The Washington times., 1923-01-21
DISTRICT BILL :.
CARRIES TOTAL
Of S24,444,485
Senate Committees Amend
Fnents Add $2,265,s7s to
Amount Allowed by House
ACTION TUESDAY PROBABLE
Appropriation As Reported Re-
stores All School Items,
With increase Of S76O, 600


Carrying an increase Of $780,.
e7S over the amount authorized
by the House, with COMMITTEES
amendments bringing the add
lions to $2,265,sTS the District
appropriation bill was reported
to the Senate late yesterday after
noon. The total amount of the
bill, including amendments au-
thorized by the Appropriations
Committee, Is $24,444,4S6.
ADDS $760, 900 10 SCHOOLS.
s. The bill restored every school
item knocked out on points OF or
der in the House and increased the
amount $50, 900.
Among the principal increases al
lowed by the Senate committee are
the following, which are In the
form Of committee amendments:
$500, 900 for a new building for the
Recorder Of Deeds.
SIS, 900 to purchase q site for q
public library in Mt. Pleasant.
$751; to purchase additional
sites Cor Fairgrounds.
$675, 900 to purchase park sites in
the Klingle Ford. Rock Creek Park
and Patterson sections.
s125,000 for q home for the
feeble-minded.
$50, 900 for site and two new
buildings for the National Training
School for Girls.
Senator Phipps, chairman of the
subcommittee in charge Of the bin,
declared he would call It up for
consideration tomorrow or Tuesday.
In view OF the fact that the in
dependent offices appropriation bill
has not been disposed Of, II is be-
Heved that the Senate win not get
to the District appropriations until
Tuesday.
TWO ITEMS REDUCED.
Regarded as being much more
satisfactory than the bill passed by
the House. the measure reported
yesterday represents an increase OF
approximately 10 per cent over an
preparations allowed by the House.
The only decreases In the bill
were In the amount set aside for
streets, which was reduced $1S1 zoo.
the appropriation being lowered
from STA. roo to $685., 200: and q re-
duction Of $4,000 in the allowance
20 principals Of grade school build
ings.
Streets which were struck from
those listed for Improvement In.
clude: Sigbee place, between Tenth
and Twelfth: Canal road, from
Aqueduct Bridge 70 Foxall road,
and Georgia avenue. from Dahlia
street to Military road. A reduc.
ton OF 500, 900 was made in the
amount first allowed for paving
Bladensburg road, the Senate
committee allowing only $4,000.
NEW STREET ALLOWANCES.
New street improvements author.
ICED include:
81 900 for paving Kenyon street
between Mount Pleasant street and
Eighteenth street.
$4,000 for paving Kansas avenue
between Quincy street and Shepherd
street.
$500 for paving Thirteenth
street between Allison street and
Iowa avenue.
$4,000 for paving Buchanan
street between Georgia avenue and
Fourth street.
$500 for paving Ninth street
between Quackenbos and Ritten-
house streets.
: Complete reorganization Of the
Districts street Improvement pro-
gram Is ordered in an amendment
directing the Commissioners to
make a re-study Of existing plans.
This amendment, regarded as one
OF the most important offered by
the committee, will give direction
/! to the development Of all outlaying
Bections Of the District, IL IL said.
SCHOOL ITEMS RESTORED.
) The following items, knocked out
on points OF order in the House,
I were restored by the Senate:
:. $60,000 for a school site north Of
. Park road, between Sixteenth street
and Georgia avenue, and $4,000
Cor the erection Of an eighI-room
building on this site.
>. $4,000 for the purchase Of a
site and the erection Of an eight
room building In the vicinity OF the
/. Tenley school.
$50, 900 for the purchase of a site
for a junior high school between
Twentieth and Rock Creek and K
and o streets northwest.
Z. 500, 900 for beginning the cree
ton Of a building to replace the
John r. Cook school.
Besides the above items rein.
serted, the following new items, not
included in the House bill, were
added:
NEW AMOUNTS ADDED.
SIS, 900 for the purchase Of land
adjoining the Ludlow school.
$50 900 for the purchase OF site
for a Junior high school north OF
Lincoln Park.
!. 100000 for the purchase Of land
adjoining Dunbar High School.
$4,000 for the purchase OF site
tor a school to replace the Bright
wood school.
= $40, 900 for the purchase of site
near Rittenhouse and Fifth streets
northwest.
Forty.five thousand dollars fol
the purchase of a site north OF
Webster street and east Of Georgis
avenue.
:. Lighting of dark school rooms
(which school officials have con
tended are menacing the eyes o.
:. thousands of public school chill
dren, Is provided In an amendment
raising the repair fund from $3.50,
1000 to $500, 900.
This addition, according to sc1oo
officials. represents one Of the mos
needed additions to the appropria
tons bill. IT was particularly EN-
:. phasized during the hearings OF
the bill and committee members ar,
declared to be unanimously In favo