Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.


The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr..
Proctor, by request, yesterday, amending
| the charter of the Brightwood Railway
| Company of the District of Columbia, pro-
| vides for an extension of the road as fol-
| lows: Beginning at the Intersection of 9th
and Umatilla streets, thence running north
erly to Wabash street, thence west along
| Wabash street to Sth street, and northerly
| on Sth street to the District line; and the
| said Br!ghtwood Railway Company is here
| by authorized to build a branch line of its
present road from such point on its present
operated main line of railway between
| BriGhtwood, in said District, and its Dis
| trict line terminus as may be determined
| On, and such point to be subject to the ap-
| prevail of The Commissioners of the Dis
| trict of Columbia, in an easterly line over
and across such lands as may be purchased
| for right of way by said Brightwood
Railway Company, under condemnation
| proceedings, as hereinafter provided for, or
| OIL erwisc, to a point where said extended
| line shall intersect the District line and
| that said Brightwood Railway COMPANY is
| hereby authorized TO construct euuip,
| operate and run its cars over and along
said route or routes as above described
with the overhead trolley system or electric
| motive power"
Accompanying the above bill is a letter
| Icy F. E. Chaplin of the firm of Phillips &
Mckinney, attorneys-at-law. stating that
| the proposed bill Is similar to a bill which
| passed both the Senate and House during
| the last Congress, but which failed to be-
| come a law for want of the Presidents
signature. The bill in its present shape"
Mr.. Chaplin says, has been modified so 1
am informed, to meet the requirements of
| the Commissioners, connection with the
proposed plan of street extension. The
| former bill provided that right of way
| should be given over the Blair road but as
| that road will be abandoned under the
| street extension plan, it is not desired to
proceed over that route; besides the new
route will do away with any colorado OBJ
| lection that might be made to going over
The Blair road At present the company is
| serious y handicapped in its service of the
| Ubllc because a loop cannot be made con-
recting the hotel at North Takoma with
| the station at Takoma. This requires a
| short car TO be run from the junction of
| tie two branches on the Brightwood road
to the hotel. This short car transports pas
sergers TO the main line and the company
during the past summer was frequently
subjected to criticism because it was I'M
able TO give adequate service 10 the people
living at the hotel end the Rrightwood
| ro"d beyond Silver Spring. All room for
criticism will be removed If the company
is permitted to make this extension of its
lines over the streets laid out by the Com
sioners, for it is the purpose of the
company to run its cars from the Bound
airy at 18th and w streets direct to Silver
SPRING thence to the hotel and thence
to Tahoma, which will be the end
OF the route This will give rapid transit
uninterrupted. and will greatly increase
the facilities of the road
retirement FUND for Clerks.
The bill introduced in the Senate yester-
day by Mr.. Proctor, by request for the re-
tirement of government employees provides
that there shall be withheld from the sal
airy of every employee in the executive de-
partments of the government at Washing
ton. in the District of Columbia, who is in
the departmental classified service, under
the classification made by the President,
whose salary is fixed by law, two per CEN
tEm, or as much as may be necessary. for
the purpose Of creating 4 special deposit
| fund, to be expended for the following pur-
poses:
After July 1, 1897, if any employee in the
cl; ssified service in the executive depart
ments of the government at Washington,
in the District of Columbia, shall have
served honorably in the civil service or in
the general service in said departments for
the period of thirty years in all, he or she
ST ALL upon his or her application, be re-
tired from actual duty and service: any
such employee who has served honorably
thirty years and is sSty-four years of age
shall be placed upon the retired list by the
Secretary of his or her department: any
such employee who has served honorably
for the period of at least twenty-five years.
and who, before completing his or her
thirty years of service shall by reason of
age or disability contracted in line of his or
her duty in the said civil service have be-
come physically or mentally incapactated
for the proper performance of his or her
duties snail be placed upon the retired list
by the Secretary of his or her department,
under such regulations as he may pre-
scribe.
Every employee placed upon the retired
list as hereinbefore provided shall be paid
out of the treasury and by the disbursing
clerk of the department in which he or she
WIS serving at the time of his or her re-
tirement, in monthly payments, sum
equal to Seventy-five per centum of the
salary he or she was receiving at the time
of his or her retirement Provided that no
retired employee shall receive more than the
sum of 800 per month