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the District of Columbia any person
! who has not completed an eighth grade
common school education"
A proviSo was written into the bill
/ that no money appropriated for the
purchase OF furniture and equipment
for the public schools shall be expended
unless the acquisitions OF the Board OF
Education therefor shall be approved
by the Commissioners"
KIineIe Valley Bridge.
Authorization for the District Com
misSioneTS to enter into contract for a
$500 900 bridge on Connecticut avenue
over Klingle Valley with an initial ap-
preparation of $25O,0OO and a proviso
that any street railway company using
this bridge must deposit with the col
lector OF taxes one-fourth the cost of
the structure is written into the bill
Appropriation is also included for
reconstruction of a viaduct on Monroe
street northeast over the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad at a cost of $l35 000 one
hall to be paid by the railroad company.
and with a provisO that no street rail-
way company shall use the viaduct un-
til a deposit OF one fourth the cost of
the structure has been deposited with
the collector OF taxes.
Three important new positions in the
public school system are provided
through salary appropriationS-a prin-
cipal for the new Eliot Junior High
School, which is to be ready early next
year, and two presidents for the two
teachers colleges at 5000 each.
For new school buildings So, 24O. 900
is carried, which is an increase of 81 $780,
900 over current appropriations. The
committee has adopted the policy of
eliminating all combination gymnasiums
and assembly halls. in the elementary
schools that were proposed. using this
money for the building OF additional
school rooms
For the much discussed Farmers Pro-
duce Market, the bill includes $3.50. 900
with q limitation that the price paid
Tor property must not exc ed rs per cent
above assessed value.
For installing additional trsffie equip.
ment, 100000 has been approved, OF
which $4,000 is for trafiic signals.
New Utilities Positions.
Six new positions have been allowed
the Public Utilities Commission on ac-
count of the Importance and the in
creased volume of work coming before
the commission for decision.
An item of $50. 900, recommended by
library in the Northeast section was APP
proved by the committee.
The most important individual item
in street Improvements is 100000 for
widening H street from Seventh TO
Thirteenth. with a proviso that 40 per
cent of the entire cost be collected from
AUDITING property owners.
Chairman Simmons of the subcom-
mittee which drafted the District APP
propristio bill explained its provisions
to the House, as follows:
This committee in reporting the
District appropriation bin in 1929, in
ciuded an amount OF $l63,041 for sal
airy increases, and last year 1890, an
amount Of S572,000. due to the Welch
act increases. was included in the bill
making a total altogether for the past
two years of $735 900. On the basis OF
this large amount which has been de-
voted exclusively to salary increases In
thst period the committee refused
to recommend an additional 500, 900 for
the next year. This, of course. does not
mean that no salary increase can be
made during that time, because money
in sppropria tions is usually available
due to resigna lions. lapses in salaries
turnover. etc. and where an especial
case is presented 1t can be taken care
OF. After making comparison with the
employees in the executive departments
the committee was of the opinion that
The municipal employees of the District
Of Columbia stood on q very favorable
basis.
Basis OF Estimates,
The estimates presented to the com.
mittee for the building inspection divi-
sion were based upon the addition OF Ia
ne positions, at total salary obliga
ton of $42,640. These embraced /
first deputy inspector of buildings. al
$4,000: coming engineer in the engi-
ncers' section, at $4,000: chief con.
crete and steel inspector and ! senior
inspector of concrete, at $4,000 and
So 500. respectively, in the engineer In
Spectors' section; an assistant chief ele-
vator inspector, at $4,000. and 2 field
( inspectors, at $1,000 each in the ele-
vator inspectors section: inspector al
! $4,000, in the fire escape section; 5 in
spectors at So 800 each, in the general
inspectors section, and clerk and
messenger. The committee has recon-
I mended all of these positions. with the
exception of the deputy inspector oil
buildings and the messenger, both oil
which 1t was felt were unnecessary. Sal
airy increases to the extent of $4,000 also
were not recommended
Under the figures in the bill for the
plumbing inspection division there i,
recommended $43l0O which figure,
differ from the present year by includ-
5 ing the recommendation of an assistant
plumbing inspector at 81, 500, needed tC
inspect the installation Of automatic
refrigerators
There is recommended for the ONCE
of the District assessor 1928 900 for next
I year, an increase of &l5,560 over this
year. In the amount proposed in tn,
bill salary increases for the eight as
sistant assessors from $4,000 to s. ,s0t
have been approved. An amount o.
$l,l00 also has been included, with III.
recommendations to bring the salary n
the assessor from $4,000, the amount