The morning times., 1895-11-21
TOO MANY GODFA1HERS
How the Fate of the Dead Bond
Bill Was Sealed.
BRICKS AGAINST CEMENT
Some Pointers for the Voters In The
Times Ballot Boxes-Some of the
Lands to Be Benefited by the Street
Exten>ions-Why the Defunct Docu-
ment should Not be Exhumed.

The voters of the District of Columbia,
who will BE- asked TO deposit their bal
lots in The Times boxes for or against the
Issuance or seven and Lalf million dol
lars in bonds. are really asked merely to
vote against the resurrection OF the old
bill. .---.....--
Tue old bill had TOO many godfathers,
and IL died OF that disease. or course, it
is always denied that there was any lob
bying on the bill, but on the contrary, the
Senate Committee specifics the Board OF
Trade and the Medical Society as being
interested In the matter.
There is a funny story afloat that what
really killed the bill was light between
the people who wanted 10 have tie sewers
! built of brick and those who wa amed to
have them built of cement. The brick
people got the idea that the Engineer
Commissioner favored cement, but whether
this be true OF not, il is said that the
cement Interests, OF trusts, which
are represented only by agents in Wash
lngton, got the worst OF the fight The
idea of building sewers of cement was
not a particularly grateful one to the
large number of orga anized laborers who
make their living by bricklaying.
STORY OF A LUNCHEON.
1t Is also said that the Board of Trade
gave a celebrated luncheon TO some digni-
taries, which did not pan out, although
one OF the gentlemen who were feted, said;
"Well, gentlemen, If you don't get anything
1t will be because you won't ask it"
Another curiosity of literature OF the SEN
ate report on the bond bill is the use 1t
makes -of the distribution of improvements.
1t says that the country-that is, the SUI
burban districts-have not had their share
of improvements and, inferentially, that,
therefore, the bond bill ought to be passed.
In table furnished the report shows that
in 1893 the county paid l2.2S per cent OF
the taxes and received S3, ,4S5 square yards
of pavement; Georgetown, paying httle
more than 3 per cent, rot more than ZZo, ,ouo
square yards; the southeast paid little
more Than five per cent and received
426 900 square yards.
The report says: The county, which
pays l 2 per cent of the entire revenue, has
less than 10000 yards of pavement. while
the OTHER sections, which pay little more than
half as much, have from three TO four times
that number of yards" Whose fault was
il that the county was treated SO badly
that 1t is now necessary to issue millions OF
bonds?
MEN WHO OWN THE LANDS.
The Senate committee denies that the
eou nty is wned by SPECTATORS, and proceeds
to prove 1t by saying that more than 3o,oou
people have their homes "in this long neg
lected section," which is what any ten
cent lawyer knows to be mon sequltur"
1t will interest the people who viii do
the voting to know how many of these
thirty thousand inhabitants live on the
great area of lands that are taxed at
one dollar per hundred as agricultural
lands while other properties pay one dol
lar and a half per hundred. Anybody
who takes the trouble to inspect the books
will discover that there are large tracts,
which will be most benefited by this pro-
posed bill, which are wild woods and whose
inhabitants are something more tnan tnlfty
thousand rabbits.
And some OF these tracts are owned fof
the most part by bankers. directors In the
board of trade, Senators VIII ose names used
to be on the books. but are not there now
to any great extent,, improvement com-
panies. one of which is to be capitalized at
six million dollars. and all manner OF
promotions and promoters.
As a matter of current history II VIII De
interesting to read the names which are
priuted and written on some or the large
suburban holdings. The names In SOME
cases represent estates which are intact,
partly sold off, or have wholly pa ssed into
the hands of people who bought them 10
sell again. The number OF acres is given
where practicable:
HERE THEY ARE.
Senator Cameron, one OF the three own
ers- or a great deal OF Kalorana Heights;
Alexander F. Mathews, 59.S1 acres; NJ a.
Pyan, 23.41; j. Ford Thompson, 40; Mary
i. warner, 1850; William Heine, IA; Or
Iando Gray, 50; Annie C. Beall, %; Norman
Braiusrd, 1887: Horace E. White, 80;
William Moreland, 30.47; Pierce Shoe
maker. 4e. 40; Chevy Chase Land Company,
29:C. c. Glover, 63; ". M.stewart, 1o4 Hon;
]. Daly aud Rebecca R. Beali, 10; Archibald
white, 40; NJ. G. Emery, IL; James 1.
Eenvirk- 81: Van Riswick's heirs, 1877;
r. C.-Pork, s5.9T; Robert Arthur, 1881;
estate of David Shoemaker, 51.1S; Chevy
Chase Land Company, 44.s4; William
yogt 20; Louis E. McComas, jr, 80;
David Shoemaker, 77.47; Samuel Queen,
q. so; william Heider, Al; Chevy Chase Land
Company, 50; also 11.l1; also 1913; John
p Morgan, o; Chevy Chase Land Company,