The morning times., 1896-03-18
DOLLAR CHS IS ENDORSED
Board of Trade Passes ResoIu-
tions in That Interest.
OPPONENTS SNOW ED UNDER
Stormy Debate Results in Favor OF
Cheaper illumination and Increa sed
Water Suppiy-Muntcipal Owner
sIIip of Lighting Plants Held In
Abeyance-A Committee of 100.

The board OF trade, after u very stubborn
fight by some of its members, passed u
resolution last night at the Builders Elk
change inGorsing the dollar gas bill, ROW
before Congress. and also Il resolution pro
vidlng for a reduction in the price of
electric lighting.
Resolutions were also passed asking Con
gress TO pass Senate resolution No. 81.
which deals with the question OF better
water supply.
First Vice President Thomas B. Noyes
presided. The attendance was large aud
the discussions were earnest and at
times spicy. The first matter taken up
was the special report or the committee
on water supply, of which Ar. a. Green
leese is chairman. The first part of this
paper related the fact of the favorable
report OF the commission of experts on
the feasibility of the completion OF the
Lydecker tunnel at the cost OF 1897 .S37.
TO this is to be added the 81 80, els for the
completion OF the Howard University reser-
yoir. without which the tunnel even when
completed would be OF little value"
GREAT FALLS DAM.
1t recalls the fact that the dam at
Great Falls will have been raised by
Congressional appropriation two and one
half feet. The result as TO quantity OF
capacity of from 3G0,00o,ooo to 60o,-
600, 900 gallons, and an easy and natural
supply of rs, GOO, 600 gallons daily"
This viii also provide for the raising
| of the water to the second and perhaps
| the third stories of all houses in the
| District" The new pressure will be
| increased from fourteen pounds on Capitol
Hill to twenty pounds. and the water will
| reach Il point fUrty-five feet above the
| level of the pavement.
| The report OF the Engineer Commissioner
| has been embodied in senate resolution No.
| "a, Introduced by Senator Mcmillan which
! has now been read the second time The
| committee resolutions were rs follows:
TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION.
Be 1t Resolved, T hat the board OF
| trade urgently ask Congress to pass at
| the earliest possible moment Senate joint
resolution No. 81, for the completion of
the water supply.
| Resolved, That ne committee on water
supply be instructed TO present copy
OF tue foregoing resolution TO the District
| Committees of the senate and House, ard
to urge the speedy passage or SAID JOINT
| resolution.
Resolved, That this board invites the
i active cooperation or the citizens, and
| would suggest that they can best assist in
this by seeing or writing such Senators
| and Members as they may personally know.
The following resolutions were offered
! in a supplemental report made by the spe
cial committee OH gas and electric light
ing:
SUPPLEMENTAL MEASURE.
1. Resolved, That the special committee
on gas and electric lighting in the District
of Columbia, OF this board, Toe instructed
TO do all in its power towards securing, al
the earliest possible date, the passage OF
House bill No. 6994, regulating the pricc
OF gas in the District OF Columbia, and tht
officers of this board are hereby requested
and instructed to take immediate actor
to the same end
| Q. Resolved. That the said committee bi
further instructed TO use its best effort:
towards securing the reduction in the
price OF electric arc or incandescent light
or electricity for power, provided for by tht
/ amendment TO the District Of Columbia ap
preparation bill adopted by the House o
Representatives, Oh February /, 1896.
3. That the committee OF the board o.
trade be and it is hereby instructed &c
prepare and place before Congress a bill
providing for the condemnation Of the
plants OF the Washington GasIight Com
pauy. the Electric Lighting Companies anC
| the Georgetown Gasiight Company, aul
also providing for the raising OF sufficient
| money TO pay therefor and for the Conduc
hereafter OF the lighting business by th'
District of Columbia"
Opposition TO the first two were mad
especially b. Mr.. c. c. Lancaster and Mr.
Z. 6 Enmons, but they were carried b.
an oyerw hciming majority.
The third resolution was ordered by
large vote to lie on the table
Tonight tue committee of one hundred o
the board VIII meet at the Ames building
This committee is charged with the dut
Of assisting in securing important legista
| ton for the interests of the District.
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