Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1929, Page 35

‘THE STAR. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, DISTRICT BUDGET ASKING $47,880,228 SENT TO CONGRESS ESTIMATES WILL DRAW (9100000 PAY RAISE INCREASE [S ASKED |SCHOOLS GET $675,000 HEAVILY ON SURPLUS FUND FOR STREET Wopg| 'NCREASE FOR BUILDINGS e FUND IS CARRED N ety onwommason™ | DSTHETS BUDGET N BUDGET REPORT EVENING WASHINGTON., D. ., 1929. THE DISTRICT BUDGET IN BRIEF ‘The following table shows the amount of funds requested by the va- rious departments of the District government for the 1931 fiscal year, compared with the figure approved by the Bureau of the Budget. The dif- ferences, however, do not represent reductions and additions, as the case may be, made by the Budget Bureau, since the requests of the department heads, in many instances, were altered by the Commissioners before the final estimates were transmitted to the bureau: Departmental estimates, $3,409.105 4,325,600 Budget Director Acts to Eliminate 14 Portables by Inserting Addi- Allowed by Budget Bureau. $3,381,965 288,066 Salaries Contingent and miscellaneous expenses . Allotments. (Continued From First Page.) moving on Connecticut avenue, one of Washington's major traffic arteries. By adding $675,000 in building and land items to the estimates of the public schools, which were not included in the Board of Education’s original budget requests, the Budget Bureau has paved the way for the elimination of 14 of the unsightly portable school houses. The bureau specifically desig- nates that the buildings replacing the.{ portables shall be of the four-room extensible type—a design new in Wash- | ington school house construction and | yet readily adaptable for the addition | of other units as the need arises. These four-room structures are to be perma- nent units which could be erected in a community in the early stages of its development instead of waiting for the | community to increase to a size that| would justify a traditional 8 or 16| room building, as is now the case. | Schools Well Treated. Like other municipal agencies, the| public schools were generously treated by the Budget Bureau, although the total allocation to the school system of $13,028810 is $692,892 less than the amount asked by the School Board.| The allowance, however, actually is| $29.385 more than the Commissioners approved. It is interesting to note that the total budget of $47,880.228 represents a net increase of $3,340,113 over the appro- priation for the current fiscal year. The major portion of the additional funds, however, are to be used in the muni- cipal center development, but it should be remembered that the appropriation for the current fiscal year ‘also in- cluded $3,000,000 for the municipal center which makes the Budget Bu- reau’s recommendations even more magnanimous. Outstanding among the public ing- provements provided for in the budget are an item of $550,000 for the acquisi- tion of two high-temperature incinera. tors for destruction of combustible ref- use, the total cost of which is placed at $850.000, an item of $300,000 for estab- lishment of the farmers’ produce mar- ket as authorized by an act of Con- gress of March 2 last, and an item of $10,000 for the construction of sheds at the Eastern and Western Markets to shelter farmers retailing produce there. In addition. the Public Library is granted $150,000 for the construction and equipment of a building for the northeastern branch on a site already purchased, and the highway department is given $150,000 to add to $205,000 al- ready available for the construction of count of increased number of inmates. There is a decrease of $5,000 in the item for repairs and improvements, and in- creases of $3,000 for extension of water mains, $3400 for motor vehicle equip- ment, $25,000 for purchase and installa- tion of electrical equipment and $8,000 for remodeling and enlarging the in- firmary building. For support, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, of indigent insane of the District of Columbia there is an increase of $143472, due to increased number of patients and increased per capita cost of maintenance. A decrease of $15,000 in the estimates for the National Training School for Boys 1s explained by the fact that there has been a decrease in the number com- mitted to that institution. The total recommendations for the Department of Public Welfare amounts to $5.129,927. as compared with $4,- 507,080 for 1930. An increase of $14,- 365 for the jail is due to an increase in number of inmates. The appropria- tion items for the work house and re- formatory have been consolidated in the interest of better accounting methods, with estimates totaling $976,620, as com- pared with 1930 appropriations of $565,- 440. The increase of $411,180 includes $22,680 for additional personnel and $13,500 for additional maintenance, due to increased number of inmates; a con- solidation in the maintenance item of | $65,000 for fuel; $190,000 for construc- | tion of buildings, including $150,000 for the construction of buildings in a walled inclosure for the more difficult prisoners; $135,000 for repairs and im- provements, including $30,000 for laun- dry machinery and equipment, $32,500 for an_improved water-supply system, | and $55,000 for remodeling the heating | and power plant, and a direct appro- | priation of * $50,000 for the working | capital fund. $29,000 for Playgrounds. For improvements to playgrounds $29.000 is providec. For the Police Department the esti- mates total $3,097,745, as compared with $3,083,950 fro the current fiscal year. Provision is made for a captain in the Traffic Bureau and for two lieutenants, and increased compensa- tion for 10 additional privates in the detective bureau. A decrease is seen in the allowances for officers and men mounted on horses or motor cycles, but this is offset by an increase in the estimates for purchase and maintenance of motor vehicles. For the Fire Department the esfl-‘ mates include $150,000 for a site for a new fire station for Engine Co. No. 16, | now located at Twelfth and D streets | northwest, and for Truck Co. No. 3,/ now located at Fourteenth street and | Ohio avenue northwest, both of which units are in the triangle area which | | a central garage and repair shop. The budget also includes items for a few building projects at District institutions. Surplus to Dwindle. ‘The unprecedented $47,880,228 budget | is being built up with structures to house Federal activities. To provide for an additional dental | clinic and for additional medical in- sp;c!m;sh lndb" nurses, the estimates s henvi ct sur- | under the public health department for A e 4% 1 astmates ihat| BYglene and sanitation in the public the fund, which now totals $8,689,664.75, | SCOC0IS is increased from $78.600 to including & $3,000,000 cash operating | $93:820, There is also an increase of fund, as required by law, will dwindle | 33100 ‘or the repair of equipment for down to approximately $4,000,000 at Esm‘&sfiem-'grlm- | the close of the 1931 fiscal year. But | ;. or the Supreme Court are | when the cash operating fund is de-| "C;’:“d approximately $15,000, due | ducted, as well as probable supplemen- | g’“m;:'}’rgm"gmmlflm expenses re- tal and deficiency appropriations, the| g5 egislation creating an | surplus will be reduced to $700,000, t:e| ional justice for that court. “The| net available for appropriation. estimates for the Juvenile, Police and ‘Aside from the fmprovements it pro- l:nmcgnl hcaur’ts and for the Court of vides, the budget allows salary increases | PRS0 Sho¥, Mttle change over cur- | for the District personnel totaling $100,- | * G0t oS 000, the principal items being for in- uing the reclamation and de- creased personnel in the office of the | teiopment of Anacostia Park, the es- timates § 5 building inspector and the Public Util-| goo m’_ f;::h;?;c an fléir?:xl .D‘ $150, ities Commission. The additional em-| “porthe work of the National Ca | ployes in the building inspector’s office | park and Planning Commission, filt‘l’\‘xl;!? will permit the reorganization advo-|ing the purchase of land for park and cated six months ago by the Pedenllpl.ymund purposes, $1,000,000 is pro- Bureau of Efficiency, while those allowed | viged. For public buildings and parks, *he Utilities Commossion are engineers | the estimates provide a total increase of wug accountants, who will be used t0|g§)139.385. For the continued develop- maintain a closer check on the financial | ment of park improvements, the esti- condition of the public utility corpora- | mates include $100,000 for Meridian tions, s | Hill Park, $134,755 for the Rock Creek | Increased appropriations recommend- | and Potomac connecting parkway, $25,- | ed for the Water Department, besides|ogg for Anacostia Park, $10,000 for the providing for starting on the five-year | improvement of newly acquired reserva- program of modernization of the dis-' tions, $15,000 for minor auxiliary struc- tribution system, allows $40,000 for be- tyres, $3,000 for Rock Creek Park lights ginning a comprehensive survey to de-|and $14,300 for the Burroughs Recre- termine the cause of an enormous waste, i ational Center. For the park p""“i which has been placed at one-third of | there is an increase of $12,330. For ad- the total supply by officials at the Water | ditional personnel and expenses at the | Department. The regular item for the | Zoological Park, there is an increase of | repair and maintenance of meters also|$17,000 recommended. For street light- has been increased as the first step in|ing’in 1931, an estimate is included of a program to replace ang repair the| $915000, together with an unexpended approximately 15000 water meters|balance of the 1929 appropriation of ap- which are said to be broken or record- | proximately $85,000. The total of esti- ing inaccurately. | mates for Permanent 2nd indefinite ap- propriations ,482,500. The decrease $10,018,110 for Schools. | of $570,000 under the lgproprinuons for For operating the public schools the | 1930 is occasioned by the decreased es- estimates for 1931 amount to $10,018.- | timate of expenditures for extension of 110, an increase of $385,510 over the | streets and avenues and to an ex- current appropriation. This lncrelse‘}pec!ed decrease in trust fund deposits aside from providing longevity increases | in compensation of teachers, additional e or the el e teachry’ HOWARD UNIVERSITY HAS $10,000 INCREASE administrative and custodial forces, in- | cludes $62.000 for completing equipment | er Budget Recommends $610,000, In- cluding $200,000 Toward of the stages and $50,000 for ot Class Room Building. equipment and repair of equipment at | Central and Dunbar High Schools, $25.000 for Tepairs to school buildings and $30,000 for remodeling and_equip- | ping the Wilson and Miner Normal Schools for use as teachers’ colleges. For buildings and grounds the budget provides $2.710,000 for new construction | and $300,700 for the purchase of school building sites, making a total of $3,010,- 700 as compared with 1930 appropria- tions of $2,352,000. The estimate of £2.710,000 for new construction provides $300,000 for completion of construction of the AJice Deal Junior High School, $300.000 for completion of the Charles W. Eliot Junior High School, $600,000 for continuing construction of a new building for the Business High School, £75.000 for two new gymnasiums at the Gordon Junior High School. $15.000 for a shop for instruction in automobile re- pairing at the Columbia Junior High School, $225,000 for an eight-room For Howard University a total of $610,000 is recommended in the bud- get, which is an increase of $10,000 | over current appropriations. This in- cludes $200,000 toward the construc- tion and equipment of an educational | class room building, for which the Sec- | retary of the Interior is authorized to enter into contracts at a cost not to | exceed $460,000. The current appropriation bill carried | $240,000 for completion of the new | | chemistry building and $40,000 addi- tional for completion of the dormitory building. The salary item for payment in full third-story addition at the Powell Junior | High School. $130,000 for a four-room | addition at the Congress Heights School, 5200.000 for a new platoon school build- | ing in Northeast Washington, $200,000 | or part of the salaries of officers, pro- fessors, teachers and other regular em- ployes of the university, the balance to paid from privately contributed funds, 15 $300,000, which is an increase 2 Provision Also Is Made Add to Personnel in Departments. Approximately $100,000 for salary in- | creases is carried in the District budg>t, as shown in the various estimates for personal services. Provision also is made for additional personnel in cer- tain offices, including $42,640 in the building inspection division and $16,026 20 une Ut Uidies Commissica, { For the employment of civilian per- sonnel in the office of the director of traffic, $14,580 is provided to replace policemen now detailed to that office. The assignment to other duties of cer- tain traffic policemen is made possible by an item of $60,000 for purchase and installation of traffic signals. For the salaries of the District Com- missioners and othe remploves of ihe | executive office, $49.420 is cafried, which is a $260 increese over the cur- rent appropriation. For 32 employes in the purchasing division, $62,560 is included. which is an increase of approximately $1,000. 