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Evening star., 1922-12-04
$3.50 Is Recommended
For Purchase of Fairgrounds

For salaries of supervisor, inspector.
directors and assistant directors.
wacthmen and other employees OF the
Fairgrounds service a total of s51.-
600 in salaries is recommended.
An increase OF $4,000 over the cur
rent appropriation for general main
tenance, improvement. equipment.
supplies. incidental and contingent
expenses OF Fairgrounds is recon
mended. bringing the amount up to
$4,000.
An Increase of $4,000 is proposed
for maintenance and other expenses
of keeping open during the summer
months the public school Fairgrounds
bringing this item UP to $4,000.
The purchase of sites for two new
Fairgrounds is recommended as fol
lows: For the site now occupied by
Hoover Fairgrounds. containing 6s.-
GOO square feet, $4,000: for purchas-
Ing site at 9th and o streets. con-
tanning 10000 square feet and for
the purchase OF another lot contain
mended.
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Salaries of School Teachers
and PRINCIPALS Set in Budget

A new proposal for forty admins
trative principals Of elementary
schools. in charge of schools with
sixteen or more classrooms. at sal
aries Of $500 each. making a total
of 100000. is made. This Is on the
assumption that If this item is al
lowed by Congress a number of Glass
S teachers will be reduced by twenty.
If the item for administrative prin-
cipals il not allowed, the number Of
Glass teachers should be increased
by twenty. A proviso Is made that
such administrative principals, on a
basic salary OF s2.60v. snail be en-
titled to an increase of 500 a year
for four years, but shall not be en-
titled to any additional compensation
for session rooms.
The salaries schedule recommended
for the public schools Is superinten-
dent, $4,000; two assistant superin-
tendents, $3.50 each; a new assistant
superintendent for business affairs.
$3.50: director Of intermediate in
struction, thirteen supervising prin-
cipals, supervisor of manual training
and director Of primary instruction.
sixteen in all. at a minimum salary
Of $2.400 each, a total Of S3S, 400; sec
rotary. $1,000: financial clerk. $4,000:
clerks as follows-one at 1880. two
at 1880. two at$1.4oo Zone Of whom
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$24,25O for District Mutes
and $4,000 for Blind Asked

For expenses of the Columbia In
stitution for Deaf from the District
of Columbia an appropriation of $780,
ESQ is recommended, which. IL the
same as the current appropriation.
For the education of colored deaf
mutes belonging to the District of
Columbia in Maryland or some other
state under contract to be entered
into by the Commissioners. an appro-
priation of $4,000 is recommended,
which is the same as the current ap-
preparation,
For instruction Of blind children of
the District of Columbia in Maryland
or some other state under contract. to
be entered into by the Commissioners,
an appropriation of $4,000 is recon-
mended. which is the same as the cur
rent appropriation.
Provisos are made that the educa-
tion of colored deaf mutes and the
instruction of blind children shall be
made under the supervision of the
board Of educStion.
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tinued. For the personal tax board
an appropriation of $31.400 Is recon-
mended. which is the same as the cur
rent appropriation. For the license
$4,000 allowed for the present fiscal
year For the collectors office an in
crease of $2.400 is asked. bringing the
recommended total up to $54.S20. For
the auditors Office $56.276 is recon-
mended. the same as the current ap-
preparation.
For the Office of corporation coun-
sci the recommended amount is $23.-
420. same as the present allowance.
For the coroners office the present
appropriation of $500 would be con-
tinued. For the Office of superin-
tendent of weights. measures and
markets the recommendation is that
S24,16O be allowed. the same as for
the present fiscal year.
5000 Boost Provided.
For the Engineer Commissioners
office an increase of $1,000 is recon-
mended from 31s2.21O allocated for
the present fiscal year to sls7.210.
For the central garage. $500. the
same as the present appropriation.
For the municipal architects Office.
S23,o6o is recommended. Identical with
the appropriation for the current fis-
cal year. For the Public Utilities
Commission. s3s.52o. same as the
present allowance. fOF l1e street
cleaning division. s44.1S0: the same
as the present appropriation. For
the board of examiners-steam engi-
neers-a decrease from $500 to $3.50
is recommended. For the department
Of insurance the present appropria-
ton Of $16.500 is recommended to
be continued. For the surveyors
office an increase of $4,000 is urged.
bringing the total amount for sal
aries up to $4,000 For the minimum
wage board the present salary total
of 5000 is recommended to be con-
tinued. For administration OF the
District of Columbia employees COM
pensation fund an increase of $4,000.
bringing the salary budget up to
$4,000. is recommended. For the
Rent Commission a reduction from
S72,5o0 to $65.000 is advised.
An increase of $500 is recon-
mended for Free Public Library. in
cluding the Takoma Park and south
east branches, bringing the total to
$127S0O
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WOULD BOOSTPAY
/ OF PARK OFFICIALS
Budget Bureau Also Urges
S15O,OOO to Reclaim Ana
costa River Flats.

