Evening star., 1922-10-13

SeI .tIeatneAl ot CnlIoI6n un0er
Columbia who are suffering from
tuberculosis" =
Indorse Bridge Work.
Seven recommendations were con.
tanned In the comprehensive report
submitted by the committee. on
bridges. They are:
THAT Congress be urged to make
appropriations for the following: For
the Arlington Memorial bridge com
mission m syllable y, .s.!n, sum sa 70 it
tn the preliminary work on til. re-
placement Of the Chain bridge. no,
less than 1880: for use In prelimi.
nary work In the improvement or re-
placement Of the Pennsylvania ave.
nue. bridge. not less than S7.50e: 4
tinuous work and the completion OF
the Georgetown bridge: that all bal
ance OF specific appropriations for
bridges be made available for gen
eral use and the repair of bridges ir
the District Of Columbia; that Con.
gross appropriate a sufficient sum t.
place in the Benning bridge q draw
Of the kind and type sufficient to per.
nit the passage of the dredges tt
complete reclamation work upon tho
Anacostia river: for the repair anc
maintenancs Of minor bridges no
ie0s than 35O.
An earnest plea for the support o,
pressure service water supply IN this
=" '"as made by the insurance com
! mittee.
Water Supply Inadequate.
THE inadequacy Of our ~ .r sup
My Is too we'll known to nled com
tnent." says the report. "Fortunatel:
for the health Of the city. largely
through the efforts CT Francis Il
Weller. cha srlian of the committee or
water supply OF the boird. t;I!s con
dition is being remed!ed. but thc ad
dit,onal supply to our reservoirs help:
but little when Il comes to ir" pro
lection. owing to the antiuua:"d sys
tenn of delivery pipes. which ar" prac'
ticallH what they We're thirty wears
lago. in spite Of the tremendous growth
of the city"
The urgent need OF better facilities
for vocational training and more
practical courses of instruction ant
more money for the physical develop
ment and well being of school chill
dren was stressed In the report Of the
school committee.
Every one who has the welfare o!
the country at heart ought to be
willing to do all in his power to give
children the training and environ
ment essential to develop law-abidine
and self-sustaining members Of so
:iety." reads the report
The public schools Of Washington
will bo amply provided for. If and
when the masses of the people and
he law-ab!dins body are fully aroused
TO the educational needs Of the hour.
Permanent Police Bonus.
Eleven recommendations are con-
tanned in the report Of the public
order committee. They are:
The bonus should be made per-
manent. SO that the initial pay
total. s1.70o. but sl.700 per year and
roll A distinction should be made
between the pay of captains and in
spectors and the civilian employees OF
the department adequately recon-
pensed.
The department needs twenty five
more men to help man No. l2 when
completed, at nth street and Rhode
Island avenue northeast. now being
erected. This precinct will be be-
tween No. 9 and No. 10. covers d
most rapidly growing sections OF our
city.
1.-TWO new captains. one to com
mand No. l2. just mentioned above,
and the other to command the harbor
precinct. now a part of No. ! and
ny Lieut. bSdH W Hell
the rank and pay of lieutenant was
given in 1906 by Congress to this
precinct 1t consisted of a lieutena nj
and four men. Now 1t has a lieu;
tenant, one sergeant and thirteen
men. 1t has the guarding and pro-
lection of the entire waterfront ex-
tending over twenty-five miles. The
officer in charge should have the rank
Of captain.
The work of the detective bureau
with the natural increase of demands
made upon 1t. augmented by the
burden placed upon it by the multi.
plying ramiflcations Of the variout
liquor laws. needs the immediate ad;
dition of FIVE detective sergeants.
THE shop for the various machines
Of the department and trafic bureau
and driver -privates are detailed from
time to time to assist here as labor
ers. This practice should be aban.
doned and suf!icfent number OF
laborers cover same.
"Forty-hve thousand dollars has
been asked for maintenance Of motor
vehicles and replacement of those
ment contemplates eliminating the al
lowance OF $3.50 per man to each Of
twenty men now owning motor cycles
and from eighteen Of the thirty eigh,
horse mounted men, and from thirty.
two of the sixty-four bicycle men
substituting government-owned ma
chimes and motor cycles in their place
thus putting the men to no extra ex.
pense for equipment and upkeep and
saving the city the appropriation now
made for this purpose, amounting tc
amount to the above s45 900 in re-
nuastipr annrnpria tim This v;ill moi