18 Positions Created. For 49 present employes in the build- ing inspection division, and 18 new positions at salaries totaling $42,640, the budget recommcnds a total of $162,880. In the plumbing inspection division, with 17 employes, three new positions are provided and a total salary pay roll of $43,820 is recommended in the budget, which is an increase of $3,320. For the care of the District Build- | ing, $71.890 is provided for salaries for 40 persons. An item of $42,700 is for fuel, light, power miscellaneous needs. For the assessor's office, $222,870 is provided for personal services, which is an increass of nearly $15,000. Five new positions are recommended, one of which carries a salary of $4,600. For the license bureau, $19,940 is recommended for salaries of 11 persons. For the collector's office, $48,340 is | provided for salaries of 24 employes. | For the auditor's office, $127,400 is provided for 56 present employes and | for 5 new positions. In the office of the corporation coun- sel, $71,820 is provided, which is an increase of $5,200 covering the salaries of 22 employes. Coroner’'s Budget Is Increased. For the coroner’s office, $11,340 is provided, which is an increase of $1,300, covering the salaries of 4 employes and 2 new positions. For the office of superintendent of weights, measures and marksts, $47,520 is carried for 29 positions. For the highway department, the salary pay roll totals $225590, which and other 10 | Budget Provides for Appoint-| Municipal center Sewers City refus Playgrounds Electrical ..... 8 Schools (mainten: d opera Schools (buildings and grounds) . Juvenile 'Court Police Court . Municipal Court . Courts and prisons Board of Public Weifare Jail Work House and Reformatory . National Training School for Boys National Training School for Girls Mgdical charities Tiloerculosis Hospifal . Gallinger_Hospital District Training School .. Industrial Home School for Col Home for the Aged and Infirm . Others Militia_ . Anacostia Flats Public parks . National Cap! mission National Zoological Park . Washington Aqueduct Water Department ... Trust and special funds ‘Totals MORE INSPECTORS FORD. C. BUILDINGS ment of 18 Additional Personnel. Reorganization of the office of the District Building Inspector along lines | suggested by the United States Bureau | of Efficiency is provided in the budget submitted to Congress today, which contains itemg providing for the ap. pointment of 18 additional inspectors. Col. John W. Oehmann, building in. spector, had asked for funds sufficient to employ 24 additional inspectors, but provision for six of them was lopped off by the Budget Bureau. Among the additional personnel not provided under the budget as it is pre- sented to Congress are three elevator inspectors, one concrete or steel work inspector, one junior engineer com- puter and one regular bullding in- covering the salaries of 100 employes. For the sewer department. $197,900, which is an increase of $4,700, is pro- vided for personal services, covering | 99 positions. For the trees and parks department, $24,980, an_increase of $2,100, is pro- | vided for 12 employes, including one new position. | For the office of chief clerk of the engineer dopartment, $28520 is pro- vided for 15 positions. Tor the central garage, $5,300 is pro- viced for three employes. For the municipal architect's office, $65,000 is carried for a force of 20 employes. | For the Public Utilities Commission, | $93,260 is carried for 31 employes, in- | cluding six new positions, one of which | carries a salary of $4,600. | For the three members of the bom"li of examiners of steam engineers, $450 | is recommended. Department of Insurance. For the department of insurance, $20,160 is provided for eight employes. | In the surveyor's office, $88.990 is recommended for salaries of 45 em- | ployes. | For the office of director of traffic, | $53,500, which is an increase of $14,500, | is provided for 25 employes, including | 10 new positions. For salaries for the Free Public Library, the budget recommends $299.- 390, which is an increase of $33,750. covering a total average number of | employes of 164, and eight new posi- tions. | For the office of register of wills. a total of $74.660 is recommended for salaries for 33 employes. In the office of recorder of deeds, $107,120 is recommended for salaries of 63 employes. For the public employment service, a salary pay roll of $10,000 is recom- mended for six employes. For collection and disposal of refuse. $143,380 is provided for 72 employes. $115,220 to Playgrounds. | For the playgrounds, $115,220 is rec- | ommended for salarics for 80 persons. | __For the electrical department, $132, | 520 is provided for salaries of 72 em- ployes, including one new position. For the public schools, $669,500 is | | provided for salaries, which is an in- | crease of approximately $13,000, for 192 | administrative and supervisory officers; | $161,300, which is an increase of ap- proximately $13.000, is provided for sa! | aries of 99 clerks and other office em | ployes, including six new position: | $38,800 is for 20 employes in the depar- | ment of school attendance. | _For teachers' salaries, $6,272,000 is provided, which is an increase of ap- proximately $290.000, for 2,740 teachers and librarians. This includes 38 new s, eight in class 1A at a rate of l | | 10 in class 2A at a rate of | 50; seven in class 2C at a rate of $1,634, and five in class 3A at a rate of $2200. and eight professors in the | Teachers™ Colicge at $4,000. For the instruction and supervision of children in the vacation schools and playgrounds $36,000 is included, which | is an increase of $3,000. $400,000 Retirement Fund. For the retirement fund for public school teachers, $400.000 is included. is an increase of approximately $10,000, | 5! for a junior high school building in| Northeast Washington, $55000 for the construction of the Western High School athletic field, $50,000 for a combination gymnasium and assembly hall at the Deanwood School, $200.000 for an eight- Toom extensible building, ~ including gymnasium and assembly