The morning times., 1896-04-05
LOCAL BILLS TO CONE UP
Street Extension Probably Heads
the Senate List.
MAY GET TO THE FRONT SOON
Decision lis Expected Tomorrow in
Dennison and Leighton Subdivision
Senate May Take Up the Question
Dollar Gas ana the Free Library.

The Senate District Committee is ex-
pected to take up The question OF street
extensions during this week. The de
cIsiOn III the benson and Leighton sub
division case viii propably be banded down
by the district court or appeals tomorrow.
and Senator McAliians recent letter to
the commissioners saying That the COM
Dittcc ~Ouhl not discuss Lile SUBJECT unJI
tue courts had acted was generaty ubder-
stood 10 mean tnaU the cUIamitJee would
take up luc InaJter DIS soon as the uc-
cIsIUn was rendered.
senator Harris is expected TO return on
Thursday, anu II has been understood
that no subject so important as street eX-
tension Would likely Ue iInally passed upon
tlH tbs return, so his coming would be
the signal Tor dsposIDg OF some of tie
weigiltiest measures now before the COM
mittee.
lien Senator Mcmillan wrote that the
committee would walt upon the court the
pressure upon the justices for an early
decision was redoubied. 1t was uDaer-
stood whtn the case was submitted that
speedy settlement was desired, and the
law directing that 1T be given preference
over other matters was called TO the at
tention OF the court Soon after the argn-
ment recess was taken apparently for
subject.
In addition to this. the justices of the
court OF appeals have within a few weeks
decided the Kindred case OF the Van Riswick
tieIrs against the Rock Creek Park Com
mission and also have for more than a
year had occasion TO consider formally
and in ufo rmally the problems involved.
From all these facts it is considered GER
tain that the decision will be rendered
tomorrow.
WAS SUFFICIENTLY DISCUSSED.
Furthermore the long public discussion OF
the matter which precedelti opinion ia the
Rock Greek case made the result there
so complete that the conclusions reached
III the Dc uiSol ana Leighton matter arenOt
expected 10 differ from those then made
known Chief Justice Alvey, II Will BE- re-
mciI beTed, in that case gave a dissenting
oiniou ii nj ii likely viii ito the SANE now.
II the result is as anticipated against
the cOHStitutiOndllty OF the highway act,
the next step in legislation will b. TO perfect
a law that will permit the Con- missioners
TO proceed with tue Ia yiag out OF the streets
permanently.
Ii is not impossible that some plan will be
hit upon by which land owners even in
sections already noa-suDdiyided, will agree
toawait thet ifne when tle ground IS aCtualiy
full payment for it, iu this manner the
necessity for bond issue will he obYiated
In dHy event bill carrying the power
TO burden the District with a big Indebted
ness TO pay FOR la nds that ma ~ not b. needed
for streets for fifty years, Will not be
passed, either now or at any suecettiing
session OF Congress. 1t is probable. now
ever. that bill providing for boud issue
for the completion Of the sewer system
can be put through.
With Senator harris return. the dollar
gas bill is to he reported. The belief
mas been that with some unimIortant
changes. ii viii be favOrably reported
at once after the next committee meeting
and pressed TO vote.
FREE LIBRARY BILL.
Another measure which has a chance To
pass is the free library bill. This is now
ready for conference on the Senate side
with Senators Mcmillan. Hansbrough. aud
Wetmofe the lattert wo being of the Senate
Library Committee. as conferees. But the
House committee has not Yet got the hill
out of the committee on the way to the
proposed conference. Nevertheless, the
hitChisovcr the question OF sharing he pay
Rlent for the library between the district
and the general taxes as other District
expenses are provided for.
a proposal was made by Senator Nc
MILAN several weeks ago to pass Il bill
providing for the expenses of the library
by turning into its treasury all fines. ETC.,
collected in the courts here; but the per
sons i'll charge of the subject opposed this.
They claimed that it would be more OBJ
5cctionable than king the money directly
out of the District revenues.
They said that such 4 movement would
deprive the Dist riot of the advantage
of having the general government furnish a
dollar to go with every dollar collected
from fines as it now does. In this way
the District would lose not only the money
it expended for the library, but an equal
amount that 1t would have obtained with
il from the limited States revenues.