The evening times., 1896-06-01
DISTRICT N CONGRESS
Conference Committee Reaches
an Agreement on Gas Question.
RATE TO BE 81 10 AFTER JULY
VIII Probably Be Adopted by the
Increhsed-Life-Size Picture Of
Abraham Lincoln-Items Cut Out
of District Appropriation Bill.

An agreement was this afternoon reached
by the Conference Committee on tie dollar
gas bill.
PROVISION is made that gas Of 20 candle
power by the new test sLall be supplied
at 81 10 net per l,UU0 cubic feet after
July next, and s ST. per 1000 after
July = 1901 1,.ese rates shall apply
to citizens.
Gas furnished to the general and District
governments after the adoption of the
conference report shall he paid for at the
rate OF 81 per thousand feet; and provision
is made for no additional reduction after
1901.
general belief prevails that the new scale
OF prices Will be a dopted by the House. and
that no determined right Will be made TOR
the original proposition to have dollar
gas from the present time, III view OF the
recognized fact that II would Kill the
measure ana prevent any reduction IN price.
"A uei.E,itInu OF iueucn. r,hsistliiS ui
Messrs. W. T. Belt, iirst assistant cher:
Joseph o. Guy. foreman CI No. 3: William
A. Luskey. foreman or No. IL, and j. I,
Young, foreman Of No. 8, today spent some
time Ut the Capitol consulting with members
of the House in regard To the speedy pas
sage Of the joint resolution recently adopted
by the Senate increasing the salaries Of
Mrs La Fetra aud Miss Mary Rector
INCREASE IN FIREMEN'S SALARIES.
The resolution in question is now in the
hands OF the subt omnittee of the House
| Committee on Appropriations having charge
of District affairs. The delegation OF fire
| men expressed themselves as confident that
favorable action would at once be taken
IN the House II the matter could be brought
| up lor consideration. For thisreason Messr>.
| BabcocS, Grout. Meredith and others cs-
pecially interested in local legislation We're
| visited. and all promised To use their best
efforts 10 have the resolution tn ken up.
The bli introduced III the House By Nr.
| Cummings approDriating Slo.oOo TO Dur-
| chase the life-siZe oil painting of the tate
Abraham Lincoln by Ii. W. +. Travis. has
been favorably reported by the Committee
| Cn the Library.
The conference on the District appro-
| priation bill made a report To the Senate
This morning. The representatives OF the
| two houses of Congress have been ut work
| for nearly Il week on this measure, and row
want further Instructions. In the
sweep Of reform some matters OF great
interest to the District have been chopped
out.
The appropriation for the morgue goes
! glimmering. as does the amendment pr"
! viding for Riverside Park. No appropra-
| tons are made for the repair OF Suburban
streets The new fire. ice and wreckinG
boat is cnt nut, as is the amendment au
| thorizing the appropriation for two reW
FIRE engines and the houses, furniture, etc.
| which would gu with them.
| built, nor will a Jail wall be erected. The
thirty additional police privates provided
| for by the Senate are stricken off, leav.
| ing the number AT 1874 in the second class
| while ia class l there are To he 2S6
| ITEMS STRICKEN OUT.
| The other Senate amendments to 20
| down in the pruning are: One assistant
| INSPECTOR of buildings: the Protestant Epis.
| copal Cathedral appropriation: the increase
| in the surveyors office: paving Eighteenth
| street extended. and Cincinnati street:
! increase Tor tie completion of
| kcncsaw avenue: increase for grading
| Sherman avenue and Roanoke ana irving
| streets; for paving Massl chusetts avenue
| extended: for grading Michigan. and Hare
| Wood avenues, Twenty-second. Twenty
| fourth. Twelfth extended. belmont and
| kalorama streets. PENNSYLVANIA avensc cx-
| tended. and Branch avenue. Kcnesaw ave
| nue. and Park road. and Twentieth street
| extended: for protecting the inlet to the
| auucduct at Great Falls; for ianitor to be
| engineer and machinist AT manual training
| school, Central High School, increase for
| care of six new eight-roum buildings. in
| crease for fuel. for four-room addition 10
| Bcnning School. for increase in police
| HeutenantS. increase for repairs to ;p-
| paratus, fire department, for one aerial
| truck. for ne " hak eoven at reform schonI
| and increase of inspectors, water depart,
| ment.