hall, at North- ampton street and Broad Branch road; 80,000 for a four-room extensible build- ing in Wesley Heights, $80,000 for a four-room extensible building at Tenth and Pranklin streets northeast and £200.000 for a 12-room addition to the Anthony Bowen School. Building Projects. The important building projects pro- vided for various District institutions in- | clude an additional amount of $175,000 for completing the nurses' home at Gal- linger Hospital. For the District Train- ing School $130,000 is provided for the construction of a domestic science build- ing, and there aiso are increases of $12.000 for repairs and improvements (o buildings and grounds and $8.500 for |rent fiscal year in the estimates trans- | in th- police department, $116.320 fc equipment of the employes’ building and ihe superintendent’s residence. For re- placement of farm buildings at the In- dustrial Home School for Colored Chil-| dren $12,000 is provided. The estimates for personal services and general ex- enses at the Home for Aged and In- m are increased by $14,580 on ac- For salaries in the night schools, $95,000 is recomm: nded. For Americanization work and in- struction of foreigners of all ages in both day and night schools, $12,000 is of $75000 over current appropriation. | This takes care of a pay roll of 369 | employes, including the president, who | | receives a salary of $7,000, and a sec- retary-treasurer, 85,000, the total pay | | roll amounting to $589,000 with $289,000 coming from private sources. For equipment, supplies, apparatus | furniture and other general expenses, | the budget recommends $110,000, which is an increase of $15000 over current appropriations. The largest items in this are: Repairs and alterations, $71,- 320; $42,000 for dining hall supplies; $230000 for scientific and educa.ional supplies, and $14,000 for building mate- rials, lumber, paint and other supplies MORE FOR PLAYGROUND. The Municipal Playground Depart- ment of the District is given an in- | year over its appropriation for the cur- mitted to Congress today by the Bureau. The funds allocated to the Playground Department total $230,100. adget of employes and for the general m | grounds. crease of $32,040 for the 1931 fiscal tal $230,100. The major | e oy i e (ooms for sMlariss tins, 698 of which are privates. tenance and equipment of the play- included, which is an increase of $1,000. For personal services in the com- munity center d-partment, $45,000 is 1 cluded, which is an increase of $3,000, covering the salaries of 10 regular em- ployes. For salaries for the care of public school buildings and grounds, $806,910 is recommended, which is an mcrease employes and 7 ncw positions. For salaries in the metropolitan police department, $2.725.080 is carried for 1,265 positions, including the major and superintendent, 2 assistant superin- tendents, 4 inspectors, 15 captains, 1 { lieutenant assigned as assistant in the detective bureau with the rank of cap- privates and 1 assistant property clerk For personal services of clerical workers | carried. Fire Department. For salaries in the fire department. 51,807,000 s recommended for 884 posi- | of approximately $40,000, covering 577 | tain, 24 lieutenants, 57 sergeants, 1,161 | stimate providing for an in- crease from $3,200 to $3,800 in the sal- | ary of S. G. Lindholm, engineer of the building office, who is assigned as en- gineer and statistician of the District | Zoning Commission, was cut out of the official budget presented to Congress. The District Zoning Commission will remain penniless under the District budget as formulated by department heads and approved by the Bureau of the Budget. The huge volume contains no direct appropriation for the Zoning Commission. The stenographer, clerk and engineer are “borrowed” from other District _agencies, and its executive officer, Maj. Donald A. Davison, is Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District. Members of the commission serve in an ex-officio capacity, through offices in other Government bodies. Tire Operative Builders’ Association . has urged expansion of the personnel of the commission and the appropriation of | $18,000 for the functioning of the com- mission, declaring the expenditure war- ranted by the importance of the work of the body. DEAF INSTITUTION TOTAL IS $125,000 |Increase in Budget Recommenda- tion for Columbia $5,000 More Than Current Year. For Columbia Institution for the Deaf, including salaries, books, illustrative ap- paratus and general repairs and im- provements, $125,000 is carried in the Interior Department budget, which is an increase of $5000. The total esti- mated expenses of the institution are $167,000. The pay roll for 76 regular employes is $121,900, which includes the salary of the president, $7,200. To this is added $4,250 for wages for mechanics, laborers, student help. etc. For supplies and materials the budget estimate is $42,100, the largest item being $21,500 for provisions and the next largest item $7.750 for fuel. For repairs and alterations the esti- mate of ..16,500, and for equipment, $5.200. ‘Toward the expenses of Coluinbia In- stitution for the Deaf the District of | Columbia pays $29,000 and $13,000 is met from private sources. HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ALLOWED $457,130 Increase of $14,940 Over Current Appropriations Provided in 1931 Estimates. Appropriations_totaling $457,130, an | increase of $14,940, over -the 'current | appropriations are recommended for the | District Health Department in the by the Budget Bureau. The approved estimates carried $2¢,000 for the construction of isolating wards for minor contagious diseases at Gar- field and Providence Hospitals, and $93.920 for the conduct of hygiene and sanitation work in the public schools The appropriation for this work for | the current fiscal vear amounted to $78,600. The Budget Bureau allowed 354,000, the same amount as carried in the cur- rent appropriation act, for maintaining the Child Hygiene Service, which in- cludes the operation and maintenance of the Child Welfare Stations scattered over the District for the clinical ex- aminations, advice, care and main- tenance of children under 6 year: SEWEh;flGET INCREASE. . An increase of $63,000 over the ap propriation of $612,000 is allowed thc Sewer Department in the District's esti- mates for the 1931 fiscal year for the installation and replacement of subur- | ban sewers. | ‘The Budget Bureau allocated a total in the fir> de- For personal services [t , Column 6.) of $1,507,500 to the Sewer Department, compared with its current appropria- i tion of $1,488,000. Street and road improvement and repairs. . lored Children Industrial Home School for White Children ital Park and Planning Com 4,000,000 4,457,580 2,026,837 2,071,240 221,845 1,174,000 10,708,502 2,352,000 3,591,601 2,564,290 3,065,000 4,260,900 07,500 2,193,380 230,100 1,108,720 10,018,110 3,010,700 3,097,745 2,253,9 | 702,050 | 318,670 73,040 57,500 173.880 1,795,917 54,020 330,000 1,278,785 1,000,000 220,000 441,000 1,206,860 2,482,500 $47,880,228 SEL.00 10 BULD BRANCH LIBRARY Item for Northeast Section Leads in $525,190 Total Recommendation. 