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'District Appropriation Bill for 1929, Carrying $39,755,235, Reported to House
! MEMBERS PROMISE!
IMMEDIATE ACTION:
I
Measure Carries Increase
Over 1928 Grant, With
Lump Sum Continued.
iContinued from First Page.*
lump-sum plan of Federal participa
tion in the District's expenses feels that
Coneress by its adoption of such n plan
In 1925. and Its adherence to this j
method since, has definitely adopted
the principle as the Federal policy to
supersede the former percentage di
vision of expenses. The amount that
should be contributed by the Federal
Government should be reached by a
fair consideration of the sum total of
just needs of the District and the pay
ment of a rate of taxation by the prop
erty owners which is comparable to
that paid in other cities of a similar ;
sire, giving consideration, of course, to
the added advantages enjoyed by the
people of the District under the privi
. kg? of residence in the Capital City, j
Such part of the total expense of the
District as cannot be met from the
revenue derived from such a com
parable tax rale and other municipal »
sources, such as licenses, fees, special
taxes, etc., should be borne by the
Federal Government whether it proves
to bp nv*re or less than the present
contribution.
Tax Rate Here Cited.
-The current tax rate In th" District
*»{ Columbia upon real estate and
tangible personal property is SI.IO. The
estimates of appropriations that were
submitted to Congress for th" fiscal veat
1929. making allowance for supple
mental and deficiency amounts that
normally follow the enactment of the
regular appropriation bill, are based
upon the same rate. This rate is lower
than the tax rr .es in comparable cities.
Asstiming that the total of the ap
propriations for the fiscal year 1928. j
and including in that total a normal j
estimate of ensuing deficiency and
supplemental appropriations, were made
under the 60-40 plan, the tax rate on
Teal estate and tangible personal prop- j
erty for the current year would be less
than 11.25. And upon the 60-40 basis
the tax rate figured upon the estimates
for the fiscal year 1929 would be less
than 51.20. It follows, therefore, that
if the 60-40 basis was restored for 1929. j
there would be a reduction in taxes to ’
the verv low rate of less than $1.20. or
If the tax rate should not be reduced
and the rate of 51.70 maintained, there ,
would be a surplus in revenue greater
than the needs of municipal expansion
which is already going forward under
the present fiscal relationship at a nor- j
■sal and a very wholesome rate.
“This program of municipal ex
pansion is entirely separate from the
verv large Federal program involving
nearly 592.000.000. recently adopted by :
Congress for the purchase of land and
the construction of Federal buildings
for housing the various Government ac- !
tivities. all of which program has its !
place in the beautification and expan
sion of Washington and the District of
Columbia. The committee is of the
opinion, therefore, that the lump sum
of $9,000,000 recommended in the bill
for the fiscal year 1929. represents a
fair and just Federal contribution to
th; District of Columbia toward the ex- J
proses of the city during that year" j
District employes have not been given
as much recognition in salary adjust- I
■tents as their status under the law
would warrant by comparison with the
department of Government, the Sim- j
mons subcommittee concluded, and ex- j
plained its action on the salary sched- j
ale as follows:
The committee, during the hearings
■pen the estimates for the next fiscal
year, went particularly into the ques- j
tton of the salaries of employes of the '
District of Columbia under the classi
fication act. which does not include
teachers, firemen and policemen. A j
comparison was made with the salaries ;
being received by employes in the
executive departments and independent
establishments in the Federal Govern- j
mem under the same act. In making
this comparison the committee had
before it the statement appearing on
page A-110 of the budget for 1929.
which shows the average number of
employes, the average salary rates and
th? total salary obligations for all em
ployes in the District of Columbia,
listed under the different Federal estab
lishments, including the District of
Columbia for the years 1927. 1928 and
1929 With the exception of emplove* j
Crider oublic buildings and public parks ,
of the National Capital, which sendee j
Is hardly comparable as most of those ;
employes are grouped under the cus- j
tod la! grades, the average salary for j
the employes of the District of Colum
bia was the lowest of the 33 depart
ment* and bureaus listed. The District
of Columbia employes are not only re
ceiving the lowest rates in comparison
to the rates received by employes in the
Federal Government under the same
law. but a very large proportion of
them are and have fceen for some time i
a* the minimum rates of their rexpec- !
tive grades.
Sought Fair Comparison.
In order to bring the employes of the j
Distnct of Columbia up to a fair com- j
panson with the other departments!
specified in the tabulation, the commit
tee ascertained the total amount that ;
would be necessary to bring the salaries
of the District employes up to the •
average salary rates of those grades
This amount pi 1240,750 as shown in ;
the statement on page* 966 and 967 of j
♦he hearings upon the bill The com- ;
■littee then divided thu amount into a }
two-year program of salary readjust- j
merit one-half to be included and dis
tributed among the various division* of
the District government in the ac
companying bill lor 1929 and tn* sec
ond half to be included In the. District
of Columbia appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1930 One-half of the
amount necessary would represent
• 5 70,376 The estimates submitted to
the committee originally contained !
