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depreciation of the Commissioners and by a
late decision OF the District Supreme Court, the
act to provide for the revision and correction of
special assessments, approved June 10Th, 1878,
ana the act fixing the rate of interest upon ar
rearages OF general taxes and special improve
ment taxes, and for q revision of special i'm
provement assessments, approved June 9th,
lief sought in the correction of erroneous special
taxes by persons whose real estate has been
specially damaged by reason of public i'm
provements and repairs. The bill provides that
the word erroneous in the acts named shall be
construed to apply to and cover all special i'm
provement assessments levied on real estate
that was specially damaged instead of being
specially benefited by the public improvements;
and the Commissioners are directed to treat
any special assessment tax levied for alleged
special improvements or repairs rs wholly erro-
neous IL levied on real estate specially damaged
by such improvements or repairs; and it shall
be conclusive evidence that the real estate in
question was enormously assessed il IL has been
adjudged as damaged by public improvements
audit or Shall e e SO reporteS d. SUBSEQUENT
board, court or commission, duly empowered
by law to adjudicate claims for damages to real
estate. Referred to the District committee.
THE STREET R. K. INVESTIGATION.
No date has yet been fixed by the Senate Dis
trict committee for the investigation into street
railroad management, but it is not improbable
that the inquiry will be commenced by the last
OF this week.
THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL BOARD.
DIR. Robert Reyburn, chairman of the commit
tee appointed at meeting of the ex-school
trustees to present to the District Commission
ers and to Congress a bill to create a school
board of twenty-fOur members, to-day pre-
sented the bill to Senator Ingalls,, chairman of
Inc Senate District committee, to be introduced
IN the Senate. Senator Ingalls, stated that the
Dill, after its reference TO the District commit
tee, would probably be referred to a sub-com-
mittee, which would hear the views of both the
District Commissioners and the eX-trustees'
committee upon the bill. A member of the
latter committee stated to STAR reporter to-
day that the committee had not heard from the
commissioners as to what action they intended
to take regarding the bill. The committee had
waited a week 10 learn whether the Commits
sioners approved or dsapproyed the measure.
and assumed from their silence that they dis
approved it,.
Mr.. Ingalls, this afternoon introduced the bill
In The Senate, and it was referred To the Dis
trlct committee.
BRIDGE NOTES.
A claim Tor SD, $50 as compensation for loss
sustained by the fall of the iron bridge over the
Potomac at Little Falls constructed under con-
tract with the United States government first
presented OH behalf of Geo. +. Rider to the
Forty-third Congress. was revived yesterday
by Mr.. Barbour.
A bill was introduced in the House yesterday
to construct a bridge across the Eastern branc d
OF the Potomac.
Proposed New Street Railroads.
THE WASHINGTON TRACTION RAILWAY COM
PANY.
Mr.. COstin introduced bill in the House YES
terday to incorporate the Washington Traction
railway company. The incorporators are Albert
w. Fletcher, Myles Gardiner and VIM. Dick
son, of the District; William A. Hallway and
John w. Hall, of Maryland; William Gladding,
Charles E. Henry and George M. Roads. OF
Pennsylvania and their associates The COM
pany is authorized to lay a single or double
track, commencing at the foot of q It'll st, at the
through the State, War and Navy department
grounds to 18th street, along 18th street to ID,
thence to Maryland avenue, thence to 18th
street northeast, returning along Maryland
avenue to Greene statue, around that statue to
c street, along street to 9TH street north west:
thence to Pennsylvania avenue, thence to 9th
street to street. to Ohio avenue to 10th street,
south of the Treasury, and through the Treas.
ury grounds to 18th street, thence to street,
and along + street to the river.
One branch is 10 begin at Virginia and New
Hampshire avenues northwest, and run along
Virginia avenue te 9th street K street, across
Rock creek TO Water street, West Washington:
thence to 32d street, thence along the turnpike
to Tenleytown, and back over the same route.
Another branch is to begin at the junction of
10Th street and Maryland avenue and run to
the Bladensburg pike, thence along the turn
pike to Ivy City and back over the same route
Another branch is to start at d street and
Maryland avenue northeast and run along ID
street to 18th, thence to the navy yard bridge
and across the bridge, thence back to tn street
to street and along street to 10th: thence to
c street northeast; thence to 4th street north
east; thence along Maryland avenue to the
starting point.
and must not charge over five cents per passen-
GER 1t is required that the rails and materials
shall be OF the most approved kind.
The capital of the company is to be not less
than half million and not more than three
million dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each.
THE WASHINGTON AND BLADENsBURG STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Mr.. Cole yesterday introduced in the House a
bill to incorporate the Washington and Bladens-
burg Railroad company. The names of the in
corporators are George j. May, Henry ). Stow,
Judson +. richardson, ). +. suit r.. =. Hickey
and their associates. The bill gives the COM
pany authority to lay down single track rail-
way with necessary switches and turnouts, be-
ginning at the intersection OF H street with
Maryland avenue and running to Boundary
street northeast, thence along the old Bladens-
burg pike to the District line, with the right to
run public carriages thereon to be drawn by
horse or other motive power except steam: the
fare not to exceed five cents per passenger for
any distance. The capital stock oil the compa-
ny is to be not less than $4,000 and not more
than 500, 900, In shares of 500 each. The
company may issue Understanding bonds not
exceeding $4,000 in amount The company
shall place good, comfortable cars on the rail-
way, and shall run them all day for the con-
venience of passengers, and as late ten
o'clock at night. Mr.. Ingalls, to-day introduced
the same bill in the Senate. szxun
Capitol Topics.
BIDS FOR FURNISHING PAPER.
The joint committee on printing to-day
opened proposals TO furnish paper for the cur
rent year to the government printing office
There were twenty-five bids opened. E. Nor
rison was the only bidder from Washington,
the Others being from Boston, Baltimore New
York and Philadelphia. MIR. Morrison bid as
to supply glazed bond paper and artificial
parchment QOts SO, 81 and 5S) at twenty-three
cents per pound. The contracts have not vet
been awarded. The bidders were all represented
at the meeting.
$3OO,OOO,OOO ADDITIONAL FOR PENSIONS.
The bill now pending before the House COM
mittee on invalid pensions to revive the pay
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time tor filing claim until 1883, is receiy-
ing considerable attention from members out
side of that committee. The bill, should 1T
become law, would take an enormous amount
of money from the Treasury. Chairman Mat
son, of the invalid pensions committee told a
STAR reporter that Commissioner Blacks esti.
mate is that it would require three hundred
million o. dollars to pay all the claims contem-
plated in the bill. The measure not only pro-
poses to revive the payment OF arrearages but
it eniarges the classes of pensioners. Among
the democrats there is strong feeling OF oppO-
sitfon to the bill, on the ground that its enact
ment would put peremptory stop to all plans
tain that their opposition to the measure cam
not be construed into any unwiiiingness to vote
pensions. They say that the passage of a law
at this time contemplating an increased ex.
penditure of $500, OOO, 600 would be a blunder
The committee have not yet reached any con-
clusion upon the bill.
SWIFT WAR VESSELS
The House committee on naval affairs TODAY
agreed to hear arguments by Charles Lund-
borg, of New York, and the chief constructor
of the navy upon the bill authorizing the con-
structiOn, by Mr.. Lundborg, OF a war vessel to
have speed OF twenty knots an hour.