Evening star., 1896-12-15
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
Report Showing the Condition of the Colum.
bia Street Railway.
Other Matters of Local Interest
brought Up i'm the Senate
and House.

report of the operations of the Columbia
Railway Company of this city for the year
ended February -, 1885, was laid before
the Senate today by the Vice President
The report comes through the Secretary of
the Interior, and, in addition to a state
ment of the operating expenses, includes
the cost of the cable railway plant of the
Columbia line.
The total receipts are shown to be sI33-
63363, of which $13i, i,03OI2 was received
from passengers and s91, ,79i.15 from sale of
tickets. Cash on hand March /, 1895, was
1884,
The disbursement of these receipts shows
the expenditure of SlS5 66l Ga spent for
construction of cable railway. There was
also expended for operating purposes s1S
132.S1, and for fixed charges, S55,26O 81. OF
the amount expended for fixed charges
$50. 1884 went for interest and s20.0DO for
dividends. This left cash balance on
| hand at the time of making the report of
$22,U599. The net earnings of the COM
pany fer the year were $56.is5.2s, and a
surplus of earnings amounting to $l.2I4. 80
was left, which was accredited to the
surplus account
The average of passenger receipts per
day was s36G20: average operating ex-
penses per day, $21S.29. The average pas
3.15 cents. The total number of pay pas
sengers was 100000: free transfer pas
sengers, .16J, ,6I3: employees and other free
passengers, 34,?18. The increase of pas
Senger receipts per day over last year " as
s64O1: the increase of operating expenses
per day over last year being 81 cents. The
cost of the cable railway is shown to have
been s4S3. S092S.
To Hold Up Claims.
In the Senate today Mr.. Mcmillan, chair
man of the committee on the District of
Columbia, introduced joint resolution,
submitted to him by the Commissioners, to
suspend the operation of IAN act to provide
for the settlement of all outstanding claims
against the District of Columbia, and con-
ferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims,
etc. The resolution provides that all pro-
ceedings and payments under the pro-
visions of the act of February 13, 1885,
providing for the settlement of all out
standing claims against the District of Co
lumbia, be suspended until further action
thereon by Congress.
Changing the Names of Streets.
A bill has been introduced in the House
by Mr.. Dalzell providing that the names
of those certain streets in the city of
Washington, heretofore known as and call
ed by the names of A street, B street, c
street, D street, street, F street, G street.
H street, l street, h street, l. street, NJ
street, n street, o street, F street, Q street
K street S street, T street, u street,
same hereafter he called and known, re-
spectively, by the names of Adams street,
Bancroft street, Clay street, Decatur street,
Emerson street, Franklin street, Grant
street, 'Hs milton street. Irving street, Kane
street. Lincoln street, Marshall street
Newcomb street, Oglethorpe street, Perry
street, Quincy street, Randolph Street,
Starton street. Taylor street, Union stree,
Van Buren street, Webster street.
Extra Tracks for Inauguration.
Mr.. Mcmillan introduced in the Senate
today joint resolution, upon recommenda-
tion of the District Commissioners, giving
the railroad companies entering this city
the right to lay additional tracks in the
Public streets to be used during the time
of the Inauguration, as their present track
facilities are insufficient for the handling
OF great crowd.
National COIOred Persons Home.
Quite a voluminous petition was present
ed to the Senate today by the Vice Presi-
dent The petition and five thousand sig
natures were contained in a bound vol
ume. The petition asks for the passage
of Senator ThurSton's bill introduced in
the last session of Congress providing fol
the organization and maintenance of a ma
colored persons. The petition states that
the signatures attached to it embrace ali
the representative cOlored men and women
in the country.
The Milk Bill.
The Commissioners bill, previously pub
lished in The Star, providing for further
regulations for the sale of milk in the Dis
trict of Columbia and for other purposes
was introduced in the Senate today by Mr.
Mcmillan, chairman of the committee on
the District of Columbia.