2,563,320 1,000,000 452,830 449,000 1,065,390 3,000,000 . 857,056,505 | | | A recommendation of $150,000 for the erection of the proposed Northeast- ern branch library at Seventh street |and Maryland avenue northeast is the Elimination of Two Railroad Crossings Is Recommended to Congress. ‘With recommendations to eliminate two more railroad grade crossings, pro- vision for replacement of the old Klin- gle Valley Bridge on Connecticut ave- nue .and approximately the same amount for street paving and repair as was carried in the current appropri- ation, the highway department fared well in the budget submitted to Con- gress today. The grade crossings that would be eliminated are at Chestnut street, in Takoma Park, and at Michigan avenue in Brookland. ~Chestnut strest would be closed at the railroad tracks and subway built under the tracks at Fern street ‘at a cost of $211,000 to afford a safe crossing for traffic at that point. Michigan avenue would be closed to traffic at the railroad tracks and the present bridge across the tracks at Monroe street would be replaced by a new one to carry the trafic in that vicinity. An underpass for pedestrians only would be built at Michigan avenue. This project would cost $145,000. The new Klingle Valley Bridge on Connecticut avenue would cost $500,000, of which $250,000 is recommended for appropriation in the coming fiscal year. $4,260,900 Is Recommended. ‘The total amount approved by the { Budget Bureau for street and road im- provement and repair, including these new grade crossing and bridge projects, is $4,260,900, as compared with $3,838,- 400 under the current appropriation law. This total for street and road im- provements also includes the annual al- lotment of $112,500 for maintenance of street trees, the same as for the current year. A feature of the budget for the com- ing fiscal year is that a larger propor tion of the money for street paving and repairs will be paid out of the gasoline tax fund, reducing the amount to be taken from the general fund of the Dis- trict for highway purposes, Leaving out the items for closing | grade crossings, for bridge work and for | trees and parking, the amounts recom- | outstanding feature of the estimates for | mended for street and road improve- |the Free Public Library system. which | ments aggregate approximately $3,405,- | aggregate $525,190 for all purposes for | 000. The comparable items in the cur- the fiscal year beginning next July, as | rent law total $3.483,500, or a difference compared With $390,000 for the curfent | of less than $80,000 in street work esti- vear. mates. Although the budget recommenda-| These totals for street work are made gfi’;‘;x:fidle? !k::n l;‘;xe’ total of $619.116 | up of th= following items: y the rary trustees in| For assessment and permit work, their estimates, the total sum sent to | which covers the paving of alleys and | | | | Woodridge estimates submitted to Congress today | the offices and the opening of a new Congress by the Budget Bureau is an | increase of $135,100 over current appro- | priations. This increase in the library | total will strengthen the present organi- | zation slightly, will build and equip the | Northeastern branch and provide addi. | tional space in the main building by transferring such activities as the bind- Near 12 Schools. The site of the new branch is within seven blocks of 12 school buildings and wll serve a large residential area. The current appropriation law carried $35,- | 000 for a site and the Commissioners | several months ago authorized purchase | | of the southwest corner at Seventh and | | Maryland avenue. The estimate of | | $150,000 being submitted to Congress by the Budget Bureau today for the | | building includes necessary = furniture |and equipment. | The final estimates, however, do not | contain another recommendation that | gsgcb(:n :umlnmm ;f $35,000 to ac- | site for a branc deibedomn nch’ library m: | The trustees of the library had rec- | ommended $317.090 for " the present | staff and 26 full-time and 6 half-time | new positions for the central library |and eight branches. They had also | asked for additional quarters in the | Municipal Center area, thereby releas- | |ing space at the central library for a| fine arts reading room and for the| conduct of subbranches at the Randall | Junior High and Deanwood Schools on alternative daily schedules, | Eight Jobs Provided. | _The Budget Bureau forwarded to Congress $280.890, which includes pro- vision for eight new positions for the| central library, including the additional | | quarters and the new reading room and | for the present branches, | _ For the purchase of books, periodicals, | newspapers and other printed materials ;;:iegewx&uzget allows $40,500, as com- w e present appropriation of $38000. The original estimate submit- ted was $63,350, fo strengthen the col- | {lection of the library in all its units, | i and which would have provided for the | | original stocking of the two new sub- | branches. | _For the binding fund, the trustees | asked for $16,000, as compared with the | current_appropriation of $14.000. The | Budget Bureau approved $15,000. |, For the maintenance fund. the trus- | tees recommended $44,876, an_increase |over 1930 of $26,226, to cover repairs | and improvements to seven buildings and grounds, increase in office supplies, delivery truck, equipment for the addi- | tional "quarters and the new reading room and the two new subbranches. and to provide for a book wagon ($1,000) for | weekly service to suburban districts re- mote from other library facilities. The budget forwarded an item for $25000. | This is an increase of $1,350 over the current appropriation. Additional Space Sought. For rental, the trustees' recommenda- tion was $14.800 for suitable quarters for subbranches in Chevy Chase and and additional space for transfer of offices from the overcrowded | central building. These additional quar- |ters are to be provided in Municipal Center property. so that the $4,800 car- ried in_the budget covers the require- | ment. This $4,800 is the same as in the current law. The trustees’ recommendations were designed— (1) To strengthen the present es- | tablishment to meet more adequately the heavy increase in work and the de- mands made upon the central library and eight branches. (2) To improve the service by re- lleving some of the congestion at the central library by transfer of some of reading room. (3) To extend library facilities through two additional sub sub- branches: a book wagon to give some library facilities to neighborhoods not otherwise served and to provide for a branch building to serve Northeastern Washington and a site for a branch library in Georgetown. The new positions listed under the | library salary item are as follows: | Central library and general adminis- tration—One junior librarian, at $2,000: one underoperator, at $1,260, and one additional employe for custodial serv- ce. at $420. S:Iulh‘eflfilern branch—One junior “e-senger in the custodial service, at 3600. At the Tenley subbranch—One junior ibrary assistant. at $1,440. Under the heading of additional quarters for the main library a recom- mendation made for two minor library assistants, at $1,020, and one minor mechanic, at $1,200. sidewalks, $300,000 recommended, the same as 1n the current law. For paving roadways under the per- mit system, which means where the property owners put up their half of the cost in advance, the current law carried a separate item of $30,000. This has been dropped out of the new budget able for this class of work, to be taken from the preceding $300,000 item for assessment and permit work. Street Item Is Increased. For street work under the gasoline tax, the new budget recommends $1, 905,000, as against $1,658,500 under this heading in the present law. crease is accounted for by placing un- der the gasoline tax a considerable part of the annual item for resurfacing exist- | ing asphalt and concrete streets. For current work of repairs to streets, including resurfacing, the new budget proposed $1,175,000. instead of the cur- | rent sum of $1,475,000. This is the item a part of which was transferred to the gasoline tax. For condemnation of streets, includ- ing purchase of small areas at inter- sections, $5,000 is recommended, the same as at present. For the opening and extension of | streets the new budget carries $20,000 instead of the current sum of $15,000. The estimates of the highway de- partment for these various classes of street maintenance and paving amounted to $3.600,000. While this was somewhat above the figures being | transmitted to Congress, officials of the highway office feel that, as a whole, the budget for street and road improve- ment and repair is a good one. The Budget Bureau recommendation for elimination of the two railroad grade crossings follows in part: For the construction of a subway and approaches thereto to carry Fern Street under the tracks and right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- pany in accordance with plans and profiles of said subway and approaches to be approved by the Commissioners, including the purchase or condemna- tion of necessary land, construction of and changes in sewers and water mains, personal services, and engineering and incidental expenses, $211,000: Provided, ‘That half of the ‘total cost of construct. ing said subway and approaches there: to shall be borne and paid by the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad Company. Provided further, That from and after the completion of the subway and ap- proaches to carry Fern Street under the tracks and right of way of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad Company, the highway grade crossing over the tracks and right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at Chestnut Street shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind. For the construction of a viaduct or bridge and approaches thereto to re- | place the existing viaduct in the line of Monroe Street, northeast. over the tracks and right of way of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad Company, and of an underpass for pedestrian traffic in the line of Michigan Avenue, in ac- cordance with plans and profile of said work to be approved by the Commis- sioners, including purchase or con- demnation of necessary land, construc- tion of and changes in sewers and water mains, personal services, and engineer- ing and incidental expenses, $145,000: Provided, That half of the total cost of constructing the viaduct or bridge and approaches and of the underpass shall be borne and paid by the said railroad company. Provided further, That no street railway company shall use the viaduct or bridge or any approaches thereto herein authorized for its tracks until the company shall have paid to the District a sum equal to one-fourth of the cost. Provided further, That from and after completion of the via- duct or bridge and approaches in the line of Monroe Strcet northeast, the highway grade crossing over the tracks and right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at Michigan Avenue in the District of Columbia shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind. $15,000 for Wharves Maintenance. For reconstruction and mantenanc: of wharves under the control of the Commissioners along the Washington Channel, the Budget Bureau allows $15.000, a nev: item this year. This will cover reconstruction of the fire boat wharf at a cost of $10,000 and othcr ;nuic:llnneous repairs along the rivei ront. For the upkeep of public convenience stations, which also comes under high- way estimates, the budget has allowed p the same amount as this year, $34,900. (Continued on Fege 36, Column 7.) This in- | tional By inserting in the 1931 budget $675,000 worth of building and land items which did not appear in the reg- ular school estimates as submitted to it by the District Commissioners, the Bu- reau of the Budget took a direct step toward the elimination of at least 14 of the District’s portable schools and it anticipated a new policy of school con- struction which, it is believed, will eurb the use of such structures in the fu- ture. Of the four items for buildings and the two for school sites thus inserted, only that of $200,000 for the erection of an eight-room building wita a com- bination gymnasium-auditorium at Northampton street and Broad Branch road, was