The Washington times., 1919-12-01
under one superin

and workhouse. under one superin
, tendent.
Ernest recommendation Is made for
the early enactment OF an indetermi-
nate sentence and parole law cover
| ing the Jail, reformatory and work.
house. A draft Of bill, the report
says, covering this subject has been
prepared for the government Of the
| three institutions named, and the
! board will formally submit this draft
to the Commissioners for considera-
tion.
The population Of the several char
liable institutions during the year
has been below the pre-war record.
just as was the case during the pre-
ceding year.
Recommendation is made for the
purchase Of land for new site for the
Industrial Home School for white
children. 1t is proposed to take the
school out into the country where
| sufficient land for agriculture can
| be obtained.
| The work of the board Of children's
guardians have been highly success
full. Home finding and placing of
children occupied q great deal of the
! boards time. More homes are needed.
New ChilA Lahss Law.
a new child labor bill has been
| drafted and will be sent to Congress
| ahortly. it was announced.
The commissioners of fiour inspec-
! tion were not called upon to do any
/ work during the year, and therefore
have no report to make.
The District alienist examined J.I12
cases at the Washington Asylum Hos
| pitaI. OF these cases 33s were acute
| ly alcoholic.
A medical psychologist should be
provided to aid tho alienist the Com
rnissioners say. Attention Is again
| invited. the report states 10 the ur-.
gent need for an amendment to the
code laws of the District reiative 10
| the insane.
Investigations OF 4si deaths were
made by the coroner. Ninety eight
bodies were received Ivy tn, anaton1i-
| cal board of the District, and dis
| tributed to various univcrsarities.
The report of the District minimum
wage board reviewed the work of the
| past year and announced that numer-
Gus conferences were to be held this
year to set wages for women work
ers. The number of square yards of
new pavements laid during the year
| total 142.9e0.
| The viaduct over tracks Of the
steam railroads at Benning road
crossing was practically completed
| during the year, and this dangerous
| grade crossing thereby eliminated.
The number of surveys for private
| parties made in Washington were
LISA, as compared with 718 the
previous year. Several thousand sur
| veys were made for the Federal and
| District governments.
These sites are available for parks
| at the present time, the Commission
ers said: Piney Branch parkway,
northeasterly from Sixteenth street
and Piney Branch, Klingie Road VAL
ley, Mt. Hamilton. situated between
| Biadensburg road and Eastern
Branch. Forest Drive. and Dean
Tract.
Alley Law Amendment.
That the alley law. providing for
ousting of alley tenants within the
next year. should be amended, is the
| Commissioners belief. 1t Is asked
the law not be put into effect for sew
eral years.
At present many small garages are
being built, and it is thought the
subdivision regulations should be
amended so as to permit smaller lots
| than 200 square feet each, as now pro-
vided by the regulations, SO that these
! small garages can be placed on their
own Individual tracts.
| The number OF trees planted along
curbs now totals approximately 104,-
900. A permanent tree nursery l. an
immediate need If the extension of
the tree system of Washington Is to
be maintained at its present stand
| ard, says the report.
| The service rendered by the con-
| tractors for the ash and refuse collec-
tions was seriously affected by the
| shortage of labor, and the increased
| cost of both labor and material.
Building operations during the past
year were carried on to the expendi-
| ture OF 10.509, POI, an increase or more
than 100000 over the preceding year.
Seven buildings were under con-
Jtruction during the past year In
| crease in cost OF labor and material
caused many delays.
| At one time during the year 1t vas
necessary for the District to obtain
electric power from the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company. while their pri-
vate plant was not in operation. The
District used 81 $40 kiiowatts hours,
paying for each kilowatt hour 2h
cents.
Cost Of new plumbing work for the
year totaled s1Ts.969.
The metropolitan sewerage project
was discussed in the report 1t pro-
vides for linking the District sewers
with mains to so into the Maryland
communities.
1t was pointed out that water con-
| sumption had Increased considerably
| during the year. The waste of water
| also showed an increase