Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-16
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
Albright Street Car Service in This Git
to he Provided.

DISTRICT In CONGRESS-
Albright Street Car Service in This City
| to BE Provided.
| The bill introduced in the Senate today by
| Senator Hansbrough to provide for an all
night street car service in this city seeks to
compel the Washington and Georgetown and
the Metropolitan street car lines to run cars
after midnight at intervals OF half an hour,
as is done in most of the large cities
| of the country. A similar bill was intr oduced
during the last session of Congress, but re-
| NAMED Enacted upon, as the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company, which was af-
fected by it, pledged itself to render
| the service without compulsion. Soon after
| Congress adjourned however, the service,
! which had given much satisfaction to the
public was discontinued by the company on
the plea that it did not pay; The object OF the
present bill is to restore this service and pre-
vent any further lapses.
The measure requires "that within thirty
| days from the passage Of this act the Washing
| ton and Georgetown Street Railroad Company
and the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company,
| both Of the District of Columbia, shall put
| into operation and thereafter maintain an
| ail-night street car service over their
| entire and respective routes. the cars to
| be run Mt intervals not greater than half an
| hour between the time Of the closing and OPEN
| ing of the regular service; provided, that be-
| tween the hours Of o. clock a. m. and o'clock
| a. m. the companies before mentioned may op-
crate horse power in place Of mechanical mo-
tors. which the law requires them to use on and
after August 6, 1892"
Section 2 provides: 1.-THE nll-night service
| shall be conducted in accordance with the
schedules. which must before being put into
| operation, receive the approval Of the Com
| missicners Of the District of Columbia; cor
| rect copy of the schedule to be continuously
| on file in the offices OF the District Commits
sioners, and in each car Of each of the lines
above named
TO PENSION JOSEPH FLECKENsTEIS.
Mr.. Sutton introduced bill in the House to-
day to pension Joseph Fleckenstein of the
District of Columbia volunteers at the rate of
s12 per month.
NO ASSESSMENT TO BE SET ASIDE.
Senator Mcmillan today introduced q bill
which provides that no assessment for local
improvements in the District shall be set aside
because of any informality in the advertising
OF ordinances or notices or because of any
omission or failure to comply with any details
OF law or ordinance.
RELEASING CHURCH PROPERTY.
Senator Wilson today introduced n bill pro-
viding for the release of certain church prop
CT AZ tAc blntElCt lrum drTear6 OF lAXatlOu.
CORPS OF sUPERINTENDENIs.
Senator Paddock today introduced bill to
authorize the appointment Of corps Of super
intendents Of construction and repairs of pub
lie buildings under the direction of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. The compensation and
travelling expenses Of these officers must come
from the appropriations for the buildings upon
which they will be engaged.
THE AoUEDUCr TUNNEL.
The aqueduct tunnel has not been entirely
forgotten. Senator Sherman this afternoon
offered and the Senate agreed thereto, a reso-
luton referring the report of the chief of en-
gineers (of the date Of January 20. 1892 } in
respect to the completion of the tunnel to
the District committee, with instructions to in
quire into the expediency OF completing and
testing the tunnel, and of appropriating out Of
the sum already appropriated the sum Of
$50, 600 for testing.
THE MARKET RESOLUTION PASSED.
The Center market resolution went through
the Senate this morning.
THE LEXINGTON EXTENSION.
There is no accumulation Of dust on District
Of Columbia matters at the Senate end Of the
Capitol. This afternoon at about 2:3O, Sena-
tors Mcmillan and Harris, as subcommittee
on the lexington street railroad extern
sion bill, went out to see for them
selves how that company might best approach
the Capitol from LIST and streets northwest,
whether on New Jersey avenue or by the
way Of LIST and c streets. The company
wants to come down New Jersey avenue. but
the impression in the committee up to this time
has been that it would be better to have the
lexington run on the belt tracks from LIST and
q streets to G street and then over the Metro
politan tracks to the Capitol grounds The
route will be settled this afternoon.
WHAT THE SENATE COMMITTEE WILL DO
As soon as possible after Chairman Mcmillan
and Senator Harris returns to the capitol
there will be special meeting of the subcom-
mittee on "the safety Of public buildings bilr'
to consider the resolution resembling the
licenses OF theaters which have insufficient or
dangerous exits.
The resolution OF Senator Sherman on the
! aqueduct tunnel, printed elsewhere in The
STAR, will at once be referred to a subcom-
mittee. Speedy action ON this resolution ia
deemed desirable, as Senator Sherman would
like to have it pushed through as rapidly as
possible, and the committee generally Is inter-
ested in the matter.
People who do or do not want the Aaueduct
bridge to be occupied by the tracks of the
Washington and Arlington Street Railway
Company company which was given its
charter because it promised to build = bridge
for itseif-will be welcome at the Senate District
committee room on Friday morning at 1880,
when hearing will be given them. The COM
mittee had decided on an adverse report but
Senator Pettigrew asked that Q subcommittee
| listen to argument in favor Of the scheme. SO
the adverse report rests temporarily in pigeon
hole.
FOUR HOURS WITH GHOSTS
The Fleshless and Boneless Specters Trotted