Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-06
DISTRICT ESTIMATES
TOTAL $l5,473,676.34
FOR NEXT FISCAL. YEAR
Continued from Tenth Page.)

Submitted.
For night watchmen at Mckinley ant
Armstrong manual training schools
two. at $500 each, new.
| Matrons for Schools.
For natrons in the high schools ant
larger graded school buildings. includ
ing the following: New Central High
School, new M Street High School
Business High School, Western High
School, Eastern High School, Mckinley
Manual Training School, Armstrong
Manual Training School. Jefferson
School. Stevens School. Btrney ane
| annex, Emery. new Mott, henry ~
Cooke, Powell and 16-room nuiialne
on site purchased west OF soldiers
Creek road, fifteen in all, at 5000 each
| $500.
One chief medical inspector new
For repair and improvements mt to
| school buildings and GROUNDS, $ieo'ooo,
| an increase of $4,000.
Alterations and repairs on schools
are proposed as follows:
| For central heating plant in group OF
buildings containing the Central High
| (old). the Polk and Henry SCHOOLS
| $4,000.
| For covering over the roof space at
| the Grover Cleveland School, No. 1865,
| for open-air classes and exercises
| $1,000.
For drinking fountains and toilet ia
| cilities at the Deanwood School, $2,50O
| For construction of retaining wall
and fence and making alterations for
lunchroom at the Business High
| School. $4,000.
For retaining walls, copings, fence,
| grading and surfacing parking spaces
surrounding the Abbott School. $4,000.
| For reconstructing the entrance and
approach on the NJ street front and i'm
proving the lighting conditions at the
Sumner School. $4,000.
| For installing sanitary drinking
! fountains and shower baths In school
| buildings where same are required,
| $4,000.
| For completing the electric lighting
at the Eastern High School, $1,000.
| For modern 1avatories. drinking
! fountains. sewer connections. and nee
essary buildings for the Conduit Road
and Fort Slocum schools. $4,000.
For completion of the remodeling OF
the Franklin School to provide the nee
| essary Offices for school officers and the
board of education, $4,000.
| For central heating plant and remod-
| cling the heating and ventilating sys-
TENS in the Curtis, Hyde and Addison
schools in square No. 1244, $4,000.
| For removal of wooden stairways and
| reconstruction OF the Mccormick
| o.,
| For removal and re-erection of port
able schools, $4,000.
For purchase and repair OF furniture
tools. machinery. material and books
| and apparatus to be used in connection
| with instruction in manual training,
and incidental expenses connected
Herewith. $4,000, increase Of $1,000.
Contingent expenses. $4,000, an in
For the purchase of pianos. $500. an
1 n nf
| For text books and school supplies,
for pupils of the first eight grades. etc,
| $67 500. an increase of $1,000.
For maintenance and repair Of sixty
and six additional school Fairgrounds.
For utensils, etc. for school gardens
$4,000; increase. $1,000.
For the purchase Of fixtures and sup
buildings used as civic and social CEN
ters and for the extension of night
schools and special activities. $4,000.
For payment of janitor service rem
dered in connection with the use of
school buildings for civic and social
centers, and for extending the broader
use of the school plant, at a rate not to
exceed 81 per person per night, 5000.
For expenses Of an Instruction camp
food and labor. and expenses involved
In preparation of the same, and all in
cidental expenses. $4,000; that the SEQ
kretary Of War 10 hereby authorized to
permit the conducting Of said camp on
a government reservation in the vicin-
ity Of the city Of Washington: to loan
all tents and other equipment neces-
sary. and to furnish competent super
vision and instruction. This Is new
For extending the telephone system
to the new Central High School, 18th
and Clifton streets northwest; the new
Colored High School. LIST and O streets
n mr. RI
School. Warder and Newton streets
| northwest, including the cost of the
necessary wire. cable, poles cross-arms,
braces. conduits. extra labor and other
necessary items, to be expended under
the electrical department. $1,000.
New schools Proposed.
New buildings and grounds. public
schools. are recommended as follows:
| For an s-room addition. including an
assembly hall. to the Elizabeth "
Brown School Chevy Chase). $4,000.
| For the purchase Of additional ground
adjoining the Gage School and for erec-
ton of 4-room addition, including an
assembly hall. $4,000.
| For an S-room addition, including an
assembly hall. to Petworth School, s72,-
| For the preparation Of plans and be-
ginning the construction Of the new
Eastern High School building. the
building to accommodate 1900 pupils
and to be fully equipped for ali high
school courses, academic. technical
commercial and Agricultural: the total
cost Of the building and equipment moi
to exceed S750,o00. $4,000
! For q 4-room addition to the Burr.
Vile School and grading Of tho sita
10000.
For the erection Of an s-room build.
ing on the site purchased for the pur.
pose in the ffth division. between 18th
and goth streets and Monroe and New.
ton streets northeast. said building to
be constructed a. to make 1t easily
possible to extend the same to a Is.
room building at a later date. $4,000
room building between 10th and 18Th
streets. and on or near Spring roaG
northwest, In the third division, $40. 900
1 For the purchase of additional GROUND
immediately In the rear of Armstrong
Manual Training School; and fronting
For the construction and equipment
Of a foundry at the Mckinley Manua,
Training School, 5000.
For the purchase OF q site for an a.
room manual training center to serve
the eleventh division. $4,000.
ladtointng the Blake School, $4,000
1 For the erection Of q Greenhouse ut tbs
J. Ormond Wilson Normal School, q. oDo
| For the purchase Of additional Rround
adjoining the Bradley School on the
For the purchase Of additional ground
adjoining the Lovetoy School. 1920.
adjoining the Langdon School, So. ooo'
For the purchase Of additional ground
adjoining the Addison School, 5000.
For the purchase Of additional ground