The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-10
Finance Committee Hears
Pleas from Heads Of Depart
ments and Private Citizens
for Appropriations.
Good Work Of Juvenile Court.
First Regiment Armory to Be
Ready for Occupancy Early
Next Month. Improve
Shields Lake.

The finance committee of the city
council last night heard from several
city departments and citizens on the
question of preparations for the
year. About 81 900. 600 was requested
school department
Representatives o. the Juvenile
court presented a petition and showed
that the court had done much good
during its short life. Major Price
stated That the First Regiment armory
would BE- ready for occupancy by the
first week In February. and citizens
asked the committee to repair the
Eyrd park rathskellor and continue
work on Shields lake
One more meeting Of the commit
tee will be heard before the work
Of consideration OF the budget LIS turn
cd over to the subcommittee
After hearing from Chairman Ebel,
Of the city school board, and Super
fntendent Chandler the committee
took under consideration an appro-
priation OF s9el.aes.o4 for the school
department for the coming year.
This sum is s2i1.I00.5l more than
the board received last year, and the
large amount is due to the fact that
the school board desires to build sev-
eral new buildings. extend the serv-
NE of others. and make repairs.
In his remarks to the committee
Chairman Ebel hrough, out strongly
the wish OF the department for better
facilities in the Southside. A large
delegation OF representative Southssd-
err appeared in advocacy of the pro-
posed new school Aldarman Pow
err, Councslmen Moore and Jones also
urxed the committee to make the APP
propagation TOR rN~ n.w f<ssfsssr ridge
school
The Wants Of this department
are here summarized:
Pay roll account, s3ss.5ao.o4. gem
erai expense, repairs. etc. sT7s50;
John Marshall High schooi--Eleetrical
changes to connect with city plant,
$1,000: auto truck. $4,000: equipment
vocational school. $4,000; school
athletics, $3.50: equipment Baker
annex and Springfield school. $1,000;
free textbooks, $4,000; summer
normal school. $500 new property
and buildings. $4,000. fire alarm
.
grand total. sss1.ass.o4.
New Property and Buildings
Batnbridge, building and lot. $I20,-
600; Floyd avene. building. $4,000:
sidney {colored). building and lot.
$4,000: Maury tcoiored). building.
10000; lakewood. building, $4,000:
Fulton tcolored). building. $4,000.
Paramount. building and lot. $4,000:
Friends meeting-house. $4,000. lots
for Armsf~s1g and East End colored
school, $4,000.
fetal $4,000.
Teachers Educational Loan Fund.
The school board also petitioned the
council 10 appropriate sum OF 3d.
600 annually for five years To the
credit Ut the school board OF the city
OF Richmond. To be used as Teach
ers' Educational Loan Fund" From
this money there will be loaned to any
teacher. white or colored. sum not
10 exceed 1900 to any individual
teacher, ana tho personal note OF the
teacher who borrows this money Will
be. taken At 4 per cent interest. the
money tn ha devoted to study or prep
aration for further Advancement. and
10 be paid hack out of salary earned
while teaching.
Or. Chandler explained that there
were d number of young teachers
who might he greatly benefited by
thia fund, and he urged the finance
cammittee to seriously consider the
scheme.
Juves,ije Court budget.
Dr, Maciachian. Father Hannigan.
~. Douglass Freeman and others
REPRESENTED tho Juvenile court, and
asked for an appropriation for the
yeas Of $s,SSo, summarized as fol-
lows,
salary Of male probation officer, ST.
500; general court expenses, including
salary Of woman probation officer, ST.
x6s.
white deteHtiaH home exBensess
Salary Of matren and wages OF servants
-a,sA haipers. moi over $9eai beard Of
masron aad helpers, sl,5e6s general
expenses Of detention home, including
furnishings and incidental repairs and
improvements, SSesi rent or compsnsa-
ton to associated charities for use 81
tleteRtiea heme quarters not over, seoo
Co3ored detention home expenses
Wages OF matroH or keeper, not over
t3e0; board Of chiidscn and Of keeper,
not over $40; rent Of detention home
quartsrs,f not over Staoi ihciaehtai eA-
penses. rot over $deO-
Arnory Nears GQnpletfen.
Maior Price. Of the First Virginia
regiment. aaked for $1a.808,far improves
ments and equipment Of the armory
nnd rooms and for Sha erection OF an
eisyator. and other additions to the new
arnory. together with the usual ap-
propriation Of ss88 for each company.
He stated that p signal corps had
been formed and that a held hospital
CORPS was Ia course Of formation. The
ball to be placed on the armory Will
strfkA the hours, day and night. and II
Nns statra BY Major Price last hight
that tho armory would be ready for oc-
cupancy the FIRST week In February.
III making his statement Major Price
referred 10 the fact that the new
I axnory would seat <,76e people. and
xe0uJA he used * necessary A. = consen-
s51o1 81 exhI6ItlOn hall, ~ veil a. one
!nr nnaulcAl affairs. He said that he