Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-24

determine the matter in due form of law.
Sec. & That the said company. and here
after each street railway company in the
District of Columbia, shall pay to the Dis
trict of Columbia, in lieu of personal taxes
upon personal property, including cars and
motive power, each year 4 per cent of its
gross earnings, from whatever source
on lts lines within the District of Columbia
which amount shall be payable to the col
rector OF taxes at the times and in the man.
her that other taxes are now due and pay
appears; and that the franchise and property
OF said company, both real and personal, to
a sufnclent amount. may be seized and sold
IN satisfaction thereof, now provided by
law Ior the sale of other property for
taxes: and said per centum of its gross
earnings shall be IN lieu of all other assess
menus or personal taxes upon its property
used solely and exclusively in the opera tio,
ana management of said railway Its real
estate shall be. taxed as other real esta1a
in the District: Provided That its tracks
ara elevated railway structure shall not be
taxed as real estate.
washington and University Railway.
Sec. 9. That section of the act of Con-
gress approved July g. 1898, entitled An
act to incorporate the Washington and Uni
versity Railroad Company of the District Of
Columbia be- and the same is hereby
amended so as to read and be as follows;
Sec. 2. That the company is authorized
" SollslitCi ana operate a street railway
for carrying passengers along the following
named route: Beginning at or near the in
tersection of Connecticut avenue extended
and Philadelphia street. thence westerly
on Philadelphia street to its intersection
with Tcnleytown road: thence northwester-
ly along Tenlcytown road 10 its intersection
with Trenton street: thence westerly ON
Trenton street II 44th street: thence north
erly on 4ith street to Vallejo street: thence
westerly on Vallejo street to 41th street:
thence northcrly on 47th street to Flint
street: thence west on Flint street to Bound
2ry avenue: thence sOuthcrly on Boundary
avenue to 18th street: thence southeriy on
4Sth street to Brandywine street: thence
e2sterly on Brandywinc s. rect 20 sgth street.
as shown upon the plans of the third sec
lion Of highway extensions: Provided, That
where this route lies within the lines Of q
proposed highway the company shall ac-
quire a right of way not less than thirty
feet wide in the center thereof, and all
rights of way acquired within the lines Of
proposed highways shall he dedicated to
the of the public before Il permit is
issued for the construction of a railroad
therein
Sec. 10. That Congress reserves the right
tc alter, repeal or amend this act
Senate Bill Favorably Neported.
Mr. Mcmillan has made a favorable re-
port without amendment on Senate bill
5S51. relating to the Washington and Uni
versity Railway Company. The bill author
ICES the company TO extend its line as de-
ing to the Capital Railway Company
WAS any beef furnished 'on the pre-
tense of an experiment? asked Col.
Laws, making use of the famous phrase
originated by Gen. Miles before the war
commission, which he modified recently be-
fore this court to mean ION the til cory of
an experiment"
mo, sir; never Not to the value of :,
penny, emphatically replied Gen Eagan.
This reply, it will be observed is almost
"oru lof word the answer made by Secre-
tary Aiger before the war commission
when asked if he was financially interested
in any government contract
Cen Eagan said many persons had made
oHers OF preservative processes but he
mad never entertained the propositions of
any OF them. The department never had
anything to do with any of these except
the ordinary refrigerating process. as he
understood it. He said army physicians
approve refrigerated beef. He spoke of the
oHer or the Powell process, but stated that
ne ne made no Investigate ton of it and prompt
ly rejected it