Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-09

| that al the routes menuoneo snail De subject
to the approval of the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia and that that portion of
the road between the District line and 18th
street east shall be constructed before any part
OF Maryland avenue shall be occupied or
| broken.
This bill was altesed considerably from ito
| original complexion in committee II wAs
originally proposed to commence the building
| on Maryland avenue, which the committee and
the Commissioners strongly objected to, as the
CHIEF reasons for favoring the bill were on
account OF the excellent and far-reaching
suburban railroad facilities which the company
offered. The bill was therefore amended so a.
to leave Maryland avenue untouched until the
| suburban portions Of the road had been built
The power is TO be cable or electric.
| A smaller bill ready to DO acted upon by the
House is the one authorizing the sale Of title
OF the United States in lot 8, in square $50, to
| Henry NJ. Baker and John ]. Sanborn. Pay
msnt Of such sum ~ the Secretary Of the In
| terror thinks just is to be made. The necessity
for this bill grows out Of disputed title TO the
property dating back TO the original grants Of
the city.
| STREET CAB TICKETS.
| Mr.. Atkinson's bill to regulate the sale Of
tickets on street railways in the District is pro-
posed as sanitary measure, having as its OBJ
! ject the doing away with the possible dissem-
ination OF disease by the present street car
tickets. The bill provides that after January
1891, the street railways shall sell tickets in
| strips consisting of six tickets with perforations
between, which tickets are not to be used SEC
| ond time.
THE POTOMAC RIVER RAILROAD.
| Another railroad bill which has . place on
the calendar provides for . steam railroad
along the banks of the Potomac. The road is
to be known as the Potomac River railroad,
and is intended to form additional freight facil-
| tiles FOR the business men of Georgetown. The
| proposed route is as follows: Beginning at .
| point on the west line of the District Of Coum-
bia, about 200 feet north of the Potomac river
and about 2,100 feet west of Chain Bridge;
| thence eastwardly parallel with the river by the
most eligible route, not to destroy any public
highway, as shall be determined by the COM
pany, with the approval of the Commissioners,
to point on Rock creek near the crossing OF
NJ street in Georgetown. 1t is, however, pro-
vlded that IN the construction OF the road the
line shall cross nj street at or near the inter-
section of seth street, and run thence on line
| south of M street and north of the Chesapeake
| and Ohio canal to point near Potomac street;
| thence crossing the canal and continuing south
of the same until Goth street is crossed, with
the right to connect with the railroad no n con-
structed on Water street, and with the right to
use the line Of South street between 81st and
32d streets.
THE ANTI-LoTTHRY BILL
One bill ready to receive the attention Of the
House takes dig at lotteries and prohibits the
advertising of lotteries in the District Of Co
lumbia. The bill states that it shall not be
lawful for any person to advertise or publish
| an advertisement of any lottery, scheme or any
| other game OF chance in any newspaper, circu-
lar, hand bill or poster or in any other way.
The penalty is $500 or imprisonment for Six
| months, or both.
To prohibit the advertisement Of lotteries in
the District has been tried again and again.
The men interested in this bill claim that
| s1,250,O00 is annually contributed by the people
| OF the District to the support Of the Louisiana
lottery.
SITE FOR TRUCK HOUSE.
At the request of the Commissioners a bill
has been reported and now has a place on the
calendar which provides for the use as the site
for truck house the space at the intersection
Of 14th and q streets and Ohio avenue north
west. The District appropriation bill makes
provision for the purchase of site and the
erection Of a truck house. and the Commits
sioners think that if the use Of this ground
be granted it would save the expense Of the
purchase Of site and cause the public no in
convenience.
AGAINST POOL ROOMS.
One bill on the calendar which excites SON.
siderable interest in the breasts of number Of
| citizens is the bill making it unlawful for any
person or association of persons in the District
! to bet, gamble or make books and pools on the
result OF any trotting race or running race Of
| horses or boat race, or, in fact, race OF any
kind or on any election contest, or, in short,
| contest OF any kind. The fine is from S25 to
$500. The Washington Jockey Club and such
organizations owning race tracks not less than
one mile in length and grounds Of not less than
seventy-fve acres are exempt from the act at
the time Of their regular meetings.
This bill has as its object the pool rooms just
| outside OF the Boundary on 7th street. and IL
causing considerable uneasiness among the
| owners of these institutions. The owners hope
1t will never be enacted, while the victims of
pool rooms hope that its passage will at least
be delayed until they get even.
| THE COLUMBIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Another steam railroad bill ON the calendar
is the charter for the Columbia Central Rail-
road Company, which is to be an extension of
the Drum Point road Of Maryland into the Dis
trct If built the road would afford a new
route to Baltimore, and it is claimed would
open up a new and prosperous portion of
Maryland. The plan is, so far as the District is
concerned, for railroad and telegraph line.
entering the District of Columbia at the south
east corner and running westerly to the east
bank OF the Anacostia river, at a point near
Bennings bridge; thence crossing the river
and running III as nearly direct line as may
be, passing north Of the grounds Of the Co
lumbar Institution for the Deaf and Dumb to
lexington, at point at or near the intersec-
ton OF New York avenue and 4th street
| ANOTHER RAILROAD.
Another railway bill provides for an electric
or other improved motor road over the follow
ing route: Beginning at the intersection of C
and LIST streets northwest thence east ON C
street to Massachusetts avenue; thence passing
south OF Stanton Park to 18th street east, and
Herewith to North Carolina avenue; thence
along the south side of Lincoln Square to Ken
lucky avenue. and Herewith and over the new
bridge across the Anacostia or Eastern branch
at the foot Of Pennsylvania avenue; thence by
and along the easterly approach to the bridge,
and by Pennsylvania avenue extended to Bow en-
road. and the District boundary or II such
avenue be not extended then by such route to
connect with the Washington and Marlborough
Electric railway line shall be surveyed and
agreed on between the company and the Com
missioners also from the point Of beginning by
LIST street, and by the west and south side of
the Capitol grounds, and by Pennsylvania
| from the intersection Of Pennsylvania avenue
and South Carolina avenue, with the latter to
| L street; then with street to Canal street to
Sd street; with Sd street to Missouri avenue;
| with Missouri avenue to 9Th street; with 9Th
street to b street. and with B street to 7th
street northwest
| BRANCH TO TAKoMA.
The bill granting the Brightwood Railway
Company authority to construct branch line
| to Takoma is also on the calendar. The branch
is TO run from Brightwood to Takoma, not
using any roads in its way, and the company is
1 oiv pawer tn increas the canital atncE a.