For continuing the reclamation ana
DEVELOPMENT of Anacostia Park. In
accordance with plans for reclamation
OF the Anacostia river flats an ap-
p-opriation of sl50.0o0 is recommend
ed. which is identical with the cur
rent appropriation. according to the
bulge: bureau recommendations.
4 decrease OF $4,000 is noted IN
the item for condemna.lon ,,on o. Of
park areas at the intersection u
streets. avenues and roads IN tne
District This item for the next
fiscal year would he cut to So.ooo.
An increase of approximately $o.ooo
ts recommended for salaries OF EN- en-,
iurs and grounds. This Includes an
increase of $500 for the landscape
architect. an increase of $500 for the
junior engineer. an increase OF sioV
for the lieutenant OF park ponce an
increase of Sl00 for the first sergeant.
mark police. The budget bureau
recommends other increases In tne
personnel of the park police as io.-
lows: Five first sergeants al $i.ooo
and Il decrease of two at Sl.oso each,
increase OF fourteen priEates az
sIi4o. decrease of twenty-four prl.
Yates at 1880. and an increase Oh
nine privateS at $1.2So.
Total OF s483.3:O.
For the Improvement and care OF
public grounds in the District OF CO.
lumhia a total of $493,320 is recon-
mended as against the current appro-
priation. which totals S359.9o0.
The increases include $1,000 for
tool shed and storeyard on the White
House grounds. $4,000 for commencing
mates for development of the ROCK
Creek and Potomac parkway. 1870
for widening existing roads and
walks and for constructing walks ana
paths in east Potomac Park.
An item of s5o.o0O is proposed for
continuing the construction of a sea-
wall along the water front between
the foot OF New Hampshire avenue
and the north building line of 6
street.
Another item of $4,000 is proposed
for improvement and maintenance as
a recreation park of section D. Ana
costa Fark. between Pennsylvania
avenue and the Anacostia bridge.
Lighting Item &37 900.
For lighting public grounds an ap-
propristion of $4,000 is proposed.
For a connecting parkway between
Rock Creek and Potomac parks. an
appropriation of S150.00o is recon-
mended. which is an increase of $00.-
900. This is to enable the COM
mission authorized in 1913 to continue
proceedings for acquisition of lands.
A legislative provision stipulates- that
the authority of the commission is
extended to acquire by purchase or
condemnation for park purposes the
tract known as klingle Valley Park.
containing about ten acres. and the
Piney Branch Valley Park. containing
about twelve acres: il acquired by
purchase. the cost of these tracts not
to exceed sl5o.000 for kingle Valley
Park and s200,oc0 for Piney Branch
Valley Park. with specific provision
that these tracts shall become part
of the park system of the District
and be under control of the chief
of engineers of the United States
Army.
For the National Geological Park
the budget bureau recommends that
the current appropriation of $125.000
be duplicated for the next fiscal year.
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An increase of $4,000 for construc-
tion and repair of bridges is proposed.
bringing the total amount for this
item up to $4,000.
An increase Of 1890 is submitted.
bringing the total item for the High
way bridge across the Potomac up to
$4,000.
For the Anacostia river bridge
$1,000 is asked.
For lighting. miscellaneous sup
plies and expenses OF every kind incl
dent to the maintenance of the new
Georgetown bridge across the Poto-
mac river $4,000 is recommended. with
the proviso that upon its completion
the jurisdiction and control of the
Georgetown bridge shall be under the
Commissioners of the District.
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Increase of $24,714
Asked for D. c. Police

