The Washington times., 1905-10-20

preparation of ST50,Oo0 for a separate
high pressure nre service. system.
Every item recommended by Harrison
Stidham. superintendent OF street cream
ing. was approved by the Commission
ers For street cleaning, Mr. Srdham
requested S213,l an increase OF 81 ,oio
over this years APPROPRIATION, ana that
estimate Is submitted without reduction.
Very little reduction was made in the
estimates of the Board OF Charities 1he
principal item submitted by TINS oody
a municipal hospital This was approved
and the Commissioners viii doubtless re
fer 10 this matter in their report TO Con-
gresS
For the Deserving.
In reducing the original estimates of
the heads of departments TO the final
figure of 81, ,433 O70.15 the Commissioners
nIrsued a policy of holding down re-
! ouests for increased salaries only hon
| oring them in a few instances Where
we'll deserved promotions have been won
| by yeoman service -. 49,,
confined principally to items looking
to the betterment OF conoltIons In IN the
principal departments OF Ine piS.rlS1 .N,
| Government, such as new school houses,
engine houses, increased faciltes Tor
carrying on work, etc 90 zoe oeo e.
over one-sixth OF the SlZ9So .ooe; %
originally requested by the different de-
| nartments was made UP OF the eSti-
mates of the Board of Education. Inc
sum of S2. 4S4. $50 was asked for the con-
| duct of the educational work OF tne
; District during the fiscal year 1907. OF
this amount, 1858, ,4a was for new puho-
I ings and improvements Inc commas
sioners reduced this to SOS, isl. 10.
The new school buildings and grounds
: | recommended by the Commissioners art
as follows: Anthony HYDE scnool, NJ, u
division; Francis l.. Cardozo Scnool
cost s25, 200 eac,D; extension Mekinie!
Manual Training School and one iol
, | Sis 500: purchase of site adjoining JONI
w. Ross School as site TOT lutuIe hot, hot
, building to relieve Mccormick School
: s40. coo: four-room building in Bright
wood Park, $4,000; site and toward con
| struction of eight-room building 70 re
ueve Van Buren, School, $40O -FOUR
room building at Deanwood. $4,000.
Street improvements.
,, The following is a list of. the stree
/. improvements for the next year a.
recommended by the Commissioners:
Northwest section-E street. Seven
teenth to Eighteenth. pave, $500; =.
street. Eighteenth to Florida avenue
pave. $500; Twenty-third street. r u
: &, pave. S3, $50.
e. Northeast section-Iwel1tn street,
. TO c, pave, $4.500: B street, Eleventh
y TO Thirteenth, pave. 100; stree
!, Maryland avenue to Ninth, pave Slo,Voo
: r street. Seventh to Maryland avenue
: pave, $1,000; Florida avenue, flttn |
: Seventh, pave. s20,Oe9.
o Southeast section-M street. Sout
: Capitol to First. pave, $500; Elevent
!. street G. to I, pave, $500; Virginia ave
r nue.. Second TO Fifth. pave. $500; Tent
street. 70 L. gaye seS SSyg; S;6fb Ntntn street SKI
K \. pave, $500; Massachusetts avenue
J. Twelfth TO Fourteenth, pave, SS,oV
Y South Carolina avenue. Thirteenth Z
! Fifteenth, pave, 5000.
> Southwest section-Canal street nort
side), b TO D. pave. $500; South Cap
toi, c TO E, pave s13.500; Eighth street
and q half to Sixth. pave $500.
's Georgetown section-Thirty-hrst stree
l. K to Canal. pave. s., 400.
l. Total 1896 $50