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the intersection of Columbia road and 18th
For street Cleaning.

the intersection of Columbia road and 18th
street
For street Cleaning.
The House allowed S130 500 and the Sen
ate S165,OOO for street cleaning, but the con-
ferees agreed upon S145, 1000. The Senate
inserted under this head provision that
$4,000 of this amount be used for cleaning
the streets by hand work, but the con-
ferees agreed upon allowing SIS. 900 for this
purpose. with the further provision that a
strict account should be kept in order to
determine the comparative cost of hand
sweeping by Gay labor and under contract.
The House allowed S1.00O for cleaning
snow. etc, from crosswalks and cutters,
which the Senate increased to 5000. The
conferees agreed to accept the House pro-
vision. {
The House allowed for contingent ex-
penses OF the parking commission, SO. 600,
which the Senate increased to S2s 900 The
conferees agreed on 81 500. Tho House al
lowed for illuminating material, lighting,
etc. OF public lamps. 100000. which the
agreed upon S166, 900. of which amount ST.
900 is to be expended for lighting, ETC.,
lamps of an experimental character.
The Senate ccnferees receded from Sem
ate amendment approprating $1,000 for
new machinery for the harbor boat. The
House had allowed $4,000 for public pumps,
v hich the Senate increased to $4,000, and
the confereeS agreed upon $4,000, The
House conferees agreed to the Senate
amendment increasing from $3.50 to 81 600
the appropriation for the care Of bridges.
The Senate receded from its amendment
2ppropriating S15, 900 for laying a new floor
upon the AqIeduct bridge.
The House appropriated 81 600 for repair
ing the Conduit road and the Senate s., 600
for this purpose The Senate conferees re-
ceded from their amendment. They also
receded from Senate amendments appro-
priating 5000 for repairing the north con-
nectlon of the by-conduit, Deecarlia reser-
Volr and 5000 for protection to the inlet
to the conduit at Grea Falls.
The Water Supply.
The House conferees agreed to the Sem
ate amendment making an appropriation
for an investigation of the feasibility and
pr opriety of filtering the water supply of
Washington, but the Senate amendment
for 5000 for this purpose was cut down
to 5000.
The Senate amendment appropriating for
the resumption of work on the Washing
ton aqueduct tunnel and it's accessories
and the Howard University reservoir was
agreed to by the House conferees with an
amendment increasing the appropriation
for this purpose from 1898, $3.50 to 1921
Z10.50.
The Schools.
Under the head of public schools the
House conferees accepted the Senate
amendments changing the number of teach
ers in several grades as follows: From
to 2, at 81 400; from % to 30, at 81 200, and
from Is to 81, at 81 600.
The House conferees also agreed to the
Senate amendment appropriating $4,000
for kind argarten instruction and $500 for
the care of the Miner School The Senate
conferees yielded on Senate amendment ap-
propriating 81 600 for care of the Peabody
and Wallach buildings. and accepted the
House provision of 5000 each for these
schools. The Senate amendment apprO-
priating 81, 100 for nece ssary repairs to the
plumbing in existing school buildings was
agreed to. but the amount was cut down to
50, 0G0.
The Senate increased from $1,000 to s1O,-
900 the appropriation for the purchase of
tools, etc, 10 be used in manual training.
but the conferees accepted the House pro-
vision. They ais accepted the House ap
preparation Of $4,000 instead of the Sen
ate allowance of $4,000 for the purchase OF
text books and school supplies.
The House agreed to Senate amendments
appropriating s45,5OO for one eight-room
building and a site in the third division,
southeast. and 100000 for a site for and
toward construction of a manual training
school for the first eight divisions, but the
Senate conferees receded from their
amendments appropriating $4,000 for one
four-room building on Grant road and 49,,
30 for one eight-room building and site in
the ninth division.
The Police.
Under the head of metropolitan police
the Senate receded from its amendments
increasing the House provisions from three
to four leutenants, from 800 to 305 pri-
Yates and from 200 to 30 privates of class
2. The House conferees agreed to an in
crease of from eight TO ten laborers in this
department at $3.50 each, and the Senate
agreed to the House provision appropriate
ing $3.50 for a laborer in charge of the
morgue.
For repairs to stations the House had
allowed $1,000 and the Senate $1,000. but
the corferees agreed to $3.50. For misce-
laEeous and contingent expenses the House
had allowed $4,000 and the Senate S24.0OD.
the conferees agreeing upon $4,000. The
House conferees agreed to the Senate
amendment appropriating s125 for flags
and halliards for station houses.
The Fire Department..
Under the head of the fire department the
appropriation for the force was fixed by the
House at $o2,G20. and increased by the Sen
ate to $S3,1I0, but the House provision was
allowed to stand For the purchase of hose
the House allowed $500. and the Senate
5000. the conferees agreeing upon s., 30
For the purchase of horses the House al
lowed $3.50 and the Senate 5000, the con-
ferees agreeing upon 5000.
The conferees agreed upon the Senate
amendment of 1927 for flags and hallards
for engine and truck houses.
The Senate cOnferees receded from their
amendment providing for an additional sta
Bile in the rear of the engine house on
North Carolina avenue between 9Th and 18th
streets southeast.
Telegraph and Telephones.
Under the head of telegraph and tele-
phone service, three instead of two repair
men were allowed.
The Senate conferees struck out the ap-
propra ton for an engineer at the small
pox hospital. The Senate conferees reced-
ed from all their amendments under the
head of Washington Asylum except for
contingent expenses, which was increased
from $4,000 TO Sal, 600 and the appropria-
ton for the erection of a nurses home i'll
creased by the conferees from $4,000 to
5000.
The conferees allowed 1000 for repairs
and furniture fer the Columbia Hospital