Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-14
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS-.
The Great Falls R.R. Co

senator Mcmillan this morning nresan,as
10 the Senate the favorable report OF ,ha
District committee upon Senate hin 100
amending the charter OF the washin,,on
and Great Falls Electric Railway Comna,,,,
ne committee amended the bill very mo
.eriaily The purpose of these amendments
y, , Wen shown In the report of the commit
The subject of an electric mad ba,,-oo,,
ashington and Great Falls bv NAV 90
oaplh John bridge. has been before Con-
sness Tor many years. During the Fifty
eeconu congress an act was passed incor-
poratfng the Washington and Great Fails
naiIway company. In that act Il was nro-
Nided that the road should NOT use m.
surface OF the Canal road. but should come
IA, .m'o georgetown by an overhead structure
rms provision was made because % ,ha
large amount of travel over the narroy
canal road. At that time however there
was no other way OF solving the problem
vi diloWing the railway to enter George
town. and at the same time PRESERVING he
rishts OF the public on the Canal road sinh
sequently. however. a means of getting in
20 70 1eoreetown was found by way of Pros
pect street and 10 this method of approach
no objections have been raised The object
OF the present bill is TO change the route
az the Georgetown end of the road, so that
the route of the Washington and Great
Falls electric line shall begin on the ,races
OF the Georgetown and Tenleytown rail-
way at the south end of NJ street and
snail run over the tracks of that COM
pany TO Prospect street; thence along Pros
pect street TO a point where that street in
tersects the Canal road: thence on land 10
be acquired by the company and wbolly
OUTSIDE OF any road. to and across the Fox
nan road. ana thence on land to be ac-
quired by the company to the Conduit road
and along and outside of that road and the
property pertaining thereto TO V street;
thence across the Conduit road TO the
route OF the Washington and Great Falls
electric road, as originally provided for in
the existing charter. The committee has
taken pains to recommend a route which
VIII not interfere with the public uses of
any OF the District roads and to preserve
all the restrictions embodied in the orig
inal act. The report of the committee in
favor of the changes in the bill is unani-
nous" The bill was placed on the calendar
of the Senate.
To Make Marriage Returns
Senator Harris today. by request intro
duced in the Senate a bill, the necessity
for which has already been forcibly shown
In The Star. providing for making returns
to the clerks office of marriage services in
the District The bill provides that all
persons who are authorized by law to
solemnize the rites of marriage in the Dis
trict of Columbia are hereby directed to
make return to the clerks Office of the
Supreme Court of the District of any mar
riage service performed by them from the
date of said ceremony. A failure to make
such return shall subject the person per
forming such marriage service to a fine of
800 for each and every offense. uNon con-
viction in the Police Court of the District
of such negligence" The bill was referred
to the District committee.
stone Plugging for Sidewalk.
Mr.. Baldwin has introduced bill In the
House providing that all sidewalks here
after laid or repaired in the District shall
be With stone tagging or improved imita-
ton stone. In front Of stables, mills, ware
houses or other places where teaming is
necessary, authority ray be given to use
smooth block pavement