Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-09
SOME SENATE BILLS
introduced Today and of Interest to
District Residents.
Conduits for Underground Wires-Mr.
Vests Pension -PrOpOsed PEN
sion for Mrs. Gresham.

A bill to provide for making conduits IN
the city of Washington and the District
of Columbia and for improving and cheap
ering lights and electric appliances was
introduced in the Senate today. The bill
provides that THE Commissioners of the
District of Columbia shall cause conduits
to be made in the streets of Washington
and the District of Columbia where the
population shall be sufficient to require
it; for electric wire and gas pipes and
mains and telephone and telegraph wires,
and for water pipes and other wires Or
pipes that may be useful for lighting or
heating or for telegraph or telephone COM
munication, OF for the proper sewerage of
the streets or highways or houses Of the
city or the District of Columbia
The bill gives the Commissioners author
ity to condemn for the public use all exist
ing conduit pipe lines and mains by legal
proceedings The conduitS provided for
shall be open to the use of all persons or
,CmpanieS to the extent of their capacity
or all purposes of heating, lighting or
-elegraph or telephone communication on
he payment of a s1Im which shall be suffi-
:ient TO reimburse the government the cost
IF constructing such work and keeping the
Same in repair The work is to be done
nder the supervision of the Engineer Com
missioner, and Gen. Thomas l.. Casey. under
plans prepared by them For these pur-
poses the measure appropriates S5O0000.
Ex-Commissioner Vests Pension.
Mr.. Mitchell of Oregon introduced a bill
IN the Senate today granting a pension to
Brigadier and Brevet Maj. Gen. U. S. Vol
unteers Joseph R. West of 800 per month
in lieu of the pension he is receiving Gen.
w est is an ex-Commissioner of the District
of Columbia, and in Introducing the bill for
his relief Mr. Mitchell remarked upon his
infirm condition and need of the pension.
Medical Post-Grndunte School.
A bill to incorporate the Post Graduate
School of Medicine of the District of Co
lumbia was introduced in the Senate today
by Mr.. Gallinger, and referred to the COM
mittee of the District of Columbia. Henry
l.. E. Johnson, Edmund L. Tompkins, ].
Foster Scott, VIM. W. johnson, Samuel c.
Busey. Charles w. Richardson James Kerr,
Middleton +. Cuthbert, Edward NJ. Parker
G. Wythe Cook, G. Byrd Harrison, Samuel
S. Adams. George N. Acker. w. Holland
Wilmer, Henry D. Fry, J. Ford Thompson
and Thomas E. McArdle are named as in
ccrporattrS of the new school. The corpora
ticn is empowered to hold real estate ard
personal property to the amount of $23J,O00
The school is endowed by the bill with all
privileges. rights, &C.. thai appertain to
other medical schools here.
A Pension for Mrs. Greshnm.
A bill to grant pension of 5000 per month
to Mrs. Matilda Gresham, widow of Secre-
tary Gresham, was introduced in the Sen
ate today by Mr.. Voorhees,
Perfect IA Title.
A bill introduced in the Serate today by
Mr.. Hansborough provides for the perfec-
ton of the title Of James Lnstry to certain
property in the District Of Columbia
Discharge From the Army.
Mr.. Sherman introduced a bill in the Sem
t;,,rr h1o I,.,I.
from the army to Geo. w. Harbaugh of $40
Florida avenue, late private in company
C, sixth regiment Wisconsin volunteer in
fantry.