Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-20
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS,
Important Meeting OF tho senate Comm
mittee and the Action Taken.

mittee and the Action Taken.
IL the strong expressions Of opinion made a.
the meeting Of the Senate District committee
this morning against the use Of the Aqueduct
bridge for street railway purposes can
be taken as any indication Of the anal
action which the committee will take
on the application Of the Washington and Ar
lington railway to cross this structure the
! present committee will never grant the
night desired. The discussion Of this cues.
ton was the principal topic before the meet
ing. and those who favored the concession
were very much in the minority. Itwas finally
decided that the matter should not be disposed
OF today. but should go over until next FRIDAY
The meeting was the livelsest and, in point of
attendance. was the largest that the committee
has held this session. Only two of the men,
bers were absent and they were not in the CITY,
Those present were Senators Mcmillan His-
gins, Woicott, Gallinger, Hansbrough Harris
Vance, Gibson and Hunton.
TO SUPERVISE THE REFORM SCHOOL EsrINArEs
The bill to create board Of charities was dis
cussed at some length, and the opinion Of the
Attorney General on the question Of emitting
from the institutions for which the board was
to estimate the Reform School for BOYS
was laid before the committee.
The majority of the members held that as the
school was supervised by a board Of trustees.
who served without pay that in the meaning Of
the law 1t was a charitable institution and
should therefore be included with the other
Institutions for which the board should
estimate. 1t was, therefore, ordered thst the
measure be favorably reported as introduced,
and it will probably be submitted to the senate
tomorrow by Mr.. Mcmillan
TO EXTEND THE BRIoHrwoop RAILWAY.
The bill to amend the charter Of the Bright
wood Railway Company so as to allow thst road
to extend branches, one to the Rock Greek GEM
etery and another to the Geological Park was
referred to subcommittee composed of Sem
ators Mcmillan and Harris.
Mr.. Vance, who introduced the bill to incor-
porate the Tabernacle Society Of the District.
was instructed to make a favorable report
on it.
TO EXAMINE TIRE AoCEDCcT BRIDGE PIERS
MIR. Gallinger authorized to report favor
ably and ask the Senate to immediately con-
slider the resolution which he recently intro
duced instructing the Secretary Of War to
cause an examination to be made Of the piers Of
the Aqueduct bridge. &c.
The resolution will be made a Senate instead
OF joint resolution, as i, was believed that the
Senate was justified in asking for this informa-
ton without the consent OF the House.
The amendment proposed to the District ap-
preparation bill. appropriating $4,000 for the
opening OF 3Ith street, was favorably acted on.
THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL
ton committee having in charge the District
appropriation bill again had that measure
under consideration this morning. The Dis
trlct Commissioners and Mr.. l. Weller.
representing the East Washington Citizens
Association, DR.. Purvis and Col Elliot we're
among those who were before the committee
The consideration Of the bill is almost COM
pleted. The subcommittee, however will not
have another meeting until Monday afternoon,
Is hat shaxv L.
submit the bill to the Senate
THE COURT OF APPEALS BILL.
Senator Hoar, chairman of the Senate indci-
airy committee, to whom was referred the Dis
trct court Of appeals BILL is out of the CITY and
will not return until next Monday. A
meeting of the committee will be
held Tuesday morning. but it is
thought that the Court Of an.
peais bill will be brought before the COM
mittee at that time. as the committee has under
consideration number of Judicial nomina-
tons which they are anxious to dispose Of
1t Is believed that the bill as it passed
the House will not meet with opposi-
tion in the Senate Judiciary committee and will
be promptly reported favorably. In the Senate
1t is not likely to be opposed.
bearing was also given Mr.. NJ. I.weller and
Mr. +. A. lehman upon the East Washington
and Cross Town railway bill.
THE BURNT MILLS RAILROAD COMPANY.
A subcommittee Of the House District com.
mittee gave hearing today to Messrs. R. H.
Miller, d. Thomas, A. G. Thomas, ". W. Rap
ley and Guion Miller in favor Of the WASH
ington, Burnt Mills and Sandy Spring railway
THE BELT LINE RAILROAD REPORT
The president Of the Capitol, North Street
and South Washington Railway Company sub
mtted to the House today the report OF tho
road for the year.
The total receipts. including sale of bonds
and script and temporary loans, were s453. SIG a.
The receipts from passenger traffic were $685.
GIT. 20 and the cars carried q 9G6 975 passengers