listed by the District Com- missioners and the Board of Education, and it went to the Budget Bureau on the “supplemental list.” The other five items were not asked for in the esti- mates. Despite these insertions, the total school budget of $13,028,810 is $692,892 less than the school authorities them- selves had asked for in their regular estimates. ‘The Budget Bureau’s allowances for public schools, however, are actually | $29,385 more than the District Commis- sioners had requested for schools in their final estimatcs which specified $12,999,425 tor this purpose. The budget as it goes to Congress is even larger than the tentative school esti- timates of the Commissionars, which called for $13,024,390. Addition Made to List. The fact-that the total school budget is more than the Commissioners sought does not mean necessarily that all the items which the District government heads sent forward in their estimates were included in the final budget in ad- dition to some which they had stricken from the school authorities’ list. Ac- tually many items sent forward by the Commissioners were either eliminated or reduced and the increase over their figures was obtained by the insertion of certain building items which were not in the estimates. In addition to the “‘reg- ular” estimates, a list of “supplemental” estimates {otaling $1,101,000 for build- ings and grounds, was sent forward to the bureau by District heads. The total allowed by the Bureau of the Budget for new schcol construction | actually was $2,710,000, reprasenting an increase over what the Board of Edu- cation itself asked for of $130,000. The School Board's estimates had bes pared by the Commissioners to $2,335. 000, so that the Budget Bureau in reality allowed a net increase of $375, 000 for new public school construction. Besides the item of $200,000 for the eight-room _school at Northampton street and Broad Branch road, which | was sent forward on the supplemental list, the Bureau of the Budget inserted another item of $200,000 ‘for construc- tion of a 12-room addition to the new | Anthony Bowen School at Pirst and M | streets _southwest. The establishment | of the Bowen as a 20-room school would | permit the elimination of the two port- | ables now in use at the Syphax School in the same section of the city. The proposed school for the North- ampton street and Broad Branch road would eliminate two portables now on that site. Buildings to Cost $80,000. ‘The other two building items inserted in the budget by the bureau and which were not asked for by District authori- | ties in their estimates, were for two | four-room _ extensible buildings at | 880,000 each’ to be erected in Wesley Heights and at Tenth and Franklin | streets northeast. | At present, it is the practice to build | no school smaller than eight rooms, | and these units are so designed that additions which would increase the capacity to as many as 24 rooms may be added as enrollments increase. It is also the present practice to set up portable school units in groups of two or four of the one-room frame struc- tures as new_residential communities are opened. Permanent school build- ings are erected only when there is sufficient number of school children in the vicinity to make use of the eight rooms provided by the initial unit. The Budget Bureau's inclusion of two $80,000 items for four-room extensible buildings would anticipate the erection of initial permanent school units much earlier in, the development of a com- munity. Then, as the school popula- tion increases, the original four-room unit can be expanded to the traditional 8. 16, 20 or 24 room structure. The Budget Bureau's apparent effort to eliminate the present portables and curb their future use in the District, comes upon the heels of the recent | suggestion by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, that busses may be employed to transport children of new or outlying communities to school buildings already erected. This was proposed as a means of eliminating the use of portables. The proposed Wesley Heights four- room building unit would eliminate four portables, while that at the Tenth and Franklin streets northeast site | would do away with two. Would Relieve Congestion. The school-site items which were in- serted in the budget and which will aim at the elimination of portable buildings and the relfef of serious con- | gestion, were $60,000 for land at Con- | necticut avenue "and Jenifer street, | $55,000 for land in the Burleith-Glover | | which would permit the purchase of sites for schools included in the five- vear building program. The Connecti cut avenue and Jenifer street site would provide future relief for the now overtaxed E. V. Brown School. the elimination of two portables now at that building and facilities for an anti- cipated school population in Chevy Chase. A school in Burleith or Glover Park would eliminate the two portables now at the Fillmore School at Thirty- fifth and S streets, and would provide facilities for the rapidly increasing school population in that section of thescity. The budget as presented to Congress includes an item of $600,000 for the | continuation of construction on the new Roosevelt High School at Thirteenth and Upshur streets, which will replace the present Business High School. The school board had asked for $700,000 for this purpose. The budget includes also an item of $300,000 for the completion of the Alice Deal Junior High School now under construction in the Reno section. Other building items in the budget include: $75,000 for two gymnasiums at the Gordon Junior High School, $225,- 000 for an addition to the Powell Junior High School, $300,000 for the comp'etion of the Charles W. Eliot Junior Hi"h School, at Fourteenth and E si northeast; $200,000 for the prop : colored junior high school on the 42- acre tract north of Benning road north- $200,000 for the proposed new n school for colored pupils on the northeast 42-acre tract, $130,000 for a ‘four-room addition to ihe Congress | Park section and $100,000, unspecified, | Items. Heights School at Nichols and Alabama avenues northeast, $50,000 for a combi- nation assembly hall-gymnasium at the Deanwood School, Whittingham and Lane places northeast, and $15,000 for the construction, “by student labor or otherwise.” of a shop for instruction in automobile repairing on the grounds of the Columbla Junior High School, at Seventh and O streets, for use of stu- dents of the Abbot Vocational School. Provision for Stadium, An item of $55000 is included also for the construction of the Western High School stadium. The appropriation of $45,000 made in 1928 for this pur- pose is authorized to become available also, provided the District Commission- ers are authorized to close, vacate and abandon R street between the west line of Thirty-eighth street and the east line of Thirty-ninth street and certain alleys in the affected blocks, so that ;}:fi land may be used as part of the ofl;:‘nellog,{l bul'l‘d&!nl m{?