The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
MANY DISTRICT BILLS
First Opportunity in Senate
Brings Them Out.
TO PURCHASE MALL TRACTS
Hepburn Again Introduces His Plan
to Provide Sites for Government
Buildings = GaIIInEer Wants 60
Curb TubereuIosis-Stree Exten-
siOns In the Northern Section.

Senator Heyburn's bill for the purchase
of the land south of the avenue, which
1t is proposed to use as sites for govern
ment buildings, in furtherance Of the gem
eral scheme for the extension OF the Mall
and the Identification OF the Capitol. was
reintroduced in the Senate yesterday by
the Senator from Idaho. II is the bill
which was introduced by Mr.. Hepburn
last winter and passed by the Senate. but
failed OF passage in the House.
The Introduction of this bill yesterday
was the principal incident of a day mark
ed by the presentation OF District mes
sages. most of which were introduced by
Senator Gallinger. of New Hampshire,
chairman of the Senate Committee on the
District of Columbia. These included
bills to transfer jurisdiction over the
aqueduct. the filtration plant and their
appurtenances. including the Conduit
road, from the War Department to the
District Commissioners: TO require the
registration OF all cases Of tuberculosis
in the District; 10 erect an iron bridge
over Rock creek at u street, and extend
that thoroughfare so as to make it con-
tinuous W ere there is now a break at
the creek; 10 establish a park at the
junction of Maryland avenue. Fifteenth
and II streets northeast on part Of old
Graceland Cemetery; to extend Twen-
tieth street northeast from Bennlng road
TO NJ street by condemnation proceedings.
the new portion 10 be 100 feet wide. ana
the damages. plus the cost Of the pro-
ceedings. to be assessed as benefits
against the abutting property owners; 10
widen Benning road from Fifteenth street
northeast 10 Oklahoma avenue to 10 feet
provided al least 50 per cent of the re-
auired land be dedicated 10 the District.
and to require the Washington Railway
and Electric Company 10 extend its
tracks and conjuits and maintain a
through car service to Oklahoma avenue;
TO extend II street northeast, provided az
least 80 per cent of the required land be
dedicated 10 the District, by condemna-
ton Of the remainder, from Fifteenth
street northeast to Twenty-second street
northeast, with a width OF ninety feet 20
use the funds OF the Freedman's Bureau
now in tie United States Treasury for
the establishment and maintenance of a
home in Washington for aged and infrm
negroes; 20 acquire for park purposes the
tract known as Montrose, on Georgetown
Heights. north Of r street and east Of
Lovers lane; 20 condemn the property
required to extend Oak street northwest
from its present terminus east OF Center
street 10 Fourteenth street with width
Of fifty feet.
Still Plans University.
Senator Frye reintroduced his bin for
the establishment of the University Of the
United states in Washington. 10 be a
government institution for the advance
ment of knowledge. with the President OF
the United States as its head, its sphere
of instruction TO be graduate work in
special lines of study
Senator Hepburn introduced bill to es-
tablish a department Of mines and mining
in Washington, with commissioner Of
mining at it's head.
The Hepburn purchase bill, which was
referred TO the Committe on Public Build
ings and Grounds, is for the purchase OF
ali lands south Of PENNSYLVANIA avenue
and north of Maryland avenue, as far as
Sixth street. where IL is intersected by
Maryland avenue. and between Pennsyl-
Yania avenue and the Mall up to Fifteenth
street northwest. block 221 at the June
ton OF Maryland avenue and First street,
in front of the Capitol, and block $40
and reservation Il, facing the Capitol
grounds between Pennsylvania avenue
and 3 street northwest These tracts in
clude nearly two million of acres. and are
exclusive Of the land now owned by the
government and the alleys and streets,
which are not affected by the bill The
government holdings between Sixth and
Fifteenth street total al 96l square feet
and the streets and alleys IN the af-
fected area aggregated 1,24S,1 ,1SS square feet.
Ten Millions for Purchase.
The land proposed to be acquired is as
sessed at $S.7539O6 and the buildings now
occupying the land are assessed at 2,2Os,
500, and as these assessments represent
but two-thirds of the actual cash value
of the property, the total cost OF the
property to be acquired. including ground
and buildings would be s,936,555 Ter
million dollars is appropriated for the
purchase by the terms Of the bill. the
Secretary of the Treasury 10 make the
purchases subject to the approval OF the
President. by agreement with the own
ers, if possible and If not, by condemna-
ton. In no case is more than the actual
cash value Of the property to be paid
Senator Hepburns purpose is by means
Of the bill 10 provide sites for the loca-
ton of appropriate public buildings. which
should be harmonious. though not mo-
notonous. in architecture. aud. pending
the erection of the buildings. he would
turn the enlarged Mall over to the people
as "A pleasure ground.
Senator Gallinger's tuberculosis regis
tration bin provides for the compulsory
reporting of all real or suspected cases Of
pulmonary tuberculosis, the records Of
sucA cases to be kept strictly secret. and
the name of the suspected person to be
erased from the records when satisfac-
tory proof is had that he is not a victIm|
of the disease. as well as the erasure OF
the names of those who may be cured of
the disease. Provision is made for the
instruction of consumptives concerning
sanitary measures, and also for the disin-
fectioh of premises in which deaths of
consumptives occur or from which per-
sons so affected remove.
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