Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-16
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
A Hearing Of the Federation Of Labor
Committee on Local Legislation.
Members Want the District Commits
siOners' Estimates, Particularly ms
to School Houses, Restored.

| A few days q go PRESIDENT Mcf1uSn OIL the
| Federation of Labor of the District ap-
pointed the following committee to watch
local legislation this year in the interests
| of the federation: E. NJ. Blake, William L.
Dewart, George o. Cook Charles E. Wells
and Frank ]. Sloan. This committee was
| at the Senate today, and waited on Sena-
| tor Cali to thank him for introducing Sen
| ate bill E434, providing fer regulation of
| wages and hours street railways in the
District of Columbia. This bill was intro
| duced during the agitation caused by the
| recent strike on the Metropolitan railroad
| The committee urged the passage OF the
| BILL with one amendment. They asked the
| elimination of the clause which provides
for extra pay being given for more than
| eight hours work, ard for the substitution
| therefor of clause prohibiting more than
| eight hours work, except in cases of emer-
| gency.
W.nt the Estimates Restored.
| Senator Call presented the committee to
| MIR. German as chairman Of the subcom-
| mittee of the appropriations committee in
| charge OF the District bill. The repreSen-
| tatives Of the federation asked that the
| Senate committee should restore the esu-
mates of the District Commissioners, which
| were cut down by the House. In particular
| they desired the reStora ton OF the pro-
| vision for eight school houses, which was
| cut down to four in the House, and SIX
building inspectors, reduced by the House
| to two. They also urged that the pay OF
| the tiremen should be Increased. The COM
| mittee also protested against the passage
| by the Senate of the bill providing for an
| issue of s7,5U0,OUO of bonds by the District
| to pay for the development and extension
| of the street and sewer systems of the
| city.
| The Bond Bill.
Senator Proc or, who is in charge of the
| bill providing for the issue of bonds to
| complete the sewer and street extension of
| the District called it UP during the morn
| ing hour and asked unanimous consent for
| it's present consideration. There was no
| immediate objection and the clerk had
read the bill about half through when
Senator Cameron interposed an objection,
| which threw the bill back on the calendar.
The Printers Wages.
| Chairman McGann of the House COM
| mittee on labor today asked unanimous
| consent for the consideration Of a resolu-
| ton increasing the wages of printers and
bookbinders in the government printing
| Office to so cents per hour. objection was
| interposed by Mr.. Sayres, and the resolu-
/ ton was not considered
Nc d 0nortIm of the House Committee.
| The lack of quorum prevented the
| meeting of the House District committee
| today. Chairman Heard was absent on ac-
| count Of illness, and other members stayed
away for other reasons, 50 that those mem
| bers who did appear could not do any busi-
ness.
! A subcommittee gave brief and informal
| hearing to Mr.. F. p. B. Sands, in behalf OF
| the bill to incorporate the National Gas and
| Electric Light, Heat and Power Company.
| To Sell the Land.
The House today passed the Senate bill
| authorizing the sale of q small tract of
| land near the Cabin John bridge to William
| H. and George Bobinger. These persons
! had unknowingly encroached upon piece
| of government land, which they thought
was included in their property. and having
| built hotel upon the same, are now per-
| mitted to purchase the ground.
Report of the Anacostia II. II. Co.
| Senator Harris, as president pro ten., to-
! day laid before the Senate the annual re-
! pert of the Anacostia Street Railway Com
pany, submitted by H. A. Griswold, its
| president. The receipts of the company
during the past year aggregated $2o9, $50 1S
! and the expenditures S2lO,o15.51. The re-
| ceipts We're made up as follows: From
| bonds, SO, 500; from traffic, s53 667. .2S from
| sale of materials. 81, ,O156O; from bills pay
able, $129, 1920.
| The Rock Creek Railway.
| Senator Pettigrew was on the floor Of
| the Senate today for the first time this ses-
| sion, and was warmly congratulated by
| other Senators upon his reelection. He
| introduced a bill during the morning
amending the charter of the Rock Creek
| Railway Company of the District, similar
| to that introduced on the Sd of the month
| by Mr.. English of the House. The bill was
| referred to the District committee.
| To Pay MIR. Mills.
| Senator Butler today introduced a bill
! providing for the payment of Theophills
| Fisk Mills, son of the late Clark Mills
| the sculptor, for a plaster cast Of the late
| Gen. John A. Rawlins, which was used in
| the preparation of the statue new standing
| at the corner of 9TH street and PennSylva-
| lia avenue. The bill apprcpriates $500
| fer this purpose. Such a bill has been pend
| ing before Congress for several years. The
| measure was referred to the committee on
| tho library.
| The Navy Personnel.
The Senate committee on naval affairs to-
day authorized Senator Butler to report
fayorably the bill for the reorganization of
| the personnel of the navy. The bill as ac-
| cepted by the Senate committee conforms
| substantially with the bill as reported by
| the House committee. There a few
| changes. One of these strikes out the
prcviSo in section 40 excepting officers of
| the medical corps. engineer corps and
! chaplains now in the service from the pro-
| vision fixing the pay of staff officers at the
So figure as that paid to officers of the
| line of equal rank, and also the portions
| of section 80 providing that vacancies in
| the grade Of quarternlaster shall be filled
| by promotion, by seniority, from the as
| sistant Guartermasters, and that the rank
| of adjuta1t. inspector, quartermaster- and
| raymaSter of the marine corps shall be
| that Of lieutenant colonel after the COM
pletion of thirty years of service.
|
| A Bonus StiIl Available.