Evening star., 1922-01-24


Three new school buildings are ap-
propriated for-an eight-room extern
sible building in the Ingleside sec
ton. $4,000; an eight-room addition
to Garrison School, including land
therefor. for colored pupils. $I46,000,
and a two-room building to replace
the present one-room Chain Bridge
road school, s25.0o0-and a total Of
s1,711 900 is carried for school con-
struction. which is s7s1.ooo more than
was appropriated in the last District
appropriation act. The amounts for
continuing work on school buildings
already under construction are.
For completing and equipping new
Eastern High School, 100000.
For completing twelve-room addi-
tfon to the Wheatley School, 100000.
For completing junior high school
north Of Taylor street and east of
For completing Junior high school
in the vicinity Of Gage. Emery and
lexington schools, 100000.
s3.102,94O for Teachers.
The bill carries total of s3,1e2.e40
for teachers salaries, which includes
provision for two principals for the
two new junior high schools and an
additional teacher for each Of the los
schoolrooms in the buildings now un-
der construction.
The total appropriation for the
public schools is s6.S57. 400, which is
S56o.5l3.l5 less than the current ap-
preparation and s756.S20 less than
the budget recommendations.
Several matters of deep concern to
the people affected do not appear in
the bill or report of the committee,
but comparison with the proposals in
the estimates and with the wording
of the current act shows that a strict
limitation has been placed upon the
exchange of textbooks. At present
its discretion in the exchange Of old
books for new ones or for new kinds
of books. The bill as reported limits
this exchange to badly damaged
books of the same kind, so that it
really means that there can be no
without specific authority from Con-
gress.
Non-Resident Attendance,
The provision for attendance Of tho
children of government employees
working outside of Washington ia
changed so that men who are sta
toned at Fort Myer or the experi.
mental farm at Beltsville cannot put
their children in the District schools
without paying tuition. Only officers
and men of the Army and Navy. when
employed outside of Washington. can
have their children in the District
schools
Another change in the wording of
the bill prohibits the removal Of
ashes and miscellaneous refuse from
all apartment houses by the governs
ment collectors. The law previousIv
prohibited such removal at public
expense from. large apartment houses
ana boarding houses. and the present
bill changes this to read from apart
ment houses and large boarding
houses"
street ImDrovements.
The bill carries a total of s11a soo
for the following specific street i'm
provements:
Northeast-For paving 18th street,
East Capitol to b street, present
width, $4,000.
Northwest-For paving 1ngraham
street, east of 14th street, thirty feet
wide. $1,000.
Northwest--For paving Upshur
street, New Hampshire avenue to 4th
street. forty-five feet wide. Ss.40o.
Northwest-For repaving 18th street,
n street to street, seventy feet wide.
$16.s00.
Northwest-For paving Yuma street,
sSth street to 3sth street, thirty feet
wide. $4,000.
Northwest-For paving varnum
street, I'd street to Rock Creek Church
road, thirty feet wide, $500. and for
extending Varnum street from 7th street
to Grant Circle. 500.
Northwestern paving Sd street,
Taylor street to Upshur street. thirty
feet wide, $4,700.
Northwest-For paving 18th street.
c street to E street. thirty-five feet
wide, $11.200.
Northwest-For paving Illinois ave-
nue., Webster street to Allison street,
forty feet wide, $500.
Southeast-For grading and improv-
ing Raleigh street, Nichols avenue
westward, thirty feet wide, $2,400.
Northwest-For paving .Crittenden
street, 18th street to Piney Branch
road, thirty feet wide, $500.
Northeast-For grading 18th street,
Hamlin street to Irving street. $2.1O0.
Northwest-For grading Brandy
wine street, 29th street to 30th street;
2sth street. Brandywine street to Au-
dubon terrace, and Audubon terrace.
2sth street to Broad Branch road,
$14, ,000.
Fer repairs to suburban roads. $780,
600 is recommended in the bill.
ADproSfiatisns for Libraries.
For the free Public Library. includ-
.ng the Takoma Park branch. totai
~ e7S Xa0 10 ,.n Y>,iaa ssss-