Evening star., 1923-01-21
SENATORS REPORT
DISTRICT BILL WITH
$165,a78 INCREASE

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| tween Georgia avenue and 18th street
| northwest, north of Park road,
| $4,000.
| For the erection OF an eight-room
extensible building on the site to be
purchased in the vicinity OF Georgia
| avenue and 18th street northwest,
north of Park road, $4,000.
For the erection OF an eight-room
extensible building, including COM
bination assembly hall and gym
| nasium, on the site to be purchased
| in the vicinity Of, and to relieve the
| Tenley School, s160,o0o.
For beginning the erection Of a
| sixteen-room building, including q
combination assembly hall and gym
| nssium. to replace the old John +.
| Cook School, 100000. and the Com
| missioners are hereby authorized TO
| enter into contract or contracts for
such building at cost not to exceed
| S250.00o.
l For the purchase Of a new site on
| which to locate a junior high school
| between Goth street and Rock Creek and
X and 0 streets northwest, or vicinity,
| $4,000;
For the purchase Of isai sdioining
the Ludlow School. $4,000;
For the purchase of a site on which
| to locate a junior high school, north OF
Lincoln Park. $4,000:
| For the purchase of land adjoining
| the Dunbar High School 100000:
| Brightwood School, on which to erect
| new school to replace. the BrishtWood
| School, $4,000:
| For the purchase of a site near Pit
| tenhouse and 5th street northwest,
I $4,000:
For the purchase OF a site nortn Of
Webster street and east OF Georgia ave-
nue., $45.0e0.
| Provides New 0mciais.
The Senate committee has inserted
an amendment in the bill providing for
! three assistant superintendents OF pub
! lie schols, one of whom shall have
charge Of business affairs.
! Another amendment provides that TIE
| children of employees of the United
| States outside the District, in addition
4 to the children of officers and men OF
the Army and Navy, shall be admitted
to the public schools Of the District
| without payment OF tuition.
Thel amendment recommended by
| the committee for parks provides for
4 the purchase of eight acres In the
! Klingle valley tract at q cost not to
! exceed $155,s50; six acres In the Ptney
| Branch tract at a cost not to exceed
$s4,050, and seventy acres in the Pat
J terson tract at q cost not to exceed
[ S425,000
(, The amendment proposing the pur-
| chase OF playground sites, to be of1er-
ed from the floor, follows:
\ he ,roh ho of q a m o.
| cupied by Hoover playground, located
in square 546, containing $1,000 square
sffsts $1,000. At % cents per square 1901
| For the purchase. of a site at 9th
| and o streets northwest, in square
| f22S dot S03) containing 10000 square
feet, at an estimated cost OF $4,000;
| and for the purchase of lot S64, square
| 1898, containing S,s40 square feet, at
$4,000; in all, $4,000.
so much of any balance remain
ing after the purchase OF sites for
Fairgrounds authorised by this act as
| is necessary to clean up. grade, drain,
/ fence in, and place such sites In safe
| and suitable condition for the puf-
pose intended, may be used for such
| purposes"
New Deeds once Provided.
The amendment relating to the
erection of a building for the recorder
| of deeds follows:
| For the erection of ireproof ad-
| dition to the courthouse OF the Dis
| trict of Columbia, for the use OF the
| office of the recorder OF deeds and
oahsr ACTIVITIES ss q as
may designate. including ireproof
| vaults and heating and ventilatins
| apparatus, to be constructed under
| the supervision of and on plane to
be furnished by the architect Of the
Il k~ ~. nts-
sioners Of the District OF coiumbia,
$500, 900"
The amendment which the commit
| tee will Offer regarding q site for q
| branch of the Public Library follows:
ss ss' as tss ss pSs Si s..y :s tor
the Mount Pleasant-Columbia Heights
section Of the District Of Columbia.
| $4,000, or 20 much thereof as may
be necessary, and authority 10 hereby
| conferred upon the Commissioners OF
the District Of Columbia to accept
New York not less than 100000 for
| the purpose Of erecting q suitable
'branch library building on such q
i site, subject to the approval OF said
Commissioners and the board OF IL
| An important amendment, lookins
to the future development OF the city
which the committee has Feeommsn.
dsd to be offered authorizse q restudy
Of the highway system, OF the Dis
triot It follows:
10 RestuAy Highways.
! "The Commissionogs Of the District
Of Columbia under the authority OF
the act Of Congress OF March Q. 1898
providing for a-permanent system OF
| Highways. Tor the District Of Cclum.
tia, are hereby authorized and d.
| fected to mako q complete restudy
Of tho highway system Of the Distric,
Of Columbia outside OF the built-ur
| portions Of the District and outside
the limits OF the old city OF wash
ington. with visw to thu location Of
highways In accordance with the bes,
| city planning praotios. ana With Z
view to maintaining tha naturAl
typographical sestursst hiiiA valleys
and wooded areas ~ far ~ nag b
praeticabls, and such maps - 1Gy
be produced IN aoooYdaAe6 With til
authority shall se g1hmitee4 - 0e
Of March .. 1854. for ~ ASvrevaa