The times., 1898-12-17
TO Do away WITH smoke
Senate District Committee
Recommends q Bill.
OTHER LOCAL MEASURES
slider and Report on Pending Leg
ixlation-TO Widen Sixteenth
street - Hearing Before House
Committee Unsafe buildings to
BE RemOved-Mr. Seaman's Iii.

The first meeting at this session of Con-
gress of the Senate Committee on the
District of Columbia was held yesterday,
when a large number of District bills were
referred 10 special subcommittee for in
yestigation, one bill ordered reported IA
yorably to the Senate. and the nomination
of Richard Weightman as Rock Creek
Park commissioner recommended favora-
bly, for confirmation.
The bill upon which a favorable report
was authorized was House bill 5SS7. for
the prevention of smoke in the District of
Columbia. A bill of this kind has been
urged for some time by the property own
ers of the District, who have argued that
the smoke emitted by railroad engines.
factories and large buildings in the city
was ruinous 10 the many fine white stone
buildings. as well as menace to health.
The bill provides that on and after six
months from It's passage the emission of
dense thick black or gray smoke or Gin
ders from any smokestack or chimney
used in connection with any stationary
engine, steam boiler or furnace of any
description within the District of Coium-
bia shall be deemed TO be a public nuis-
ance. Nothing in the act, however, shall
be construed as applied 10 chimneys OF
buildings used exclusively for private res
licences. A fine of not less than SO nor
more than 500 is imposed for each viola
ton of the act.
Special committees were appointed to
consider and report to the full committee
on the following matters:
Senators Mcmillan, Proctor and Cor
man, three Senate bill previously intro
duced by Senator Mcmillan, providing
S5,co0 for grading and regulating the
Adams Mil Road from the Columbia
Road to Kansas Avenue; bill to extend
New York Avenue from Florida Avenue
to the Bladensburg Pike. or District line,
$50 0O0 heing appropriated for that pur-
pose: and n bill 10 extend Sixteenth Street
The last bill provides fer the condemna-
ton of the land necessary for the widen
ing of Sixteenth Street from Florida
Avenue TO Columbia Road TO 160 feet in
width, with circle at Sixteenth Street and
Columbia Road, and from Columbia
Road to Piney Branch, on line of Six
teenth Street as it exists in the city.
sIGo,00o being appropriated for that pur-
pose.
Senators Mcmillan, Gallinger, Hans
brough, Faulkner and German, on cleo
trio lights in the District, three Senate
bills being referred 10 them relating to
that matter.
Senators Stewart. Martin and Proctor. a
joint resolution creating n commission
for the sale of United States lots in the
District of Columbia.
Senators Proctor, Martin and German.
House resolution No. 1876, for the relief of
farmers, gardeners and truckmen selling
produce of their own raising on the south
side of 3 Street, between Seventh and
Thirteenth Streets, in the city of Wash
ington, District OF Columbia.
Senators Gallinger. Faulkner. and Nc
MILAN. bill providing for the establish
ing of a municipal hospital in the District
of Columbia.
Senator's Proctor, German, and Stewart
were authorized TO consider and report on
a bill regulating the height of buildings
in the District of Columbia, which pro-
vides that the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia shall remove danger
Gus and unsafe buildings.
Favorable action was taken on the nom
ination of Richard Weightman to be Il
member OF the Rock Creek Park Commits
sion. Mr.. Weishtman has been filling this
position since July Is. His nomination.
however, did not go 10 the Senate until a
few days ago. His place on the commits
sion is that formerly filled by r. Ross
Perry, who resigned
The House Committee for the District
of Columbia held both morning and after
noon sessions yesterday. In the morning.
after hearing Commissioner Beach on the
bills regulating the height of buildings
and authorizing the Commissioners to re-
move unsafe ones, the committee decided
to report them favorably.
A bill Furnishing anyone who might i'm
personate weightmaster was also favor
ably passed upon.
In the afternoon, W. II. Seaman, law
yer of this city, appeared in advocacy of
a bill drawn by himself and introduced by
Representative Burrows of Massachuse Is.
This bill provides Imprisonment for any
woman who may have, or be about to
have, an illegitimate child, until she
gives bond for its maintenance, or names
its father. In the latter case. she is to
be released and he is to be imprisoned
until he gives like bond. j. S. Cowdon.
of this city, has asked that he be heard
in opposition to the bill.
After the hearing. the committee told
Mr. Seaman that IL he would radically
amend his bill 1t would be considered.
Representative Sturtevant has introduc-
ed a bill authorizing the Commissioners
of the District to redeem certain certif-
Gates of indebtedness issued by the late
board of audit of the District of Colum-
bia, for the redemption of which there is
no existing law, and to pay TO the holders
of these and 10 the holders of those is
sued by the auditor or treasurer of the
late board of public works of the District
of Columbia, the amount respectively
found due on such certificates, including
interest thereon at the rate of G5-100 per
centum per annum from the date of their
issue.
Representative jenkins of Wisconsin has
introduced a bill providing for the extern
sion of Fourth Street northeast through
lots S and ., Metropolis View