of $172,820 and four new posi- tions at salaries ranging from $1,140 to §1.680 and an nllu}\‘\innce of $3,000 for temporary clerk hire. Tor the license bureau $19.260 fs recommended, which is an increase of $120. This includes $17,760 for salaries for 11 persons and $1,500 for tem- porary clerk hire. For the office of collector of taxes $42,660, which is an increase of $4,060, is recommended. This includes $38,- 960 for 21 employes and two new posi- tions, one at $1,320 and the other at $1,380, with an allowance of $1,000 for temporary clerk hire. For the auditor's office $99,760 is recommended. which is an inerease of $11,120. This includes salaries for 47 person: totaling $89,305; three transfers at $1,320 and four new em- ployes. oners in the District Jail $64,600 is recommended. For the Workhouse a total of $357,- 450 is recommended, which is an jn- crease of $67,410. For the general a ministration the salary roll is $15,400 for seven positions. For the purchase approximately one and a half acres of land to provide suitable switching con- nections for the industrial railroad and for the purchase of approximately eight acres of land in close prox- imity to permanent buildings at the Reformatory $2,650 is included. For salaries of 56 employes at the Workhouse the recommended appro- priation is $73,200. The item for maintenance, custody, clothing, sup- port of prisoners, rewards for fugi- tives, tools and equipment is $120,000, an increase of $10,000. For fuel for maintenance and manufacturing the total is $47,500, identical with the ap- propriation’ for the current fiscal year. For continuing construction of per- manent buildings, including sewers, water mains and roads; for equipment of new buildings, for materials for repairs to buildings, roads and walks, and not to exceed $36,000 for recon- ditioning and enlarging the brick plant, including the purchase and in- stallation of machinery and equip- ment, an appropriation of $116,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $56,000. $217,300 for Reformatory. For the Reformatory a total of $217,300 is recommended, which is a decrease of $30,500. The salary item for the Reformatory is $62,300, which is an increase of $4,500. This pro- vides compensation for 42 employes and for two new positions, For continuing construction of per- manent buildings, including sewers, water mains, roads and necessary equipment of the industrial raflroad and for material for repairs to build- ings, a total of $62,000 is recommend- ed, which is a decrease of $11,000. For maintenance, custody, clothing, care and support of inmates, rewards for fugitives, discharge gratuities, furniture, tools and equipment, $83,000 is recommended, which is a decrease of $23,000. The item for fuel is $10,000 for the Reformatory. For care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Training School for B under contract to be made by the Board of Public Welfare with the authorities of the school, $40,000 is recommended, which is a de- crease of $2,000. For the National Training School for Girls, the salary item is $33,000 for 29 persons. This is an increase of $1,500. The maintenance item for the National Training School for Girls is $38,000, which is an increase of $3,000. This makes a total of $71,000 for the National Training School for Girls, a net increase of $4,500. Under the heading of medical chari- ties, $42,500 is allocated for Freedmen's Hospital $17,000 for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-n Asylum; $27,000 for the Children’s Hospital, an increase of $5,000; $17,000 for Providence Hospital; $17,000 for Garfield Memorial Hospital; $23,000 for Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital; $15,000 for Eastern Dispen- sary and ualty Hospital, an in- crease of $5,000; $10,000 for Washing- ton Home for Incurables; $8,000 for Georgetown University Hospital; $8,000 for George Washington University Hospital. For maintenance of Columbia Hos- pital for Women, including general repairs and additional construction, including not to exceed $15,000 for replacement of elevators, a total of $30,000 is recommended. For the complete construction and equipment of a nurses’ home, in ac- cordance with the provision of the act (A $2.044.810 IS RECOMMENDED FOR EMPLOYES OF DISTRICT $49,620 Increase Over Current Appropria- for New D. C. Government Positions. For the office of corporation coun- sel $54,920, an increase of approxi- mately $9,000, is recommended for salaries for 17 positions. Coroner's Office. For the coroner’s office $9,060 is recommended for salaries of five em- ployes. An appropriation of $10,000 is_recommended for expenses of this office, which is an increase of $7,000, $500 of which is for repairs to the morgue and $6,000 for reconstructing the morgue wharf. The other $500 is for an increase in the item for witness and juror fees, For the office of superintendent of weights, measures and markets $39,- 700 is recommended for 28 