Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-13
SUGGESTS A NEW SHOP
ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF SUPERIN-
TENDENT OF REPAIRS.

Substantial increases in salary for him
self and the employees of his department, as
well as large appropriation for the con-
struction of new District of Columbia re-
pair shop are recommended for the fiscal
year ending June 60 1907 by G. B. Cole
man, superintendent of repairs. in his an
nual estimates submitted to the Commits
sioners today.
Mr.. Colcman's present salary is $3.50.
For the year 19Oti-07 he requests that Con-
gress be asked to appropriate for him $40.
stating as a good reason therefor that, as
superintendent of repairs, he has charge OF
the disburs!ng of all appropriations for
schools engine houses police stations. Po-
lice Court and all buildings controlled by
the District, and that tie task of super
vislng this work is steadily growing more
difficult c. A. Anadale. MIR. Colemans
clerk, is now paid $1.GJ0 Per year. and it is
asked that this amount be increased to
Sl.2oo. Similarly $1,000 is sought for the
new year for l.. r. Mason, the stenogra-
pher and clerk
Because the number of schools in the Dis
trict increases with each year the super
intendent of repairs estimates that $50 ooo
Will be necessary to keep them in order
during the new fiscal year, instead of $751;
600. the amount of the current appropria-
ton.
Five thousand dollars is estimated as nee
essary for repairs to police stations, this
being an increase of $3.50 over the appropri-
alton for this year.
In speaking of the temporary Police
Court. Mr.. Coleman says:
while the lessor agrees to keen the
building in repair, deem 1t prudent to pre-
pare for any emergency that might arise
and would respectfully recommend that an
appropriation of $4CO be secured for any
eventualty."
Need of Proper Equipment
Referring to the need for a properly
equipped repair shop, Superintendent Cole
man makes comment as follows In connec-
ton with his request for an appropriation:
again beg to renew my recommended
ton for better shop facilities, and to state
that the work of the repair department is
yearly increasing and that the facilities at
the present shop are entirely Inadequate for
the purposes for which it is used. This
Shop should be sufficlent in size TO accom-
inodaie. carpenters, timers and painters
Whlle getting out shop work.
In addition 1t should be large enough to
carry full stock of paints, tin, castings,
dement's. hardware, etc, we'll as certain
KINDS OF lumber, such as doors, blinds and
Sh
With more than go buildings to be re-
paired at a cost of over 100000 1t is impos-
Sole to do the work with the dispatch it
could be done were the facilities better. The
quarters now occupied repair shop are
Old. inadequate and entirely too small for
Our present needs. 1t has neither water,
gas nor sewer facilities. In the rush
son the timers are compelled to use the
yard IN getting out shop work.
here is scarcely any place for the stor-
age of lumber; owing to the smalness of
the yard wagons have to drive in and back
ou:' one at time.
The fact that L have no place to store
lumber is great drawback. The two weeks
between the closing of the schools and the
beginning of the fiscal year are entirely lost
from this cause.
IF there were sufficient room in the yard
to store a good-siZed quantity of lumber
such as flooring, l could begin the repairs
Immediately upon the closing of the schools
and keep the work going until new ma terial
could be ordered and delivered under the
new contracts which go into effect July /.
For the reasons given l would most ear
nestly recommend that an appropriation of
$4,000 be secured from Congress for the
erection of a District of Columbia repair
shop and Enclosure of yard connected with
same. l would respectfully request that
piece of ground on which the District of
Columbia hay scales are situated be set
aside sufficiently large for the accommoda-
ton of the shop and a good-sized lumber
yard