Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02

Il Legislation carrying ABOUT tno u4uai ap
preparations Tor various street and county
read improvements have been made and q
number OF thoroughfares have been opened
and widened.
A number OF bills are on the Senate
House and committee calendars relating to
local affairs.
Measures Passed by the House.
Measures that have PASSED the House and
are now before the Senate are:
An act to amend the criminal laws Of the
District of Columbia.
To regulate taxes upon street railroads
within the District of Columbia.
To incorporate the Washington and Uni
versity Railroad Company of the District
of Columbia.
To regulate the construction of barbed
wire fences in the District of Columbia
main taxes in the District of Columbia.
To amend an act for the preservation of
the public peace and protection of property
in the District of Columbia.
Relating to negotiable instruments in the
District of Columbia.
To authorize the Washington, and Get
tysburg Railroad Company Of Maryland to
extend its road into the District Of Column
bia.
For the protection Of game in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
To control wharf properties and public
spaces in the District of Columbia.
TO eXtngll1Sh alley IN S-luI"lc fOO
To provide for the establishment OF build
ing lines on certain streets.
For the punishment Of seduction in the
District Of Columbia.
Senate Bills on the Calendar.
Senate bills on the Senate calendar with
favorable committee reports are:
To prohibit the reproduction in the Dis
trict of Columbia and territories by kinet-
oscope or kindred devices Of pugilistic en-
counters.
For the prevention of cruelty to animals
in the District of Columbia.
Relating to the names OF streets IN Inc
District of Columbia.
Authorizing the Commissioners to grant
permits to the Batcheller Pneumatic TUBE
Company of the District Of Columbia.
To readjust the boundary of the National
Geological Park and preserve its seclusion
between Park road, Cincinnati street and
Connecticut avenue.
For the payment of claims for material
and labor furnished for District OF Column
bia buildings.
To provide for municipal building.
To widen 10th street.
To regulate insurance In the District Of
Columbia.
The Metropolitan and Capital Traction
railway bills are also pending before the
Senate. having been passed by the House.
Before the Senate Committee.
There are also a considerable number Of
kills still on the calendar Of the Senate
committee on the District of Columbia to
be acted upon at some later time Among
these bills are the following, which orig
mated in the Senate:
For the formation of cooperative busl-
ness corporations.
To further protect the first day of the
week as day of rest.
Authorizing the employment of day labor
in the construction of municipal buildings
and works in the District of Columbia.
To elevate the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
way tracks.
To further regulate the sale Of milk.
trict of Columbia.
To provide for settling outstanding claims
against the District of Columbia.
For the appointment of collector of
fines in the Police Court.
For the prevention of bastardy.
For the construction of q memorial
bridge across the Potomac.
To authorize the Falls Church and Po-
tomac Railway Company Of Virginia to
extend its lines into the District of Column
bia.
For the incorpora ton of an association
for the mutual benefit of its members.
To authorize the Anacostia and Potomac
River Railroad Company to change its mo-
tive power.
For the relief Of the Brightwood Railway
Company.
Authorizing a special election to be held
by the citizens of the District of Columbia
to determine whether the present munich
pal government shall continue or whether
there shall be established in its place a
representative form Of government
Creating a commission for the condcmna-
ton of insanitary buildings.
To incorporate the Wesley Heights Rail-
way Company.
For the regulation of the practice of dem
tistry.
To relieve non-residents who have paid
license taxes to the District of Columbia.
To regulate the pay Of assistant engineer
officers to the Engineer Commissioner.
To amend the act providing for the OPEN
irg of alleys.
For a bridge over the Anacostia river on
a line with LIST street southwest.
To regulate the sale Of intoxicating
liquors.
For a bridge across the Anacostia river
on a line with Massachusetts avenue ex-
tended.
To punish the impersonation of weigh
masters.
To create a permanent board for the
opening of streets. etc.
For the establishment of an inebriate
asylum.
To establish board of charities for the
District of Columbia.
To provide for the payment of Northern
Liberty Market House claims against the
District of Columbia by drawback certif-
Gates.
To regulate the practice Of veterinary
To authorize the Automatic Telephone
Exchange Company (iimitedD to construct,
operate and maintain telephone exchange
In the District of Columbia
House Bills Before Senate Committee.
Bills have passed the House and are now
before the Senate committee on tho Dis
trict Of Columbia to quiet land titles; to
regulate steam engineering and the inspec-
lion Of stationary steam engines and boil
ers and to amend the charter of the Dis
trict Suburban Railway Company.
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
Greater Number of Local Bills Passed
Than Ever Before.
Sixty-seven bills have been reported to
and passed through the House at this ses-
sion Of Congress. That is a record which
has never been eQualed by the District
committee in any previous Congress
There are two bills still pending on the cal
endar of the House, increasing the number
acted upon by the committee to sixty-nine
Many Of these bills are Of utmost impor-
lance to the capital Of the United States.
Men who have assisted in the preparation
Of this legislation will have cause in future
years to be proud of their part In the work.
Chairman Babcock was fortunate at the