Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-25
CITY AND DISTRICT
DISTRICT APPROPRIATION
Changes In the Bill as It Passed the
senate Yesterday.

NET INCREASE OF $192O4S OVER THE AG-
GREGATE OF THE HOUSE BILL-sENAroR
HAwLEY ON SCHOOL NEEDS IN THE DIS
TRIcT.
The Senate passed the District appropriation
bill yesterday almost as it was reported from
the Senate committee. Commissioners Webb
AID Wheatley, who remained in the Senate
chambe until the bill had passed, warmly
congratulated Senator Plumb upon his success
full management of the measure. With one or
two exceptions all the recommendations of the
Senate committee, which were printed in full
in THE STAR last Friday, were agreed to.
THREE MARKET MASTERS.
On motion of Mr.. Ingalls, the number of mar
ket masters was restored to three. The House
provided for three, but the Senate committee
had reduced the number to two. Mr.. ingalls,,
who is very familiar with all the affairs of
Washington, said that market master was
necessary tor each market
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
The sum for contingent expenses Of the health
department., which had been increased by the
committee from $500 to 81 900, on motion of
Mr.. Plumb, was still further increased to
81, 500.
SUBURBAN STREETS.
When the item of $4,000 for opening and
extending suburban streets in connection with
existing streets within municipal limits was
reached, Mr.. Logan moved to amend 10y insert
ing the clause, "providing that nothing in this
section shall be construed to authorize the
widening oil streets now OPEN"
Mr.. Plumb said the Commissioners could not
open or widen any street without the previous
consent OF the owners of property To be affected.
Mr.. Logan did not care to run any risks. He
wanted TO protect his property Oh 18th street
extension.
MIR. ingalls, remarked that he did not think
the Senator from Illinois had any cause for APP
prenension, to which Mr.. Logan retorted:
When see bills introduced here by Senators,
ana also in the House of Representatives which
are calculated TO destroy the property of others
and benefit their own, certainly have cause
for apprehension"
Finally the restrictive clause was adopted.
MIR. HAWLEY'S APPEAL FOR LIBERAL SCHOOL
APPROPRIATIONS.
Mr.. Hawley made an earnest appeal for more
liberal appropriations for school buildings
The Senate committee recommended that the
appropriation for school buildings he increased
from $4,000, as provided by the House. to
500, 1000. Senator Hawley said he had intended
TO propose an amendment To increase the APP
preparation still further. He was not sure that
he could now make this motion, but he wanted,
at all events, TO put record, not alone for the
benefit of the Senate, but as ia some measure
an appeal TO the Commissioners of this District
themselves, that they shall pay more serious
attention TO this particular subject
81 see in the preceding paragraph he said,
"that $4,000 is appropriated tor the rent of
school buildings, the principal OF which you
may call S125.OOO or S15O,OOO. submit that
that money ought TO be expended for an extern
Sion Oh me SCHOOLS Oh Inc DlStrlct, rather imam
10 continue to pay rent. L perceive that the
appropriation for the improvement Of streets
and avenues is Si1o,0CO. l make 10 obJec-
ton; presume that Is necessary; but l do not
believe that all OF ii is quite necessary as
money for schools for the children OF the Dis
trict
1T must be remembered that we have on the
statute book an act of Congress passed as long
ago June %, 1864, making school attend
ance in the District compulsory. That act
hines each parent or guardian VINO fails 10 senu
his Child to school twelve weeks in the year
$50 ior each o1fense; yet there now, am
assured by Il Responsible citizen OF the District,
$4,000 more children oI school age III this Dis
trcl OF Columbia than there are school seals in
the District, and the District, ii must be renem-
bered, cannot build a school house except by
permission of Congress. 1t can do nothing
whatever.