137 565 for salary increases The estl- :
mated saving anticipated during the
fiscal year 1929 due to lapses tn salaries
represent* 112 60b This ieft a balance
necessary tn be included in the 1929
bill of 1121.246 if one-haif of the total
amount of 8340 750 for salary readjust
ments was to be appropriated for this
jeer The committee has included this
additional amount in excess of the
budget estimate and distributed It
under the respective divisions of the
District government appearing in the
bill This v.iii allow a total therefore
for •n» purpose of salary increases for
]929 of 157 J 400 which is about 11.025
irro ’han one-lta.'f of the amount te
culre/3 'I nit is due to the fact tha*
sever*! division* already were sUghtly
tj' n the total amount n* <e t y to
meet salary recommendations
Wnhe u*e committee recognise* that
i ar.y Increase* in pay under the • »a»ifi
, eatlon act are contingent upon tire ap
propriatarn* made available annually by
Coftgiess for that purpose it is of the
opinion that appropriations should t/e
*jffir*ent to permit an equitable adjust*
i »,ei.* of salaries under that act baaed
ati proje-r efficiency ratings Th* we
| lion taken in tills cane hat been
* prompted by the fact Ural District ern
l piojet have not beer* gl en at much
| reeoguition In the salary adjustment as
' •tarn statu* under the law would war-
I rgfit by comparison with uie depart
s menu of til* Government It it the
belief of tne committee that rite salary
situation it »aore a* Ute in those grade.*
f where the lower rale* of pay apply and
* the amount recommended haa tieen al-
I lowed with the understanding that first
* considers«ion in it,* apple at ion will b*
toward ttisef in those grade* to ern-
Jfinye* wnc«e effir >ent> raring* art aucn
as to deserve recognition. The statistl
; cal table referred to that appears in
the hearings shows the distribution of
the increase allowed by the committee
for this purpose.
Municipal Architect's Office.
The estimate for the fiscal year 1929
provided for an appropriation of $30.-
|MO for the office of the municipal
I architect, of which amount $14,040 was
allocable to the District repair shop
Under a proposed reorganization plan
for this office, which originally was
proposed bv the Bureau of Efficiency
and adopted by the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia, it is proposed
in the bill to increase the amount to
| $52,240. providing a salary schedule for
| (he municipal architect's office proper
of 538.200. an increase of $21,700 over
1928. and $14,040 (the same amount as
the current yean for allocation to the
District repair shop. The reorganiza
tion plan contemplates the appointment
of an assistant municipal architect,
placing the personnel of the office on a
comparable basis with other similar
offices in the Federal Government,
establishing a permanent skeleton or
ganization consisting of certain key po
sitions which would be essential irre
spective of the size of th" construction
program each year, and establishing
lump-sum apportionments of 3 per cent
of the appropriations for construction
work up to $2,000,000. and 2 1 _> per cent
! on appropriations over $2,000,000. for
the use of the municipal architect's
effice in payment for th" services of
draftsmen, assistant engineers, clerks,
co —ists and inspectors, to be employed
on the construction work provided for
by su.h appropriations.
The preparation of all plans will take
place in the municipal architect s office
and be paid from such apportionments,
and no appropriations will be made
specifically for the preparation of plans
tor individual projects as has been
heretofore. Under this reorganization,
it has been possible to deduct from the
estimates submitted a total of $16,500
that had been included for the payment
of personal services for the preparation
of plans for different school buildings,
which plans will now be prepared in
the architect's office. It is believed that
the adoption of this plan of reorganiza
tion will facilitate the work of the office
and expedite the construction of school
buildings and other projects and will
insure the maintenance of a more effi
cient organization.
Office of the Corporation Counsel.
There is recommended for the office
of the corporation counsel a total ap
propriation of $58,340. which is an in
, crease over the current year of 512.380.
i This increase covers the following
additional personnel: One assistant
corporation counsel at $5,200 to take
charge of the more important condem
nation work and to assist In handling
the increase in this type of work: one
assistant at 53.000 to assist in the
j work before the Police Court: $2,640
added by the committee for additional
, stenographic services that are very
much needed in the office; and $1,540
additional for salary increases. With
these additions to the present staff,
i th; corporation counsel's office will be
in a position to handle the increase
of work that has arisen during the
past several years.
Surveyor's Office.
An additional amount of *11.190 has
been recommended for the expense* of
! the surveyor’s office, bringing the total
annual appropriation for 1929 up to
$79,050. Heretofore provision has al
ways been made for temporary serv
ices and materials to take care of the
extra work in the office dunng the busy
seasons of the year, and 85.000 appro
priated therefor. Under the proposed
bill there is provided $6,180 for an
additional field party that is needed
| and 83.180 for some additional perma
nent employes in lieu of the $5,000 for
temporary services There has also
been included $1,830 for salary in
creases under the committee s proposal.
Office *f (he Director of Traffic.
