Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-06
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the building of power plant for additional
machinery and the extension of an electric
plant at a total cost of five hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars. The south
east also gets {. new fire engine house to
cost twenty-three thousand dollars and an
appropria ton is made for fire boat to cost
sixty-three thouse nd dollars, and for con-
siderable additional fire apparatus through
out the District, the result of which will
afford citizens generally increased protec-
ton from fire.
"One OF the very important laws. far
reaching in its scope and affecting almost
every citizen in the District, Is that with
reference to the removal of snow and ice
from sidewalks an act regulating the
height Of buildings an act authorizing the
naming of streets, avenues, alleys, high
ways and reservations IN the District, but
outside of the city limits. (This is a very
import ant matter to a great many of our
citizens; an act to regulate the electric
wiring in the District the effect of which,
II Is understood, Will be the better protec-
ton from loss by fire.
Another act is to prevent the fraudu-
lent sale of merchandise.
Another act Of considerable Importance
TO all CT our citizens is that materially
amending the personal tax law. One of the
provisions Of this new act is to provide that
a corporation which receives no special
franchise or privilege because of being in
corporated shall be taxed only on the class
of business transacted by 1t as though con-
Quoted by an individual a firm.
The Street Railways.
Mr.. Williams also presented report from
the street railroad committee, in which ref
erence was made to what was done in mat
ters affecting the proposed cross-town rail-
road. The report speaks of the public
hearings had before the committee of the
House of Representatives on the District
of Columbia on the bill H. r. 91G6, au-
thorizing the extension Of the Great Falls
and Old Dominion srailroad into the Dis
trict, April 10, 81 and 20. 1904 and says:
ION the third day of the hearing, the chair
man of your committee on behalf Of your
association submitted to the House COM
mittee copies of statement summarizing
the objections to the Senate bill 1888, as
recommended as substitute by the Senate
committee With the exception of these
amendments, your representatives advised
the House committee that the substitute
bill was acceptable to our association. The
objections pointed out were as follows:
"Insistenee upon provision providing for
universal transfers
"Objecting to more than one track on
10th street east and suggesting in lieu, IL
two tracks were to be used on one street,
9th or 18th street. 80
"objecting tod the running of tracks
through the play Er9 W,ad at the intersec,
ton of Georgia ana virginia avenues and
10th street southeast
providing a penalty in the event of The
failure Of construction, the failure to ST.
simultaneously operate the entire line or the
ceasing to operate any part thereof after
commencement.
The Pledges Made.
''The announcement OF the representatives
of the two railroad systems now operating
in this city, before the House district com
mittee and the pledgtng by the representa-
tives of the systems In that they would
carry out their promise is of. considerable
Importance to u.s. and in the belief Of your
committee is evidence of the material prog
ress made SO far In this movement for
the cross-town road for East Washington
The first was by Mr.. Dunlop. to the effect
that If the Capital Traction Company was
granted authority to amend its route as
proposed In an amendment to the bill, s.
2S33, introduced April 8. 1904. by Senator
Burrows, his company would live up to the
requirements and provisions of the amend
ment and would construct the extensions
of his road and operate 1t as provided liz
the proposed amendment.
Gen Harries before the Senate commit
tee announced that the system represented
by him is contemplating cross-town line
in the northwest, of automobiles or cars
operated on the order of automobiles and
not run on tracks and at the hearing be-
fore the House committee. he stated posi-
lively that such arrangement had been
made for such line. and that his system
is contemplating the trial of the same kind
of conveyaneess as a cross-town line from
north to south In East Washington. and as