An increase Of S24,714 for the
metropolitan police is recommended.
which brings the proposed total ap-
0 preparation for this department Of
against s1,S25,1sS for the current tise e
cal year.
4 The police salary schedule. as car
ried in the budget estimates. is as
follows:
0 Major and superintendent. s4.5oo:
two assistant superintendents, at
$4,000 each. $4,000; three inspectors
at s2.4Oo each, $1,000: thirteen cap
n tains, at $2.400 each Cone additional
submitted. $4,000: chief clerk. who
clerk, who shall also be a stenogra-
pher, $1.S0o; two clerks. who shall be
0 stenographers. at $500 each. $4,000;
clerks-one: who shall be assistant
three. at $1,000 each. $4,000; one 800:
four surgeons of the police and fre
departments. at $1,000 each. $6.400:
n additional compensation for thirty
five privates detailed for special serv-
ice in the detection and prevention of
crime, $16.S00; additional compensa-
tion for fourteen privates detailed
for special service in the various pre-
cints for the prevention and detection
of crime, at the rate of S120 per an
mum. $l,6S0: additional compensation
for one inspector or captain and one
lieutenant detailed for special service
in the detection and prevention OF
0 crime. at s400 each, $500: twenty-one
harbor master. at $1,000 each. $4,000:
fifty-sfx sergeants. one of whom may
patrol. at s1.soo each. s1oo,soo; pri-
Sf Glass; at hundsss sssa eaes aes
additional susmitted). $e6S.120 (under
the law privates who have satisfac-
torily served two years are promoted
to be priyates Of class 3; .,G., It viii; H.
comply with law to make provision
l for the number. Of privates in class 3
l recommended): two hundred and TWEEN
ty-two Of class 2. at $l,s6o each de
, $50 (under the law privates who have
> satisfactorily served one year are
promoted to class 2: it will. there
: fore, be necessary in order to comply
with law to make provision for the
number Of privates in class recon-
3 mended): thirty of class !. at $l:!S0
. each (five additional submitted). $43,-
500; amount required to pay salaries
3 of privates of class who VIII De pro
. during the fiscal year 1924 increase
! Of 81 ,27s.64 submittedl. $3.50: nine tele-
phone clerks. at $500 eeee eaen9 ~ s;iUo: ;on:
nineteen 'anitSrsi; Si,tsd at 'os e4S Ga iae
. borer, S72o: messenger. $500: motor
I vehicle allowance for two. inspectors.
! at $3.50 each increase Of $3.50 sub
mitted). $3.50: twenty CAPTAINS. lieu
tenants, sereeants and and slnh ps,vadss ade
crease of &s,710 submitted). $10,S00:
( thirty-two Iieutenants. sergeants and
. nriyates mounted on bicycles. at SO
. each decrease of se.e4o subnitted)::
. S2,240: thirty-f'ye driver privates o.
5 one submittedj. $54,S0o: three Griver
t prtvates OF class l, at 81 .46o each tsub-
mtttsO. 1850: six police matrcls. at
: '1za An fssn Item Il SOC is proposal to aid
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$229,70 Is Recommended
For Contingent Expenses

An increase of $30.9O6 for contin-
gent and miscellaneous expenses for
the various Offices of the District gov
ernment is recommended. bringing the
total for contingent expenses up to
s229,70s. This includes an increase
of $1,000 to the general contingent
fund. bringing it up to $4,000: an in
crease of $4,000 for maintenance, care
and repair of automobiles. bringing
the amount up to $4,000: an appro-
priatIon of $4,000 for the purchase of
two automobiles for use of the vari-
Gus departments of the District gov
ernment.
An increase of $500 is recon-
mended for postage for strictly OH
cial mail matter. bringing tho total
allotment up to $4,000.
$1,000 for Morgue.
plant at the District morgue $1,000 is
asked. A decrease of $500 is pro-
posed for carrying out the provisions
of the act covering removal of dan
gerous or unsafe buildings.
An increase of $2.50O Is recon-
mended for purchase of metal identi-
f1cation number tags for horse-drawn
vehicles used for business purposes
and for motor vehicles. bringing the
total allowance for purchasing tags
up to $17.500. An increase of $500 is
asked for the purchase Of medicines.
office of veterinary surgeon, bringing
the total up to $500.
Increase for Inspections.
An increase Of $3.50 Is recommended
in the item for transportation, includ-
ing the allowance to building inspec-
tors for automobiles at the rate OF $26
a month, making the total for this
item $3.50.
An increase of 1912 is proposed for
the plumbing inspection division to
reimburse five assistant inspectors
for motor cycles used in their official
work, bringing the total item up to
$3.50. An increase of $3.50 for main
tenance and repair of motor vehicles
for the District building Is proposed,
which brings this item up to $1,000.
For replacing piling at the municipal
fish wharf and market $1,000 is asked.
For revision of the highway plans
$500 is asked to be expended by the
surveyors office. For the mainte-
nance of the public employment serv-
ice for the District $500 10 recon-
mended. For the purchase of trucks
and automobiles for the municipal
architects office $4,000 is recon-
mended.
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HEALTH Department
BUDGET OF $217,385
is $8,845 INCREASE