positions, which is a_decrease of $280. An allow- ance of $500 is made for purchase of commodities, $6,000 for maintenance and repairs to markets and 500 for mainter ce and repair of seven mo- tor vehicles, For salaries in tment the Highway De- ies in the Sewer Depart- 00 is recommended for 98 "or salaries in the Trees and Park- ing Department, $19,080 i3 recom- mended for 10 positions. For salaries in the office of the chief clerk of the Engineer Department 25,740 is recommended for 15 posi- ons. For the Central Garage, $4.860 is recommended for salaries for 3 posi- tions. For salaries in the Municipal Archi- tect's office $30,540 is recommended for 14 positions. Public Utilities Commission. For the Public Utilities Commission, including the salaries of two commis- sioners at $7,500 each. a people’s coun- sel at $7,500 and for 23 other positions, a total of $71,000 is recommended. This office is also allowed $4,200 for incidental and other general necessary expenses. For three members of the board of examiners for steam engineers sal- arles of $150 each are allowed. For salaries in the Department of Insurance, $17,760 for 8 positions. In the surveyor's office, $17,700, an increase of $9,940, is recommended for 43 positions, four of which are new. This office is granted another item of $3,000 for revision of the highway plan. For the employes’ compensation fund $28,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $13,000. Director of Traffic. For the office of director of traffic, $28,300 is recommended for salaries of 14 persons. This office also has an estimate of $50,000 for purchase of traffic signals and markers, which is a decrease of $20,000. For the free Public Library, $227,500 is recommended for 151 existing posi- tions and 10 new positions. This is an increase over the current appropria- tion of $15980. The library is also al- lowed $6,000 for substitutes and other special and temporary service and $3,000 for extra service on Eundays and holidays. For the office of the Register of Wills $67,000 is recommended for sal- arles of 34 persons and $10,000 for mis- cellaneous and contingent expenses. For the office of Recorder of Deeds $94,000 is recommended for 61 salarfes and §15,000 for miscellaneous and con- tingent expenses and $14,000 for office rent. 5300k approved January 13, 1927, $350,000 is recommended. For payment to the Columbla Hospi- tal for Women, the refund of $25,000, as approved in the act of March 4, 1927, the appropriation of $25,000 is recommended. $122,500 for Tuberculosis Hospital, For the Tuberculosis Hospital, a total of $122,500 is recommended, which is a decrease of $6,300. The salary item is $58,000, an increase of $2,700, which provides compensation for 53 persons and one new position. For provisions, fuel, gas, ice, clothing, drugs and medical supplies and other miscellaneous supplies for tke Tuber- ulosis Hospital, §38,500, which is an increase of $1,000. For repairs and improvements to the buildings and grounds, $6,000 is recommended, as against a similar item of $16,000 last year, which in- cluded $10,000 for inclosing porches. For the Gallinger Municipal Hospi- tal, a total of $809,950 is recommended, which is an increase of $469,450. Prac- tically all of this increase is absorbed by the recommended appropriation of $465,000 for completing the construc- tion of the domestic service and ward building at the hospital and for pur- chase and installation of a new boiler and accessories, and for sewer and water connection. The salary item of $191,700, which is an increase of $6,700, carries com- pensation for 226 persons and for four new positions. The maintenance item is $147,000, which is an increase of $7,000. For repairs to buildings, $5,000 is recommended, the same amount as is carried in the current appropriation bill, and $500 for purchase of books, musical instruments and other inci- dental expenses of the training school for nurses. One important reduction in the current budget as compared with last year's appropriation bill is accounted for by the fact that during the cur- rent year $10,000 was available for the purchase of radium. For the District Training School a total of $148,000 is recommended as compared with $255,700 for the cur- rent fiscal year, but last year $150,000 was appropriated for two additional dormitories, $£9,000 for a cow barn and $5,000 for an implement and tool house. The salary item for the Dis- Training School is $55,000, an increase of $20,000, which carries compensation for 39 existing pogi- tions and 18 new positions. The maintenance item is $68,000, which is an increase of $11,300. For repairs and improvements to build- ings and grounds $5,000 is appor- tioned; for an artesian well, pump and water lines, $3,000; for furnish- ing and installing high-pressure steam boiler in the power house, $10, 000, and for furnishings and equip- ment for two schoolrooms and two new dormitories, $7,000. Industrials School for Colored. For the