Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
WANTS EARLY ACTION
Senator GaIIinger on Street
Railway Extension.
WILL INTRODUCE A BILL
Transportation Facilities to Union
Station Demanded.
DISCUSSES PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Believes That the Board Will Be
Literally Treated by Congress.
Favors Park Additions.
WILL INTRODUCE A BILL
DISCUSSES PUBLIC SCHOOLS


nent part at the Capitol In the session
of Congress that begins next Monday.
Street railway connections with the Union
railroad station. the public schools. the
question of prohibition or local option in
the District. public parks, the purchase
of the property between Pennsylvania
avenue and the Mal-these are matters
already occupying the attention of men,
bers of both houses.
Senator Gallinger. who last year was
chairman of the committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia and of the District SUBJ
committee on appropriations. and who
will hold these chairmanships this winter.
is busy in his committee room looking
over District matters. He talked freely
of the outlook to Star reporter this
morning.
Railways to Union Station.
81 shall probably introduce bill in
the first few days of the session." he
said, ito provide for railway connections
with the Union station. The need of some
action in this matter is imperative and
immediate. Just what my bill will be
am not prepared to say at this time, but
1 can say that l am now trying to dis
cover the really essential measures. and
shall incorporate them in simple bill
that will stir up as little controversy as
1t is possible to have. OF course. there
will be the usual objections to routes
along this and that street. but Congress
win have to do something, and it is my
plan to pick out the path of least re-
sistence.
Senator Galinger called attention to the
bill introduced by him last winter, Senate
bill 6147, which was passed by the Senate
January 30. but which was returned by
the House with amendments to provide
an anti-smoke law and to require broad
tires on wagons Of certain weight. 1t
came back to the Senate almost at the
close Of the session and entirely too late,
according to Mr.. Gallinger, to permit of
proper consideration by the District COM
mittee.
: Whether he will reintroducs hts t,iii With
a few minor changes, or draft another. he
to the broad tire provision. and Is inclin-
ed to favor provision for the use of
coke by the railroads instead of the re-
quirement for electric motors.
, president Dunlop of the Capital Trac-
tion Company, and Vice President Har-
ries Of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company. have already called on Mr..
Gallinger and talked over the trackage
question with him, and he expects to re-
ceive their ideas in writing tor immediate
action either today or tomorrow.
Proposed Railway Extension.
Senator Gallinger is disposed to look
with favor upon the proposition to extend
the Anacostia line along east 1st street
northward to the Union station. Members
II the House, he said this morning. have
been represented to him as desiring this in
order to give them quick connection with
the station He also regards as logical
the proposition of the Capital Traction
Company to come south from Florida
avenue on New Jersey avenue and east
on Massachusetts avenue to the station.
The former plan was opposeu last year
by residents along 1st street, but such op-
position is looked over In any event; the
latter plan was thrown out by senators,
who did not want Ito break in on Massa-
chusetts avenue" and it is foreseen tnat
they may object on this ground If the
proposition is again submitted.
1t Is quick and simple action on the
street railway matter, however. that Mr..
Gallingerf is after. and therefore he be-
lieves that the simpler the bill the better.
He smiled this morning when he recall
ed the remarks of Representative Sims
of Tennessee in favor of requiring the
railroads to build covered way for pc
destrians from the Union station to G.
street northeast
1t would be curious action. indeed
after Congress has failed to permit the
street railway lines to go up to the sta
ton to make the steam roads pay for
this sort of an improvement" he said.
The Public Schools.
AS usual Mr.. Gallinger is very much
interested in public school questions here
He said this morning he had heard of the
action of the board of education in pass
ing the regulation prohibiting employees
of the board from lobbying in Congress,
and he considered it a good thing.
"Of course he said, 'if member of
Congress- racaiyoS call from
teacher who comes from his district
or state and is personally acquainted
with him, l see no harm in allowing a
discussion of school legislation under the
circumstances. Very probably. also. the
Senate committee, II it Is considering
school legislation, may call upon the su-
perintendent of schools or his subordi-
mates to shed light on certain matters.
But do not understand that this sort of
thing is referred to in the rule passed by
the board"
He was not sure that the present school
law required trial for the superintend-
ent. ne said. but it was certainly COM
mon sense to expect the board to give the
superintendent hearing before dismiss
ing him. He said he believed the present
board intends to dismiss DR.. William E.
Chancellor, and he did not see where DR..
Chancellor would have any redress. lie
declared, however, that he thought the
board had been hasty in demanding his
against him and had heard his defense.
He also gave it as his opinion that the
justices of the District Supreme Court,
who have the power to appoint the mem
bers of the board of education. also have
the power under the law to dismiss those
members for cause. which was the con-
tention of DR.. Chancellor, but which the
members of the court, as individuals,
denied
Money for the Schools.
The reporter asked what he thought
of the chance of the school board secur-
ing the increased appropriation that it
has agreed to ask for at the coming ses-
sion. He replied that personally he was
in favor of giving plenty of money to the
schools of having more and much better
buildings, and of requiring that every
building have plenty of playground.
"It is perfectly safe to say" he contm-
ued that the estimates of the board will
! not go through in their present form. but
| do believe that the board will be treated
| liberaaly by Congress this winter"
Local Liquor Traffic.
| There will doubtless be prohibition and
local option bills for the District this
| winter" he went on. land we will have