Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22
DISTRICT TN CONGRESS
MR.. MoRRELL's BILL FOR OPEN
ING AND EXTENDING STREETS.

Representative Morrell Pa) today intro
duced bill providing new system for
opening and extending streets and ave-
nues. country roads and suburban streets
in the District. Mr.. Morrell introduced his
measure as result of the dissatisfaction
apparent among the membership of the
House with the present system of street
extension which prevails in the District.
The measure provides briefly that in all
cases where any street established shall ex-
ceed eighty feet in width the damages
awarded, together with the original cost
OF the Improvement, shall be assessed one
third against the abutting line to a depth
OF 100 feet on each side, and the other two
thirds charged to the District of Columbia
and the treasury of the United States IN
equal portions. The damages awarded for
ali reservations condemned and estab-
Ilsned shall be charged entirely to the
eighty feet in width or under, the
entire amount of the damages and the
original cost of the Improvement shall be
assessed half against the AUDITING property
to depth of 80 feet and the other haIf
charged to the District Of Columbia; that
when half of the owners of any abutting
property shall file a petition with the Com
missioners pa sing on extension of improve
ment the Commissioners must proceed to
make the Improvement; that to provide an
aVafiabie fund to carry out this plan the
Commissioners are authorized to issue
bonds of the District of Columbia not to
exceed S2,OO0000 or $4,000 900 to run fifty
years: that the United States shall be q
party to all land condemnation proceedings.
To Buy Chronological History.
Secretary of State Root sent communi-
cation to Congress today recommending
the purchase by the government for $4,000
OF the Chronological History of the De-
partment of State and the Foreign Relations
of the Government From September 5, 1774,
to the Present Time compiled by the late
John H. Haswell. for many years chief of
the bureaus of Industries and archives of
the State Department
To Improve Central High School.
The District Commissioners today trans
mttted to Congress through the Secretary
of the Treasury a request for supplental
appropriation of $4,000 to be used in i'm
proving the Central High School. The
board of education, upon whose recommen-
dation the Commissioners acted submit the
following detailed estimate:
Improving south basement, $1,000. Wooden
floors replaced by granite, $500. New
floors In class rooms, 5000. Tile floors In
chemical and physical labora tory, 81, 200.
The arrangement and Improvement of as
sembly hall. $500. Steel ceilings, $1,000.
Combination gas and electric lighting sys-
tenn, $1,000. Cement walls, $500. Paint
Ing, $o,oV1- TluuDlIlB anu pFpIilS, SlJDpJ.
1ncidentals, 5000.
Registered Nurses.
Representative Taylor of Ohio, member
of the House District committee, introduced
a bill in the House today affecting reg
stered nurses in the District of Column
bia. The measure provides for the selec-
ton by the Commissioners upon the recon-
mendation of the Graduate Nurses Asso-
citation of the District to act as nurses ex-
aiming board. All applicants for licenses
shall be passed upon by this board. and
persons who represent themselves as reg
fstered nurses without proper certif1cation
shall be punished by Imprisonment Of not
more than sixty days or fine of not more
than $500.
Statue of L'Enfant.
Representative Hull, chairman of the mill
tary affairs committee of the House, has
introduced a bill appropriating $500 for the
erection of a statue to Pierre Charles l. En-
FAINT In L'Enfant Circle, Randle Highlands.
lands
To Repeal Smoke Law.
A bill to repeal the District smoke law,
so far as it relates to territory south of the
Anacostia river and west of Nicholas ave-
nue., was introduced in the House today by
Representative ketoham of New York,