Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-30

! For eXCaNating and waiI1nE cellar ana
| lowering furnaces in John F. Cook School.
3.OOO. Toward an extension of the Bust
ness High School. $4,000; total cost of
same under contract not to exceed $4,000
For the purchase Of $1,000 square feet of
ground adjacent to the Johnson School
and toward the construction thereon OF
an eight-room addition. $4,000. total cost
not to exceed 100000.
According to the board of education this
| school is at present fully occupied. and
Mount Pleasant and along the 18th street
car line an addition is needed.
For the purchase OF the lot adjoining
the Armstrong Manual Training School as
site for an addition. $4,000 The board
| Of education says this school has already
reached the limits of its capacity.
For ground which to erect four
| room addition to the Penrose School, $40.
coo: total cost not to exceed S.A.0O. This
school Is already overcrowded: according
| to the board Of education. and the rapid
building-up makes an addition to the
| building imperative.
For 5000 feet of ground for a school
| in the eighth division to replace the Poto-
mac School. $4,000 This building is far
| behind the times as modern city school
I house, says the board Of education, and
it should be abandoned.
For 10000 square feet Of ground ada
cent to the Morgan School for playground
space, $1,000.
| For purchase of ground adjoining the
| Lovejoy School to provide for an extern
sion Of the present building. $500. This
| school Is much overcrowded. and tempo
rary and altogether unsuitable rooms have
| had to be rented in the neighborhood.
The amount recommended to be appro-
prated for new school buildings is 1854
500. and there are contracts authorized in
addition of $4,000. total for new school
buildings OF 1888. 800.
| Columbia Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb.-Under contract with the District,
| $40, 800. with an additional 5000. a re-
duction of $1NJO, for the tuition of COL
ored deaf mutes. For the instruction of
| INDECENT blind children Of the District of
Columbia In Maryland or some other
state. under contract to be entered into
by the Commissioners. So 600. and the in
definite permanent annual appropriation
for this purpose Is repealed.
Police Department.
| No additional police are provided for.
Numerous changes in classes are made,
| to conform with the law.
| This legislative paragraph is inserted:
1.-THE War Department may furnish the
District Commissioners for the use OF the
police. upon requisition. such unservice-
able mounted equipment as may be re-
CURED
| Flags for Station Houses.-For this pur-
pose 500 is recommended. a reduction of
So
Fire Department.
On account of new companies author
lied last session the following: Two cap
tains at 81 400 two lieutenants at $500,
| two drivers at $1.15O. two assistant driv-
ers at SLIGO. thirteen privates at $1.OsO
and two privates at 5000.
Purchase Of Horses.-$14.0OO an in
crease Of 81 900.
-Sc2 nm af
Contingent Expenses.-$22.5 800. an in
crease Of 81. 500.
Increase Fire Department. Engine
company. to be located west of 18th
vania avenue, $39. 900. In this connection
a note says in this section of the city
there is now a large area without proper
fire protection. and the nearest engine
companies are too far away to prevent
a heavy loss in event of a large fire.
One 65-foot aerial hook-and-ladder
truck. $500.
Chemical engine for house at Langdon,
D. c.. $500.
Here is inserted the legislative author
izatfon to the Commissioners to install fire
apparatus in the suburbs for the use Of
any volunteer fire organizations which
may be created the apparatus and ap
planes to be maintained for service by
the District government.
One second-sze steam fire engine.
$500.
One combination chemical engine and
hose wagon. $2.25O.
Health Department.
Inspector Of Fish.-The duties Of this in
spector are vested by legislative pro-
vision in each Of the sanitary and food
inspectors.
Travelling Expenses-For expenses OF
sanitary and food inspectors while travel
ing outside OF the District of Columbia,
81, 900, an increase Of $1,0o0.
Courts. I
For four volumes OF '"Torbert's Digest of
the Reports OF the Court Of Appeals OF
the District" $40.
s Fuel, Ice, etc.-s1 900, an increase Of
500.
Police Court.-Two judges at s.. 600 each
instead OF IS, 600.
Observation-Disclosures an increase of
$500.
Police Court Building heat
ing apparatus and for minor repairs,
So, COO.
Courts and Prisons.
Fees Of Witnesses, Supreme Court
$4,000: an increase Of 5000.
Fees of Jurors, Supreme Court.-$55, 600.
an increase OF $1,000.
Miscellaneous Expenses.-$23.0o 900. an in
crease Of 81, O0O The Commissioners es-
Inmates were $4,000.
Charities and Corrections.
Board Of Charitiee.-salary Of inspector
at $500 Increased to $1,000.
Washington neutrality-suspicious.
salary. $1,000 instead Of $500; superin-
tendent Of nursing at $720. from 5000:
two graduate nurses at $425 each, from
1866: graduate nurse for receiving ward
at S425 from 1865; two nurses for tuber-
culosis wards at 5000 each, from $3.50;
pupil nurses. not fewer than twenty. to
be paid not more than 500 twas $3.50
year during first year Of service and not
more than $50 (,vas $500 during second
year OF service; total, $2,625. an increase
from $2.1OO.
Provisions. Fuel. etc.-$5O 900, an increase
of $1,000.
For Payment to the Renehciaries Under
the Act Concerning Neglect Of Wife or
Children.-$2.400. an increase Of 5000.
Home for the Aged and Infirm.-Black-
smith and woodworker, $40.
Duplicating Water Supply.-This in
cludes arteAian well, etc., $500.
Reform School for Girls.-Three teach
ers at $780, instead OF two: six teachers
at $780, instead Of seven, and one laborer
at $780,
Laundry Furniture, Motor and Filters