‘; cut’fl‘om the stimates were those of $200,000 for the addition to the Jeflem: Junior High School, at Sixth and D streets southwest; $185,000 for an_addition to the Carrison School, at Twelfth and R streets, and $50,000 for an assembly- gymnasium for the Lovejoy School, at | Twelfth and D streets northeast. These Ig::nsbewere cuz.' ul‘l‘o.ols officials point , because sites have not been pu%‘huerg m!]orwthgm - e e _estimates for school lands fared less fortunately than the building items, Of the eight parcels sought by the Board of Education and the District Commissioners at an estimated total of $436,700, only two were placed in the budget by the Bureau of the Budget. These were an item of $43,700 for the playground of the Douglas - Simmons School, at First and Pierce streets, and that for $42,000 for additional ground at the Anthony Bowen School. The other three ground items which were placed in the budget were those which were inserted along with the four build- ing projects. Land Items Eliminated. The land items which were el - ed from the estimates by the ‘Eu‘?::u were: $70,000 for the Keene School, at Blair and Riggs roads; $105,000 for the Garrison School, at Twelfth and R streets; $83.000 for the Giddings-Lin- coln School group at Third d G streets southeast, and at Second and C streets southeast, respectively; $24,- 000 for additional land at the so-called Bates road site, where one portable now is stationed; $20,000 for the Desanwood School and playground, at Whitting- ham and Lane places southeast, and $50,000 for additional ground adjoin- ing the Armstrong High School, at First and P streets. School officials re- gard with apprehension the cutting of most land items and while they are in- clined to understand why most of the sites where cut from the current es- | timates—becaus: of changing condi- :’lzpfi 1.\'} sordni; lnsunces—l;hey look with icular dismay upon the or_g:e ?lt!s tl"el(’i’ slfe. SEEie e largest single item in the bud- get is $6,272,000 for the salaries of t2achers and librarians. This sum in- cludes 86,151,240 for old positions and provides 38 new employes, including those allotted the Wilson and Miner Teachers’ Colleges. Eight professors at $4,000 are provided the coileges in ac- cordance with the original estimates. Four instructors for these institutions, each to receive $2,500, however, were eliminated. The 38 new positions include five senior nigh school teachers at $2,200. Ten had been requested in the o mates, but the delay in the completion of the Roosevelt High School allowed the elimination of nearly all of those who were left out. Among the new positions allowed are: Eight at $1,400, ten at $1,150 and seven at 1,634. In these three classes the School Board had sought 10, 16 and 7, respectively, but delays in the completion of buildings now under construction and for which the new teachers were to be required allowed the elimination of most of those which the Budget Bureau took from the list. he teacher and librarian item in- cludes also 24 annual substitute teachers at a total salary of $37,600. School officials declare that the elimi- nations of teachers not covered by the building completion delays will necessi- tate a general “tightening up” of pro- grams and assignments, but that the cuts are not sufficient to present diffi- culties which could justly be termed “emergency.” Salarles for Executives. ‘The budget carries an item of $669,- 500 for the salaries of the administra tive and supervisory staff. This i includes the salaries of two as yet un- apoointed presidents of the teachers’ colleges who will receive $5,000 a year each. One new junior high school principal at $1,260 for a part of the fis- cal year beginning with the open! of the new Ellot Junior High School is included. Because of the delay in the completion of the Alice Deal Junior High School, the school authorities re- quested the elinimation of the prin- cipalship of that building from the budget. Another item of $161,300 is included in the budget to cover the salaries of clerks and other emploves. The sum provides eight new positions at $1,440, and an increase in the salary of an associate economic analyst from $3,200 to $3.300. The department of school attendance and work permits, which is charged | with the enforcement of the compulsory school attendance law and the child labor law of the District of Columbia, is allowed a total of $38.800 for per- sonal services. This represents an in- crease of $1900 over the current ap- propriation which is applied to the automatic salary increases in accordance with the various salary acts. No new positions were allowed by the Budget Bureau, although the Board of Educa- tion d the District Commissioners had requested two additional attendance officers at a total salary of $2,800. The elimination of these new officers, which were sought also last year, permits the shortage of personnel which has handi- capped the work of the school attend- ance office for several years to continue. The budget carries $45,000 for the Community Center Department of the public schools, as compared with the $49,360 which the school board and the District Commissioners included in the estimates. The total is divided into $19,800 for the salaries of 10 regular employes, including the director, two general secretaries and seven com- munity secretaries. Other monies al- lowed for wages for temporary workers, including part-time secretaries, clerks and messengers, janitors and other em- ployes, total $20,800, bringing the total for rrsonll services to $40,600. Ma- terials at $2,000 and eqnlpment at $2,400 complete the Community Center budget. Fund for Americanization. Americanization work is allowed $12, - 000 1n the 1931 budget. Of this $10,200 is for salaries of night school teachers, 181,000 is for Summer school teachers and $800 is for janitors. An additional lsl.oon is allowed for the contingent expenses of the work, including $50 for | books, 8700 for materials and $250 for equipmen t. A total of $806,910 is allowed for the (Continued on Page 36, Column |