Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-22
THE DIsTRIcr IN CONGRESS-.

THE DIsrRicr IN CONGRESS-.
/ Probable Compositisn ofthe House Commits
tee ON the District Of Columbia
The following members will probably be on
House District committee: Hemphill e. c.,
chairman; Heard (do.), Fellows (N.Y.), John
son Ohio. Rusk (Md.). Cadmus (N.J.), Rich
ardson CTenn.) Belden (N.Y.). Post Qll.) }, Har-
mer pa, Coggswell (Mass.).
Messrs: Compton, Breckinridge ark and
Coggswell will probably be on the appropria-
tons committee and will be the subcommittee
OF three on the District appropriation bill.
THE SENATE DISTRICT COMMITTEE ROOM.
Senator Mcmillan. chairman Of the Senate
committee on the District, has taken posses
sion Of the committee room which was for 80
long sacred to the uses of Senator Ingalls,.
Changes have been made in the furnishing and
the general appearance Of tho apartment has
been materially altered. The old '.Ingails''
desk is gone and in its place is o square highly
polished oak table,, Al this, on q chair which
| i, Of the same complexion rs the table, sits
Chairman Mcmillan when he has any writing
to do In the window recess is one OF those
extremely easy chairs, upholstered in green
leather. The iron fence, behind which Mr..
ingalls, was accustomed to retire, has been re-
moved. Tho lounge In the northwest corner Of
the room IL completely hidden behind big
screen and map Of the District At the end
Of the lounge is a small desk. Private secre-
tary Bates will be located noar the Senator
| table, whilo Mr.. Charles Moore, clerk to the
committee, has his official residence little
nearer the door. Since Chairman Mcmillan
has assumed control the necessary wires and
| fixtures have been placed in position and in
future electricity instead Of gas will furnish all
| tho artificial illumination which may be needed.
| A COURT OF APPEALS
ITO establish a court of appeals for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, ami for other purposes, Is
the title Of n bill introduced today by Senator
Morgan. After providing that there shall be
| such O court the first section states that it
shall consist Of one chief justice and three
associate justices. Tho chief justice is to
the associate justices will be rewarded
with $1,000 each. There is to be clerk of the
| court and his recompense is to DO $500 an
nially, with an allowance OF 900 annually
| for clerk hire. crier and q messenger nre
also provided for. the respective monthly s!i-
ponds of these being 800 and $50.
There may be not less than two terms of the
court in each year, and if tho court so desires
| the number OF terms may be increased.
| Section z Of the bill says that ''any party
| aggrievcl by any final order, Judgment or de-
cree of the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia, or OF any justice thereof. may ap-
| peal to the court of appeals hereby created;
| and upon such appeal the court Of appeals
shall review such order, judgment or Decree
and affirm, reverse or modify the same, as shall
be ipst.
The determination of appeals from the de-
| cision OF the commissioner of patents, now
vested in the Supreme Court OF the District, is
hereafter to be vested in the court of appeals
| hereby created
| The Attorney General il empowered and d.
| rected to provide suitable rooms and accommo-
| dations for the court, and the United States
| marshal for the District Is required to execute
the orders and processes of the new court.
| Sec. IA provides that hereafter the chief JUS
tice OF the District Supreme Court shall hero
after receive salary OF Sc, 900, while the asso-
ciate justices Of the same court are to be paid
| sc COO annually.
| Whenever the number of justices of the Dis
| trict Supreme Court is reduced by death. resig-
| nation, retirement or otherwise to five, the
| supreme Court shall thereafter consist of one
| chief justice and four associate justices.
| The justices of the court OF appeals and Of
| the District Supreme Court are to be deemed
justices of the courts OF the United States
within the meaning Of the law providing Tor
| the retirement OF such justices upon their at
/ tanning the age of seventy years and having
been in commission ten years or upward. Pro-
| motion from the Supreme Court to the cour:
| OF appeals will not break the continuity of the
term Of service. ..
TO EXTEND THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
Senator Stanford this afternoon introduced q
| UhA hlut tuc SoCIcVEy VI DtAts, tue
Secretary Of the Treasury and Secretary Of War,
| constituting n commission. be. and hereby are,
authorized and directed to cause to be erected
| adjacent to the present Executive Man.
| sion, and connecting Herewith. an ex-
| tension OF the said mansion in accordance with
the plans proposed by Mrs. Caroline Scott Har.
| rison, to embrace the present mansion as q
| private executive residence, enlarged by the
| addition Of al executive Office or official wing
| on the west and public art wing or gallery OF
pictures. historic relics and art treasures on the
east, both counterparts Of the original structure
| in Classic design and connected Herewith By
colonnades and Railways and on the south by
| connecting range OF iron and glass structures
| OF symmetrical design forming executive con-
| servatories and winter gardens the whole
| architectural group forming un inner park or
| garden, at u cost not exceeding $3.50 co.,
PURE AND WHOLESOME WATER WANTED.
Senator Hansbrough wants pure and whole
some water to drink. He believes there are
| others whose desire comedies with his SO to-
day be offered joint resolution calling upon
| the District Commissioners to inquire into the
| feasibility OF securinga permanent supply Of
| unauthorized and palatable water for private
and public use in this city from the
| springG or streams in the mountains or
upland region lying north of the city.
| The Commissioners are directed to make, or
cause to be made, such measurements as may
! be necessary in determining the capacity of the
water courses and the existence and extent OF
suitable reserve OR sites. The conclusions reached
are to be reported to Congress on or before
March !, 1892.
MORE LAND FOR THE RAILWAY COMPANY
| A bill supplementary to the act authorizing
the construction, extension and use OF lateral
branch Of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
into and within the District was today intro
duced (by request) by Senator Barbour. The
preamble recites that an act of Congress ap-
proved June Il, 1870, requires the Baltimore
and Potomac RAILROAD Company to maintain
| the Long bridge over the Poto-
mac river in good condition for
ordinary travel, and that since the
passage Of that act the railway traffic over Long
bridge has SO greatly increased as to make the
| bridge unsafe for ordinary travel, by reason Of
| the close proximity Of the highway over it to
the railroad tracks. and to make necessary action
to render the highway safe and convenient
! The act authorizes and requires the Bslti-
more and Potomac Railroad Company to con-
struct, at a cost not exceeding eos, 600. on the
| west side of the Long bridge, a public high
| way fifty feet in width between the foot of
| l4th street and the main channel of the Potomac
| for the accommodation OF ordinary travel, 1.-The
| said highway to be at q distance Of fifty feet
from the bridge, except at the southern end Of
said highway, where the distance shall neces-
| sarily diminish, that the said highway
may join the present bridge near the
main channel a." And that in con-
sideration Of the Baltimore and Potomac
| Railroad Company furnishing said highway as
I aforeaaid the amid Ha1tirpOra aud