Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-31
Capitol Topics.

The House rivers and harbors committee expect
to have their bill ready to report on the 18th Of
January. They have not yet decided definitely
upon the sum to be asked for for the Improvement
the members OF the committee said this morning
that lie thought there would be a pretty consider
able sum appropriated for that purpose.
TRYING TO INDUCE Mr.. TAYLOR TO CONTEST.
The friends Of MI. J. D. Taylor are trying to in
duce him to contest Mr.. Warmers seat In the next
House, but he will probably not do so. as he thinks
1t would probably be no good Senator John Sher.
man has written him letter on the subject.
The H. R. Tracks I'm South Wash.
ington.
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
wish to say through the columns OF your valu-
able paper that heartily agree with DR.. Culver In
his recent remarks on the railroad tracks on the
line OF Virginia avenue and ask who had the right
to grant the B. and P. company permission to run
across Virginia avenue into private property, thus
compelling teams to await the shifting OF cars to
and from the same. Then farther along Is New
Jersey avenue, which is rendered almost impass-
able by the eleven tracks crossing It and the con-
slant shifting OF trains, the same tracks running
along the line Of the. old canal, on government
ground. rented TO the railroad company by the
Commissioners. 1t is to be regretted that the Com
missioners did not find out sooner that they had no
power to grant such privileges and before some OF
our most beautiful avenues were ruined by the net
work OF tracks Let US hope that Congress viii do
something during the coming session to relieve
South washington OF this 1ntolerable NUISANCE.
Hoping TO hear more OF this important matter,
am, respectfully, PROPERTY HOLpER.
Water Waste and Water Famine.
To the Editor Of The EVENING STAR:
The citizens Of Washington have found that your
paper is about the best, II not the only medium,
through which they can seek redress FOR MUNICIPAL
evils. There are many gro,ois against the public
schools, police department, &c, and perhaps many
OF them are JuStihable but IN common with all the
residents In the vicinity or COrcoran street wish
to send another gT0a0i against our city "water
department." For weeks we have been Obliged to
't0ts' water from our basement stories TO nearly
all rooms above, and our bathrooms have become
such nulsances az tO deserve condemnation by the
health inspectors. But what can we do2 Some
body is to blame for trQSte OF water, and our au-
thorlies are to blame for not stopping this waste
especially when there Is no danger from freezing.
CoRcoRAH STREET.
INTEREST CHEcKs-The United States Treasurer
to-day mailed checks In payment OF the interest
due January 1st on registered United States bonds
as follows: -Four per cent consols OF 1907, Ao47
checks. amounting to 1854 SOS; bonds issued TO
Pacific railroad companies, l,419 checks. amount
ing TO s., s3S 705; making total Of a59 checks,
amounting to s., 9Os 6la
LITIGATION OVER THE RornwRLL EsrAr..-Messrs
g. !. Sheriff and A. G. Richards, executors OF the
estate OF Andrew Rothwell, have tiled bill In
equity against Laura K. brown and other heirs,
asking the construction OF the will, and to direct
how distribution shall pe made unoer certain pro-
visions OF the VIII.