The estimates submitted for the office
, of the director of traffic were divided
into two funds, one for salaries amount
ing to 828.320. an increase over 1928
|of $3,020. one one for expenses to
! taling $50,000. which represented a re
duction under 1928 of $20,000. The
increase proposed in the salary item
! covered for the most part two new
; positions, one at $1,680 and one at
$1,020. The amount for these two
new positions the committee has dis
allowed. believing that there is no
;necessity for additional personnel at
this time. The balance of the increase
of $320 for salary increase* the com
mittee has allowed and has added an
additional $320. Under the estimate
lor expenses, there was $5,000 asked
for the purpose of making a traffic sur
vey or count This the committee has
disallowed, bringing the estimate of
$5O 000 down to a recommended appro
priation of $45,000 The committee
wa Informed last year, and again thi*
j year, that any survey of traffic that
! might be needed could be made by
ithe Police Department, and has tttere
-1 fore recommended the elimination of
j the amount proposed to be used for
that purpose.
Free Public Library.
The total amount recommended for
the items making up the Free Public
Library service is $332,935, which is an
increase of $32,515 over the current
year and $18,035 over the budget esti
; mate* The original Increase pre
sented to the committee was largely
covered by a request for 10 new povi
i t ions—6 in the central library, 1 in the
Southeastern branch, 1 in the Takoma
Park branch and 2 for the Chevy
» Chase-Tenley subbranches. These tn
j creases the committee has allowed and
! In addition thereto ha* added *9,190.
j distributed over the several funds af
fected for the purpose of establishing
1 and maintaining a branch library on
Conduit road In a vacated school build
| trig now available for that purpose.
The estimates also provided for $1 280
1 for salary Increases, and to thi* amount
! the committee ha* aided $8,845. mak
i inf a total of $50,125 available tor
1929 to assist in readjusting salaries of
ihe respective grades The salary rates
of the employes in the Public Library
service have been noticeably low. and
it U hoped that with this amount and
a similar amount for the year 1930 in
conjunction with trie salary increase
program that the committee has
! adopted the salaries of the employes
: here will be brought to a parity with
: employes in other division* of the Dis
trict government
Street and Road Improvement Repair.
The committee ha* recommended
| $3 923,060 for street and road improve
{ rnent repairs, which is an increase of
j $9 317.56 over the current year and a
j reduction of $309,940 under the budget
estimates.
Gasoline Tas, Road and Mreet Fund
j For paving repaving grading and
J otherwise improving streets, avenues
) and roads under tire gasoline tax. road
i end street fund tlie committee, has re
! cured the budget estimate by $5O 000,
making available for this purpose for
1 5 929, $1,660,000 This uan apparent
j increase over 1928 of $173 500 but is
actually * decrease of $20,600 under
( 1928, because during that year there
) was a tola! of $194,100 for specific
j street improvement* payable from
revenue other than gasoline-tax money
Under tne provisions of tne act cre
ating this fund, which provides for the
I collection of a charge of 2 rents per
gallon on fell motor-vehicle fuels sold
within tlas District of Columbia with
certain axtepUons, the fund U> Ire
available solely for street and road
( j improvement and repair, the amount
has increased each year to such an
extent t.l*at now it lx estimated for
. 1929 the fund will he large enough
In continue ail work from this on*
. source of revenue and not as hereto*
I fore under anotlrer appropriation that
was rliaigeable to regular District
i revenue
• The committee following He usual
custom made a personal inspection
i of •ii the mm visual autet items luted
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(or paving and improvement and was
! satisfied with the program submitted
to the extent that it has not rccom
! mended a change in any of these items
i and has included them all as estt
: mated. The reduction of $90,000 noted
above was made in the amount avail
able for the construction of curbs and
; gutters or concrete shoulders for road
; ways. This brought the estimate down
! to an available amount of $200,000.
In making this reduction the commit
tee was guided by the thought that the
District is well up generally on its
program of different street and road
way improvements, and that the $200.-
000 allowed for this purpose will be
' amply sufficient to carry this phase of
; the work for 1929.
| Repairs to Streets. Avenues and Al
i leys.—The amount recommended by .t he
; committee for this puritose is $1,475.-
000. Prior to this bill there have been j
two appropriations for street repairs— j
I one for repairs in the old city and one
tor repairs to suburban roads There
was no logical or reasonable line of
! demarcation between the two classifi- ,
| cations of streets for repair purposes. A !
large part of the so-called suburban
roads are actually city streets. The j
! amount appropriated for 1928 under :
! these two funds was $1,310,000. so that
! the appropriation of $1,475,000 in this ;
! hill for the combined purposes is an
increase of $1(55.000.
The estimate submitted was divided
! into three types of work—resurfacing. \
! $800,000; repairing suburban roads.
; $375,000. and minor repairs to paved
streets. 5500.000. The committee re
duced the resurfacing item $200,000.
| making available for 1929 for this pur- ,
pose $600,000. In making this reduc- j
i tion it recognizes that this is part j
of a set program of resurfacing old
and worn-out streets, and instead of ;
estimating for the following year (1930) j
$400,000 for this purpose, as the plan
proposed, it would be well to divide the
amount between the two years, giving
SfiOO 000 this year, instead of $860,000. i
this year, and next year such amount \
as may be necessary to complete the
work. This is believed to be sound, j
in view of the fact, as heretofore stated. !
that the District program for street and .
load improvement is being carried on
as rapidly as is necessary,
i Reconstruction and Replacement of |
Bridges.—There is included in the bill j
j $178,000. as estimated in the budget,
! for the replacement of the roadway I
: floor of the Highway Bridge over the
! Potomac River. The original floor con
structed of buckle plate In 1907 is rap-
I idly deteriorating under the heavy j
, traffic strain imposed upon it by con- j
ditions existing today, and it is pro
j posed with the sum allowed to put in
a laminated floor with asphalt surface
; on steel beams.
Public Convenience Stations. The
; usual appropriation of $28,000 for the
maintenance of four existing conven
i ience stations is included in the bill,
i There is also included ar provision
making available certain unexpended
amounts of prior appropriations, total
ing $39,500. for the construction of a
new convenience station at Thirty
second and M streets northwest.
Sewers.
The amount estimated in the budget
for carrying out the activities under j
the sewer department of the District;
of Columbia, which is $1,526,000, has I
i been recommended by the committee
| fc~ 1929. This includes $255,000 for
! cleaning and repairing sewers and
! basins and covers the general mainte
| nance of the sewerage system, mclud- ;
I ing the pumping of sewage; $195,000 |
; for necessary’ main and pipe sewers
! and receiving basins within the main
city of Washington; $600,000 for ex-]
; tending trunk and storm-water sewers ,
throughout sections of the District out
' side of th« confine* of the city proper
and that might be termed as "subur
| ban"; $410,000 for assessment and per- I
mlt work, which constitutes sewers to ;
be constructed to furnish direct serv- j
ice to abutting property, and on ac- J
• count of which front foot assessment
is collectable, and $50,000 and $15,000. j
respectively, for the continued con- j
i struction of the upper Potomac Inter
i ceptor and the upper Anacostia main i
: interceptor. While the total amount j
| for extension and construction of sew- j
ers is about $174,000 under the amount j
available for this purpose for the cur- j
| rent year, nearly SIOO,OOO of this re- j
! duction is due to the appropriation for j
assessment and permit work, which is
! $90,000 less for 1929 than for 1928.
j This appropriation is largely contingent
' upon the amount and location of new
' building construction, and every indi- !
i cation, due to the present curtailment !
of new building operations, is that this j
! amount will be sufficient.
] Collection and Disposal of Refuse.
The budget estimate of $1,576,740 for j
• the collection and disjxjsal of refuse
has been recommended by the commit- ]
! tee for the next fiscal year with a ;
minor increase of $1,740 in the street- ,
cleaning division for salary readjust- ;
ments The total amount is SSIBBO
over the amount under which the serv
-1 ice is at present operating. The com
! mittee is of the opinion that the in
crease is justified by the expansion of
] the city, the increase of population,
and the consequent enlarged demand
brought about thereby for tins type of
municipal utility.
Public Playgrounds.
The total amount recommended for
the public playground system is $190.-
610, which represents an Increase over
the present fiscal year of $18,645, and
a decrease under the budget estimates
of $1,770. The estimates proposed the
opening of two new playgrounds, one
at Kalmla road, between Fourteenth
and Sixteenth street# northwest, and
the other at Fourth and M streets
southwest. Because of the sparse pop
ulation in the vicinity of the site pro
posed a# a playground at Kalmia road,
the committee feels that the recom
mendation is excessive at this time
and accordingly deducted $2,565 from
the salary roll for the additional posi
tions necessary for this proposed play
ground and reduced the general main
tenance item SI,BOO for the same rea
son. In carrying out it* plan for sal
ary readjustment, however, it has
added an additional amount over the
budget estimate in the salary fund of
$3,795, which, together with the $785
already added in the budget for such
purpose, make# available $4,580 for the
i jear 1929 for salary increases.
Police Department.
A total of *3,150,269 ha# been recom
mended for the police department for
the next fiscal year. Thl# 1* $61,509
more than 1# available for the current
year and $58,911 left# than the amount
, estimated in the budget The salary
• 101 l in the bill 1* divided into two
separate amounts, one for the pay and
’ allowances at officer# and members of
the Metropolitan police force, the esti
mate for which wa# $2,820,000, Includ
ing $45,000 for the salaries of 25 addi
tional |>oitcemrn, and the other for
clerical and other pci&onal services In
the District of Columbia, for which
there was estimated $78,840, The com
mittee disallowed the 25 additional
j policemen requested and reduced the
| appropriation by $45,000. The police
department, was conducting its own
garage and had 10 policemen on duty,
' receiving the salary commensurate with
a policeman s doth s but actually doing
; the work of mechanics By an ar
rangement with the Commissioners, all of
, litis work was transferred to the regular
' District garage, where n should projt
-1 eriy t>e, thus releasing 10 men for actual
. police duty. An additional policeman
! assigned hr the night traffic court will
i t>e released for regular drily If the com*
] mittee s recommendation with refer *
j ence* to closing that court. Is followed
j Thu will release II policemen for actual
| patrol ser vice
Their was submitted to the commit-
I lee by Ihe auirerlnleildent of unlive a
j list showing assignments of iVJ police
i men where the work could tat ss well
j or heller done hv clerical personnel at
lower rare# of pav This number in
i eluded 57 station policemen pp{fwimlng
Summary of D. C. Appropriations
Measure as Reported to House
A summary of Ih* District appropriations bill, as reported to the House
today, follows:
Increase {-f )
or Decrease
i—) Corn-
Amount Rer- pared with
ommended in 1928 Appro-
Bill for 1929. prlations.
Salaries, including *27,750 in first deficiency act. 1928.. $2,117,905.00 -(594,965.00
Contingent and miscellaneous, Including $27,000 in
first deficiency act. 1928 223.700.00 —17,960.00
Street and road improvement and repair, including
$140,442.44 in first deficiency act. 1928 3,923.060.00 -i 9.317.56
Sewers 1.526,000.00 —174,390.00
Collection and disposal of refuse 1,576,740.00 4 51,880.00
Public playgrounds 190.610.00 4 18,645.00
, Electrical department 1,138,230.00 -1159,750.00
! Public schools. Including $6,000 in first deficiency act.
! 1928 12.150.530.00 4 146.515.00
Metropolitan Police 3.150.269.00 4 61.509.00
Policemen and firemen's relief fund 650,000.00 —60,000.00
Fire Department, including for 1927 $32,000 in defi
ciency act 2.130.0! 5.00 —8.847.00
Health Department 390.955.00 4 16,365.00
Courts and prisons 783.026.00 4 18.024.00
Public welfare. Including $32,125 In first deficiency
act. 1928 4.292,200.00 824.880.00
i Miscellaneous 230,400.00 —36.100.00
Public buildings and public parks 899,635.00 —133,771.00
National Capital Park and Planning Commission 600,000.00
National Zoological Park 180.250.00 —72.750.00
Water service > 1.531.710.00 —430,000.00
Total $37,035,235.00 4 $528,032.56
various clerical duties necessary for the
i transaction of the departmental btisi-
1 11 C in the different stations and bu
! rraus and 54 detailed as drivers. The
committee selected a number totaling
; 78 of the specially assigned police,
! which includes the 57 detailed as sta
! tion clerks, but does not include the
! 54 detailed as drivers, for absorption
j into the regular duty force at the syer
j age rate of six and one-half positions
| a month as vacancies occur on the
force These vacancies have been aver
aging well over a -hundred a year for
' the past three years. It then deducted
i from the appropriation for the pay of
police SBO 272.92. which'represents the
! total average pay of 78 policemen elimi
nated at the rate of six and one-hair
i a month during the fiscal year. At i
the end of the next fiscal year there ;
1 will be just as many policemen on regu- j
| iar duty as there are now. but the ap- j
! propriation w ill be less in amount by j
78 positions.
To accomplish this and to offset the j
j clerical vacancies in the department j
1 occasioned by the transfer of the 78
policemen now detailed as clerks to ac
i tive duty on the force, the committee j
increased the appropriation for clerical ;
services by $69,286.92. which represents
a total of the average salaries that it
will be necessary to pay to clerks to fill
these vacancies as they occur from 1
month to month. In recommending
this procedure the committee had two
motives: First, a proper economy of ad- j
i ministration in the Police Department ;
1 and second, a proper employment of
policemen for real police duties. The j
positions that are clerical in character
can just as well, if not better, be filled
by persons trained for clerical work
than they are now being filled by men
trained for police duties. The saving
' on a complete annual basis by this
: transfer should be about $30,000 The
j superintendent of police has made the ,
recommendation and the committee
concurs in it. In view of the reduction
1 of the 25 positions requested and the
j substitution of clerks for policemen, a
1 consequent decrease of $5,775 has been
made in the uniform allowance appro- ;
! prlation.
Fire Department.
The budget estimate of $2,130,015 for i
1 the Fire Department for 1929 has been :
recommended by the committee which
represents practically the amount under !
i which the department is now operating j
i There is an increase of $71,960 in the
! amount for salaries which covers for
; the most part the pay of 15 additional
j firemen for service in a new station
j house that is to be opened. Offsetting
j this increase there is a decrease In
j miscellaneous expenses and permanent
J improvements totaling $81,657.
Public Schools.
The total amount recommended for
the various appropriations affecting the
: public school system of the District of
Columbia, which includes public works
under the school building program, is
$12,150,530. This Is an increase of
j $146,515 over the current year and a
j decrease under the budget estima'es of j
j $5,600.
Teachers.—The estimate submitted
! for the pay of teachers was $5,512,920.
I an increase of $250,280 over the cur
' rent year. This Increase was made up
as follows $101,780 for salary increases
, for 2.686 teachers mot including 14 an
i nual substitutes*. $3,300 on account of
longevity pay. and $145,200 for the pay
of 95 additional teachers that were re
quested for the fiscal year 1929. These
95 additional positions embraced 40
class 1-A teachers for the elementary
schools. 37 class 2-A and 16 class 2-C
teachers for Junior high schools, and 2
class 3-A teachers for senior high
schools. After an extensive hearing on
the public school needs and require
ments for the next fiscal year, every
angle of which was gone thoroughly
into, there Is recommended a total ol
$5,841,920 for the pay of teachers, an
Increase over the present year of $179.-
280. This increase includes the esti
mate of $101,780 for the salary in
creases affecting the present regular
teacher force of 2,668 positions, the
estimate of $3,300 on account of lon
gevity pay, and $74,200 for the pay of
50 additional teachers Instead of the
estimate of $145,200 for the pay of 95
additional teachers. The committee
has made a reduction in this alloca
tion of $71,000 and reduced the number
of additional teachers from 95 to 50 1
After going carefully over the addi
tional teacher needs of the school sys
tem school by school and classroom by
classroom, the committee feels fully jus
tified in making this reduction of 45
teacher*, and is of the opinion that with
the 50 new positions granted there will
be an ample number of teachers to
take care of the number of pupils esti
mated for 1929. Included in with the
95 additional |»osltlons estimated for.
j there were 40 elementary teacher posi
tions, The committee has rcfus«d to
recommend 30 out of these 40 posi
tions, the school officials indicating
their accord with the committee's ac
tion In the elementary schools one
teacher was asked for at the Conduit
Hoad and the same position was car
ried as a principal in the administra
tive group Four teachers were .v keel
for Die l.angdon He hoot addition which
will not be ready for use There Is
an admitted surplus of Ift to IB kinder
garten teachers in the schools. Also
ihere is a surplus of a possible sft Itiner
ant or supplementary teachers which
air to be replaced gradually by a fewer
! numbe r of supervisors and the teac hers
| placed on duty as regular classroom
| teac hers The school officials estimate
J that from i« to 20 can l*e so transfer
red wit inn the' coming fiscal year Mo
wtille tlje figures indicate a denial of
30 elementary teacher positions re*
imealed. there will lie ic-arhns available
for the positions requested in that
grade, the committee merely having
effected an economy by transferring
surplus teachers to that work
The balance of 10 elementary school
teacher positions, which llie committee
has allowed, will carry the elementary
school work along without difficulty,
and If Ihe transfers are made as esti
mated there will be a saving In these
salene» Tiie committee is meeting the
wishes of I tie school officials In not
forcing these transfers to a greater
number than l» indicated. The com
mittee l» of the opinion that even a
part of Mils increase royeilug these 111
positions will not Ire used Tire estl*
mates included 3ft additional Junior
high school leather position® to take
care 01 an estimated increase of 300
pupils. The committee was of the
opinion that the estimate was excessive.
It lias allowed 20 positions out of the
35 requested, or one teacher for each
15 pupils estimated and to take care
of any needed adjustments. Here,
again, the committee is of the opinion
that the positions granted represent a
liberal allowance and anticipates that
a part of this number will not be used.
Non-resident pupils.—The committee
is also proposing a provision in the bill
prohibiting the education in the District
schools of pupils not residents of the
District of Columbia who are not en
rolled in the District schools on the
date of the passage of the bill. At pres
j ent there are 2,582 non-resident pupils
! attending the public schools of the
! District as of January 1, 1928. This
j provision will in no way affect any of
| those pupils or work a hardship upon
j them by not permitting them to finish
] their education in the District schools.
! It discontinues the education of non
! resident pupils at the expense of the
I District of Columbia unless they arc
■ enrolled at the time the bill becomes a
law.
! Clerical services and other employes,
j —The estimate for this purpose was re
-1 duced in the first instance by $7,140,
! covering four additional positions re
! quested for a statistical office. The
j committee, however, added $2,680 for
: salary increases, which, with the
! amount of $1,960 already in the esti
mates for that purpose, makes a total
j of $4,640 available for salary increases
s under this fund. The amount rccom
! mended is $127,540.
Care of buildings and grounds.—For
personal services for the care of school
buildings and grounds there is recom
mended a total of $619,260, an increase
of $44,260 over the current year and an
increase of $8,260 over the budget esti
mate. The committee reduced the
: original estimate by $2,400 covering sev
eral positions that were estimated for
but were not needed because the schools
to which they were allocated would not
be ready for use. There has been added
1 $10,660 for use in salary increases un- i
; der the general program.
Tubercular pupils.—The committee
i has added a total of $3,500 to two items
: for the maintenance of schools for tu
| bercular pupils over and above the
| budget estimates. The estimates sub-
I milted were found to be insufficient and
the committee was informed that with
this increase the amount would be ade
quate.
Furniture, etc., for schools. —The esti
mate submitted for furniture and fur
nishings for kindergartens, manual
training schools, etc., for 1929 was $94,-
I 500. Due to the fact that some of
the school buildings for which, some ot
this furniture was estimated will not
be ready for use, the committee has
reduced the estimate by $72,500, mak
ing available only $22,000. The furni
ture eliminated can be resubmitted next
year when the schools are more nearly
ready, and if necessary the approprta
: tlons for the estimated needs can be
made immediately available,
j Public works.—For school buildings.
I the acquisition of school sites, etc . there
! Is recommended a total of $2,612,000.
which Is an increase of $182,250 over
the current year. The committee has
recommended the projects outlined in
the budget, and in addition thereto has
Included an additional appropriation of
$150,000. and SIOO,OOO of an unexpend
ed balance of a prior appropriation for
the purchase of school building and
playground sites authorized to be ac
quired under the five-year school maid
ing program. This appropriation of 1
$150,000 represents practically the total
reductions the committee had made un
der the item for pay of teachers and
for furniture for schools.
