The Washington herald., 1921-01-09
DISTRICT $3.50
PLANFAVORED
COMMITTEE
Senate Report Carries
Budget Increases of
S2,21O,15O.S7.
TOTAL AMOUNT
is $22,O17,163.s6
Bill Now Goes to Joint
Conference-SchooI
Buildings Allowed.

Dlstrlct appropriations bill reported
to the Senate yesterday was a dis
appointment for it provided prac-
tically no increases of salary.
1t carried &22,O17.16s. however. a
net increase of $2,2IO.15O.S7 over the
House allowance. and restored the
$3.50" fiscal plan by which the
Federal government shares evenly
the costs of the Capital instead Of
40 per cent, under the 60-4O plan
| now existing.
The bill is expected to pass the
Senate tomorrow and take it's place
in conference for the inevitable
wrangle over the $3.50 question.
The District Commissioners asked
S25, 5,0S9,044 to conduct the affairs
of government during the fiscal
year beginning June 80 next, and
the House trimmed the amount to
$1s,s07,012.
Fight Renewed Before Senators.
rance Compittee the fight was re-
newed and The hearings lasted two
weeks, during which pleas were
made for salaries, the full bonus
of 3240 for policemen and fremen,
and funds to lift the school system
out of conditions that have been
pronounced deplorable. The Senate
subcommittee increased the contin-
gent and miscellaneous expenses
$4,000; improvements and repairs,
$12.50O; streets, $4,000: public
schools, $44.5S0; police requirements,
$3.50; police and iremen's relief
fund. s6S,41O; health department,
$14,IO0; courts, $3,SOo: courts and
prisons, $3.50; charities and correc-
tions, $113.70O; water service. $780,
! 900: and free public library, 500.
The principal increase was that
iof s2,276.5OO, emergency apprOpri
ations," 100000 of which have
accrued. This is for school build
ings, ONCE Of recorder Of deeds,
municipal stables. storehouses and
asphalt plant, Playground, street
lIighting, nurses home az Tubsucu-
ifosis Hospital. parks, sites for in
stitution for feeble minded and an
industrial home school.
! Decreases from House Total.
AS reported to the Senate the bill
shows decreases from the bill as II
passed the House Of S552,24O as
follows:
| General expenses, $500; contin-
gent and miscellaneous, $4,000; i'm
prUvements and repairs, S15S,34o;
sewers. $4,000: schools. S253,0OO: hre
department. $4,000; courts and pris-
ons, S35,OOO; medical charities, S44,-
600, and ARacostia River fats recla-
nation. S25.OOO. The assessors Of
flee suffered a cut of $1,000: the au-
ditor's office, S1.4OO; the Public Utili-
ties Commission, $4,000; the Mini
! VI, rrin n II
reports, $1,000; Court of Appeals
Building. $4,000: paving and street
improvements. $lOS,340; opening.
widening and extending streets, $50
900; upper Potomac intercepter, $4,-
900; Freedmen's Hospital, $4,000; Co
lumbia Hospital for women, $1,000;
IChildren's Hospital, $4,000; Provi-
dence Hospital. $4,000; Garfield Me-
mortal Hospital, $1,000; Eastern Dis
| pensary and Casualty Hospital. S1O.-
600; National Association for Relief
of Colored Women and Children,
$500; Washington Home for Found
lings, $500; st. AIMS Infant Asy-
lum. $4,000; workhouse, $4,000, and
the Reformatory, $1,000.
Quote Building Costs.
Senator Curtis explained that the
subcommittee was in sympathy with
the demand for additional school
buildings, but that IL proposed to
see that the District was not gouged.
From Denver the committee had re-
| ceived information that four-room
school buildings were being erected
there for $35.0OO, while the price
here was 100000. and eight-room
buildings for $S5,00O, against $780,
900 here, and II was thought that
the difference in price was not right.
He said the committee would call
upon the District Commissioners to
investigate building prices in other
cities before appropriations such as
demanded would be given by his
committee.
The bill authorizes the commits
sioners to use so much as may be
necessary Of the surplus revenues to
pay one-half of the following sums
and a further sum equal to the
amount from the District revenues:
Many New SCHOOL BuiIdings.
For the purchase of a site for an
| s-room eXtensible school building
in the vicinity Of Mott School.
10000.
For the purchase Of additional
land adjoining the John Eaton
School, $4,000.
| For the purchase of a site for a
l6-room school building north of
Lincoln Park, $4,000.
I For the purchase of a site for a
4-room building to replace the
Smothers School, $1,000.
For the purchase of a school site
/ in the Ingleside section, $4,000.
For the purchase Of a school site
in the vicinity Of Woodley Park,
| $4,000.
For the purchase Of a site for a
Junior high school in the vicinity of
Gage, Emery and lexington schools,
$4,000
For the purchase OF site in the
vicinity of Stevens School, $35,0OO.
For the purchase of a site ad-
joining the Buchanan School, S45, 900.
For the, purchase of a school site
| north of Spring road, between Tenth
and Sixteenth streets northwest,
$4,000.
For the purchase of site ad-
joining the Bell School, $4,000.
For the purchase Of site for an
s-room Addition to the Lovejoy
School, $500.
For the purchase of a site in the
vicinity of the Ludlow School,
$4,000.
For the purchase of additional
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