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 six*rY.sEvnNTH oonennss. sm. Iv. ou. 148. 1923{ 1341 In all, for playgroimds, $136,032, of which $111,032 shall be paid D**'¤*°°°‘P°Y'¤¤*'¤ wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and $25,000, or so much thereof as may be expended for the purchase of sites for playgrounds and for the improvement of such playgrounds, shall be paid 40 per centum out of the Treasury of the United States and 60 per centum out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. m£;¤¤tri¤¤1d¤r¤¢ Salaries: Electrical engineer, $2,750; assistant electrical en eer, S=·¤¤'¤¤· $2,000; inspectors—one $1,000, four at $900 each; electrician, 5;:560* two draftsmen, at $1,000 each; four telegraph operators, at $1,000 each; repairmen——expert $1,200, three at $900 each, one $840; telephone operators-—chief $900, four at $840 each, one $720, ten at $600 eac, one $540; electrical inspectors--one $2,000, one $1,800, one $1,350, four at $1,360 each; assistant electrician, $1,200; clerksone $1,400, one $1,200, two at $1,].25 each, one $1,050, one $750; assistant repairman, $620; laborers—two at $600 each, two at $540 each; messenger, $630; storekeeper, $875; in all, $56,015. _ For general supplies, repairs, new batteries and battery supplies u%‘%°*§;,,,‘f"‘“”€°°* telephone rental and purchase, telephone service charges, wire and ' cable for extension of tele aph and telephone service, repairs of lines and instruments, purciiase of poles, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross arms, ice, record books, stationery, printing livery, purchase and repair of bicycles, purchase of one one-ton Ford truck, and one Ford semitruck with “ slip on " body, allowance for the maintenance of not more than three automobiles at not to exceed $20 per month each, blacksmithing, extra labor, new boxes, and other necessary items, $30,000. For p acing wires of fire alarm, police patrol, and telephone serv- g,§'};§“¢ "‘”° “°"°'“ ice underground in existing condmts, inc uding cost of cables, ter- ' minal boxes, and posts, connections to and between existing conduits, manholes, handhelds, posts for tire-alarm and police boxes, extra labor, and other necessary items, $4,800. For extension and re ocation of police-patrol system, including P°“°°P°*'°*”“°“‘· purchase of new boxes, purchase and erection of necessary poles, cross arms, insulators, pins, braces, wire, cable, conduit connections, posts, extra labor, and other necemary items, $2,000. Lmrrrixcz For purchase, installation, and maintenance of public L*¤"°‘“”°‘°°"·°‘°· lamps, lamp-posts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures of all kinds on streets, avenues, roa s, alleys, and_ plublic spaces, and for all necessary expenses in connection therewit, mcluding rental of stables and storerooms, livery and extra labor, this sum to be ezapended {meg, me in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the istrict '°’ ‘ of Columbia A pro];_§iation Act for the fiscal year _1912 and with W 37 m the provisions oi) the istrict of Columbia Appropriation Act for the ’°‘ ' fiscal year 1913, and other laws applicable thereto, $472,000. _ R8 Mm old k_ For replacing gas lamps and fixtures and older and less eifective ¤,,,,,f’,,,,_ electric lamps and fixtures on streets, avenues, roads, and public spaces by improved electric installations, purchase of posts and fixtures of all kinds, and for all necessary expenses in connection there- ,,m,”_ with, $20,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be mance ¤¤s¤·¤¤¤¤¤ available for the payment on any contract required by law to be awarded through competitive bidding, which is not_ awarded to the lowest bidder on specifications, and such specilications shall be so drawn as to admit of fair competition. For extension and relocation of fire—alarm system, including pur. ""'°‘“"`”"’°‘°‘· chase of new boxes, purchase and erection of necessary poles, cross