Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-28
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS-
Business Men Protest Against the BIN to
Regulate Steam Engineering.


Regulate Steam Engineering.
A number Of business men and corporation
In this city have today protested against thu
passage Of the bill TO regulate steam engineer
ing in the District Senator Frye presented
the memorial. which in its introductory state
ment is as follows: 1.-THE Legitimate
object OF legislation (were any Legislation
necessary, prohibiting steam engineers from
exercising their trs de without li,enses is no,
to constitute OF such engineers close corpora.
ton. invested with the power CT monopoliziug
TIER bu.ine for their own profit. but to protect
the public. including the owners Of steam plants,
against incompetent, careless and dishonest
engineers statute enacted not for the pro-
te,tlon OF the public against such engineers,
but for the promoter OF selfish interests of the
enz:neers Themselves must necessarily be
wholly indefens.ole.
"A demand for such legislation, made by these
engineers themselves, comes from the wrong
source. 1t comes, in fact. from the men against
whose misconduct or incompetency the
public sho1ld be protected, while il
should come from the public, for whose
protection pr ha Sson such legislation ought
t 10 De enacted, if enacted at all The form OF
tne Law ought not to be determined by the sell
hsh interests of the man against whom the
pubic is to be protected. but by the public in
terests and requirements. The CEN
trail object and the main effect Of the
bill are to establish and maintain an injurious
and Oppressive monopoly for the benefit Of q
licensed engineers now existing in this Dis
trict The bill empowers the engineers already
licensed by refusing to indorse new applica-
tons for licenses, to keep the number oil
licensed engineers in the District as limited az
thelr own selhsh interests may prompt
In conclusion the memorialists submit that
the parties owning and operating stationary
steam plants (and who under the bill are
elassed as criminals) whose lives and property
are at stake, and who are responsible
for injury to their workmen may safely be
LETT to determine, upon their own Judgment
the qualifications of the men in whose hands
they thus place their lives and property. To
take this matter from the hands of these par
ties having these most important in
terests at stake and place it under
the control of board Of officers
employed at a salary of $500 year would in
our Judgment be an unwarrantable interior.
ence with the private rights and interests oil
the citizen and would be against public
policy.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY.
Senator Carlisle today introduced q bill
granting the right to sell burial sites in part
OF certain streets in Washington city to the
yestry OF Washington parish for the benefit o.
Congressional cemetery.
BRIDGE LEGISLATION.
Bridge bills were Senator McNIillan's specially
today. The first one repealed some antique
bridge legislation and gave to thu
District Commissioners the power to make
and enforce such usual and proper regula
tons as might be deemed necessary fol
the public safety. Two other bills provided
for the rebuilding of bridges across Rock creel
at h and P streets. The X street structure il
to cost $4,000; the P street bridge to cos
$4,000.
THE GLEN ECHO RAILROAD.
Col Geo. H. Elliott. the engineer Office
in charge of the Washington aqueduct
has reported upon the bill to authoriz
the Glen Echo Railroad Company to cross tn
Washington aqueduct, and his report has beef
forwarded by Gen. Casey to the Senate
The extension asked for in the bill is for tn
purpose of permitting the road to reach tn
Chautauqua ground. Col Elliot says: 9TH
extension would be a public convenience
but the franchise should be guarded in such
manner that the aqueduct will not be injured
and 30 that the thousands of persons, many o
them women and children, who drive on tn,
Conduit road in good weather will be pro
tected from accident" Col Elliot says of tn
Conduit road: at extends far up into Mary
land amid the beautiful scenery along tn,
Potomac and is about the only road leadin,
out OF Washington that has not been spoiled
and made unsafe for driving purposes by rail
the road be rectangular and not oblique.
SENATE HEARINGS.
This afternoon a subcommittee Of the Senat
District committee gives hearing on the Eas
and West Washington Traction Company
bill.
Tomorrow those interested in the Columbi
Suburban road will be heard, commencing q
230 o'clock.
On Wednesday three bills will be considered
the Washington and Northeastern, the Wash
ington and Brookland and the Washington an,
Bladensburg.
THE LEXINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY.
One or two changes of some public import
ance are being made in the bill to amend tn
charter of the lexington and Soldiers HON
Railroad Company. This measure, a
amended, will probably be reported b,
the first committee at the next meet
ing. One of the changes in the bill will result
In the removal from Lincoln avenue of tn
tracks that now run up to the Glenwood Gem
etery gate. The company will be required t
locate a terminus on the east sid
of the road where for so long a tim
the temporary terminus was located. A shelte
for waiting passengers is also to be put up
The other amendment of importance Is on
which will require the company to extend it
tracks from the university gate to Brooklan,
as soon as the right of way has been donated