Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-14

to grade and regulate Washington street. Ana
costa, IS 600; to grade and regulate jackson
late Jefferson street. lDacostia, $500; to
grade and regulate Adams and Taylor streets,
rom Harrison to jefferson streets, a, 400: for
Howard avenue, Mount Pleasant, sl,000; for
Bunker Hill road, $4,000; for River road from
Tenleytown west, $1,000; in all S135.525
CONDENSATION OF STREETS, ROADS AND ALLErs.
For condemnation of streets. roads and al
legs, $4,000. And the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia are authorized and d.
rected to condemn q SUFFICIENT amount Of
ground at the intersection Of 10th and Z streets
and New Hampshire avenue, from squares us,
l76, north, III, ls9 and 100, for the purpose of
constructing circular reservation, the same to
be called Hancock Circle; provided that the said
ground be acquired, or the cost of the same be
betrayed, otherwise than at public expense.
Surveys Of the District: For completion Of
surveys Of the District of Columbia with refer
once to the extension Of various avenues to the
District line, $4,000.
Surveys on account Of subdivision Of land:
To pay expenses Of such surveys as may be
necessary TO enable the Commissioners Of the
District to determine il plats Of subdivisions
OF land within the District offered for record
have been made in conformity to the .,act to
regulate subdivision of land within the District
$1,000.
Care OF bridges: For ordinary care Of bridges,
including Keepers oil. lamps, and matches,
20, 400; for construction and repairs of bridges,
10000; in all, s13, 400.
SEWERS.
For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins,
sS5,0O0; for replacing INSTRUCTED sewers. s15,-
coo; for main and pipe sewers, $4,000; for
suburban sewers. $4,000
The President of the United States is hereby
authorized to appoint three competent sanitary
engineers nd
the system OF sewerage existing in the District
OF Columbia, together with such suggestions
and recommendations may to them seem
necessary or desirable for the modification and
extension OF the same, and such report shall be
transmitted to Congress by the President at its
next session. And for the purpose of defraying
the expenses OF such examination and report
the sum Of $4,000, or 80 much thereof as may
be necessary, is hereby appropriated.
CURRENT EXPENSES, STREETS, AVENUES AND
ALLEYS.
Sprinkling, sweeping and cleaning: For
sprinkiing, sweeping and cleaning streets, ave-
nues and alleys, SIS, 900: and the paymeu is for
such work for the fiscal year 1889 shall be at
the rate and according to terms of the contracts
now existing under which the same is being
done, and FOR this purpose q sufficient sum is
hereby appropriated, to be Immediately avail
able.
For the parking commission: For contingent
expenses, including laborers, cart-hire. trees,
tree-boxes. tree stakes, tree straps, planting,
and care OF trees on city and suburban streets,
whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous
items, SlS OOO
Lighting: For Illuminating material. lighting,
extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning lamps
on avenues. streets, roads, and alleys, and for
purchasing and erecting new lamp-posts and
replacing such lamps and lamp-posts as may be
damaged or unfit for service, $4,000: Pro
vided, that no more than $40 per annum for
each street-lamp shall be paid for gas, lighting,
extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning, under
any expenditure provided for in this act; and
said lamps shall burn not less than 1900 hours
per annum; and the Commissioners are author-
lzed, In their discretion, to substitute other
illuminating material at the same or less price,
and to use SO much Of the sum hereby appro-
prlated as may be necessary for that purpose:
Provided. further, that the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia shall not be author
lied to make any contract for gas or other
illuminating material, in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph, for any longer
period than one year.
For electric lighting, including necessary ex-
penses OF inspection. on one or more of the
principal streets of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown, including the south side of
Pennsylvania avenue, 10000; Provided. That
no more than sixty cents Der night shall be
paid for any light burning from sunset to sun
rise, and no more than forty cents per night
shall be paid for any light burning from sun
set to sunrise and operated wholly or in part
by overhead wires; and each arc light shall be
of not less than one thousand actual candle
power, and no part of this appropriation shall
be used for electric lighting after September
30th, 1889, by means Of wires that ay exist OH
or over any of tho streets or avenues of the
cities Of Washington and Georgetown: Pro-
vided further. That the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia shall investigate, ascer-
TAIN and report to the first session of the Fifty
first hat tlaAu ha Ia Co.
gas and electric lighting. both for annual and
for fve-year contracts, and that they be author
lied to invite proposals for supplying said light
at reduced rates. and in this they are not linn
tied to any one system.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
For officers: For superintendent first six di-
visions, at S2,7O0; superintendent seventh and
eighth divisions, at S2,250; one clerk to SUPER
intendent of first six divisions and secretary to
board of trustees, Il, 200; one clerk to superin-
tendent of seventh and eighth divisions. $500:
messenger to superintendent first six divisions.
$500; messenger to superintendent seventh and
eighth divisions, 5000: in all, go 49,
For teachers: For teachers, not to exceed
745 in number, including teachers of manual
training schools, to be employed at a rate of
compensation not to exceed the rate provided
by the present schedule of salal les, and at an
average salary not to exceed $3.50, $500 GOO:
and no increase in salaries paid to teachers in
grades now receiving 81 600 or more except i'm
cases of promotion to fill vacancies occurring
before>or after the passage of this act, and ex-
cept in salaries TO principals of normal manual
training, drawing and country schools and no
increase in the number of teachers in any of
such grades, exclusive Of principals OF such
normal, manual training, drawing and country
schools, shall be made. and the minimum conn
shall not be less than at the rate of
$500 per annum, and the names of and actual
paid to each teacher under this
provision shall be reported to Congress at the
beginning Of each regular session by the Com
missioners: Provided, That in assigning sala-
ries to teachers. no discrimination shall be
made between male and female teachers en-
ployed in the same grade of school and per-
forming a like class of duties; and the Com
missioners are directed to report to Congress
at its next session an estimate of the number
Of teachers required in each Of the grades and
classes of the schools in the District. and the
each and all of the grades and classes of the
schools in the District for the fiscal year 1891 |
For teachers of night schools. who may also |
be teachers in the day schools, 5000
For contingent expenses OF night schools, |
$780,
For janitors and care of buildings and |
grounds, S41,Sl1.
For rent of school buildings and repair shop, |
80, 600; for repairs and improvements to school
buildings and grounds, $50, 900; for contingent |
expenses, including furniture, books, sta 4
tionery, printing, insurance, and other neces- 4
sary items, SIS, 600; for fuel, ga 900; for the
purchase Of tools, machinery, material. and |
apparatus to be used in connection with in |
lure for new school buildings, $1,000.