Evening star., 1924-12-02
Heavy Increase
in Estimates
for Capital.
|LEEWAY GIVEN
FOR PAY RAISES
Provisions for More
Schools Are Made
in 1926 Figures.

in 1926 Figures.
Carrying substantial increases for
Improvements and additions to pub
lie school buildings and grounds and
funds for paying increased salaries
to school teachers. police and fire.
men, for increasing water supply
and other important projects, the
District budget reported to Con
greSs today recommends that appro-
priations of $32,535,827. which is an
increase OF Sl,9Sl,7ll79 over all
funds for the current fiscal year.
The principal increases are:
For salaries and expenses of the
free Public Library, which provides
Tor an, increase in the number oi
employees from 100 to rs, an in
crease from Sl7O,5S8 to $25l $40.
For contingent and miscellaneous
expenses, from $l6l,6l to $2l4,O64
For sewers, from 100000 to ST.
l54,5OO.
For street cleaning and the col.
lection and disposal OF city refuse
from Sl,365,O00 to Sl,41 600. which
also provides $4,000 for the pur-
chase of square 739. on which the
present garbage transfer station is
located
For the electrical department. due
to the proposed increase in the mum
Der OF installations and the modern
izatlon OF the present street light
ing, system, from 1886. 800 to SOS. 5.o2S
For the operation OF the public
schools, due to automatic increases
IN salaries under the act Of June 4
1874. and an increase in the number
OF schools for 1926, from &,427l5 to
I,S65,271.
school Appropriations.
For public school buildings and
grounds from s1.242 500 to 1890 600,
which provides $4,000 for improve.
Inents and addition to the Armstrone
Technical School. $4,000 for an ad.
dition to the site for the John r
Francis. Sr-. Junior High School
sl'o.0OO for beginning construction
OF that school. $125.000 for an ad.
dition to the Macfarland Junior High
school. $4,000 for an addition I,
the Bruce School and site therefor.
100000 for junior high school in
the northeast section near the TAYLOR
school, $4,000 for an eight-room
school near Fifth and Buchanan
streets NV, and 100000 for an ad.
dttion to the Brishtwood Park Schoo,
and site therefore.
For the police department an in.
crease from S2,655,s77 to s2,7l5.Ss0
which provides for the salaries estab.
lished by the act of May %, 1924. an6
allows s7l,5O0 for the purchase of a
site and erection of the thirteenth
Police Precinct Station House.
For the police and firemen's relic,
fund an increase from 100000 tc
s450,o00.
For the health department an in.
crease from s24o,340 to s246,S5O.
For the courts and prisons an in
crease from 1851 ,044 to $673,524.
For charities and corrections ar
Increase from s2614.ss0 to s2,s04,17o
For the militia, from s45,54O to $50, $50
For improvements, care and light.
ing of public grounds, Hom $52s, ,25C
to s61S.4so.
For the New National Park Com.
mission an increase from the $4,000
previously appropriated to the Rock
Creek and Potomac Parkway Cim.
mission to 100000.
run0S 1Or the Zoo.
For the National Geological Park,
from s14S.237 to s156,000
For increasing the water supply
from $1.525,1oo to $2,5oo,o0O.
For the expense of the water sery-
ice department, payable wholly from
the revenues Of that department. an
increase from s1,196,s60 to S1,222.210
Inc principal reductions in District
appropriations recommended in the
budget are:
For improvement and the care OF
streets including street construction
decrease from $2,994,27O to $2510,-
238, which involves a reduction from
S925,000 to $722.500 in the estimated
gasoline tax.
For Fairgrounds a reduction from
sl65,570 to $147,600, due to items ag-
gregating s21,3o0 for the purchase OF
sites in the appropriations for the
current fiscal year.
For the fire department a reduction
from s2,05s.330 to $2,023,16O. This
estimate provides for the salaries
established by the act of May 81
1924. and provides for an increase
from $50 to 841 in the number OF
officers and members. 1t provides
also for the purchase OF one aerial
hook and ladder truck, four pumping
engines, two combination chemical
and hose wagons and two auto
mobiles. The net reduction results
from sl1S,000 for houses and sites
included in the appropriation for the
current fiscal year.
An item of 100000 for interest and
the sinking fund on the funded debt
of the District is omitted, the sink.
Ing fund being sufficient to liquidate
all outstanding bonds which matureo
August 1, 1924.
Court and Prisons Get More.
The budget recommends a total of
S673,524 for courts and prisons, which
is an increase from current appropri-
alton, which is $624,24S.
For the Juvenile Court a total ap-
preparation of $51 800 is asked, as
against $47,616 for the current fiscal
year. This includes $4,000 for SAL
aries, $500 for compensation of jurors,
$500 for transportation and travelling
expenses, $4,000 for rent.
For the Police Court 8 total OF
$s3,324 is recommended, as against
$72,s04 for the current year. This in
cludes $5s,124 for salaries, $500 for
witness fees, $4,000 for miscellaneous
contingent expenses. $4,000 for COM
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