The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

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sand dollars Of the amount request.
ed is-fof furnishing the addition to
the Armstrong Manual Trainins
School alones
ION account of new construction
an appropriation of $S8O,O0O is pro.
posed, all but $4,000 Of which is for
continuing work already authorized.
The budget estimates include $202,-
500 for the purchase of land for
school purposes, none of which the
committee is recommending. They
also include 100000 for a neW
junior high school in the general
vicinity Of Seventh and G streets
northeast, which the committee Ii
not recommending.
In the deficiency appropriation
act approved June 16, 1921, an ap'
preparation of $I50.O00 was made
for the erection Of building for
the care OF tubercular pupils" II
was the plan of the District au.
thorities to erect this school on the
site now partly occupied by the
Tubercular Hospital at Fourteenth
and Upshur streets northwest
Through action brought. by the cit
liens association Of that section the
commissioners were permanently
enjoined from proceeding with the
construction on the site In question
both by the lower court and the
Supreme Court of the United states
because OF the fact that the Law
authorizing the school did not pre-
scribe where it should be built.
The consequences has been that
tubercular pupils continue to re
MAIN improperly cared for. There
Is a recommendation in the Bulge,
that the school be proceeded with
on the site upon which it was
originally intended by the commits
sloners 1t should be built and the
committee is recommending thai
this be done. The extent of the
tract, the lay Of the land, and the
Iact that a portion of 1t is nov
devoted to the care Of tuberculaI
patients. all incline the comnittee
70 the belief that it is the prone,
pace Tor the tubercular school.
Relief Fund.
A regular annual appropriation
Is proposed in this bill on accoun
OF relief and other allowances al.
thorized by law for members of IN,
police and fire departments. hoth ar
tive and retired. The budget esti
mate for this purpose IL S40o OO0
O00." SOO"'
For the police department thu
appropriations proposed accord
with the budget estimates, with
the exception Of the request 70
provide an allowance for five addi
tlonaI members Of the force to be
mounted on horses. The commit
tee felt that in this day Of the
motor vehicle the tendency shouId
be to diminish rather than in.
crease this kind Of detail.
Twenty additional priyates are
provided for. At the present time
the force consists Of SO officer
and 1874 privates. Deducting from
the number of privates the average
number on special duties, sick. or
leave, etc., the available patrol force
is bS5 men. This number divided
into three shifts gives 1873 fnen
for policing a territory of sixty-nine
square miles.
Fire Department.
Under the fire department the
committee is recommending the
Budget estimate for personnel
which allows for four additional
privates to take the places Of four
privates to be promoted to the
grade or sergeant. For repairs to
apparatus the amount proposed
while apparently the same as the
current appropriation, in reality Il
an increase of $1,000, because Of the
current appropriation an amount In
the sum stated was set aside exclu
sively for the purchase Of gas
masks. For hose, the committee is
proposing an increase Of $4,000 over
the current appropriation, which Il
$4,000 less than recommended in the
Budget. For new apparatus the ap
preparations proposed total $37, 900
Three of the pieces for which
appropriations are recommended
are intended to replace tractor
drawn equipment. The entire de
partment is now motorized, and II
Is now q matter Of building up q
reasonable amount Of. appropriate
reserve apparatus. n
THE committee Is proposing ap
preparations for a new engine anC
q new truck house to be establish
i ed In sections considered too remote
from like apparatus now calleC
upon to serve such localities. This
truck house is intended to be bull
in the vicinity Of Twelfth and I,
streets northeast, and the engine
house in the vicinity of the Con
duit road and Reservoir street
northwest. The total appropriation
proposed on account Of each Il
$4,000 and $4,000, respectively.
Charity Estimates.
while the total sum proposed
under this head is S39, 900 less thar
proposed in the budget, it will b,
found that the committee is pro
posing in a number of instances
TO 60 beyond the budget estimates
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