Evening star., 1926-11-08

row OF boards, so that on taking hold
OF the desk at one end of the room
the entire row can be shaken"
In discussing lighting fixtures. the
McCarl report says that absence
Of lighting fixtures April 13. 1926.
when inspectors from his Office visit
ed the new school building) indicates
to procuring appropriations Or pro-
crastination."
Lists Travel Costs.
Pointing to the hearings on the
second deficiency bill, which carried
dition to the Bell School, and to the
fact that the appropriation act car.
ries no authority for travel, the Con-
troller Generals report lists vouchers
in seven different items for travel
costs. Two OF these represent trips
by Albert L. Harris. municipal archi-
tect. from Washington to Rochester,
Buffalo and Cleveland. amounting to
$67.37; and from Washington to Bal
timore and Philadelphia, amounting
to $2OS0. Three trips were taken
ent of schools, from Washington to
Detroit, $3193; from Washington to
Rochester. to Buffalo, to Cleveland,
to Washington. $S9.92. and from
Washington to Baltimore, to Philadel-
phia, to Washington, $3.50.
Ernest Greenwood, vice president OF
the Board of Education, Is listed for a
trip from Washington to Baltimore to
Philadelphia to Washington. $3.50.
Osgood Holmes, assistant municipal
architect, is listed for trip from
Washington to Detroit to Washington,
$7061. The report states this travel,
20 hn al fnr
the purpose of gaining desired 1nfor-
nation on modern schoolhouse con-
structiOn,' and the orders directed
charges against the appropriation for
the Bell School,
"In a summary Of his findings. Mr..
Mccall says that at the hearings be-
fore the House District committee in
respect to furniture and equipment for
Western High School and addition,
held January 12, 1926, Mr.. Harris,
municipal architect. stated unequivo-
cally that the building was complete.
1t is possible that the building may
have been considered technically com
plete at that time. yet our visit April
13 certainly revealed no state Of ac-
tual completion"
Plumbing Inspector Travelled.
In his conclusion the Controller
General also calls attention to travel
on the part of a pluA1bing inspector
without specific authority in the ap-
propriating act. This refers to vouch
ers in the amounts of $34.30 and
$15.73 in favor Of A. r. MacGonigal
for trips from Washington to Cam
den, n. j., and Philadelphia and
return.
With reference to the site pur-
chased for the new school to replace
the Adams and Force schools, the
report from the Controller Generals
Office says:
THE Adams School is on r street.
between Seventeenth street and New
Hampshire avenue northwest: the
Force School is on Massachusetts, ave-
nue. between Seventeenth and Eight
eenth streets northwest. Taking the
most direct route from the Force School
to the Adams School a speedometer
registers four -tenths of a mile; by
the same method of measurement the
distance by the shortest route from
the Adams School to the new site,
near Florida avenue and Nineteenth
street northwest, Ia f1ve-tenths of a
mile Thus the distance from the
Force School to the new site is
almost one mile. and from the Adams
School to the new site one-half mile. I"
In this connection a photostat OF
the map is submitted showing the
area from which the Force and
Adams schools draw their pupils. Due
to its popularity the Force School
has always drawn pupils from far
beyond appropriate limits, it is
stated.