Evening star., 1901-03-04
Conferees' Report Adopted by Both
Houses.
ACTION ON ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST
Disagreement on Memorial Bridge
Provision.
CAPITOL IMPROVE ENTS


prlation bill reached an agreement on
some of the items of the bill early last
evening. though the larger number of the
Senate amendments remained in dispute.
Among the agreements on this first report
which was adopted by the Senate and
House were the following:
Relating to Capitol building, appropriates
$37,530. as proposed by the Senate, instead
of 1880 as proposed by the House. for
work at the Capitol; strikes out the appro-
priation, as proposed by the House, of $1s,-
200 for recovering with copper the roof of
the central portion of the Capitol. and ap-
propriates $500, proposed by the Sen
ate, for reconstructing and fireproofing the
roof Of the central portion Of the Capitol;
appropriates $2,15O as proposed by the
Senate, for improving steam-heating and
ventilating apparatus in the Senate wing.
and $4,000. instead of $67,5O as proposed
by the Senate, for fireproof shelving In the
Senate document rooms; appropriates $i,loo
for repairs to the elevator In the MaHby
building. and $61 600 instead OF $5S,OOO, for
refurnishng the hall of the House and
certain rooms in the House wing, and In
serts provision authorizing members OF
the House of the Fffty-sixth Congress to
purchase the old desks used by them
Scientific Bureaus.
pirates $4,000 instead of $4,000, as pro-
posed by the House. and $4,000, as pro-
posed by the Senate for skilled laborers
and temporary employees; 2500OO instead Of
$4,000, as proposed by the House, and
$500, 900, as proposed by the Senate. for
typographical surveys; $16,2So as proposed
by the Senate, instead of $14,OOo, as pro-
posed by the House, for illustrations for
geological survey; appropriateS 5000 in
of q
for purchase of necessary books and pay
ment for transmission of public documents
through Smithsonian exchange; appropri-
ates $4,000 proposed by the Senate,
instead Of $4,000, as proposed by the House,
for engraving and printing geological maps
Providence Hospital improvements.
Appropriates $4,000 as proposed by the
Senate, for power house and nurses nome
at Providence Hospital.
Approprfates s1,75O, as proposed by the
Senate, for work on the iseating ward at
Garfield Memorial Hospital.
Appropriates $3.50. as. proposed by the
Senate for expenses attending the unveil-
ing of the statue of General Logan.
Appropriates. as proposed by the Senate,
for statue Of General Mcclellan.
Appropriates $500 for clerks to Senators
who not chairmen of committees and
s21 600 for furniture for new committee
rooms for the Senate. 70
Strikes out the appropriation of OOOO,
as proposed by the Senate, for a replica of
the statue Of Washington;
Strikes out the appropriation of $4,000, as
proposed by the Senate, for a statue of
Longfellow. rn.
Appropriates 7,5OOy as proposed by the
Senate, for a replica of statue of Ro-
chambeau. -fH .S
Purchase of COrcoran Gallery.
Among the items of appropriations the
committee on conference could not agree
on when they made their first report were
Purchase Of Corcoran Art Gallery prop
erty, 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue
S332, 500; to acquire additional land for the
insane hospital; site for memorial building
for the National Society of Daughters of
the American Revolution in Rawlns Park;
Memorial bridge, Potomac river, $10O, 900;
buildings for laboratories, Department of
100000
The Second Conference
The second conference resulted In an
agreement by which the provision for the
purchase Of the Corcoran Art Gallery prop
erty, at the corner of 18th street and Penn
sylvania avenue, remained in the BILL but
the amount for the purchase of that prop
erty was reduced from $685., 500 to $500, 600
Exchange of Land Authorized.
The authorization for the exchange of
sixty acres of land east of Nichol avenue
for an equal number of acres adjoining
the grounds Of the Government HOSPITAL
for the Insane was also agreed to, with an
amendment permitting the Secretary of The
in his judgment. to also exchange
what is known as Godding Croft In Mary
land, opposite Alexandria, for land adjo;n-
Ing the asylum grounds.
Senate amendments disagreed to were the
following Site for a memorial building for
the National Society of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution In Rawlins Park:
Memorial bridge across the Potomac river,
900; buildings for laboratories, Depart
ment Of Agriculture, $200, 900.
This report Of the conferees was also
agreed to by both the Senate and House.
and in that form the bill was passed