Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-29


AFTER The SrAR's report in the House closed
yesterday afternoon the body overturned the
action taken IN the committee of the whole ON
the Columbus Park bull and defeated the meas
are on ITS hnal passage. As mentioned in yes-
terday's STAR the committee decided 20 report
on the Columbus Park bill. the Benninr,
Bridge bull and the Rock Greek railroad bill,
with recommendations that they be passed
PARKS AROUND WASHINGTON.
In the discussion on the Columbus Park bill
Mr.. Kerr Of Iowa, IN opposing the bill. OBJ
tanned leave 10 print a list of the parks in and
about the city. which, as given by the gentle
man. Is rs follows:
partial list OF government and District
parks and reservations At Washington city,
Observatory grounds, % acres: Monument
grounds. 100 acres; Agricultural grounds "a
acres Smithsonian grounds. 60 acres: armory
grounds. 10 acres; public gardens. - acres;
botanical gardens. Is acres: Capitol grounds,
90 acres; Garfield Gardens. 80 acres; Executive
grounds, 40 acres; Indiana Square. Is acres,
urounds oil Institution for Deaf and Dumb. I'D
acres; W cooley lSrk. p acres: Arsenal grounds,
90 acres: geological Garden. les acres,
soldiers Home Gao acres. National Cemetery,
l.lUO acres; lands on Potomac zoo acres: Linz
coin lark. 10 acres; Franklin Park. 10 acres,
Lafayette Park. 10 acres. fsrragut Park. 2Acres;
ha"lns Park. acres; Mount Vernon Park,
acres Iowa Circle. acres, Dupont Circle, s
acres; Thomas Circle. 3 acres: McPherson
Square, acres; total, S,255 acres.
THE ROCK CREEK RAILWAY Bill.
The bill amending the charter OF the Rock
Greek Railway Company Was amended in sew
eral particulars before being laid aside to bs
fayorably reported to the House. The bin az
u now stands provides that the charter OF tbs
Rock Creek Railway Company be amended SO
as 70 authorize SAID company 10 lay It's tracks
"a "a 4 -. a.
lowihg-nsmed streets. avenues and places:
Commencing at the intersection Of Connections
avenue and Florida avenue. thence eastsrly
along Florida avenue TO 18th street; thence
northerly along 18th street TO Columbia road;
thehce westerly, crossing Columbia road. ex-
Tending through the Chffbourne tract 20 Rock
treek, on such line shall be approved by
the Commissioners of the District OF Columbia:
thence crossing Rock Greek ON a substantial
elevated iron bridge 20 be erected by said COM
pany at ats own expense and approved by said
commissioners; thence northwesterly through
NOodley Park to a point near NoOdey road in
connecticut avenue extended. on such line as
shalt be approved 10y the Commissioners of the
District OF Columbia; thence northerly along
connecticut avenue extended 10 the north line
OF the District OF Columbia: also commencing
az the intersection of 18th and Il streets north
west; thence east, following street to I4th
street west
The section providing for an increase OF the
the company to issue it's capital stock 70 an
amount not to exceed the actual cost more
than ten per cent of the right OF way con-
structlon and equipment. motive power and
such land and buildings as may be necessary TO
the road.
GEoRGETowN AND ARLINGTON ROAD.
The bill 10 incorporate the Georgetown and
Arlington railroad was next taken up and long
discussion followed with little result. This
rasl
VI street near sd street. Georgetown. aud pass
over the Aqueduct Bridge, running TO the
northwest gate OF Arlington Cemetery. At this
point II Is 10 connect with a road chartered bv
Virginia to Falls Church. Work is 10 begin
within six months after the charter is granted,
and Is to be entirely completed within eighteen
months
The incorporators are Samuel f. wheatIey,
Geo. j. Dunlop, Samuel Ross, VIM. LAIRD,
Chas. NJ. Matthews, Samuel Ross NJ. J. Adler,
Clement w. Howard and Malone MheeIess.
The power to be employed is cable or electric.
The bill authorizes the company 10 run ito
tracks through the Fort Myer military reserva-
ton and such other government lands in Iir-
gina as may be deemed necessary
Objection was made to the use of the Aaue-
duct Bridge for any such nominal sum as per
cent OF the gross earnings of the road Mr..
Cannon and Mr.. Anderson of Kansas also at
tackled the bill as AN extension of the Washing
ton and Georgetown road. Mr.. Cannon asked
tee on the District had considered the proprietv
OF compelling this company TO put on Pennsyi-
wanna avenue cars propelled by electric motor
or by cable TO furnish some proper ac-
eommodation to the people in return for these
concessions.
Mr.. Lee replied to Mr.. Cannon that the WASH
lngton and Georgetown road had recently put
a cable on over one-haif of their road and that
he had no doubt that within reasonable time
the company would find it necessary to lay a
cal 10 h.
Introduce electric power.
Mr.. Anderson WAS more severe in his at
tacks on the road. He said Il NAV be mistaken
IN the figures. but II seems me that the stock
OF the Georgetown Railroad Company is now
selling at ESQ or $50 above par. And vet
where you have corporation that furnishes
such perfectly abominable facilities as are fur
nished by this company along Pennsylyania
avenue at the present time. and one as rich as
IT Is and as utterly soulless and lacking energy
and publlc spirit as muchas most any corporation
that could be named, when they come aud ask
an extension of the privileges by using "A bridge
that the government has built for Its own pur-
poses, why ls there such a manifest willingness
on the part of the House 10 grant their re-
quests! Now, right upon that point. let me
ash. why do they not build their own bridge!
Why Is the United States called upon TO fur
nlsh them with bridge That is the question
before Us, and the only question; and. in my
lad ment. in view of the great facilities eI-
tins law, per cent rs not enough.
No vote had been reached on the bill when
the committee arose.
TIE COLUMBUS PARK BILL.
The Columbus Park bill was then taken nm
for its final passage through the House, and,
much to the surprise OF its friends, was de-
feated on yea and nay vote by-yeas. IS;
nays, 81 Mr.. Hemphill voted in the negative,
50 as to move to reconsider. which he immedi-
ately did Mr.. Blount moved to lay the motion
on the table. The House adjourned witbous
further action. The whole matter will come
up as the first business OH the next District day.
THE VOTE.
The vote in detail the bill was as follows,
leas-Adams, Allen (Mich.), Arnold, Atkin-
son tPa.), Atkinson VIVA Belden, BeIknap,
Bliss. Boothman, Brewer, Brosius, Browne CyaD,
Burton, Cannon Carter. Cheadle. Clunie. Cole
man. Comstock. Conger, Cornell, Culbertson
Pa. }, Cutcheon, DE LanO, Dingley, Ellis,
Ewart. Earquhar, Frank, Gear. Gibson. Gross
yenor. Hall, Harmer, Henderson (Iowa) Hill,
Kennedy, Laldldw, Lansing, Laws Lee, Lehl-
back, Lewis, Lodge, McClammy, Miles, Moore
tN.H- !, Morse. Mutcbler, O'Donnell. O'Neu
Mass. J, O'Nell Pa J, Osborn Post. Price, Pugs-
ley, Reyburn, Rockwell Rowell. Russell, Scull.
Sherman, SImonds, Smith VIVA. Smyser,
SnIder, SpoOner Springer, Stephenson, stock
bridge, Taylor, l.. H., Townsend Colo. D. Tracey
Van Schaick, Wallace Mass. }. Wilson (Washl
Wilson ,N.Na.) Yardley.
Nays-Abbott Anderson, Anderson (Kanl.
Anderson Miss Bankhead. Barwig, Blan-
oh land Ilpunf