Industrial Home School for Colored Children, $56,300 is recom- mended, which is an increase of $2,050. This includes $29,300 in sal- aries for 27 positions, $22,500 for maintenance, $2.500 for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $1,250 for manual training equipment and materials and $750 for a mnon-passenger-carrying motor vehicle, For the Industrial Home Sehool $49,400 is recommended, which is an increase of §400. This includes $21,800 for salaries for 21 persons, $24,600 for maintenance and $3,000 for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds. For the Home for the Aged and In- firm $111,200 is recommended, which is a decrease of $2,800. This includes $46,200 for salaries for 42 employes $193,000 is recommended for | MILITIA ALLOTTED §50 370 FOR NEEDS Increase of $1,370 Over Last Year’s Appropriation Pro- posed in Budget. For the District militia $50.870 is recommended in the budget submitted to Congress, which is an increase of $1, For personal services in ac- cordance with the classification act of 1923, $17,140 is included and for temporary labor. $7,000. Eleven em- ployes are included in this salary roll. For expenses of camps, including the hire of horses for officers and for the payment of commutation of sub- sistence for enlisted men who may be detailed to guard or move United States property at home stations on days immediately preceding or imme- diately following the annual encamp- ment, damages to private property incident to encampment, instruction, purchase and maintenance, athletic and recreational equipment and armory or fleld encampment and all other such necess: expenses a total of $12,780 is recommended, which is | | a reduction of nearly $23.000. The principal item in such expenses ac- count is for rents, including reimburse- ments to Government hotels, $10,000. For printing, stationery and postage the allowance is $750, the same as for the current fiscal vear. Tor cleaning and repairing uni- forms, arms and equipment and con- tingent expenses $1,200 is recommend- ed, which is the same as the current appropriation. For expenses of target practice matches, including those held outside of the District, $2,500 is recommended, which is the same as the current ap- propriation. For pay of troops other than Gov- ernment employes, to be disbursed under the authority and direction of the commanding general, $9,000 is recommended, which is identical with the current appropriation. provements to buildings, which is an increase of $8,000. The decrease is explained by the fact that the cur- rent appropriation carries $15,000 for new laundry equipment. Municipal Lodging House. For the Municipal Lodging House, $6,360 is recommended, more than half of which is for salaries of three employes, the principal other item being for food and ice. For_the Temporary Home for For- mer Soldiers and Saiors the salary item is $3,240, and maintenance and repalrs to buildings, $7,500. For the Florence Crittenton Home, for caresand maintenance of women and children, under contract made by the Board of Public Welfare, $4,000 is recommended, identical with the current appropriation. For the Southern Rellef Society, for care and maintenance of needy and infirm Confederate veterans, their widows and dependents, under con- tract, $10,000 is recommended, iden- tical with the current appropriation. For the National Library for the Blind, located at 1800 D street north- west, to be expended under the direc- tion of the Commissioners, $5.000 is recommended, which is the same as for the current fiscal year, For Columbia Polytechnic Institute, located at 1508 H street northwest, $3.000 is recommended. For the. hospital for the Insane, for support of indigent insane of the District in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 31,478,250 is recommended, which is an, inerease of $2§8,.250: « For. deportar tlon .of non-resident, insane s persons, $5.000 -is recommended. 5 For medical and surgical supplies, artificial limbs, and for pay of physi- clans to the poor, to be' expended under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare, §8,000 is recom- mended. Payment to Beneficiaries. For payment to beneficiaries under the act making it a misdemeanor to abandon or willfully neglect to pro- vide' for the support and mainte- nance by any person of his wife or minor children in destitute or ne-| cessitous circimstances, $2,500 is rec- ommended, which is an increase of $1,500. For expenses of burying in Arling- ton National . Cemetery, or other cemeteries in the District, Union ex- soldiers, ex-sailors or ex-marines of the United States Service, $225. For the public schools of the Dis- trict a total of $12,156,130 is recom- mended, an increase of $138,115 over the appropriation for the current cal year. This new budget for the al “year provides for 95 addi tional teachers for varying periods of service during the year, based upon class needs and probable date of oc- cupancy of