The evening times., 1896-01-06
DISTRICT IN THE SENATE
Chairman Mcmillan HuTrying
Matters to Get to Work.
SURE OF MANY GOOD THINGS
Quite Certain There VIII Be Dollar
Gas-Says the Company Is Ready
and willing to Give 1t-Telephone
Monopoly to He Compelled to I'm
prove Service and Lower Prices.

Senator Mcmillan, chairman OF the Dis
trict Committee, has taken charge OF bis
committee room. and is in favor OF dollar
gas.
He and Col. Bright were experimenting
the removal OF certain baggage. and the
placing OF certain volumes OF the library
in certain positions. Mr.. Mcmillan seemed
very happy III being back in his old quar-
ters, and to i large degree feels ON street
extension as The Times does.
Under the present regime the committee
room will take on tie appearance which
has been so familiar to Washingtonians.
Everyone Is glad 10 ste tie Senator and
his clerk back. They are both bunytnx
Iuatters so that District business shall re-
ceive the attention it deserves. AIR. Nc
MILAN wants to get sone OF his work re-
ported TO the SENATE and is stIonG believer
III cheap and good telephone service.
BUSINESS To BE PUSHED.
A meeting OF the committee will be called
for Friday. At that time the varioCs sub
committees will be appointed and the
various District measures will be divided
among them.
Each subcommittee W i'll be urged totake
speedy action uu the measures assigned
10 IL. II is the desire of Mr.. Mcmillan to
handle all matters as business men should
take care OF them. He has set his ideal 1t
this sta ndard.
In u conversation with Times repre-
sentative this morning lie said lie was
anxious to get matters started. District
ters would be taken up and given the
| Consideration they deserved. All that
would be for the good Of The District would
be given the greatest attention.
''What Will be done about dollar gas?'"
was asked.
u think the District win get Illuminating
gas at n dollar and gas for eating pur-
poses at Il still cheaper rate The bill in
troduced In the Senate the other day viii
be turned over TO the proper subcommittee.
But, as / understand it, he continued.
1.-The gas company is willing and ready 10
| reduce prices. The dollar gas bill in the
last Congress fell by the wayside. The gas
company had been making extensions and
improvements, and agreed to reduce prices
If they were given a little time, but the
subcommittee Will axe IL up all the saline"
"How about street extension" was the
next query.
| well" said the Senator, That bill means
the laying out of streets, and ] imagine
| everyone favUrs it,
| WILL PONDER STREET EXTENSION.
When told that The Times held that
streets inside the cit y limits should be paved
and put in good shape before money was
| spent on the outside Mr.. Mcmillan hesi-
| tated u moment and said:
when it comes to spending any large
amount of money to improve streets on
which no one lives, l shall study the matter
most carefully. / understand the present
move is to simply lay out streets SO that
people living just outside the line, for in
stance. could know where to build if they SO
| desired.
.All chances in the world win be given any
opponent of the measure to appear and state
his views. We are here to know what the
| District wants.
"will we get cheaper telephone service
| SENATOR"
Il think SO. The Commissioners acted
properly, think, in recommending unfavor
able action on the applications Of new com.
panes. Every company must have tele-
| phone center, and 1t would cost great
deal to give the patron Of one line
patron on another.
| "But we can regulate the old company.
| If we find that they are not giving a coed
| service, they must: that is all there is In it.
| II they are charging too much, the prices
must come down. An this will be looked
| after.
LAS / said before, we will get to work
| by the first of next week, and hope to push
matters"