Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20

ton is $4,000 less than the board of edu-
cation asked for. and sSO0O00 more than
was appropriated for the present fiscal
year. SiXty-five thousand dollars Is for
| the payment of officers of the schools
| an Increase of $1,000; 81 $40 for attend
| ance officers, an increase of 81 600; s1,24S-
| 800 for the salaries of teachers: $500
ior librarians and clerks, an increase of
$1,000; s165,O00 for longevity pay; s31 $50
Tor allowance to principals; SOS, 500 for
| night schools: 900 for kindergarten sup
plies; sl2s,s5o for jantors and care of
school buildings and grounds: $1,000 for
| neous expenses
| The new buildings and sites provided
for are: Extension to Mckinley Manual
Training School, $S5, 600; a new normal
and model school on Columbia Heights
| 100000 for construction of normal and
| model school for colored children, $3.50
| 900; for the purchase of site and the cree
| ton OF twelve-room building to relieve
he Franklin and Thomson schools. $500,
zoo; for the alteration and repairing of
Central High School building, 10000; for
the completion of the Mckinley Manual
Training School as originally planned,
s1250 coo; for the extension of the Business
| High School building, $4,000; for an
eight-room school building in Cleveland
Park, SIS 600; for ref1ttng the Franklin
School for storerooms. Offices and board
rooms, $4,000; for additional ground and
| four rooms additional to the Monroe
School, SOD, coo: for twelve-room school in
| Garfield, $50, 600: for addition to Western
High School, $4,000; for construction of
gymnasium for the M Street High School.
$4,000; for the. erection of an eight-room
addition to the Johnson School, 500 600;
| for the purchase of lots adjacent to the NJ
Street High School for playground pur-
poses, So, goo: for the erection of four
room addition to the Orr School. S32. 900;
1 n66 Inn 70 hn NhnNr
Chase School, $43 600; for the purchase
of lots adjacent 20 the Phelps School for
playground purposes, $4,000; for the pur
chase of ground and erection of a twelve
room building south of Pennsylvania ave
nue. and west of 23d street, $4,000: for
purchase of ground adjacent to the Stew
ems School for playground purposes, So
600; for the purchase of ground adjacent
to the Peabody School for Fairgrounds,
$4,000; for the purchase of ground ada
cent to the Phillips School for play
grounds, $4,000; for the purchase of
ground adjacent to the Fillmore School
| for Fairgrounds, $4,000; for the purchase
of ground to replace the Potomac School,
$4,000, and for the purchase of ground
for school in the ninth division, $1,000.
The Public Library.
For the free public library the Commits
of s7s,96O the amount asked for by the
of $3432O over the amount granted for
the present year. They have recommend
ed an increase In the salary of the libra
rian from $1,000 to 81, 600; of the assistant
librarian from $500 to $500; of the
children's librarian from 81 600 to 81, 200;
Of the reference librarian from 81 600 to
81 200. and of the librarians secretary
from $500 to $1,000 They have asked
for the creation of the following new posi-
lions in the library: Chief of circulating
department, at $1,000; chief of order de-
partment, at $1,20O and chief of cata-
| logue department at 81, 800 Two new as
sistant at $500 each are asked for and
three assistants at $40 each and two at
| tendantS at 5000 each. Other increases in
salary provided are as follows: Five at
tendants from $3.50 to $40 each. five at
tendants from $500 to $3.50 each; two mes
sengers from $3.50 to $3.50 each. and one
engineer from $500 to 81, 200. A library
guard is also asked for at $I20. For the
purchase of new books $4,000 is pro-
vided, an increase of $500; for the bind
ing of books, $4,000, an increase Of $500;
for keeping open the library on Sundays
and holidays, $3.50. an increase of $780,
and for fuel, lighting and other contin-
gent expenses. $1,000, an increase of $1,000
For the support of the Juvenile Court
the sum of $13,S75 is asked by the Com
missioners, which is increase Of sos
over the present appropriation, and Sl.OOO
less than the Judge of this court asked
IOr. Inc sum Oh SJ,oOO VIII NC ucFOteu "
the insurance department. In this sum
provision is made to increase the salary
of the superintendent from $1,000 to 800
and an additional clerk is to be employed
at 5000 and an auditor for this depart
ment at $1,000 The sum of $2I. 1884 Is
provided for the surveyors department,
which Is an increase of $1,000. over the
present appropriation. This increase will
be devoted to the employment of tempo
rary craftsmen. laborers and computers
when necessary for field work. For the
Police Court the Commissioners have in
cluded an item for $64, OBS. This provides
an increase in the salaries Of the two
judges from 5000 a year to $4,000, an
increase for the deputy clerk, from 81, 500
to 81 600; the employment of seven baiiffs.
at 500, instead OF three at $500 as is
at present the case.
Justices Of the Peace
For the justices Of the peace the Com
missioners have provided an appropriation
Of $4,000. which is an increase Of $1,000.
1t Is the intention of the Commissioners
to have the salaries of these officials in
creased from s., 500 to 5000.
| The sum of 81 067. 2G5 is provided for the
board of charities and the various cor
regional and charitable institutions that
come under the supervision of the board
| This amount is an increase of $4,000 over
the amount appropriated for this year and
exactly the same as was asked for by the
board of charities. The sum of SIG. $50 of
this sum is for salaries of the clerical
force of the board. an increase of $1,000.
| For the care and maintenance of the
Washington Asylum Hospital the sum of
$214, 296 is specified. which sum includes
provision for the erection of north wing
to the workhouse for males to cost slIO-
900. and an increase in the salary of the
superintendent from $3.50 to 81 500
For the Home for the Aged and Infirm.
e 10
Of 800 900 for the erection of a hospitaI
to be used by INDECENT persons with
chronic diseases.
All the other items specified were mem
toned In detail at the time the board of
charities submitted its estimates to the
Commissioners for consideration
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