new buildings. The total for school buildings and grounds is $2,47: It includes $250,000 for completing the construction of the McKinley Technicel High School, $250,000 for a stadium and improve- ment of the grounds at this school, $350,000 for completing the equipment of the school, and $70,500 for remod- eling and equipping the old McKinley Technical High School for use as the Shaw Junior High School, and the old haw Junior High School for use as a colored business high school The new school budget provides also for construction of new school build- ings to be completed in 1929, which will contain 62 classrooms and $ as- sembly halls and gymnasiums, It pro- vides also for beginning the construc- tion of other new school buildings to contain 48 classrooms and two assem- bly halls and gymnasiums. Health School Site Fund. Items are included for the purchase ot land for a new health school for colored children and a new location for the old Bell School, which is to be torn down to make way for the re- location of the Botanic Gardens. For the improvement of grounds surrounding public school buildings, the budget proposes that not to exceed $100,000 of the. unexpended balances remaining from prior appropriations shall be made available. For several years the municipal architect’s office has been urging that more attention be given to the appearance of the grounds of school buildings. For salaries of administrative and supervisory officers, 183 in number, in accordance with the special classi- fication act for the school system, an allocation of $634,000 is recom- mended, which is an_ increase of $14,000, $7,500 of which is due to automatic increases. This fund pro- vides for six new officials at salaries ranging from $2,300 to $4,000. For salaries of clerks and other em- ployes under the classification act, $132,000, as against $113,240 for the current fiscal year. This includes 78 positions at a total salary roll of $116,940 and provides for 10 new posi- tions with a salary total of $15,060. For salaries in the department of school attendance and work permits, $35,600, which is an increase of $4,100. This covers 18 existing positions at a salary total of $32,800 and two new positions at $1,700 each. Teacher Salaries Higher. For salaries of teachers and libra- rians in accordance with the classifi- This includes 2,666 teachers at salaries cation act, a total of $5912,920 is recommended, in comparison with $5,662,640 for the current fiscal year. running from $2,047 to $3,111 and 24 substitutes at a total salary of $37.600. The automatic increases in salary amount to $101,780. Ninety-five new teachers and librarians are provided for at salaries totaling $145,200, 40 at $1,400 each, 37 at $1,880, 16 at $2,200 and 2 at $2,200 in a different class. Additional longevity allowance on account of 33 positions included in this list, but to be carried in 1928 Supplemenial. gstimates, amounts to $3,300, The budget carries a proviso that no part of any appropriation made in this act shall be paid to any person employed under or in connection with the public schools of the District of Columbia who shall solicit or receive or permit to be solicited or received on any public school premises any subscription or donation of money or other thing of value from any pupil enrolled in such public school for presentatfon of testimonials to school officials or for any purpose except such as may be authorized by the Board of Education at a stated meet- —e awards for prizes for excellence in school work. ‘Washington Redemption Fund, $500,000.—This fund is derived from the collections on account of pay- ments made by persons redeeming For transportation of paupers, in- cluding indigent veterans of the World War and their families, $3,500 is recommended, which is an increase of $500. Anacostia River Flats. For continuing the reclamation de- velopment of Anacostia Park in ac- cordance with the revised plans, $180,000 is recommended. This in- cludes $64,200 for salaries for 45 em- ple The biggest other item is §1,565 for equipment. Permanent and Indefinite Appropriations. Permanent and indefinite appropria- tions which continue year after year, but which are included in the Dis- trict budget, so that a true picture may be shown of the total expendi- tures for the coming fiscal year amount to $2,720,000, which is an in- crease of $178,000. These include: Indefinite Appropriations. For payment of amounts collected by the District erroneously on ac- count of taxes, fines, fees and similar charges which are returned to the respective parties who may have er- roneously paid the same, $50,000, In the various appropriations on account of extension of streets and avenues in the District of Columbia, it has been the practice to make the payment of the amount awarded as damages resulting from condemnation proceedings indefinite, inasmuch as no estimate could be made as to the amount that would be awarded by the jury of condemnation in the sev- eral causes, §175,000. Ischeated estates relief fund, de- rived from proceeds of sale of effects of deceased persons in the District who die leaving no heirs or next of kin, and is expended for the benefit of the poor of the District, $5,000. Teachers’ Retirement Fund Deduc- tions, $340,000.—Indefinite appropria- tion of the amounts deducted from the basic salaries of teachers of the public schools of the District of Co- lumbia, to be deposited in the Treas- ury of the United States to the credit of an individual account of the teach- er from whose salary the deduction is made. The fund thus created to be held and invested until paid out as provided in the acts of Congress in_relation thereto. Miscellaneous Trust Fund Deposits, $950,000.—This fund is derived from deposits made by property owners, corporations and others on account of work to be performed by the Dis- trict in connectlon with cuts In streets, special sewers and various engineering projects, the whole cost of which is payable by the depositor; there are also carrled in this account several bequests for .the benefit of and one new position, $53,000 for pro- visions and $12,000 for repairs'and im- - tutions; and as a fund to ‘provide'chitects’ fees, certain charitable' and religlous insti- L their property which has been previ- ously sold for taxes; payments from this fund are made to the various holders of certificates representing purchases of such unpaid taxes. Permit fund, derived from deposits made by property owners for various improvements, sewers, etc., of which the half cost is paid by said owner, $50,000. Policemen and Firemen's Relief Fund, $650,000.—This fund consists of fines imposed upon members of the Police and Fire Departments by way of discipline; rewards, gifts and emoluments received for extraordinary services; a deduction of 21; per cent of the monthly salary of each mem- ber of said departments; donations; net proceeds of sale of unclaimed property; any deficiencies in said fund being paid from the general revenues of the District of Columbia. Payments are made to pensioners un- der said fund pursuant to law. Public Buildings and Publie Parks. For public buildings and public parks a total of $942,300 is recom- mended, which is a reduction from $1,033,406. The salary item is $360,000, which includes compensation for 265 em- ployes. For general expenses $425,000 is rec- ommended, which is an increase from $358,000. For the salaries of 70 employes in the park police force and salaries ranging from $1.700 to 33,000 a total of $144,300 is recommended. For uniforms and equipment for the park police force, including revolvers, bicycles, motor cycles, automobiles, uniforms and ammunition, $14,000 is recommended. National Capital Park Com- mission. For the National Capital Park and Plflnnlnf Commission $600,000 is in- cluded in the budgét, which is the annual appropriation for this purpose. ‘This includes $40,000 for personal serv- ices 1n the District, according to the classification act; $3,500 for printing and binding, and all other expenses of the commission. The budget carries a proviso that not more than $150,000 of this appropriation shall be avail- able for the purchase of sites without limitation as to price based on as- SCHOOL NEEDS ARE ESTIMATED AT $12.156.130 DURING YEAR Fund, $158.115 Higher Than 1928 Allow- ance, Provides for 95 More Teachers, Buildings and Grounds. ing upon the of the superir For the instruc of children in and playgrour 1pervis: and teachers of vacation schools and play- inds who may also be supervisors teachers of day schools, $33,000 is recommended, which i n iner e of $3,000. For teachers’ retirement fund $380,000 is recommended, an increase of $21,000, of which $160,000 is for payments to teachers and $220,000 to be invested by the Treasurer of the United States. For salaries of teachers and ja tors of might schools a total o 7 000 is recommended, which is an in crease of $5,000 over the current ap- propriation. For contingent expenses of the night schools $4,500 is recommended. For expenses attending the instruc- tion of deaf and dumb persons admit- ted to the Columbia Institution for the D bia unc mended, nd supervision schools For colored deaf-mutes from the District in Mary- land, or some other State under con- tract, $6 ommended, which is ) or instruction of blind children from the District in Maryland, or some other State under contract, $10,500 is recommended, the same as in the cur- rent appropriation. $10,000 for Alien Classes. For Americanization work and in- struction of foreigners of all ages in both day and night classes a total of $10,000, the same as for the current fiscal vear, is recommended. For the community center depart- ment $41,000 is recommended, which identical with the current appro- priation. This provides for 10 regu- lar employes at a total salary of $19,- 700 and other part-time employes at salaries totaling §19,000, with $900 for materials and $1,400 for equipment. Under the heading of care of build- ings and grounds, $611,000, an increase of $36,000, is recommended for sala- ries, including 511 positions at a total of $578,965, and 42 new positions at a total of $44,160, and adjustment of jan- itors’ salaries in five positions amount- ing to 31,86 For the care of smaller buildings and rented rooms, including cooking, manual training schools, a total of $7,000 is carried, duplicating the pres- ent allowance. For the maintenance of schools for tubercular pupils, $4,500 is carried, the same as in the current budget, while the item of $4,000 for mainte- nance of typical open-air and ungrad- ed classes carried in the current ap- propriations is omitted from the 1929 budget. $1,000 for Transportation. For transportation of pupils attend- ing schools for tubercular pup $4,000 is included, which is an increase of $220. For purchase and repair of furni- ture, tools, machinery, material and books and apparatus in manual train- ing classes, $85,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $10,000. For fuel, gas and electric light and power, $270,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $20,000. For school furniture and equipment in nine schools, a total of $94,500 is recommended. . The current appropri- ation for furniture and equipment in 17 other schools was $180.605. The items carried in the present budget are as_follows: Combination assembly hall and gym- nasium, Wheatley School, $3,000; eight-room addition, including combi- nation assembly hall and gymnasium, Morgan School, including repair, re- placement and extension of equipment of old building, $16,000; eight-room building, including combination as- sembly hall and gymnasium, on Grant road, $11,100; eight-room building, in- cluding combination assembly hall and gymnasium, at Fourteenth and Upshur streets, $11,100; eight-room addition, including combination assembly hall and gymnasium, Raymond School, $11,100; 16-room building, including combination assembly hall and gym- nasium to replace Langdon School, $17,000; combination assembly hall and gymnasium, Takoma School, $3, 000; eight-room building, including combination assembly hall and gym- nasium, to commence replacement of the old Bell School and the Cardoza School, $11,100; eight-room addition, including combination assembly hall and gymnasium, Burrville School, $11,100. For text books and school supplies for pupils of the first eight grades, $125,000 is recommended, which is & decrease of $50,000. For maintenance of kindergartens, including not to exceed $3,000 for furnishing and equipping three ad- ditional kindergartens, $10,000 is recommended. $3,000 Garden Fund. For utensils, material and labor for establishment and maintenance of school gardens, $3,000 is carried, the same as in the current appropriation. For purchase of apparatus, fixtures, specimens, technical books and for the maintenance of laboratories in the departments of physics, chemistry, biology and general science in the sev- eral high and junior high schools and normal schools, $14,000 is carried, identical with the current appropri- ation. For general repairs and improve- ments to school buildings, including heating, plumbing, ventilation and sanitary equipment, $529,610 is recom- mended. For rent of school buildings and grounds, storage and stock rooms, an appropriation of $11,000 is recom- mended, as follows: No. 1340 G str Brookland M. E street northwes street northeast, Eleventh street northe h street southw Nichols avenue south East Capitol street, $2.1 square 2, § 3.741 . $1,440; 810 $1,200: 2606 t, $140; 800 60; lots 14 and : lots 850, 865, t and part of 864, square 2882, $140: lot 817, square 5203, $140; auto shop for Abbot Vocational School, $1,500. $10,000 for Play Fund. For purchase, installation and main- tenance of equipment for school yards for purposes of play of pupils, $10,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $6,000. . The various items of construction and purchase of sites for school build- ings and grounds total $2,478,500, as compared with $2.794, rent fiscal year. 3 For completing construction of Mec- Kinley Technical High School, for which $1,000,000 was appropriated last vear, ,000. For erection of an eight-room ex- tensible building, including a combina- tion gymnasium and assembly hall, on sessed value and limits all other pur- chases to 25 per cent in excess of the assessed value. The salary item for this commission carries compensation for 14 persons at a total of §40,000. For the National Zoological Park $180,000 is recommended, the $5,000 increase with a pro that no part of this sum shall be available for ar- a site on Grant read, now owned by the District, §175,000. For the preparation of plans and specifications for a combination gym- nasium and assembly hall at the John Eaton School, $1,500. For erection of the E. A. Paul Junior High School Building, in Brightwood, (Continued on Page Forty-one) L3