Evening star., 1923-02-08

The District appropriation bill for
the fiscal year 1924, as agreed to by
the conferees of the Senate and
House. as agreed to among themselves,
carries approximately s22,77s,000
The conference report, however, as
submitted to the Senate and the
House today. shows the bill still car
rying s24.081,415. The discrepancy III
these figures is due to the fact that
large number of items placed il
the bill by the Senate, are reported to
be still IN dispute.
One Item Only in Doubt.
The conferees, however. haze agreed
among themselves on all items e.
cept one, the Senate amendment pre-
viding s675,o00 for the purchase o1
the Klingle valley. Piney Branch anl
Patterson tracts for public parks.
If the House should finally recede
on that item. the total of s22,77S,000
would have to be increased by s675,
i 600.
Under the rules OF the House 1t is
necessary for Representative Cramp-
| ton, in charge of the bill in the House.
| to submit to the House consider
able number of the items for fur
| ther vote. although the House con-
ferees have agreed to them.
School Sites in Dispute.
Among the items which he will
proval. which are still listed as be
public school buildings and sites
originally reported to the House, but
\ Is
relnserted by the Senate. amounting
to 100000, $4,000 for the purchase
| of a site for a branch of the public
j Library in Mount Pleasant. s25,ooo
| for the purchase Of two sites foT
of land and new buildings for the
National Training School for Girls.
Increase for schools.
! The total appropriation which prob
| ably will be carried for the public
| schools, for new buildings and
grounds, is s1,3oo.o0o. or an increase
| the bill as it passed the House.
The House conferees agreed to
| Senate amendment providing 100000
for the purchase of land adjoining
| the Dunbar High School. But other
| Senate amendments providing for the
! purchase of sites for public schools,
which were not carried in the Dill as
reported to the House, were stricken
| out.
Items Receded From.
| These Senate items from which the
Senate conferees have receded are as
! follows: Fifteen thousand dollars for
| the purchase of land adjoining the
! Ludlow School; S50,000 for the pur-
| chase of a site on which to locate a
Junior High School north OF Lincoin
| Park: $4,000 for the purchase of a
] site near the Brightwood School on
! which to erect a new school to re-
| place the Brightwood School; $4,000"
| for the purchase of a site near Rft-
| tenhouse and 5th streets northwest.
and $4,000 for the purchase of site
| north of Webster street and east of
! Georgia avenue.
Items TO be Recommended.
The items which Mr.. Cramton will
recommend to the House for approval
and which were stricken out of the bill
in the House on a point of order, are
as follows:
sixty thousand dollars for. the
purchase Of a site on which TO
locate a sixteen-room building be-
tween Georgia avenue and 18th street
northwest, north of Park road; for
the erection OF an eight-room ex-
tensible building on site to be pur-
chased in the vicinity of Georgia
avenue and 18th street northwest
north of Park road. S130.0o0.
For the erection of an eight-room
extensible building, including a COM
bination assembly hall and gymna-
sium on a site to be purchased in
the vicinity of and to relieve the
Tenley School. 100000; for beginning
the erection of a sixteen-room build
ing, including a combination assembly
hall and gymnasium, to replace the
old John F. Cook School, 100000
the Commissioners being authorized to
, enter into contracts for such buildings
at a cost not to exceed $3.50 000 for the
purchase af a new site on which to locate
new Junior high school between
goth street and Rock Creek and i
: and o streets northwest, or vicinity
$4,000.
The Senate conferees receded on ar
amendment proposing an additional
i superintendent of schools to have
charge of business affairs and the
item goes out of the bill.
| The Senate also receded on ar
| amendment increasing the amounts fol
Americanization work from s6.4s0 to
| S9,9S0, and the increase goes out The
/ Senate also receded on an amendment
which would have had the appropria-
| tion for salaries Of directors, ETC.. o1
| the community center department paid
| ly out of the revenues of the District
! as provided in the House bill.
|, The House conferees agreed to ar
| amendment increasing the appropria
| tion for repairs and improvements Il
school buildings and grounds from
IL The House conferees agreed to .
| Senate amendment repeating tho
| existing law providing that the pro.
1 posed Home for Feeble Minded shal
be located at Blue Plains, D. G. Ths
Senate proposal was changed. how.
ever. so as to re-appropriate $ioo,oos
approprlated last year for beginning
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