Evening star., 1931-12-21
Leaders Appear at Hearing
of House Committee on
Appropriations.
ITEMS FOR FURNITURE
AND EQUIPMENT PUSHED
Buildings and Grounds and Offices
Estimates Complete Balance
of $97,S63.
District school officials defended their

District school officials defended their
requests for supplemental appropriations
for items aggregating 1863 in hear
ing today before the House Appropria-
tions Committee which is considering
the first deficiency bill.
At the close of the hearing shortly
before noon, 1t was announced on behalf
OF the committee that the public school
and other District items in the 1882
supplemental list would be ready for q
vote on the first or second day Of the
session following the Christmas holiday
recess.
Foremost among the items which DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent Of
schools. and Jere Crane, first assistant
superintendent, are seeking is an item
which originally totaled 590,570 for fur
niture and equipment for new school
buildings and athletic fielos. While The
figures were not made public it is
known that originally the school peo-
pie petitioned for the $90,570 total for
this purpose.
The projects for which the school au-
thorities sought furniture and equip
ment, with the original totals sought
by the school authorities before they
were pared by the Commissioners and
Budget Bureau, follow:
Projects Listed.
Key School addition, $4,4l6; Stoddert
School, $8,860; Hearst School. S8,860;
Janney School addition, $5.526; Orr
School, $4,538; Hine Junior High School
addition, Sl0lO9, Mcfarland Junior
High School addition, S24776; Paul
Junior High School addition, Sll,3 1862,
and Randall Junior High School. $6,959.
The items include also a sum Of S3,l82
for equipment for the Western High
School Stadium and 81 .982 for the Dun
bar High School Stadium. Most OF the
furniture and equipment items are in
cluded in the 1882 supplemental esti-
mates by virtue of the acceleration OF
the building program. which resulted
in the completion of certain school prof.
ects as early as half ca year ahead of
the original schedule.
For the same reason, the supplement
tai estimates were framed by the school
people to contain an item of $4,l85 for
the care of buildings and grounds made
available earlier than expected. This
item includes:
Hearst School, from March /, 1882
one laborer and an engineer janitor
Hine Junior High School, from April /
1882, one laborer; Janney School, from
February l, 1882. one laborer; Key
School, from January /, 1882, one
laborer; Orr School, from March /, 1882,
one laborer; Paul Junior High School,
from April, one laborer; Randall Junior
High School, from March l, 1882, one
laborer and Stoddert School, from
February /, 1882, one laborer and one
engineer -janitor.
Items for Offices,
The items include also provision for
offices" by virtue of the accelerated
building program, total Of $3,108.32
and includes the following:
One principal, Randall Highlands
Orr School, by conversion from class
six to a class seven teacher from March
l. 1882, 1888; one principal for the
Key School, by converting the present
principal from class five to class six
from January l, 1882, $50; one princi-
pal for the Stoddert School, February
l, 1882, $104l.66; one principal fcl
the Hearst School, from March /, 1882
S833.33, and one principal for the
Shepard School, from January l, 1882
$l,150.