Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-27

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the number.
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of class l, was stricken out and also
Senate amendments proposing aauio
tional fire equipment. A senate
amendment carrying $4,000 for re.
pairs to engine house No. Is. D street
between 18th and 18th streets. was
agreed to.
Building Inspectors.
A Senate amendment. proposing to
increase the number of building IN
spectors so that there should &c nHe
assistant inspectors at $4,000 each, IN
stead Of one.' as provided In the HOUSE use
bill, was changed so as to PROVIDE 1or
enc at $4,000 and two at $1,000 eacn'
and then agreed to.
The conferees agreed to senate
amendment providing for two assist
ant inspectors of plumbing at $l.55O
each instead Of one. as PROVIDED IN
the House bill, and also to Senate
amendment providing for sewer
Taper at $1,000 a year.
A Senate amendment providing Tor
four assistant engineers instead Oh
three in the District bill was lest.
A Senate amendment providing for
four clerks at S1,400 each, instead of
providing for three clerks at $1,2oo
each instead Of two. as carried In the
House bill, prevailed. A Senate
amendment providing $500 for tenn
porary clerk hire in the license bu-
reau was agreed to.
A Senate amendment providing
three instead of two bailiffs at $1,20O
each, in the collectors Office. was lost.
A Senate amendment providing Tor
a laborer and janitor In the coroner
Office at $3.50 was agreed to.
A Senate amendment providing Tor
two inspectors at $l,4O0 each. ins!eao
Of one. in the Engineer Commission
er's office, was agreed to.
A Senate amendment increasing the
item for repairs and improvements TO
school buildings and grounds from
5000. 900 to $250.000 was agreed to-.
A Senate amendment increasing the
item for furniture for some OF the
lost.
Janit0r Amendment Lost.
A Senate amendment providing for
a janitor at $72O in the same office,
was lost.
The conferees struck out Senate
amendment providing for boss car
penter. boss timer. boss painter, BOSS
plumber. boss steamfitter,, and boss
gardener, at $1,000 each in the
municipal architects office.
A Senate amendment increasing the
salary of the executive secretary OF
the Public Utilities Commission from
$500 to $4,000, was agreed to.
Senate amendments for the mini
mum wage board increasing the ap-
propriation from $4,000 to $4,000. were
a senate amendment for salaries in
operating the southeast branch OF the
Public Library, was ammended SO as
to provide $500 instead OF $5.ooo' ana
A Senate amendment increasing the
LAMENTATIONS for substitute and
tamporary service in the pubic IL
brary, from $4,000 to %, 500. was iost;
The conferees agreed to proposal
that no money appropriate on5 Gy tls
library stations not now in existence,
hut this limitation shall not apply to
public school buildings. and the
southeast branch library.
For More Periodicals.
A Senate amendment increasing ap-
propriations for books. periodicals.
newspapers, etc, for the library and
branches, from $12.500 to $17,5o0 was
agreed to. The conferees struck out
Senate amendment providing $4,000
for repairs and improvements 70 the
buildings and equipment OF the three
public libraries.
Senate amendment increasing the
appropriation for maintaining a pub
Tic employment service for the DIS
trict. from 5000 to s.I H;eoe sms Mds
ment of $500 for the erection OF
snitable tablets to mark historical
places in the District.
Senate amendment for altera-
lions and improvements to the oio
Mott School for use .. as ha,n prop podi.
f,ed 20 as to provide $500 instead OF
Senate amendment increasing the
appropriations for assessment ana
permit work from $226,00O to $2s5,oVO'
was modified so as TO MAKE In, sne
viding $4,000 for paving roadways
under the permit system, was agreed
to.
Street Improvement.
Senate amendments for street i'm
provements were agreed to as 1ol-
Northwest-For paving west side
of Connecticut avenue; insomar
street sire ito, TO- G ;as CSo. chase 'r''e' SILKY
Northeast-For paving East Capt.
toll street, 18th street to 18th street,
fifty feet wide. $4,000.
Northeastern paving Rhode Is
street, fifty feet wide, $4,000.
Northeast-For paving 18th street,
Michigan avenue to Upshur street.
forty feet wide. $4,000.
Northwest-For paving Randolph
street, 18th street to 18th street.
Northwest-For paving 28th street
from woodley road to Cathedral ave-
nue., $4,000.
A Senate amendment providing S45,-
600 for paving the west side Of Con-
necticut avenue, Ingomar street to
Chevy Chase Circle. was lost.
A Senate amendment increasing an
item of $4,000 for grading, streets,
alleys and roads to $4,000 was lost.
A Senate amendment increasing the
appropriations for repairs to streets.
avenues and alleys from $431,250 to
$500. 600 was modified 30 as to make
it $3.50, 900. A Senate amendment in
creasing the item for construction
and repair Of sidewalks around pub