Evening star., 1898-12-19
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
Papers on Municipal Improvements Ordered
to Be Printed.
City and Suburban Railway Exten-
sion Senate Centennial
Committee.

Mr.. Mcmillan today presented to the
Senate several documents relating to muni-
cipai improvements in the District of Co.
iumbla which We're read before the Ameri-
can Society of Municipal improvements in
TINS city last October, and they were or
dered TO be printed. These papers were
all published in The Star at the time they
were read before the society either in full
or In part. They are by Commissioner
Beach, ID. h. McComb, A. w. Dow, VIM
r richards and Asa Z. Phillips, Commits
sioner Beach's paper being a translation
Mr.. Mcmillan today gave notice in the
Senate of several amendments to the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill which
he will call up as follows: To grade and
regulate North Capitol street from V street
to Soldiers Home, I,GOO; to grade and re-
pair pavement of cutters on 31th street be-
tween the New Cut road and Tennally-
town, s., 800; for the board of children's s
guardians, s2S,Jo0; for care of feeble mind
ed children, $11 500.
Suburban Railroad Extension.
Mr. Mcmillan also by request introduced
bill authorizing the City and Suburban
Railroad Company to build a single-track
underground electric road from Lincoln
avenue and street west to oath, south on
Massachusetts avenue to r street west to
Lincoln avenue and north to the place of
beginning.
Mr.. Curtis has introduced a similar bill
in the House.
Senate Centennial Committee.
The Vice President today announced the
following special committee to arrange for
the celebration of the centennial anniver-
sary of the founding of the city of Wash
ington as the capital: Senators Hoar Hale
Perkins, Simon, McLauren, Clay and Tur-
ley.
Tabulatfng Land Records.
Colonel Bingham has written to Senator
Mcmillan in regard to the work of COM
piling and tabula.4ng the records in the
War Department, to show what land in the
District of Columbia is owned by individual
or the title to the same has not been parted
with by the United States He states that
Captain Stewart has been kept on this work
exclusively for three months, and that the
record has been completed for about 24u
squares, there being in all about 200
squares to be examined. 1t is estimated
that about three more months will be re-
quired to finish the first half of this work
This examination Is required in connection
with a resolution introduced in the Senate
having in view some plan for clearing the
title to great deal of land in the District
that is now clouded by a record of govern
ment ownership, which dates back eighty
or ninety years.
~ Do A""s "ith Uraue crossings.
Senator Mcmillan has also received a let
ter from Commissioner Wight, in which the
latter says he has written to the Pennsyl-
vania and the Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Companies for Information regarding bills
to be prepared by those companies 10 pro-
vide for the relocation of their tracks in
the District to do away with grade cross
ings.
Secretary Langley of the Smithsonian In.
stitution has written to the Senate commit
tee on the District of Columbia in favor of
the widening and improving of the Adams
Mill road He says such improvement
would be or great advantage TO the Zoo
logical Park