For the health department an in
crease of $S.S45 is recommended.
which brings the total to s217.3s5.
The recommendations for salaries
follow:
Health officer. $4,000: assistant health
officer. s2.500; chief clerk and deputy
health officer. $500: chief bureau OF
vital statistics. $500. Clerks-One,
81, 500: five. at $1,000 each. $4,000: four.
at $1,000 each. $4,000: two. at $500
each. $500: one. s72o. Sanitary in
spectors.Chief. s1.soo: assistant
% si4.4oo: TWO two. at $1,000 each. iS0' 900:
three. at 5000 each. s2.7o0. Food in
spectors-chief. $500; assistant
chief. s1.4oo: six. at s14oo each.
400: five. at $1,000 each. $4,000: SIX.
at $1,000 each. $4,000: five. at 5000
each. $4,000. Chemist. $4,000: as
sistant chemist. s1.50o: chief Of bu-
rector of psychological laboratory.
$2.150: se-ologist. s2.500: two as
sistant bacteriologists. at $1,000 each.
S2.400: laboratory assistant, sS40.
Skilled laborers-One. $720: one. $500:
two messengers. 5000 each. $1,000;
three chauffeurs. at $720 each Zone
additional sumbittedD. $2.16o: pound
borers. at not exceeding s65 per
month each, $3.l2O.
Women Inspectors Urged.
To carry out the act to regulate
the hours Of employment and safe
in the District Of Columbia a total
of s4.5o0 Is asked. which includes
three inspectors. two OF whom shall
be women. at $1,000 each. and a
stenographer and clerk at 5000.
For the prevention Of CONTAGIOUS
disease an appropriation OF $4,000
is recommended: for maintenance OF
the disinfecting service. $500, which
is an increase of $500: for enforce
ment of the provisions of an act to
provide for draining of lots In the
District, $4,000. An increase OF $3.50
for the chemical laboratory is rec
commended. which brings this item
recommended In the appropriation
for dairy farm in inspection. which
brings this item up to $4,000
$500 More for Cremntory.
For Garfield and Providence Hos
is recommended for isolation wards
for minor contagious diseases. For
repairs to the contagious disease
wards of Garfield Hospital. $500 is
recommended. An increase OF $500 is
proposed for maintenance of the pub
lie crematory. bringing that item up
to &2,500. For maintenance OF a dis
pensary for the treatment Of INDECENT
persons suffering from tuberculosis
or social diseases an appropriation
Of $12,500 is recommended: A de-
crease of $4,000 is proposed. bring
ing the item for clinical examina-
tions. advice. care and maintenance
Of children under six years of age.
under contract with the Child We'll
fare Society, down to $4,000.
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INCREASE OF $112.568
IN ESTIMATES FOR
FIRE Department

