The evening times., 1896-10-12
eUARD|Ahs LACK FUNDS
More Money Needed for Taking
Care of Children.
APPEAL TO COMMISSIONERS
Separate Appropriation Requested for
Feeble e-Minded-Supt. Steven q, of the
bathing Beach, submit Is His Report.
Permit Issued for Large Public
Building In Northeast.

The board OF children's guardians, Iep'
resented by President Simon Wolf, Agent
Lewis and Secretary Mann, had confer
ence this morning It'll the Commissioners
in which an appeal was made for an in
creased appropriation for the admins
trative Work OF the board for the next fiscal
year, and also for u separate appropriation
for the care of feeble-minded children
The Commissioners were urged to bring
these two matters to the attention OF Con
gress and indorsc the boards appeal, sec
onded by Col. Tracey, superintendent OF
charities, who was pres - at the nearing
The delegation asked that the Commits
sioners -ecommeud an appropriation sur
ficient toprovide for not less nthrty-five
feeble-miDded wards, at an annual cost Tor
each of $225.
Commissioner Powell made the suggestion
in the course OF the debate that where 1t iS
possible such children as may be fitted for
the reception of an education should be
committed TO the Industrial Home School,
and this the board officials agreed to con-
slider.
PATRONS OF THE BATHING BEACH.
The report made by Supt. W. Y. Stevens,
of the bathing beach, for the season just
closed shows that the pool was very Sener-
ally patrunized the whole number of bath
must be added about 300, who enjoyed the
sport without registering.
Nearly bali the bathing for the year,
Mr.. Stevens says, was done during the
heated season, period not exceeding
three weeks. According to bis figures
there were 900 entries in the first eleven
DAYS of August, Il large percentage being
after O'Clock p. m. of each day. This
state of affairs tended To Grove d the rooms
and enabled rogues to commit several
tbefts. Ii is easy for a thief, who has
given a fictitious ADDRESS, to return 10
the room in advance Of all others and
steal from the clothing of his companions
The superintendent does not believe it
will be necessary to increase the number
Of rooms, Il 5 when the natatori um for nude
bathing shah be established nine-tenths of
the male bathers will, inhiS judgment, adopt
that method.
Ladies mornings, he says, have proved
to be very successful. and a large number
OF the lady patrons learned to swim.
But one death occurred. and for that the
officials were not responsible.
In conclusion, Mr.. Stevens says that of
the ST 900 appropriated for maintenance,
1929. 81 have been expended, while the
fund OF $4,000 for fitting up the Little Bas-
in. remains intact.
lie hoped to have been permitted to be
gin work and take advantage of the COED
fail weather and unemployed men, and ex
presses the fear that il the matter is not
under way before il is necessary to 20 gain
to Congress, it will be difficult to get an
additional sum. The appropria tion of
$4,000, he says. would not pa V one half the
expense of building the dam required, and
yet that is all the Commissioners have to
construct the dam and do a large amount
of other work.
PERMIT FOR PUBLIC BUILDING.
TIE citizens of the Northeast section Of
the city have in prospect the construction
OF large public building, which may be de-
scribcd as in part, at least, in line with the
oft-rcpcated suggestion for such facili-
tics.
\ building permit was issued today to
z. u. Babbitt and Arthur CowsilI for the
erection OF a building at Nos. 1119 to
1923 II street northeast. the plan of which
includes store rooms, dancing academy and
lodge rooms, in structure four stories
i'll height above the basement
The dimensions or the building are stated
to be IoN3i feet. with rear addition
64Xil feet, and it is to have a front con-
structed of ornamental brick and HunlInel-
stone trimmings. The height specified
from the pavement to the caves of the
building. is 60 feet, and the cost of con-
strUctiun is placed at $4,000.
Sergeant Brown, of the First precinct.
tucoiil'el WHO thdue tHt rcpoTttotne etNclSe
board upon the application Of Z. j. O'Brien
from transfer Of retail license from Julius
Albrccht 10 him, at No. $50 Tenth street
northwest. was before the board this MORN
ing TO give additional information.
He recited how he had obtained the data
upon which he based his first report, and
" hat the character OF the information was
upon which he expressed the suspicion Of
past imprOprieties at the saIopn.
LateD Mr.. NJ. p. Sullivan made another
appeal for reconsideration of the order re-
jecting the application.
The board reserved its decision.