The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-31

making payments for a fractional part
OF a month one-thirtieth OF one such
linstaIlment shall be the daily rate Of pay
This limitation further says that each
month shall be held to consist Of thirty
days, and payments made on this basis
provided that for one days author
lied absence on the thirty-hrst day
Of any calendar month, one days pay
shall be forfeited
For school buildings and grounds SEQ 000
Is recommended for complete equipment
of the extension of the Mckinley Manual
Training School This is $4,000 less than
the estimates submitted by the Commits
sioners. For site and toward construc-
ton of one twelve-room building for the
fourth division 10 relieve the Franklin
and Thompson schools, $4,000 is allowed,
the total cost not TO exceed S200O
For business High.
Toward an extension of the Business
High School. $5O,OeO is recommended. the
total cost 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 of
an eight-room addition. $4,000 is recon-
mended. For the purchase Of the lot ad-
joining the Armstrong Manual Training
School. as site for an addition, $1,000 is
allowed. For ground on which TO erect
a four-room addition TO the Monroe
School, S30,ce0 is recommended. For a
site for a school in the eighth division 10
replace the Potomac School there is ap-
propriated $4,000. For 10000 square feet
OF ground adjacent TO the Morgan School
nj Is a1l
and $500 is given for the purchase of
ground adjoining the Lovejoy School 60
provide for an extension. This school is
much overcrowded and temporary, and
altogether unsuitable rooms have had 60
be rented in the neighborhood. The total
recommended TO be appropriated for new
school buildings Is S354,500 and there are
contracts authorized for $4,000. a total
for new school buildings Of S533.500. For
night schools $1,000 is recommended. a
reduction of $2.OO0.
Fire Department Increase.
The fire department received better
treatment than most Of the divisions. The
current appropriation is $64O,OSo. and the
committee recommends $655,11O
Recommendations for the health depart
ment are. in total identical with the cur
rent appropriation-Sl03. $50. although the
Commissioners desired 1885, $40.
The District courts get a raise from
so. 2S5 TO S0,G10, Under Courts and Pris-
ons." 500, $50 is recommended. as COM
pared with $257. $50 in the bill for 1905. The
charities and corrections total is cut from
SS5l 800 to S756.:s57
To the building inspectors Office, one
fire-escape inspector. at Sl.40o. IS given.
the committee explaining that such an
official is absolutely necessary.
For the elimination OF grade crossings,
an increase Of from $4,000 70 100000 is
given.
Sewers Also Cut.
For sewers $4,000 is allowed. a reduc-
ton of $4,000 and the following provision
is inserted: And the Commissioners OF
the District of Columbia are hereby au-
thorized to construct service sewers in
Conduit road and levy assessments for
the same" Another legislative provision
under this head directs the Commissioners
10 acquire by purchase or condemnation.
"a right Of way for trunk sewer in the
valley north OF the proposed line Of T
street and the south of the Naval OBJ
servatory grounds from Wisconsin avenue
TO Rock Creek" For continuing work on
extension of east side interesting sewer.
$4,000 is given.
For completing the equipment Of play
grounds $3.50 is given
For preliminary investigation and sur
veys for increasing the water supply SlO.-
600 is given. A note by the chief Of en-
gineers. attached 10 the paragraph says:
The present rate of daily consumption
Of water in the District OF Columbia.
about 100000 gallons, suggests the neces-
sity for providing in the near future a
second conduit from Great Falls with
necessary reservoirs. &c. A survey OF
practical routes is essential 10 a proper
consideration Of this subject and should
be entered upon at once.