Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06

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>The total appropriations asked are
! classed as follows: Officers salaries. S6:'
10; attendance officers salaries, S4,l4o;
| teachers salaries. $1.314.GO0; salaries OIL
librarians and clerks. $13.6OO: longevity
pay. $230.OOO: allowances for session
| rooms. S3o,S.G; night schools. salaries
$4,000: contingent expenses. $4,000: kim
dergarten supplies. $500; salaries of jan
ltors and caretakers. $121 100: medical In
| spectors salaries, $1,000; salaries of school
nurses. $1.SOO; miscellaneous. S'2S96o;
buildings and grounds. $2.17S5O0.
Increase in Estimates.
The features of the estimates. showing
increases over former appropriations and
items for new projects. are as follows:
School architect, a new official, 5000;
secretary of board $500 an increase of
S1OO over present salary: chief clerk and
| deputy secretary, new position, 81 600;
additional clerk at 81 200; clerk to enforce
| child labor law a new position. 81 900;
| assistant clerk to enforce child labor law,
| new position. $500; stenographers and
| clerks to superintendent and assistant SUI
perintendents of schools. $500 each per
year an increase of $3.50 over present sal
airy; two stenographers at headquarters.
! 300 each. an increase of $40: additional
messenger, 5000; two additional attend
| ance officers at $3.50 each per year and
one additional attendance officer at $500
per year: salaries of 1.646 teachers. 81 BIZ
6O. small increase over last year for
additional teachers: four additional libra
gevity pay. $23O.OOO. an increase OF
SSs.iOO: allowances to principals $50
$50. as against $32,6S0 last year: sal
aries of night school teachers. S23.0U
an increase of $4,000 over last year $
appropriation; contingent expenses OF
night Schools $500. an increase of 5000
over last year: kindergarten supplies.
$500 an increase of 1000; salaries OF
Janitors. III 100 as against $103.320 ap-
propriated last year; two school nurses
new positions. $500 EACH for rent of build
| lngs. $4,000 a decrease of $500 from
last years appropriations: care of rented
| buildings. $4,000, a decrease of 5000
| from last year; manual training apparatus
$4,000, an increase of $1,000; fuel. gas
and electric lights, 800 1000 an increase of
$1,000 furniture for new buildings. $15.36O
an increase of $l,O4S; repairs to school
buildings, 100000. an increase of SO 900:
for fireproofing buildings, s20oWO, an
| Increase of S15o,NO over last year: con-
| struction of coal vaults. new, S23.000:
plumbing. $4,000, an increase OF $4,000;
| contingent fund $4,000. an increase of
10000; teachers institutes. lectures. etc,
a new item. 81 800: purchase of pianos.
5000. an increase of 81, 600; textbooks and
supplies. $I3,WW, an increase of 10000;
for Fairgrounds $500, against TO APP
preparation last year: school gardens, for
utensils. maintenance, etc, $1,000 an
| Increase of $1,000: purchase of horse and
wagon and apy of driver, to facilitate de-
| livery of supplies new item, 81, 400: for
physics apparatus Tor the Central. East
fern and Western High Schools, S4,OOQ a
decrease of $1,000 from last year; biologi-
cal and chemical laboratories supplies for
high and normal schools. $4,000: extending
| telephone system. 500, and for supplies for
carrying out tine new child labor law.
$4,000.
| New Buildings.
To complete twelve-room building to re-
lieve Franklin and Thompson schools, $780,
GOO; completing extension of Business
High School. $50. 900; completing other ex-
tension, 10000; completing eight-room an
mex 20 Johnson School, $4,000; completing
four-room addition to Monroe School,
| $24, 600; Normal School, Columbia Heights
500, 900; refitting Franklin School build
ing, SO, 900; repairing Central High School
$4,000: equip Business High School, So
0OO; for colored Normal School site. $40
| coo; for eight-tOOm building to replace
| Potomac, for eight-roOm building in
Cleveland Park, $50, 900; for fOur-room adj
dition to Benning School. $4,000: twelve
room building. south of Pennsylvania ave-
nue., west of I'D street. $15O.0O0; six-room
manual training building u replace con-
| demned High Street School, $4,000; six
room manual training school on Jefferson
School ground. $4SOOO: siX-room manual
| training school on CardOZo School ground,
$4S, 600; land for addition for NJ Street
High School, $4,000; four-room addition
to Chevy Chase School. $4,000; more land
for Phelps School, $4,000; fOur-rOom adj
dition to LovejOy School, ZOO; site for
new Central High School. north of Florida
avenue, west of Georgia avenue. $40. OUU;
| twenty four-room building to replace Abb
bolt and Webster schools. 1000; four
room addition to Orr School, s37. 900: addi-
ton to Western High School nine class
rooms), $4,000: site for eight-room build
| h
of Spring road $1,000; more land for Pet
worth School for playground, $4,000; land
| for Seaton School playground, 81. 600; land
| for Stevens School playground. $4,000;
| land for Peabody School playground, $13.-
600; site for school in ninth division, si',-
| 600; more land for Fillmore School play
| ground, $4,000; more land for Adams
School playground. $4,000: four-room
building to replace Ivy City old building,
dilapidated. $4,000; new site for Eastern
High School. south of East Capitol street.
east of Sth street. $75,OOO: site for building
north of Q street, west of 7th street. SOD
600; more land for Garfield School, 5000:
more land for Morse School for play
ground. $4,000: more land for Gage
School. $4,000; addition to Armstrong
Manual Training School. $4,000: four
room building on site of Fort Slocum
School. $4,000: more land for Mckinney
Manual Training School. building addi-
ton. s125.OOO; more to complete Brook
land Coiored School. s11.OUO: land for
Jackson School playground. $4,000
The board asks that the money for re-
pairs purchase of sites, etc, be imme-
diately available after the passage OF
law so that repairs may be begun as
soon as the schools close in the spring.
| Benefit of Fairgrounds.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, chairman
Of the boards committee on school play
/ grounds, announced that Mrs. Roosevelt
had granted permission for the use of
the White House grounds October Is and
16 for an entertainment by the Ben
Greet players for the benefit Of the play
GROUNDS, and that to celebrate Presi-
dent Roosevelt's birthday and allow the
school children an opportunity to attend
the plays Mrs Roosevelt has consented
to have the performance repeated Satur-
day morning, October II. The offer was
accepted by the board
| Superintendent Stuart suggested that
| Congress be asked this year to allow the
board to give all teachers in the District
| school longevity pay in accordance with
| their length of service, instead of be-
ginning the longevity pay when the law
granting it was passed about three years
ago Last winter, it was stated Con-
gress passed II law allowing the board to
| recognize the length of service of outside
| teachers appointed to positions in the
| local high and manual training schools
If it is right to recognize this length of
service OF outside teachers and grant
| them higher salaries, In order to get