Health Department.
The total amount recommended to
cover the various activities under the
Health Department for 1929 Is $390,955.
This is $16,365 more than current year
and an Increase of $11,695 over the
budget estimates. These Increases are
made up of additional amounts allowed
| by the committee over the budget esti
! mates for salary increases and an addl
i tion of two nurses not included hi the
j budget estimates for the Child Welfare
] Service, where, it Is stated, theta is
: need for such additional assistance.
Courts.
| The appropriations coming under the
head of courts cover amounts for the
I conduct of the Juvenile. Police, Mu
-1 nieipal and Supreme Court of the Du*
! trlet of Columbia, the Court of Ap
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peals. the care and Improvements to ;
the courthouse and for several mis- i
eelianeftus appropriations. The total
amount recommended for 1929 Is $783,-
026. This is an increase of $18,024
over 1928 and a decrease of $4,270 un
der the budget estimate. The decrease
represents the discontinuance of several
positions and a reduction of mainte
nance expenses under the Police Court,
in consequence of the committee's pro
posal to discontinue the Night Traffic
C °This action has been recommended
by the judges of the Police Court, and
from the testimony given to the com
mittee and its knowledge of the situa
tion there is no longer any reason for
the holding of a night court for traffic
or other violations. Quite frequently
the court, kept open at considerable ex
pense sits night after night with a
minimum number of cases and some
times without any cases at all. While
the night court no doubt answered a
useful purpose when it was initiated,
due to the fact that the traffic situation
was not well in hand and traffic viola
tions were numerous. Judging from Its
present inactivity, this usefulness has
passed and there is no longer any rea
son for Its continuance. The commit
tee feels, therefore, that keeping it open
at night represents a needless expendi
ture of money and recommends that it
be closed.
Public Welfare.
The amount carried In the bill for
the various activities and contributions
of the District government for public
welfare Is $4,292,200. This Is $824 800
more than the present fiscal year and
$301,625 less than the budget estimate.
The principal Increases making up the
addition of $824,800 for 1929 over 1928
is SIOO,OOO for continuing construction
at the workhouse at Lorton, Va., and
for reconditioning and enlarging the j
brick plant; $465,000 for completing the ]
construction of the domestic service and j
ward buildings at Gallinger Municipal ’
Hospital; and an Increase of $248,250 |
for the support of Indigent insane pa
tients of the District of Columbia in St.
Elizabeth's Hospital, making this total •
annual cast $1,448,250. The committee
did not recommend the estimate iUb
mitted for building a nurses’ home at
Columbia Haspital at a cost of $350 000.
Due to the rather anomalous position
of the hospital at present and the un
certainty of what its status will be in
the future the committee could not at
this time see Its way clear to recom
mend a project of this magnitude with
its consequent drain upon the tax re
sources of the District of Columbia
At present, the land is owned by the
Federal Government, the buildings by i
] the District of Columbia and the Fed
■ eral Government, and the hospital is
operated under the management of an
incorporated from funds derived
from patients, charity, and an annual
appropriation. At present the hospital
is housing only an average of 50 pa
tients daily and is running into in
creased debt annually. The situation is
acute and legislation should be enacted
to ameliorate it, cither by transferring
it to the District of Columbia for use
as a charity hospital or transferring the
Federal and District of Columbia equity
in the institution over to the hospital
board and let It proceed as a private
institution. In any event, until som:
solution has been reached, the commit
tee does not feel justified in recom
mending the building of a nurses' home,
or any other project of such magnitude.
The committee has reduced the va
rious contributions to the hospitals in
the District of Columbia for the care
of indigent patients of the District, by
an amount approximating 10 per cent
of the contribution for the present fiscal
year, because it is expected that the
construction that is being done at Gai
llnger Municipal Hospital will be com
pleted during the Spring of 1929 and
it Is planned upon completion of this to
concentrate all District charity woik at
this institution.
The committee has recommended
$24,500 over budget estimates for the
District Training School for an addi
tion to the water system and the con
struction of a steel girder bridge across
the Patuxent River.
There is also recommended an in
crease of $3,000 to the current appro
priation of $3,000 for repairs and im
provements to buildings and grounds
for the Industrial Home School, where
some of the buildings are very much
in need of repairs.
Anacostia River and Flats.
The bill carries an appropriation of
SIBO,OOO for continuing the reclamation
and development of Anacostia Park.
