The morning times., 1896-03-20
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th- Commissioners ask fer favorable action
upon The measure.
Ia ihrir accompanying letter 10 senator
M.Mmaa. lhr Commissioners say they ''ap-
pr..,.iit.. tn2 great desir3blity OF q prompt
CpupI,-t ION OF The WORKS of sewage dis
poSal and frotsoiicn against flD,ds. but
they do uGt rrdcrstand that all % such
works arc ngCTr Important from tie stand
poiul of pui,lic health than is a sewer
: .s,,ni 81 he many suburbs in which there
q, uuv ucuc. aud wherC jyphCid lever has
bccu mUsi prevalent.
- cEa.c Din % they say. would
pro, idr iag ,he urgeEtly needed suburban
trruca SEWERS. ana would accomplish the
speed, rSoliiiyitiun OF streets in existing
fntSff >gipIiNiS oas ON whose new street
lines. main ard branch sewers. in the more
tHcElg serticl suburbs. could he laid. at
iac expense ci current revenues, or under
the assessment plan. when applicable. and
connected 40 the trunk sewers, as soon
a. the latter were ready
THE TRUNK SEWERS.
The trunk sewers also should be To-
Gated alusi- highway lines, in fc opinion
OF tiir Commissioners. 1T wOa!d not be
WISE lhey laiaH. ITO build sewers ard
lay out streets aftcTward, ard such a
plan yvould lac costly.
Washington has a sewer system al
ready built aUd in use; Ire county. practi-
ca!ly. has 90 sewer system
The Commissioners are not able, they
say. tn recommend that the remainder OF
the city sewage works should lie given
precedence 80 the necessities OF the su-
burhS-'
Relative TO the cost Of the street cx.
tensions andcr the proposed highway act,
ta- Commissioner say they caused an esli-
mate TO he made b. three expert real
estate dealers of the value OF the land
that would he taken in tie first sub
divisions coEs.d cred, fCrty-scyen in NUN
bcr. and then had another prepared by
fourth expert, without the knowledge OF
the three.
Thr results were that one report stated
ia at s.. f73.I2O, aud the otter, $500,
lS5, exclusive Of Improvements and de-
ductions FOR benefits.
AS these fOrty-Seven subdivisions" the
Comm isSiOHr.S conclude. comprise the
principal ones in the District, being the
most valuable and densely populated" they
estimate thc total cost Of carrying out the
proyisions0ftheh highwayactat s. .C0o,oC0
iff' if4t4a lltlt'l Oulcl4t cl llt -ti Ht'h III
subdivisions, being estimated at $1,000,
600.
ANACOSTIA TERMINUS.
The hiH returned by the Comm issioncrs
TO the Senate yesterday, entitled '-an
act TO amend the act giving the approval
and sanction OF Congress TO the route and
termiRi OF The Anacostia and Potomac River
Railroad in the District" which the board
IN
ing Times OF yesterday. would, if adopted.
practically create new city terminus and
prevent that company from running its
cars over The Metropolitan line and others
10 lis present stopping point at the cor
ner or Eleventh and g streets northwest.
One provision of the bill is that the com
pany shall discontinue the running of one
horse cars; another is that within two
years il shall abandon horse power. and still
another requires that 1.-The Metropolitan
Railroad Company is authorized and re
quircd 10 furnish passengers requesting
the same free transfers from its Ninth
street line TO the lines of the Anacostia
road and 10 carry free passengers trans
ferred 10 il from the Anacosfia line, the
point OF transfer TO be at the corner Of
Ninth and b streets southwest.
AlllS rs WHAT ITeSlleDB brlSWOid Sifeiil-
Ously objects to. His passengers are main
ly on through fares, from Anacosiia to
Pennsylvania avenue. 1t would cot SO
much matter in his Judgment. TO transfer
passengers going north. but the ma iority
OF passengers who usually go by his line TO
Anacostia are gathered north OF PennsyI-
vsnia avenue and at the market
Under the terms OF the bill such pas
sengers, 10 avoid a walk, will pay their
fare 60 the Ninth street line and ride TO
Anacosna from the intersection on free
transfer, for which he Will receive but
fraction OF a fare. This he regards as a
great injustice.
The Commissioners have recommended
adverse action upon a biu TO increase the
salaries OF the police station keepers. upon
the ground that the revenues Of the Dis
trict will not warrant the extra expendi-
tire. The keepers now receive $50 per
month.