The Washington times., 1913-12-01
GREAT FALLS LIGHTING PLANT.


In explaining their failure to recon-
mend the beginning of municipal
lighting and power plant to be supplied
from Great Falls, the Commissioners
say:
priation bill for the fiscal wear ending
June 80. 1913, there was carried an
item of $4,000 to be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of War,
through the Corps of Engineers, for
the purpose of making a survey and a
possible recommendation for the Great
Falls power Development and an in
creased water supply. This work has
been done by Colonel Langfitt, the en-
gineer officer in charge of the Washing
ton Aqueduct, and his report has been
forwarded to Congress. In it he recon-
mends the carrying out of the double
project at an ultimate expenditure of
about sl5.0O0.UOO.
I'm Colonel Langfitt's estimates for
the Washington AqueduCt and other
water supply projects for the District
which are regularly transmitted to the
Secretary of the Treasury through the
Commissioners of the District of Column
bia- he included an estimate of 5000
600 TO be applied to construction Needed
for an increased water supply to be
drawn half from the funds of the Uni
ted States and half from the funds of
the District of Columbia, the other
$2OJOgOO for power construction, to be
estimated for by the secretary of war.
Upon completing their estimates the
Commissioners found, after careful r--
vision of the items to be provided for,
that they were unable to include the
amount Of 100000 for the Great Falls
project and at the same time care for
the pressing needs Of the District on
other accounts without exceeding the
total net revenues of the District of
Columbia. plus 100 per cent. which they
are forbidden by law to do. The Com
missioners were compelled, Therefore. to
omit this item from their estimates.
They desire to emphasize the fact,
however, that this was done solely on
account of the requirement of law. The
Commissioners regard the project as
extremely desirable and urgent, and
hope that the matter may be covered in
a separate bill to be submitted other
wise than through the District Commits
sloners They have advised the Secre-
tary of War to this effect.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
No increase Is recommended in the
salary Of the Superintendent OF Public
Schools.
One additional supervising principal at
S2,2OU is suggested.
The Commissioners recommend that
the director of primary instruction now
in the service of the schools, or mere
after TO be appointed. shall be placed
at Il basic salary Oh S-,Zvv, anu SIifiil NC
entitled 10 an increase of 500 per year
Tor five years.
An additional clerk at $500 is recom-
mended for the office force of the pub
lie schools system. And IL is also pro-
posed to promote one clerk now re-
ceiving $40 to Sl.J1O. and one from
81 $50 10 81 300, and TO name three ad-
ditional clerks at $I,np each. A leSlSla
tive prOViso urged is that attendance
officers shall be placed in class three
and four Of the salary schedule, reCciv-
ing the annual increases provided for
in that schedule.
Estimates for the salaries of 1863
teachers are submitted, and ii is recon-
Inended that eighteen teachers be added
to the school force. Ii is also urged
that the principals Of the Normal, IL gh.
and Manual Training Schools, nine in
ALL receive salary Increases of $500 each;
that hereafter the directors of domestic
science. domestic art and kindergarten
receive a minimum salary of $3.50 each
with an increase of 500 a year for five
salary raise of $500 is submitted for
the assistant director of primary in
stTuction.
The following increases and decreases
are recommended in the teaching force:
Five additional teachers, group OF
class 6; sixteen additional teachers In
class 4; seven less teachers I'm class );
one less in class =; five additional In
class /.
A total appropriation of S462.9S5 is
estimated for longevity pay. this repre-
senting an increase of Approximately
$4,000.
suggestion that night schools be kept