The Washington times., 1912-03-20
Fight Probable on Increases
Added In Senate
/ Yesterday. Il.
WORKS SENDS PARK
PROJECTS TO DEFEAT
Many Changes Made, and Strug.
gle in Conference Is Thought
Certain.

The District appropriation bill is now
once more up to the House, and 1t
rests with that body to determine how
far 1t will agree to the increases in
the measure made by the Senate. 1t
Is expected that the House will stand
out vigorously against some Of these
increases, and that there will be a pro-
longed struggle over the measure in
conference.
The bill goes to the House today, hav-
ing passed the Senate yesterday after
noon after four hours consideration.
As passed by the Senate, the bill car
rtes slightly less than 81, 200.
Important changes were made in the
bill In the Senate yesterday afternoon,
especially in the park projects. The
committee amendments which the Sen
ate rejected were:
The amendment to appropriate $500, 600
for the purchase of the KlingIe Valley
Park.
The amendment appropuiating 800, 900
for the purchase Of Mt. Hamilton Park.
Provision for purchase of a motor car
for the Superintendent of Schools.
The provision approved by the COM
mtttee to allow a majority of the Dis
| trict Commission to sign contracts in
+ stead of the full membership as the
The amendment that subjects usually
regarded as belonging to business or
I manual training high schools shall be
taught only in the business or manual
for the purpose and that such sub
jects taught in any academic high
school shall be abandoned.
Works Opposed 1t.
Senator Works opposed the Klingle
Valley and Mt. Hamilton park provi
sions and raised points of order
against them. He was sustained by
the Vice President.
He said the items were both out of
place and unnecessary.
The Senate did not interfere with
the large increases made by the Senate
for the schools, most of this being
needed for the construction of two
new high school buildings. These in
clude a new Central High School and
a new Colored High School.
Senator Williams got the provision
relating to longevity pay for teachers
In the manual training department
amended, thus giving additional bene-
fit to these teachers.
The Senate agreed to the. provision
for two graduate nurses in the public
schools at $500 each. An amendment
was added that they should operate
under supervision of the health officer
and in the summer they are to per-
form such duties as the health officer
may assign to them not inconsistent
with their school duties.
One of the important changes made
in the bill is an increase by $50 00'. of
the fund for street cleaning. The House
/ allowed S26,OOO The Senate allowed
$S0,OU0 more than this, and &0,0D9 more
than the Senate committee allowed.
senator Works. was sIccessful in get
: ting the pay of the street cleaners In
creased to s. per day; In this connec-
tion Senator Works declared that, ac'
cording to the information he had re-
& Ceived, Washington laborers were more
poorly paid than those of other cities.
He thought the standard ought to be
raised 10 that of other cities.
Senator GallinSer got an amendmen:
adopted providing that the street car
companies shall keep clear the street
crossings along their lines of track. In
case of failure the Commissioners are
10 do the work and assess the cost
against the negligent company.
To Buy Forts.
Instead Of $1,000 for the condemna-
ton of property to extend Rock Creek
drive from Massachusetts, avenue 20
Montrose park. the necessary sum was
appropriated. In the provision for Fort
Davis and Fort Dupont parks, the assess
ment of benefits was eliminated and an
appropriation of $4,000 made.
The Senate retained the committed
amendments relative to Columbia Hos
pital, and the appropriation of 500, CO..
toward a new Emergency Hospital.
Senator Williams made an ineffective
effort to get reinstated the House pro-
vision which the Senate committee
struck out requiring half the fees OF
the Building Inspectors office to be de.
posted to the credit of the United
States and half to the credit of the Dis
trict. He said while he favored the half
and-half principle he thought the rest
dents ought to be willing to divide the
receipts.
While by a vote of thirty-six to thir'
teen the Senate increased the salaries
Of the Commissioners to 5000, Congress.
man Burleson has already indicated
that the House will not stand for 1t
il will doubtless go out in conference.
Senator Bristow throughout the debate
proved the inVeterate foe of the auto
mobile for the Government official. He
succeeded in baking the effort to gel
one prOVided for the superintendent oI