An appropriation amounting to
$1.41S.313. which is s112.5ss greater
than for the current fiscal year, is
recommended for the fire department.
This includes provision for nineteen
additional privates of class at 1850
each and fourteen additional privates
i of class ! at $1,460 each. and a de-
crease OF seven privates of class at
$1.560 each.
Provision is also made for one addi-
tional lieutenant at $l.760 and one
additional sergeant at $l.700.
Appropriation for Salaries.
The total appropriation for salaries
Chief engineer. $4,000: two deputy
chief engineers. at $4,000 each. $4,000:
eight battalion chief engineers, at
$4,000 each. $4,000; fire marshal.
$1,000; deputy fire marshal. $4,000:
clerk. si.4oo: clerk iwho shall be a
stenographer and typewriter). sl.660;
thirty eight captains. at $500 each.
tI2.2G0: forty-two lieutenants, at
sl.16o each. s73.92o: torty-two SER
geants. at $1,000 each. $71,4oo: super
intendent of machinery. $500: assist
ant superintendent of machinery,
$1,000: two pilots. at sl.7oO each.
$500: two marine engineers. at s1,10O
each. $4,000; two assistant marine en-
gineers. at 1850 each. sa.32o: two
n.
privates. AL of class 3. at 81. $50 each.
s742.020: sixty-four privates of class
2. at $l,56o each. 399.s40; twenty six
privates of class /. at Sl,460 each,
20! $50; amount required to pay sal
aries of privates of class 2 who will
be promoted to class and priyates
OF class ] who will be promoted to
privates of class during the fiscal
year 1924. sl.503; hostler, s1,0So; la
borer. $1,000.
Repairs and improvements.
/ For repairs and improvements TO
engine houses and grounds $4,000
is asked, For repairs to apparatus
and motor vehicles $4,000 is asked.
| which is an increase of $4,000 over
current appropriations. Another in
crease Of $4,000 is recommended in
the item for hose. bringing the total
for hose up to $4,000. An increase
Of $4,000 is recommended for repairs
and . Improvements OF fire boat. which
doubles the appropriation made for
the current year. An increase of
$4,000 is proposed in the item for the
contingent expenses. bringing this
total up to $4,000
Nearly 100000 is recommended for
permanent improvements. as follows:
For four pumping engines. .nole
combination. motor driven. at s12.500
each. $4,000; for one combination
chemical and hose wagon. motor
driven. $3.50: for one aerial hook
and ladder truck. motor driven,
s15.500; for one city service truck.
| motor driven. $500: for additional
amount necessary for repairs, i'm
provemcnts and alterations to engine
house No. 16. d street. between 18th
and 18th streets northwest $4,000:
drill tower-for one drill tower and
one concrete smoke-test building to
be located on land owned by the Dis
trict of Columbia adjacent to No. 8
engine house. $4,000
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INSTITUTIONS ASK
FIRE ALARM BOXES
Increases and Cuts in Ap.
preparations Recommended
for Public Places.

An appropriation of s425o for the
installation Of fire alarm boxes a.
the tuberculosis Hospital, Gallinge-
Municipal Hospital. Jail, National
Training School for Girls. Industrial
Home School and the Home for the
Aged and Infirm is recommended.
There also is a recommendation for
sll.OoO for the extension of water
mains. installation of fire hydrants
and other work for the better pro-
lection of the building of the Home
Tor the Aged and lnfirm against fire.
Increases Recommended.
Under the heading Child -carin.,
Institutions the budget bureau rec
ommends an appropriation of S224.64o.
which Is an increase of $4,000. for the
board Of children's guardians. This
increase provides for ,wo additional
officers at $1,000 each and an increase
of $4,000 for maintenance of feeble
minded children. both white and coored.
For the Industrial Home School for
Colored Children total Of s39.s0o is
recommended which is An increase of
$4,000 OF this $1,000 is for repairs
and improvements to buildings and
grounds and an increase of $1,000 for
erection OF cottage for boys.
Home School Cut.
For the Industrial Home School $15.-
900 is recommended. which is big
decrease from the s3S.16S appropriated
for the current fiscal year
For the Home for the Aged and Inflr,r
a total of sS7.1e2 is recommended as
against the current appropriation Of
$s4.75o.
For the Municipal Lodging House
the recommended appropriation is 81
040. which is the same as at present.
For the temporary home for ex-
Union soldiers and sailors. q. A. Il,
an appropriation of $500 is recon =
mended. which is the same as for the
current year.
For Hope and Help Mission $4,000
is recommended for care and mainte-
nance OF women and children under 2
contract with the Florence Crittenton
Hope and Help Mission bv the board
OF charities. the same as for the cur
rent fiscal year.
&S5O,OO0 for Insane.
For support of INDECENT Insane %
the District OF Columbia at ST. Eliza =
beth's hospital sS50.oo0 is asked
which duplicates the current appro-
priation. An increase Of $1,000 for tho
hospital for the insane is recommend
ed in the item for deportation of non
resident insane persons.
For relief of the poor. including the
pay of physicians. to be expended
under the direction of the board OF
charities. the budget bureau recon
mends that the current appropriation
OF $4,000 be renewed
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$4,000 FOR D. C. MILITIA.
Increase of $4,000 Proposed, Main
ly for Training.

An increase of s450O is proposed
for the District militia. bringing this
item up to s50.000. OF this an in
crease of $4,000 is proposed for ex-
penses of camps. another $4,000 in
crease for the pay of troops other
than government employees and an
increase of $500 in the expenses for
target practice and matches.