Evening star., 1896-12-08
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
An Electric Railway to Gettysburg Pro-
jected From This City.
Other Measures of Local Interest Pre-
scented in Both Branches of the
National Legislature.


and Gettysburg Railway Company, nam
ing the following incoFporators: George w.
Cissel, Charles jacobson, Edgar P. Berry,
John H. Gheen, George w. Harvey and
James S. McIlhenny of the District of Co
lumbia, and Asa NJ. Stabler, John Miller,
J. Enos Ray, Albert Gleason, r. G. Israel,
N. w. Williams, Frank c. Drane, Ashley
NJ. Gould, S. d. Waters, Francis Thomas,
Robert H. Miller and 0. A. Homer of the
state of Maryland, and T. William Harris
of the state of New York. The corpora
ton is authorized to construct equip and
operate with the overhead trolley system Of
electric motive power, or with other ap-
proved pow er, a street railway for passen-
ger and small package freight traffic, with
the necessary switches, turn outs and other
mechanical devices, in the District Of Co
lumbia, and run cars thereon through and
along the following route: Beginning at a
point on the northeastern boundary line
of the District of Columbia at or near the
intersection of the boundary line and the
Sargent road, and running on adjacent
to that road to the Bunker Hill road; along
the. Bunker Hill road to 18th street to
Brookand thence south on 18th street to
Dahigren circle; thence on the route OF
the proposed extension Of Delaware ave-
nue., or by such other route east of the
Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore AMI
Ohio railroad as the Commissioners of the
prove, to the intersection of II street east
and Delaware avenue: Provided, That -he
company is also authorized to construct
and operate telegraph line along its rail-
way: Provided further, That the small
package freight traffic cars shall not be
run thereon except during the hours of II
midnight and 1 o'clock in the morning,
and that the overhead trolley system OF
motive power shall not be used south of
Florida and Delaware avenues. and that
the company is hereby Authorized and en-
powered to locate, construct, equip and op-
crate a single or double track railway in
and through the nationak cemetery grounds
at Gettysburg, state of Pennsylvania, along
such route or routes as may be indicated
or approx ed by the Secretary of War.
These routes may be modified or extended
IT the will of Congress, and the railway
company shall comply with such modi!ica-
tons or extensions.
No Stable In an Alley.
Mr. Baker of New Hampshire has intro
duced a bill in the House providing that II
it be found by the District Commissioners
that the thirty-foot court or alley in square
:5S. in the city of Washington, known as
Union court, has been bsiiit up with dwell
ing houses to the extent, Of at least three
fourths of the lot frontage on the court,
and the erection Of stable or stables on
lot AZ, fronting on the court, would, in the
opinion of the Commissionsrk be alnuisance
to or injurious to the hsafth of the resi-
dents therein, or be damage to other
property in the court, the commissioners
may refuse to issue permit to erect
stables upon the lot, but may issue a per-
nit to erect two two-story dwellings there
on, upon the same building line the brick
houses already erected adjoining the lot.
For IA Sunday Law.
Petitions were introduced in the Senate
today follows:
By the Vice President, from the state
convention of the Christian En1eavorers
of Pennsylvania, representing 2O7 900 men,
hers, for a Sunday law for the national
capital
BY Mr.. Mcmillan. from the Y.MC.A. of
ST. Louis, Mo, in favor Of the passage of
Columbia: from the Alumni Association Of
St. Louis Medical College and from officers
of the Academy CT Science of St. Louis,
Mo-. in favor of the passage Of Senate bill
1862 for the further prevention of cruelty
to animals in the District Of Columbia.
Title to Certain Lots.
The Attorney General submitted to the
Senate today report relative to the title
of certain lots in the District Of Columbia
claimed by private individuals, the title 10
which is in the United States. By a reso-
luton of the Senate at the last session the
Attorney General was directed to render a
report on this subject and to submit "a
GRAFT OF a Dill authorizing ana providing a
proper method by which the United States
may dispose of such lots In his letter
the Attorney General says:
ITO enable me to fulH-sh complete list
of the lots referred to, i, became necessary
TO have an examination made of the nu-
merous records now in the office of public
buildings and grounds, in the War Depart
ment, showing in the first place what lots
in each and every square of the city of
Washington were acquired by the United
States on the division between the public
ard the original proprietors of the land,
and In the next place what lots thus ac-
quired by the United States remain unsold
or otherwise disposed of by the govern
ment; also an examination of the records in
the office of the recorder of deeds for the
District of Columbia and number of court
records, tax asse ssments," etc.
The Attorney General says the force at
his command has not been sufficient to per-
init him to accomplish this work. but that
the records of the office of public buildings
and grounds show that there are upward
OF one hundred squares, originally COLI
tanning public lots, the sale of some of
which lots. in whole or in part, is not
shown by such records, and. in addition
main undivided and CT which there is no
record of any sale. These titles cannot be
searched, the Attorney General says, until
ne has additional force with which to do
any recommendation in the premises.
Capitol Water Supply.
A report on the water service supplied to
the Capitol from Edward Clarke, the archi-
tect Of the building, was presented to the
Senate today through. the Vice President
Mr.. Clarke says:
Proposals have been received from the
morrison -sewell Filtration Company Of
New York to furnish filtration plants for
both wings of the Capitol. that for the
House wing to cost $1f05a and that for the
senate wing s10,9OO, with a guarantee that
the capacity of the filters shall be to Ge-
liver to each wing not less than 300. 900
gallons OF bright. pure water, practically
free from suspended matter, per day of
twenty-four holSA These are estimated to
be of sufficient capacity to filter all the
water used In the respective wings.
This company have also submitted pro-
posals for the filtering of the water used
Tor drinking purposes and for the bathing
rooms only at a cost of So 500 for each
wing giving capacity of 5000 gallons an
hour OF bright, clear water"
WILL JOIN THH INSURGENTS.