Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-06
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Action Taken by Senate Dis
trict Committee.
A TrTuDunMu urApTNn
A TELEPHONE HEARING
SET FOR NEXT MONDAY, WHEN
ALL FACTS ARE EXPECTED.
A Smoke Law Hearing Tomorrow
Morning-Amendme Proposed
to Appropriation Bill.


Columbia held a meeting this morning, at
which large number Of bills and amend
ments to the District appropriation bill were
ordered favorably reported.
The committee ordered that the amend
ment to the District bill, of which notice
was given by Senator Gallinger for repeal
of the law relative to telephone rates in the
District be referred to q subcommittee con-
sisting Of Senators Dillingham;, Wellington
and Mallory, and this subcommittee will
give a hearing to all parties interested in
the amendment Monday afternoon at
o'clock in the room of the District commit
tee. This hearing is looked forward to with
the greatest interest as it will call forth a
review Of litigation in connection with the
suits Of the telephone subscribers against
the. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company. 1t is expected that both the tele-
phone company and the subscribers will be
represented, and that very complete un-
derstanding of the entire question will be
placed before the subcommittee. The sub
committee proposes to do everything in its
power to secure the fullest information
bearing on this proposed amendment.
Smoke Law Hearing.
A hearing will also be held tomorrow
morning at II o'clock blythe subcommittee
of which Senator Dillingham; is chairman
on the bill that has passed the House of
Representatives amending the smoke law
in the District. This bill fixes three min
utes as period during which the emission
or smoke may be permitted continuously.
The bill was passed by the House upon the
representation that the present law cannot
be enforced and that in order to secure q
minimum of the smoke nuisance practical
statute bearing on the subject should be
provided.
At the hearing tomorrow morning the
subcommittee desires to have the fullest
expression on this bill and persons inter-
ested will be given hearing. 1t Is ex-
pected that the health officer will appear in
advocacy of the present law and against
the amendment, and persons who have
claimed that the law in it's present form is
not enforceable will also be allowed to make
statements before the subcommittee to
maintain that contention.
A number Of proposed amendments to the
District appropriation bill were ordered re-
ported favorably, as follows: For paving
1th street from to K streets with asphalt
in place Of Belgian block, $15, 900; to grade
and improve property of the Western High
School, 81, 800; to grade, regulate and mac
adanize Albermarle street from Connecti-
cut avenue to Broad Branch road, $25 0OO
to pave 18th street extended, $4,000; to
pave old 10th street from Columbia road to
Kenesaw avenue, $5,000 and to pave 10th
street from Morris street to Columbia road,
and to grade and regulate 10th street north
of Columbia road, $100,0O0; for the pur-
chase of a site and erection of buildings
for an isolating hospital for smallpox cases.
So, 600; to grade and improve Sherman ave-
nue. from Florida avenue north. $4,000.
The committee reported and the Senate
has agreed to the printing Of papers re-
lating to the history Of the Washington
Monument as a Senate document with 300
additional copies for the District of Co.
lumbia committee. This document will
contain the grafton of Robert c. Winthrop
J1lv ha noSin nf fha 1oxy
ing of the corner stone of the monument
and also his Grafton upon the dedication
Of the monument In 1885. 1t will also
contain the Grafton of Senator Daniel,
when member Of the House. of Represen-
tatives upon the occasion of the dedica-
ton of the monument.
Hospital Improvements.
The committee ordered favorable reports
on proposed amendments to the District
bill appropriating 100000 for improve
ments to Providence Hospital and 5O,OOO
for improvements to the Homeopathic Hos
pital.
The amendment providing for the ap-
pointment Of directors Of the Emergency
Hospital by the Commissioners was acted
upon adversely.
Senate bill 6525, to amend the act incor-
porating the Masonic Mutual Relief Asso-
citation of the District Of Columbia, was or
dered reported favorably, with an amend
ment that on all policies issued for speci-
fed amounts there be maintained an insur-
ance reserve fund not less than that paid
upon the American experience table Of NOR
tality at per cent.
Joint resolution 153, to enlarge the scope
of the act to provide a permanent system of
highways in that part Of the District lying
outside Of the cities. was ordered reported
favoraply. This resolution allows the SUBJ
division of Beatty & Hawkins, being an
addition to Georgetown, to be taken in as
part OF the street extension plan.
A favorable report was also authorized
on House bill 11e"G to quit claim all inter-
est of the United. .,tates in lot 4, square lib,
in this city, to William H. Dix. The bill
was amended, extending to the Secretary
Of the Interior the power to sell land at
public sale In cases in which the title Is
disputed and is declared to be technically
in the United States and to distribute the
proceeds among the claimants to the land.
It is understood that this amendment will
allow the clearing up of the titles of about
138 lots in the District Of Columbia.
Senator Mason appeared before the COM
mittee on behalf of the bill to allow the
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake rail-
way (Senate bill 7215) to extend it's tracks
in the District of Columbia. liter briefly
discussing this bill the committee referred
1t to subcommittee consisting Of Senators
Dillingham;, Wellington and Clark of Mon
tana, with authority to make a favorable
report on It to the Senate as soon as they
are satisfied with its provisions
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