Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-01
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS S
A Bill to ltoyids for the Removal of Over.
{ lead Wires
Also to 4iaeat the Act for Reasse.s-
bent ,bf Water Main

eht pr water Main
| 1 Taxes.
Mr. Mcmillan, in the Senate. today intro
duced bills providing for the removal Of
overhead telegraph and telephone wires, to
amend an act authorizing the reassessment
| OF water main taxes and to open and i'm
prove Cathedral avenue
| The bill to provide for the removal of
overhead telegraph and telephone wires in
| tnis city also provides for a system Of con-
QUITS. 1t provides that all telegraph and
teiephone wires and poles not the property
| OF the United States or the District Of Co.
| iumoia' and excepting such alley poles and
wires and street poles and wires in squares
| "here no public alley exists as may be
| deemed necessary for the purpose of dis
tribnting wires for house connections. with
IN tne section in the city Of Washington
Sounoeu by street north from North
G tIap., 70 LIST street west LIST street west
| maryland avenue from list street west to
| 50 street west. Sd street west from
MARYLAND avenue to Missouri avenue Mis-
sour1 avenue from Sd street west to 9Th
street west. 9Th street west from Missouri
avenue TO b street north. B street north
| along prolongation Of the line Of said
street TO the Potomac river, along said
l
| creek to Florida avenue, along Florida ave-
| nne to North Capitol street. and along
NoLIh Capitol street to B street north.
| shall. from time to time, as may be pre-
scrfbed by the Commissioners of the Dis
| trict' be taken down and the wires placed
| IN Underground conduits, as hereinafter
PROVIDED. Said entire work shall be com
pieted within two years from the date Of
| the approval Of this act. Within ninety
days after any such conduit shall have
Deen completed, all overhead cables and
wires for the reception Of which such con-
duit is built shall be removed and placed
tnerefn and the poles removed.
Penalties for this violation OF these pro-
visions are provided and the Commission
ers are empowered to authorize the con-
struct1on o. subways and conduits in which
the overhead wires are to be placed.
"A similar bill was introduced In the
House by Mr.. M1ers Und). and was re-
Ierred to the committee on the District of
Columbia.
Heassessment of Water Main Taxes.
The bill to amend an act to authorize the
reassessment Of water main taxes in the
District provides that the following words
at the end OF section two be stricken from
the act approved July 8, 1883: "1hat said
water main tax or assessment or reassess-
ment shall be due, payable and collectibIe
on each lot or parcel Of land or premises
on and after the date on which the connec-
ton is made from the water main to the
said lot or parcel of land or premises" and
Inserting in lieu thereof the following:
THAT hereafter, whenever water main,
or mains, shall be laid in the District Of
Columbia, the water main assessment or
| tax authorized by law shall be assessed
within thirty days after such water main,
| or mains. shall have been laid. and such
assessments or tax shall be payable in four
equal installments, the first of which shall
be payable within thirty days from the
date Of service of notice Of said assessment
or tax. without interest the second within
a hir6 rrifh txxyo o,A
the fourth within three years from the
date Of service Of said notice. and interest
at the rate of 10 per centum per annum
shall be charged on all amounts which
shall remain unpaid at the expiration Of
thirty days from the date of service of said
| notice. provided, that the assessment or tax
| may be paid in full at any time after the
service of said notice, and If so paid with
In thirty days after the service Of said no.
tice, an abatement of per centum shall
be allowed on the entire amount of said
assessment That all laws or parts of laws
inconsistent with the provisions hereof are
hereby repealed
To Improve Cathedral Avenue.
The bin to open and improve Cathedral
avenue directs the Commissioners to grade
and regulate and set curb upon the high
way along the west border Of tie Geological
Park from Woodiey road to Cathedral ave-
nue. and upon Cathedral avenue to Wood
ley road. whenever one-haH of the esti-
mated cost Of said work. Sol ,OOO Is depos-
tied by the parties interested therein with
the collector of taxes, provided that the full
width OF the highway bordering the Zoolog-
ical Park be donated to the District of Co.
Woodley Park.
The Commissioners of the District are an
thorized to Use as a highway so much Of
the Geological Park as lies within the lines
OF said proposed highway, and they are au-
thorized to regulate the width of WoodIey
road in front Of lot /, block l. of T. n
Waggaman's subdivision of Pretty Prospeot
to the uniform width of sixty feet. The
Commissioners are authorized to lay out q
new driveway along the east side Of Rock
| Creek, SO as to connect Connecticut avenue
more directly with the drives Of the Zoolog-
ical Park. and to construct retaining wall
on the east side Of Rock Creek between
Cincinnati street and Woodley road, when
ever the land within the limits Of said pro-
posed driveway and the land upon which
| the proposed retaining wall 10 to be built
shall have been dedicated to the District Of
Columbia.
In order to regulate the grades Of the
streets in the vicinity Of Goth street and
Woodley road the Commissioners are au-
thorized to abandon Hampton place and
shift the location OF Buckingham place in
z. q. Waggaman S subdivision Of Pretty
Prospect, and to change the location Of the
street line at the southwest corner of
Woodley road and Connecticut avenue ex-
tended SO as to make said corner round
instead OF angular as at present, provided
that the land within the lines Of Hampton
place, which 1t proposed to abandon, and
the land within the proposed circular cor.
ner of, Woodley road and Connecticut ave-
nue. extended shall revert to the original
owner or his assigns, and that the land
within the lines of the proposed new loca-
ton Of Buckingham place, and the land
outside the said circular corner of Woodley
road and Connecticut avenue extended
shall be dedicated to the District Of Column
bia. To. carry out the purposes Of this bill
$25, 900 Is appropriated. one-half payable by
the District and one-half by the United
States
PROF. MOSES EN- ROUTE HERE.