The Washington times., 1894-12-04
CONCERNS OF THE DISTRICT.
Commissioners and Their Chief Subordi-
mates win Confer With the House
APPROPRIATIONS Committee.

commissioners and Their Chier SupordI-
mates win Confer With the House
Appropriations Committee.
The Commissioners of the District have
been summoned to a conference with the
House Appropriations Committee. which will
take place this morning. They will be ac-
rompanied 10y the District auditor, collector,
assessor, ana building inspector.
In a supplemental report fled with the
Commissioners yesterday Auditor Petty calls
attention to an item omitted from his original
report He SAYS:
The act of February 9, 1923, establishing
the court OF appeals, requires that ope-hall OF
the expenses of the court shall be paid out OF
the revenues of the District. and the act OF
July 81. 1884, amendatory of the prior act,
provides that the fees collected by the clerk
shall be paid into the Treasury o. the United
States. The Comptroller of the Treasury
holds that under this law the money shall be
paid in and credited exclusively to the United
States"
Auditor Petty differs from this view and
recommends that Congress shall be asked 10
amend the law by providing that all fees
heretofore or hereafter deposited in the
Treasury by the clerk of the court shall be
credited in equal parts
The official representatives of the Metro
politan Railway Company mad lengthy con-
ference with the Commissioners yesterday.
United States Marshal A. A. Wilson, Judge
Jere Wilson, and President Phillips, OF the
company, took part. The questions under
discussion were with reference to the pro-
posed Introduction OF the underground cleo
trio system as a motive power on the Metro
politan line and the desire upon the part OF
the company that at all points where the Eek
ington and Soldiers Home Railway Com
pany and the Anacostia and Potomac Railway
| politan tracks each OF the other lines shall be
required to maintain separate tracks. sec
| ond conference is to be held.
Mrs. Charlotte Hagerty. OF Sharon, Pa,
| writes the Commissioners under date OF
| November 90, that she had invested in shares
! of the Fidelity Loan and Investment Com
| pany. with the expectation, under promise OF
| the officials, 10 get a loan with which to pay
| for a lot but that she has been put off from
| week 10 week. and finally they notified her
! by letter that she can get the money in March.
| She wants to know if it is scheme"
| Z. G. Beggs, general inspector of the Dis
! trict, in reporting upon the complaint OF G.
| H. Kuhn. of the manner in which the cars
are run on the Brightwood Street Railway,
says:
THE charter of the Brightwood Railroad
| Company provides that the cars be run sub
! ject to the approval of the Commissioners oi
! the District OF ofColumbia. but cars shall be run
as often as one every fifteen minutes between
! the hours OF z. n. and 12 midnight 1t is
! the custom OF the company to put on an extra
car from a. N. until 10 a. n. and from !
! p. m until p. N. These are for the accom-
! mediation of department people. Cars con-
/ tinue to run every ten minutes until mid
! night"
! Capt. Fiebeger suggests that Mr.. Kuhn be
required 20 give day and hour when the com
! pany violated its charter.
] 1fH.- MT
4 positively refuses to comply with the schedule
/ l@s street lighting as proposed by the Com
Enssioncrs. The company proposes TO light
/ the lamps between sunset and sunrise, az
! heretofore. and returned schedule that re-
! d1ces the number of hours per month. 1t i:
understood that Congress will be asked tc
! legislate the matter into shape.