Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-19

The Senate committee on the District OF
Columbia met today and decided to report
favorably Senate resolution 81 relative to
the widening and extension of 10th street;
Senate bill 106, to provide for a municipal
building and court house, and House bill
o42. for Improvements n the tax depart
inents Of the District Of Columbia
Proposed Municipal Building.
The bill to provide a municipal building
and court house is generally similar to he
measure before the last Congress BY fts
terms the municipal building is to BE- To-
Gated on Judiciary Square, near the
part of that public reservation upon which
the city hall is now situated. and such ad-
ditional portion of said reservation a. may
be necessary for such purpose.
The total cost Of the building is not TO
exceed A.Jp,Gb, One-half of which shall
be chargeabe to the revenues Of the Dis
trict of Columbia and the other half pay
able out of any money in the treasury Of
the United States not otherwise appropri-
ated The building is to be erected under
the direction of a commission consisting
of the Engineer Commissioner nf the Dis
Tict the supervising architect OF the treas
ury and the officer in charge of public
buildings and grounds. This commission
shall invite ten architects, firms II ar
chitects, of conspicuous ability and expert
ence to submit competitive designs for the
building upon. carefully drawn program,
the competition to be adjudged by the com
be selected by the competing architects.
Sixteenth street Extension.
The hill relative to the widening and ex-
tension of 18th street provides that the
Commissioners within thirty days after the
dedication to the District OF seventy-iive
per centum of the lands lying within the
lines of 18th street northwest. as extended
according to the highway plans. between
the Piuey branch and the Rlagdeu Mill
road and al 50 haf Military
and the District boundary line shall instt-
tute proceedings to condemn the land nee
eSSary for the extension of 10th street from
Morris street to the District boundary line
with uniform width OF 100 feet, under the
terms and provisions Of an act entitled An
act 10 extend S street, &c" Provided,
That of the amount found due and award
ed as damages for and in respect Of the
land condemned for the extension Of 10th
street, in this section provided, not less
than O1e-nalf thereof shall be assessed by
the jury against those pieces or parcels
of ground situated and lying on each side
of said 10th street northwest between Nor
ris street and the Blugden subdivision. and
between the Blagden Mill road and the
Rock Creek Milkhouse Ford road. and
between lots seven. four and eleven Of ~
r. Shepherds subdivision, to The depth
of 2JG feet, or to such greater depths as
the benefits may be found by the Jury to
extend, measured on each side thereof from
the building lines Of said 10th street as
extended.
Improving Tax Office.
The bill for Improvements in the tax de-
partments of the District empowers the
Commissioners to enlarge The rooms now
occupied by ;he assessor and collector OF
taxes of the District and TO rearTange the
space so to better accommodate the pub
lie who have occasion to transact business
with those offices. and to provide fixtures
and pay other necessary expenses incident
thereto, and 20 put in operation the card
system for the Improvement of the business
methods of those Offices including the tenn
porary hire of clerks. for which purposes
81 600 is appropriated.