II could make very disagreeable record here
If We're 10 read the facts concerning one Sec
ton OF the city alone. In The third school di-
vision one school is kept in old stable,
with five or other stables Immediately az
Joining low and narrow, iii-veuiiIated aud i'll
lighted rooms, with stairways up which two
children cannot go side by side. Another is
kept over "A tin and paint shop. The teachers
com Ilain OF the noise made by the tin shop and
the parents complain OF the smell caused by
the paint below. Anotherof the schools is kept
in old engine house.
"These three are in absolutely unfit places
There are twenty-sevens schools in this division
called halliday schools. ChiIdren ;ha. go in the
forenoon must gather up all their books. strap
them, and carry them home Tor other children
strangers, to come and occupy the desks in the
they will see their books again. There are
twenty-seVen schools Of that description. do
not say whose fault IL is, but it ought not TO be
allowed to continue.
.rhe appropriations for school purposes in
the District have not kept pace with the ac-
know edged and obvio rapid increase of popu-
lation. l have table OF The approximations:
In 1851, 100000, in 1882, SI.1 $50; in l Ss:S
S1OO,O6S; in 1854, S9O,UBu; IN 1850, S09 Uuu-
continually decreasing; in 1856. S6o, GOO and
by this bill as it passed ;he House p4U, Uuu only
for SS7 against $4,000 Tor new streets for
The benefit OF property purchasers in the sub
urbs! II is a very bad record, Mr.. President.
81 am sorry that an effort was not made
earlier in this matter SO that the appropriation
Tor this coming year might he some thing re..-
sonabie / thank the committee Tor making il
S65, 900. but it might be not only S65 900 but
S10o,UUO or S2OU,COO, for $2UU,UUO expended
Tor additional houses would not accom- MEDIATE
the numpc CT children that Will desire t. 20 10
school eighteen months from this time in this
District.
II have conversed with the member of the
committee on appropriations who conducts this
bill. The committee, am glad to Say, strike
out "forty'' and insert "siXJy.five," SO that the
total appropriation may be $4,000. This
eastern division which is SO badly on ha wing SO
Many halliday schools and three in Stables and
engine-houses,s says IL ought TO have two twelve
room buildings. They have way OF calcuat-
ing here that l ann not familiar with, but I,
school here is called siXty-five children. The
people of the third division or last Washing
ton want two buildings with eight schooi-roonis
each and two with twelve. They are very mod
est That would not put all the children in
schools; that would not dispense with the half
day schools; that would not dispense with the
stables and engine-hoGses; but they modestiy
say they would be content with that. sup
posed that the bill gave them Oily one ad dition
ofan eight-rOOm school building. But under
stand from the member of the committee in
charge of the billiard say this Tor the salts
faction Of the people vi that sectOn-that the
Commissioners propose to use about sou 200 OF
the 500, 600 in the third division; and a COM
missioner told me that they also desire liberty
to sell certain Fairgrounds which are in excess
OF the quantity needed, and they will then do
something at hiring better buildings and max
ing change in the buildings hirea; but beg
the gentlemen who have these matters more
especially under their charge to bring US u more
LIBERAL bill next year."
THE PEABODY ANNEX.
He then read q statement by the teachers in
the stable, called the Peabody Annex, in which
they said, speaking of the building:
1.-The ceilings too low admit of proper yenti.
lation those the second floor being than feet
and no means Oh initiation except Oy windows AL
draught Even this Is not uly under the control o,
the teachers, owing 70 the detective window puIIeys
and doors that not shut. The light Insufficient
owing ~ the low cein the windows brought on
shutters permit any soitenng Of the light This is
fOur-roOm Duii4ing into which crowded eight full
| schools"
Over five hundred children, If they are all
there, added Gen. Hawley, parenthetically.
As there are neither play-rOoms cloak rooms
and only narrow hHs, AFTERNOON pupils arriyius
before the morning schools dismissed either nave
crowd into the morning scllOOlr and disturb theiI
closing exercises The stairway that leads to the
upper noor Is 100 narrow 10 admit Of Two pupils pass
ing fortably and is dangerously steep There
tun -f.fano