Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-08

Nh Provigion for SCHOOL Houses.
The Senate committee declined to
insert in the bill any Of the proposals
by the Commissioners and board OF
education for the erection OF new
school buildings, on the ground that
exorbitant prices were being charged
for the erection Of such buildings.
The emergency appropriations for
,ha Schools provided by the commit
tee called merely for the puIcnasse ~ ~
sites for buildings. Senator CuIus VI
Kansas: in charge soa,ouiee 81 .ae n the report
of the bill to the Senate today. sac
tbat the committee was in sympathy
with the demand for additional scnooi
buildings, but that 1t PROPOSED 70
that the District was no! sOus
The course of erection of htese nuiio-
ings. ~ou,d
ali upoy1 the District Commisslone, 3,
10 investigate the cost OF s ~
buildings in other cities s ~
size to washington; and 'ad,cafsS 10 % %thst
1eSislation would be put through ~
the future to care for the sen""i
needs. hzs re-
ch,i hniidines are being erected a.
a cost of S35.0oo. and t"efel "nn
school buildings at cost OF %s,S %S..yy'
.rhe cost Of four-room scnoo! o1i
ings in the District Is es.h ahoai
SI9S 400. and OF twelve-room scn0ol
sniIdings AT 100000. he said; the
committee believes that no such as
crepency in the cost Of scnool oulio
in1s should exist between Denver anu
Washington
One ImportaAt Increase.
An important increase proposed Is
,hat of $1SO,0o0 for a water NAN pe
tween Chevy Chase .e; uss,
rhe committee had inserted new
oac,ion authorizing the Commissioners
ro grant to per diem employees resu-
1srly employed leave OF absence WIN
nav NOT exceeding fifteen days IN eacn
fiscal year
The Senate committee recommended
, number Of decreases from the ap-
nominations carried in the House DILL
the total decrease being $552.44o.
The committee has made prActcaiy
no increases in salaries
Emergency Appropriation.
The emergency appropriations car
RED in section recoih'iee" 'Ae
committee follow:
THAT the Commissioners OF the DIS
,,ict Of Columbia are authorized 70 use
so much as may be necessary oI tne
surplus revenues Of said D1strlct ~
the Treasury of the United States OF
June so. 1920. to pay one,nan ,,;.,, - III. :.
following sums. respectively, "hicn -
hareby approprated from SAID reEe'
nnex and a further sum equal TO the
amount so appropriated from tne rev
.nues of the District OF Coiumpla II
hereby appropriated from any inum~s. an,'ro
,r;stad TO pay the other half of said
sums, namely:
schools, sites for Buildings.
For the purchase of a site ior al
eieht-room e4tensible building IN IN.
Immediate vicinity of the Mott Schooi
For the purchase of additional lant
adjoining the John Eaton schooi
$4,000. ,. So.
;xt.en-room building north of and il
,he Vicinity of Lincoln Park. $4,000.
.Eor the purchase of site for :
1our-room building to replace th'
smothers School. $1,000
For the purchase Of a site west o.
,s,h street northwest. in the Inglesid,
section, $4,000.
.Eor the purchase of a site in tn,
vicinity OF Woodley Park. $4,000.
For the purchase of site for &
5unior high school in the vicinity o.
For the purchase of a site in tn.
vicinity Of the Stevens School. $33. 900
"F'or the purchase of a site for {
building adjoining the Buchanan
FOR the purchase of a site between
10th and 10th streets northwest. OF
or north of Spring road, $4,000.
For the purchase OF site Tor al
.,ght-room addition to the LoveJo!
school, $500.
For the purchase Of site ad1oin
ing the Bell School. $4,000.
For the purchase Of q site in IN.
vicinity of the Ludlow School. $50; ;ooe
.,inS,;n,r the Peabody School. $4,000