This is the amount recommended in
the budget estimates and a reduction
of $37,500 under the amount appropri
ated for the same purpose for the pres
ent fiscal year This reduction is made
possible by the completion of the ne
gotiations for th ■ purchase of land,
either by direct purchase or the insti
tution of condemnation proceedings for
such lands as could not be purenased
The amount recommended will be used
in part to begin preliminary work above
Benning Bridge, and the balance will
!be used toward completing the work
below Bcnntng Bridge, except for such
items as depend upon the completion
of certain parts of the project above
Benning Bridge, or upon such Items
as hinge upon the prior completion ot
the work by other agencies. The rec
ommendation for 1929 is made up of
tiie following items:
Sra wait foiituiatior* In w,•».*(»
I.Sk* Kinsman and ua\ualtuti
• liannal $ S 300
M.«»oury **>.» wall (n non 1
I akt> Kingman and uatu.ilinn
t-hannel 5* 800
Supni-rUton ot dump MS*. U SOO i
Clearing opening uniter Benning
Krlilga tor paaaagr ot plant. IX 000 ;
1 whim and (tanking set non »; I.Vihhi ;
Sea w ill foundation* section «!. HO OOM
('.liven under Henning road *»
Itesd t.ake Kingman. , . "J(t IHK> j
Dredging and reclamation in arc
(ton ti i(» (kH) *
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Section <• t* net * een Hie Henning Budge
and ttie Distil, t Hue asm no work event i
• and tutrt h«sr Has (<een done in liisa *>v*
Sections ( D K and f are downstream of j
Henning Budge
lip to the present time there has 1
been appropriated on the project $2.-
480,960. It is estimated to cost finally
$4,125,000. This leaves a bahtmt to
be appropriated, including the present
recommendation for the completion of
the project, of $1,644,040. and upon the j
present ratio of expenditure it is esti- i
mated it will take nine years.
Public Buildings and Public Parks.
The bill carries a total recommenda
tion for public buildings and public
parks of $899,635. distributed as fol
lows; Salaries, $355,460; improvement
and care of parks, $386,975; and for
salaries and miscellaneous expenses of
park police, $157,200. The estimate
proposed in the item for salaries an
increase of personnel in the labor torce j
This the committee has disallowed and ■
in addition thereto reduced the appro
priation $6,940, which represents a re
serve or unexpended balance in the cur
rent appropriation. This represented a
total reduction of $16,340 from this
fund. In connection with its program
for salary increases, the committee
added an amount of SII,BOO. For gen
eral expenses for public parks, the esti
mate that was submitted was $425,000.
The committee has recommended, as
has been stated. $386,975. a reduction
of $38,025 in this item, which covers a
reduction of $32,000 from the allocated
amount of $125,000 for the improve
ment of the Rock Creek and Potomac
connecting parkway and the continua
tion and construction of sea wall.
This reduction docs not disturb the
program contemplated, but merely
transfers the purchase of road material
until such time as it was contemplated
being used, which will be the following
year. The committee made a further
reduction of $5,000 by not recommend
ing the erection of a public comfort
station and shelter at Seventeenth and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. This
j amount represented the District's share
' in a building that was proposed by one
i of the street railway companies to be
: built upon public land. The commit
! tee sees no reason why there shor’d be
contributed out of the District revenues
a sum for the erection of a building
, primarily for the use of the street rail
! way patrons. The amount for the pur
chase of an automobile was reduced
from $1,500 to $475. The budget esti
mate for salaries and expenses of the
park police the committee has recom
mended with the exception of making a
reduction of SIOO for the purchase of
an automobile in order to make the
amounts spent for this purpose con
sistent throughout the bill.
Water Service.
Washington Aqueduct.—The amount
] recommended is $425,000. an increase
over 1928 of $222,790. This increase
is required to cover the cost of main
taining and operating the new struc
tures for increasing the water supply,
erected at a cost of about $8,725,100,
and for pumping water to the nigh
areas of the city, which has heretofore
been done by the Water Department of
the District.
Water Department.—For salaries un
der the Water Department, the comm it -
tee has increased the budget estimate
of $142,000 by an addition of $2,360
for salary increases. There is recom
mended for the item of maintenance
and operation of the distribution sys
tem and the purchase of supplies and
payment of per diem wages the budget
estimate of $335,000. This is a reduc
tion of $111.500 under the current year
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Bryant street station. For the exten
' sion of water mains ‘he Mil carries the
same amount < $250,000) as has neen
i appropriated heretofore for this pur
pose.
j Installation of meters and hydrants.
| —There have been recommended $30.-
! 000 and $50,000. respectively, the
amount recommended in the
which is an increase of $25,000 over the
current year and is made nreessarv for
the Installation of public hydrant* in
sections where the fire hazard is great
est.
Laving of water mains, etc.—The bill
carries $297,350 for various extensions
of the water service, which includes the
replacement of old mains. $50,000. and
the installation of a new water main In
M street, from Eleventh street to New
Hampshire avenue northwest, at a cost
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BONDSMEN IS OPPOSED
D. C. Heads Report to Congress
Bill Will Serve Ifo Use
ful Purpose.
The Commissioners sent to Congress
yesterday an adverse report on the bill
designed to regulate the activities of
professional bondsmen in the District.
The corporation counsel reported to
them, the Commissioners said, after a
study of the measure, that its enact
ment would serve no useful purpose,
as adequate facilities are now avail
; able for coping with the evil practices
; which the bill aims to correct.
‘ While these facilities have perhaps
been ineffective,” said the Commis
-1 sioners. “it is not believed that the en
actment of the bill would Insure any
■ imore effective action than existing
; law on the subject.”
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assets at $39,744. They are represented
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