The Washington times., 1908-03-30
School Requests Nearly Halved.

S2.401.5l7- The current appropriation is
s2,441159. In this item the greatest re-
duction was the requests fo- new build
ings, $1,s36,OOO being asked, and S554,50O
being recommended.
Fffty-nine new school teachers are
provided for as estimated and all sal
aries are provided for at minimum legal
rates and separate sum Is provided
Tor the longevity pay authorized by law.
There is total under this head Of / so
teachers.
These legislative provisions are in
Guided: That the salaries of all teach
ers and clerks and Librarians in the
nigh and manual training schools, duly
elected, whose services commence with
the opening day of school shall
begin on the first day Of September and
shall be, paid in ten monthly INSTALL
inents, the first payment TO be made on
the first day of October and the
payment for June to be made upon the
completion of the school term in June,
teachers shall begin when they enter
upon their duties.
How Pay Is To Be Divided
Hereafter the following rules for d.
vision OF time and computation of pay
for services rendered are hereby estab-
lshed:
-Compensations OF teachers and Il
brartans and clerks IN the high and
manual training schools shall be divided
into ten equal installments. one of which
shall be paid for each school month. and
IN making payments for a fractional
part of month one-thlrtieth of one
Such insta1lments shall be the daily rate
OF pay. This Limitation further says
mat each month shall be held 10 con-
SYST or thirty days and payments made
on this basis provided that for one
cay s authorized absence on the thirty
Irst day or any calendar month one
day pay shall be forfeited"
For night schools $4,000 Is recon-
mended, reduction OF 5000.
For School Houses.
For school buildings and grounds
$4,000 IS recommended for complete
equipment Of the extension Of the Nc
kinley manual training school This is
$4,000 less than the estimates submitted
by the Commissioners. For a site and
toward construction of one tweIve-roon
building for the fourth division 10 re-
heve The Franklin and Thompson
Schools. $4,000 is allowed, the total
cost not to exceed 500 900 An amended
note from the Board Of Education saws
that the Franklin building Is lacking
N most OF the features of a modern
school, while the Thompson has been
unit for use for years.
Toward an extension Of the business
. High School, $4,000 is recommended the
total cost under contract not to exceed
$4,000. For the purchase Of 81, 900 square
feet of ground adjacent TO the Johnson
School and toward the construction OF
an eight-room addition. $4,000 is recon-
mended. According TO the Board of
Education this school is at present fully
occupied. and with the development OF
the city through Mt. Pleasant and
along the Fourteenth street car line, an
addition is needed.
To Eschew Armstrong School.
the Armstrong manual training school,
as site for an addition. $4,000 is al
lowed. The Board Of Education says
this school has already reached the
limits OF its capacity. For ground on
which to erect a four-room addition TO
the Monroe School. $4,000 Is recommend
ed. This school is already overcrowded
and the rapid building UP makes an ad-
ditiOn to the building imperative. For a
site for a school In the eighth division
TO replace the Potomac School there is
appropriated $4,000. This building is far
behind the times as a modern city
school house. and Il should be abandon
ed says the Board Of Education.
For 10000 square feet of ground ada
cent 20 the Morgan School for play
ground space, ST. 900 is allowed, and
$500 - given for the purchase OF
ground adjoining the LOvejOy School. 10
provide for an extension This school Is
much OvercrOwded and temporary and
altogether unsuitable rooms have had to
be rented in the neighborhood. The
total recommended 10 be appropriated
for new school buildings IS 1854. 800. and
there are contracts authorized for
$4,000. total for new school BUILDINGS
OF $3.50. 800.
Fire Department Fares Well.
The Fire Department received better
trea tment than most Of the divisions.
The current appropriation IS S64OOS0. and
the committee recommends sos. 10.
Recommendations for the Health De-
partment are, In total, identical with
the current appropriation-S1O39 $50. al
though the Commissioners desired 1885,
$50.
The District courts get a raise from
$50 to $1,000. Under Courts and
compared with S237SSO in the bill for 1908.
The charities and corrections total is
cut from $S5l.930 to s756, 3S7-
TO the Building Inspectors Office. one
hre-escape inspector. at $l.400. is given,
tic committee explaining that such an
Official Is absolutely necessary.
More Work Given Thomas.
More work is given TO the CORPORA
ton CounseTs office by the following
provision in the bill:
Hereafter all legal services required
government OF the District of Columbia
shall be furnished by the Corporation
Counsel Of the District or one Of his
assistants"
For the elimination OF grade crossings.
an Increase Of from S25, 900 TO 100000 is
given. with this provision:
The foregoing appropriation shall be
available to develop as a property yard
for the use of the District of Column
bla and for other municipal purposes. so
much OF reservation III lying south OF
the toe of slope of standard rOadbed be-
tween the portal Of the Virginia ave-
me tunnel and the east end of the
south abutment Of the New Jersey ave
nue. bridge and south of the south abut-
ment of that bridge and east OF the toe
of slope on the west side of the en-
bankment carrying the approach TO the
bridge when the Philadelphia. Balti-
more, and Washington railroad shall re-
lease and convey 10 the Commissioners
all right and title 10 this portion of
the reservation, which the company
may have been granted by the act for
the elimination Of grade crossings"
$4,000 Allowed for Sewers