Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-08

duced in the Senate today~by Mr.. Lodge,
ard referred to hs-eemmittee on the judi
ciary. The measure provides that where.
after the passage of this ht~personal in
jury is caused to an employee who is him
self in the exercise of due care and dili-
gence at the time, % by reason of any de-
feet in the condition of the scaffolding.
ways, works,anaa chin ers-o or plant connected
with or used in the business of the en-
ployer, which arose from CT had not been
discovered or remedied owing to the negli-
gence OF theTeh4pley er..~Stc. s"t9 by reason
of the negligence of any person in the SER
vice of the employer. &c, injury results
In the death of any employe, the legal rep
resentatives of the'safhemay recover dam
ages as if he had not been engaged by the
employer. Damages for injury and death
shall not exceed 5000.
To Regulate Storage.
Mr.. Babcock today introduced a bill to
re gulate the storage of merchandise in the
District. The bill gives to the proprietors
of storage warehouses a'pfeference lien on
the goods there stored for freight, carriage,
insurance. etc. and authorizes the sale of
the property al auction to satisfy the Zen.
Promotions and Dismissals.
Mr.. Hardy # Indiana Has introduced in
the House the bill offered in tine Senate
by Mr.. Voorf ees to regulate promotions
and dismisss Is IN THE executive depart
ments- 1t gives preference in promotion
and appointment to ex-soldiers and sailors
and tier widows, and provides that ex
soiditrs and sailors now in the CLASSIFIED
service and not on The rolls as copyists
or clerks shall be eligible to promotion up
TO the $1,000 grade, without examination, if
competent. The. same class. together with
their widows, are exempt from dismissal
after two and OF e-haf years service.
Want to Lay Refrigerating Pipes.
The Washington Cooling Company seeks
the right to lay pipes for the distribution
Of materials for refrigerating purposes in
the District of Columbia. through a bill in
troduced in the Senate today by MIR. Brice.
The Washington Cooling Company Is in
corporated under the laws of West Virginia.
and the bill gives 1t power to maintain and
operate refrigeratng works within the Dis
trict OF Columbia, together with the right
OF way along the following named streets
and avenues In the northwestern part of
the city:
B street from 9th to 18th streets, and
from Sd street to New Jersey avenue; C
street from 9th to 14th street and from It'll
street to New Jersey avenue; D street
from 18th to 14th street and from 10th to
"a streets; E street from eth to 14th street
and from fst street to Delaware avenue:
F street from It'll to 18th street; G street
from 18th street to New Jersey avenue; H
street from l4th to 18th streets; 1 street
from 14th to 18th street. i'|'1
Also on. K street northwest from 1st
street northeast to 9Th street northwest:
North Capitol street from K to E streets;
New Jersey avenue northwest from G to
b streets; 1sto street northwest from L
street to alley in block $40; Sd street north
west from c street to Maryland avenue;
Al street from d northwest to E south
west; 9TH street northwest from to c and
from B to Missouri avenue; It'll street
northwest from G to e. 9Th. street north
west from ID to E; 9th street northwest
from b to c; 10th street northwest from B
m N-y-IN 11fn = ~
west from to PENNSYLVANIA avenue: 10Th
street northwest from F. street northwest
to Ms Eyiand avenue southwest; 14th street
northwest from Thomas Circle to E street
southwest; 18th street northwest from to
u street; nth street northwest from to
b streets; 18th street northwest from I to
g streets; Louisiana avenue from 10th to
9th streets northwest; Missouri avenue
from 9Th to Sd streets northwest; Mary
land avenue from Sd to 18th streets south
west; ID street southwest from Sd to 18th
streets southwest
The conpany is to commence the above
work within six months from the passage
OF the act giving 1t authority. and to lay
at least one mile of pipe ready for opera
ton within one year.
Salary of the Watch Force.
Mr.. Voorhees, introduced a bill in the
serate today providing that captains of the
several divisions of the watch force Of the
executive departments shall receive a sal
airy OF S.40O Per annum; that lieutenants.
or sergeants shall receive 81 300 per an
num- and that privates or watchmen shall
receive $1,000 per annum. The bill was re-
1erred to the committee appropriations
Control of Labor.
Mr. Lodge today introduced, by request, a
bill giving the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia supervision and control of all
labor employed on public buildings and pub
lie works by or on behalf of the District of
Columbia. and shall designate an officer or
officers under whose immediate supervision
and direction all such labor whether skilled
or unskilled, shall be performed and that
all such labor must be employed by the day
Another bill introduced by Mr.. Lodge
gives employees prior claim for warges in all
cases where property of any corporation.
&C.. shall be seized upon by any process of
any court of the District Court.