Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-17
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
A Personal Inspection Of Proposed Railroad
Extensions in. the District.
lexington and BELT Lines Must Have
mittee Meeting Today.

Mr.. Charles Moore, clerk of the Senate
committee on the District of Columbia,
took long drive yesterday afternoon to
make a personal inspection of proposed
railway extensions. The last Congress
passed an act to incorporate the Capital
Railway Company, which was authorized
to build road beginning at point on the
District line near the Potomac river, south
east of Sheppard's ferry. thence in a north
erly direction to the south side of the
Eastern branch, by transfer ferry to 1st
or South Capitol street. to N street. Other
connections are also provided for, but it
is now sought by bill to amend the act
authorizing the above route by having the
road come into the city by way of the
Navy Yard bridge instead of by transfer
ferry at South Capitol street. Mr.. Nc
MILAN particularly desired to see the con-
dition of traffic on the Navy Yard bridge
and he found that structure filled with
teams going and coming. The traffic on
the bridge was such as to cause him to
look upon the request Of the Capital Rail-
way Company as impracucable.
Must Have Modern Equipment.
Mr.. Mcmillan and other members of the
District committee are giving especial at
tention and thought to the street railroad
problem, and are now considering the Eek
ineton and Belt line systems in view of
the extensions that have been asked by
the men who control these systems The
District Commissioners are preparing a
map which will show a route that would
be approved by them, by which the Belt
line could reach the Zoo by an extension
OF Its llth street branch. This will Short
ly be placed before the committee and will
ever, is about unanimously in favor of
making an arrangement with these two
lines of railway by which the latter will
be equipped with modern system of
nir,er -
that no favor will be accorded the roads
of the character of an, extension unless
such authority for an extension be ac-
companied by an agreement on the part
OF the roads to equip its lines with sat
isfactory motive power. The under
ground electric system is regarded as the
most convenient and the committee favor
applying this system to the Ecklngton and
Belt lines within the city of Washington.
Senate District Committee.
There was meeting Of the Senate COM
mittee On the District of Columbia at the
Capitol today. Senator Harris who has
been confined at his home through the ef-
fects of bad cold for several days, was
present. Others present were Messrs Nc
MILAN, chairman; Galhnger, Hansbrough,
Pritchard, Baker. Wetmore, Gibson and
Bacon, the absentees being Messrs Proc
tor, Faulkner, Smith and Martin. 49,
AS but a short time has elapsed since
bills were assigned to special committees
the members were not prepared to make re-
port, so that the full committee had moth
ing to act upon.
Change In Tax Penalties.
The committee informally discussed bill
introduced by MIR. Call to remit the penal
ties on unpaid taxes in the District of Co.
lumbia, which has been reported on ad-
versely by the Commissioners Mr.. Hans
brough, who has charge of this biu de-
sired to get further Information on 1t from
the Commissioners. in order to show the
amount of unpaid taxes that would be af-
fected by the measure The BILL however,
is not at all likely to be fayorably reported
by the committee. 1t provides that in place
of the penalties now imposed on unpaid
taxes such overdue taxes shall be as
sessed per cent interest, 1t is generally
thought by members of the committee that
if this were done it would be extremely
difficult TO collect taxes, as large number
of people would be very glad to borrow
money, which they might in effect do, by
not paying their taxes at q per cent in
terest -'4E
The committee will meet again next Fri
day, when it is thought that a large num-
ber of bills will be ready to be placed be-
fore them by subcommittee, and much
work will probably be DONE
A Medical Hearing.
The House District committee will give
hearing next Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock on the bill to regulate the practice
of medicine in the District.
AnacOstin II. II. Report.
The annual report of the Anacostia and
Potomac railway for the year ending De-
cember 81 last was submitted to the House
today. The receipts were as follows:
Bonds, s44,10O; traffic, $45,9O4.53; old ma
terial. s1,707.27; bills payable, s126,S16.11.
The expenditures were: Bills payable, s137,-
2233O; construction, $40, 1899; equipment,
$6,792.4O; interest, s14,31S.17; salary and
wages, $50, 10; hay, feed and straw, $11,-
and sundries, s3,695.1S; shosing horses, ST.
5000; taxes and interest, $549. 10; oil, Chin
nies, etc, $12..S5. The number of passen
gers carried during the year was 1,147,352.