Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-23
NO ONE OPPOSING
House Committee Votes to
Amend the Smoke Law.
APPLIES IT TO RAILROADS
Restriction to Go Into Effect January
l, 1908.
TRAINsHEDs AT THE TERMINAL
Favorable Reports Ordered by District
Committee Upon Compulsory Educa-
ton and Child Labor Bills.

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be free from the smoke nuisance after Jan
uary l, 1908, II the unanimous action of the
House District committee at it's session yes
terday afternoon after The Stars report
closed is supported by Congress The COM
mittee authorized favorable report on an
amendment offered by Representative Sims
OF Tennessee. a member of the committee.
to the Morrell bill, providing additional ia
clhties for the Washington Terminal Com
pany. The amendment serves to extend
a1ter January l, 1908, the provisions of the
existing smoke law to all steam railroads
within the District of Columbia The pro-
hibI,ion against the emission of dense grav
or piack smoke or cinders is absolute, there
being no period mentioned during which
emission is permitted to occur
The amendment as stated was adopted
py the unanimous action of the committee
a1ter a full and free discussion of the sub
Ject' and, as can easily be seen puts the
Io Solutlon OF the whole proposition of smoke
iesshess up to the railroads. For under
the provisions of the amendment locomo-
tives may burn hard COAL or oil or any
o'her fuel, or may have electricity as their
motive power. The means by which tina
predesired smokelessness is to be obtained
are not specified the committee contenting
itself with indicat ting the desired end and
leaving the railroads to work the matter
WV sV sun litiiiStlNcS.
The Train Sheds.
In view of the fact that the committee
decided to keep its hands off the train-shed
question, and leaving the determination or
what type Is to be used to the railroads
themselves, it is safe to say that the UNI
brella shed will be adopted
The firm of Graham & Burnham the Chi
cago architects, is now preparing mans of
W ic
stall in the new union station This form
or structure is supported by pillars over the
PLATFORMS between each pair of tracks and
has The shape of an inverted umbrella This
Is the most modern type and according 10
testimony before the committee it has been
experimented with In some of the most
modern railroad stations of the country and
mas been found to be most satisfactory
Representative Morrell of Pennsylvania,
member of the subcommittee through
whose efforts the matter was investigated
is greatly pleased at the delightful unan-
unity shown by the committee on the anti
smoke proposition and ON the train shed
problem.
At the session of the District committee
ths morning, which In the nature of az
continuation Of yesterdays meeting. the
committee unanimously authorized favor
apie reports upon the compulsory education
and child labor bills. The compulsory edu-
cation bill was introduced in the Senate by
Senator Gallinger and was only slightly
amended by the House District Committed
and these amendments are not of any great
Importance.
Child Labor Bill Amended.
The committee made SO many amend
ments, however, to Representative Aliens
child labor bill that it is practically a new
Dill, and will be introduced in the House
by Representative Babcock Among the
changes in the measure are the following:
That no child under fourteen wears of
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and O'Clock in the evening and no child
under fifteen years of age shall between the
hours of o'clock in the evening and s
o'clock in the morning be employed per-
mitted or suffered to work for wages or
other compensation, to whomsoever payable
In any factory, workshop, restaurant, hotel,
saloon, apartment house, club, theater or
bowling alley.
That no child of the age limit described
shall be employed in any mercantile estab-
lishment, business office, store, telegraph
office or in the distribution or transmission
of merchandise or messages in selling
newspapers or articles of merchandise
within the public school term of the Dis
trict of Columbia during the hours when
the schools are in session.
That child coming under the provi-
sions of this bill shall be employed more
than eight hours In any twenty-four
The bill authorizes the appointment Of two
inspectors a 81 200 each to enforce its pro-
visions.
The remainder of the BILL with the excep-
tion of a number of minor amendments has
been described In detail in The Star, as has
the compulsory education measure. Advo-
Gates OF this legislation are much pleased at
its unanimous support from the committee,
and say that it will do a great deal toward
improving conditions in this city.
AT It's session yesterday afternoon the
committee favored bill providing for the
establishment of a public rematorium. The
measure stipulates that whenever the body
of any person who has died from smallpox,
Asiatic cholera, typhus fever, the plague
glanders, scarlet fever, diphtheria or epi-
demic cerebro-spinal meningitis comes into
the custody of any officer. employe or agent
of the District of Columbia, to be disposed
OF at pubic expense, the body shall be in
cinerated