Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15
Most of the Increases to House
Measure Stricken Out.
RETAINED HOSPITAL ITEMS
Provision Made That Local Gov
ernment Shall Pay All Expenses
for Children's Playground.
Deductions in Conference.
District Of Columbia Bill.


ence tnetD 1.143,351.50
House recessions. :. 4IS,3I5.OO
The District appropriation bill, as
agreed upon by the conferees of the
Senate and House, carrying total ap-
preparation of S10,119.1 173. was reported
to the Senate this afternoon by Senator
Gallinger. The conference report was
The total amount carried by the bill as
reported from conference is greater by
S41S,315 than was provided in the bill as
it passed the House. In the Senate
amendments adding 1,o63. .G56.:,o to the
total Of the House bill were adopted. In
conference s1.145,351.-O was taken from
the bill as it passed the Senate.
The District appropriations for the iis-
cal year just closing amounted to ST.
055, 1850. The estimates submitted by
the District Commissioners for the coming
fiscal year-1913-were S12 954. 120.30 The
bill as agreed to by the conferees is ST.
3337 $3.50 less than the current approprla-
ton, and 81, o35, ,574.5O less than the esti-
mates submitted for the year 1913.
Items for Hospitals.
Although the House succeeded in cut
ting out more than million dollars o
the Senate increases, the Senate Won ou
in the items for the hospitals.
Columbia Hospital for Women no
only will receive it's usual appropria
tion for care of INDECENT patients, Du
provision is also made for the DRAWING
of plans for a new building on the sil'
of Columbia Hospital.
The Emergency Hospital receives al
appropriation of $4,000 for a new
building The Senate had contendei
for $4,000 for this purpose and com
promised on $4,000
The fact that these items are re
tanned in the bill is considered grea
victory for the hospitals. 1t is equall.
considered a defeat for the board o
charities, which has recommended ina
the appropriations for the Columbis
Hospital be discontinued, and mas op
posed strenuously the proposition t
erect new Columbia Hospital build
ing with government money. Inc
board of charities made a strong pro.
test also against the appropriation oi
any money for "A new buildinS LOT ths
Emergency Hospital.
The Senate lost out practically all alone
the line so far as increases In salaries 1ol
District officials and for added employe:
are concerned. The salaries of the DIS
trict Commissioners. which the Senate
sought to have raised to s6,oo, remain q
5000 The increases which the Senat'
sought to have made in the police force
were defeated.
Defeat for the Schools.
The provisions contained in Senat,
amendments for new school building
were all defeated with a single exception
of an s11 600 item for an addition to th'
Corcoran School, the items for the new
Central and NJ Street high schools go.nl
out with the others.
The Senate succeeded. however. in hav
ing the measure authorize the expendl
ture of any uneXDended balances OF ap
propriations for the Central and NJ STREE
high schools on plans for two new build
ings for these schools. 1t specifically pro
vided that the plans for the new Centra
High School shall be for building TO &C
commodate at least 2..co pupils.
A Senate amendment provides that all
teachers of manual training, drawing, DO
mestic science, music. physical culture
etc i'm the normal. high and manual
training high schools shall be placed II
class 4. group A, which will entitle them
to the next higher salary than they arr
now receiving in classes and'a anu VII
n,,t them on a footing with other high
school teachers SO far as salary Is con-
cerned.
Lone Item for Fire Department.
Although the Senate was forced to re-
cede on almost all of its amendments
relating to the fire department, an item
for the purchase of a motor-drawn COM
bnation fire engine and hose wagon was
a greed to, the machine to cost $1,000.
Provision is made in the bill for an in
vestigation by the District Commissioners
of the advisability Of the establishment
of a municipal asphalt plant. Provision
Is made also for the purchase of an as
phalt plant at a cost OF sf'ooV' ior use AZ
repairing the streets.
The amendment for an examination OF
the Calvert street bridge to determine
its safety and its probable life was
stricken out OF the measure.
The purchase of old Forts Davis and
Dupont for the purpose of making public
ma rks of them was agreed TO by the con-
farees The cost of the property is TO
he $50 Goo, one-third of which is to be as
sessed as benefits against adjacent prop
erty.
Concessions and Compromises.
The Senate receded on practically all OF
its salary increases, including the In.
creases for the District Commissioners
from 5000 to $4,000
Public Library-The Senate receded or
its amendments for contingent and mis-
celIaneous expenses. An agreement was
reached on S36 boo for the Library. The
Senate proposed $4,000 and the House
S34 500.
improvements and repairs-Assessment
and permit work, S229,G0o agreed to. Pro-
posed by Senate, S2i0,Veo; House, S2oo.oOt
Work on streets and avenues-Seventy-
thousand one hundred dollars agreed to.
Suburban streets-Senate amendments
agreed to except items amounting to $50.
COO Total agreed upon, S129, ,525.
Repair streets. avenues and alleys.
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