Evening star., 1900-03-23
THE SCHOOL INQUIRY
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street by single track to 2ith street, north
| on 18th street to Pennsylvania avenue Pro-
vided that for the purposes of furnishing
| loop for use when necessary the single
| track may be extended along G street from
18th to 26th street, connecting with the
| single tracks on 18th and 26th streets.
| The Anacostia Railway Company is au-
| thoriZed and required to extend its under
| ground electric railroad from the intersec-
| ton of lst street eastland street south,
north along 1st Sstreee to B street south,
| thence west along B street connecting with
its existing tracks between p and Sd streets
west.
In reporting favorably House bill 2G43,
also to amend the charter of the Capital
traction Company, the committee amended
the bill TO a slight extent. The bill pro-
Vides for an underground electric railway
along the following streets and avenues:
Beginnlng at the main tracks at the inter-
section of Pennsylvania avenue and Sth
street southeast, and thence eaSterly along
pennsylvania avenue, with double tracks,
to 18th street east, thence by double tracks
south on 10th street to K streets south,
east on K street to the circle, north on the
circle to Pennsylvania avenue and westerly
| on pennsylvania avenue to 18th street east.
The portion of the bill relating to the
single track on 18th street to K street
SOUTH etc, IS stricken out and the follow
ing is inserted in its stead: Thence by
single track on Pennsylvania avenue to the
circle at K and 18th streets, bounding
square 1913, to connect with the double
| tracks at Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street east" The purpose Of this bill is to
provide for an extension of the street rail-
way system from Sth street east to the
Anacostia river on Pennsylvania avenue. ]
Its object is to open up a portion Of the |
District now almost inaccessible. The peo-
pie living and owning property in the neigh |
borhood of the extension have urged that
it be built.
Metropolitan Extensions.
The committee also reported favorably
Senate bill 1868, which authorizes the Met
ropolitan Railroad Company to extend it's
lines on old 10th street.
The line of the Metropolitan Company
now stops at the corner of 18th street and
Columbia road. Columbia road is built up
beyond this point, old 10th street is fast
being built up and at the north end of the
latter street there is now large settle
ment of substantial houses, whose occu-
pants have been pressing for extension
of the street railways to accommodate the
traffic. The bill provides for the widening
OF Columbia road to make it conform to
the width of that part of the thoroughfare
now occupied by the street railroad, and
also for widening old 10th street and one
half of the cost of this widening is to be
paid by the railroad company. The bill
was prepared by the Commissioners. In
detail the extension provided for follows:
An extension by double tracks of under
ground electric railroad from the present
terminus of the Metropolitan railroad at
the intersection of 18th street and Column
the present 10th street northwest; thence
north along 18th street to Park street 1t
Is especially provided that no car shall be
switched in the streets after the expiration
OF two years from the passage of this act |
New Bathing Beach.
The committee reported Senate bill 1927,
for the transformation of the inner basin
of the Potomac fats into public bathing
pool The report says:
of ic TO i5o for
a space convenient, suitable and much
needed bathing beach for the people of the
District of Columbia, to take the place of
the present small and unsafe bathing beach
now maintained near the Washington mon
ument."
The bill arpropriates $4,000 from the
revenues Of the District and authorizes
the Commissioners to complete as soon as
practicable the work of transforming the |
inner basin of the Potomac flats into |
bathing pool in accordance with plans pre-
pared by the Secretary of War. The COM
Elittee amended this bill, providing that the
plans should be approved by the Commits
sioners and the Secretary of War, and also
provided that one-half the amount appro-
priated be paid by the District and one
half from any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropria ted. A few days ago
this bill was approved and action on 1t was
urged by the Bathing Beach Association Of
the District, which sent to the committee
petitions signed by thousands of residents
in the District asking that the beach be
constructed. Originally $1,000 was asked |
for in order to carry out the project of
building this bathing beach, but the plan
has been modified so that $1,000 is re-
garded as sufficient to complete the work
Amendments to the District of Columbia
appropriation bill were favorably reported
by the committee appropriatng $4,000 for
paving 14th street to Lydecker avenue and
Lydecker avenue to the east side of 13th
street, and for grading and paving Con-
necticut avenue extended between Column
bia road and kalorama avenue, s25.O0O.