Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-19
District Affairs I'm Congress.

Il.
At2o'clock tomorrow, according TO the rule.
the House will consider bills reported from the
District of Columbia Committee. To-day the
committee held a meeting and agreed to repor;
the following bills:
BILL TO INCORPORATE THR NORTH STREET
AND SOUTH WASHINGTON RAILWAY COM
PAEY.
This bill names as incOrporators Joseph Will
liams, William j. Murtagh, Hsllett Kibourne,
Benjamin f. Fuller, William j. COwing
samuel X. Bond, William Saunders, George
W. GOOdall, George y. MCIlhenny, l.. A. Bart
lett, and J.. H. Chandler, aud gives them au-
thOrity TO construct double track railway
along the following route; Commencing on Isl
street west, in front of the Capitol grounds, aud
running thence north along LIST street west TO
Indiana avenue, to Sd street west, 20 New Jer
sey avenue, to o street north, TO 18th street
west, TO street north, to 18th street west, to
Ohio avenue, to 18th street west, TO Virginia
avenue, TO Maryland avenue, to LIST street west.
the place of beginning, with the right to run
public carriages thereon, drawn by horse
power, receiving therefor a rate OF fare not
distance on said road, from It's beginning
to its terminus on LIST street west. The
capital stock of the company shall not be
less than 500, 600 bOr more than $500, O00 diyid
ed into shares of $50 each. Said company are
required to run their cars as late as ten O'Clock
at night and as often as every fifteen minutes.
and no person shall be prohibited the right to
travel on any part OF said road, or elected from
the cars thereof, for any other cause than that
OF being drunk, disoTderly, unclean, cOnta-
giously diseased, refusing TO pay the legal fare
eNacted, or to comply with the general regula-
tons of the company. An amendment was in
serted in the bill, and in all other railroad bills
providing that where two lines pass over the
same street both shall use but one line.
THE ANACosTIA AND POTOMAC RIVER RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
The committee also agreed to report the bill
giving the approval and sanction OF Congress to
the termini and route of the Anacostia and Po-
tomac river railroad, and to regulate its con-
structiOn and operation, which provides that the
approval and sanction of Congress is given to
the construction, operation, and maintenance
OF street railroad by the Anacostia and Poto-
mac river railroad company of Washington
city, District of Columbia, a company duly in
corpoTated under the act of Congress of Nav
3th, 1870, along, upon, and over the following
route In the city OF Washington, commencing,
tor the eastern terminus of said road, at or near
the northern end of the navy-yard bridge on
18th street east thence along 18th street east to
nj street south; to Sd street east; to street
south; to Water street; to 18th street west; to
Ohio avenue; TO 14th street west; to the western
terminus of said road at the intersection Of
Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street west, con-
forming to the grades of said streets and ave-
nues as the same are now, or hereafter may be.
established by law PrOrided, That the said
company shall construct at least single track
road over said route, and open the same to
travel within eighteen months after the ap-
prevail OF this act. Whenever the Officer in
charge OF the navy yard bridge shall deem il
p1acuC cable, the company may extend their
road from their eastern terminus over sad
bridge and by the Good Hope road to the Dis
trict line, and may charge an additional fare of
not TO exceed five cents for riding on said ex-
tension.
THE ANACosTIA BRIDGE.
he committee will asO report the bill TO au-
thOriZe the construction of subSt antial iron
bridge across the Eastern branch OF the PotO-
mac, at OF near the present AuaCostia bridge.
The bill will provide an appropriation of
$685. for the purpose. AS il contains an ap-
propliatiOn, it will be reported to the House
and then referred to the Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union.
AN EIGHT-HoUR MEMORIAL.
In the House to-day Mr.. Cox filed the mem0-
rial OF the Amslgamated Society of Carpenters
Of The city OF Washington as to the violation Of
the eight-hour law. The memOrialists repre-
sent that Congress, at a previous session, by
law decided that eight-h0urs of labor should
neTesfteI be regarded full days work, and for
which days wages should be given. In cos
tOTmity with this law orders were issued BY
those in authority for it to be respected in ali
tue navy yards and government workshops. Be
heving that man should have eight hours for
comfort, eight hours for rest, as we'll as eight
hours to work, the memorialists ask that no
efforts be made toward the repeal of the eight
hour law, but that by legislative enactment
other safeguards be thrown around the me-
chanlc to protect him in his trade and give him
such protection as will enable him to obt ain the
true recognition he should enjoy among his fel-
lowmen. The memOrialIsts further protest
against any legislation accepting the PROPOSE
ton of Supervisor Architect Mullett, as he
has disregsrded and spurned a law which, as a
public officer, it was his duty to uphold, and
has given an uncalled for opinion that the in
fraction of that law is a good reason why it
Should be repealed, instead OF suggesting better
means for Its enforcement. The memOrialsts
say they believe Mr. Mullett is unfit tor the DO
sitiOn in which he has been placed, and the con-
1nued retertion of him in his office is an insult
TO every laW-abidlDg workingman, as he pro-
poses 10 reduce the mechanics present wages
destroy the eight hour system, and make LABOR
subservlent to capital. The memorial was re-
ieired to the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds