Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12

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Asylum. This bill was passed without
argument and without division.
To Parole Juvenile Offenders.
The bill-Senate, 52s7-to parole
juvenile offenders was called up, read
and passed. This permits the parole
of inmates of the Reform School for
Girls of the District upon action by
the board of trustees Of the school, un
der certain conditions.
To Punish kidnapping.
Then the District committee chair
man called up House bill 22s86, the
measure which was introduced by Rep
| resentative Campbell Of Kansas. as a
result of the agitation growing out of
the Willie Whitelaw kidnapping case, to
prevent and punish kidnapping in the
District Of Columbia. The bill pro-
vtdes heavy punishment, the maximum
| being imprisonment for twenty years
and one -thousand-dollar fine for vio-
| lations.
There was no objection heard to this
measure, and it was passed without di-
vision
Suburban Railway Extension.
The House then went into commit
bill 23906, to authorize the City and
Suburban Railway Company to ire
move it's double tracks from Michigan
avenue. and to restore the roadbed
with macadam. to the satisfa ction OF
the Commissioners. from the inter
section thereof with Monroe street
northeast, eastwardly to the tracks of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and to
extend it's double tracks on Monroe
street ar oStu rC1x frnv
intersection and over the Monroe Street
bridge to 18th street northeast; thence
on 18th street northwardly to the
Bunker Hill road, and thence north
roads as may be designated by the
Commissioners Of the District Of CO.
lumb1a. to the boundary line of the
District of Columbia: Provided. that
said streets along the route Of said
extension shall first be dedicated as
public streets by the City and Subur-
ban Railway Company of Washington
to their full width between building
lines In accordance with the recorded
plans of street extension.
THAT the removal OF existing tracks
east of the intersection of Monroe
street and Michigan avenue and the
extension Of the new double track OH
Monroe street to 18th street north
Monroe street to Bunker Hill road shall
be completed within six months from
the date of the passage of this act
This Is bill which is very important
in several particulars said Chairman
Smith More than all else in the fact
that the City and Suburban railway is
now built within sixty feet of one OF the
most dangerous railroad crossings in the
District.
MIR. a. F. Kirnan. who has been for
several years the president of the Citi-
zens' Association Of Brookland. said to
me the other day that by actual count
there were between eight and nine thou
sand crossings daily at this steam rail-
road crossing. Now, if you will observe.
the bill is to take up the tracks on Michi-
gan avenue from the corner of Michigan
avenue and Monroe street and to widen
Monroe street so that the track VIII go
down Monroe street across the new
bridge which has been built by the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad and this electric
railway company and then up 18th
street out to Bunker Hill road: The peo-
pie out there all desire 1t. They have
held mass meetings and taken action in
favor of it,
Universal Transfers.
Representative Carlin OF Alexandria ask
ed Mr. Smith if he had an objection to in
GLIDING in the bill provision for free
transfers Mr.. Smith replied that he had
That is too broad a subject said he.
Il am not opposed to universal trans
fers. l want to say in that connection
that the District committee is having
hearings on that subject. They are not
concluded, and / think it would be fair.
at least, to the District committee, and
to the railroads, and, for that matter, to
the people, to let the hearings be con-
cluded.''
lit will be fair to the people OF
Brookland,' said Representative Burle-
son of Texas. mot to take up that ques-
ton here now, because 1 am afraid that
matter is what has delayed this bill
so long"
Mr.. Smith said that he was one of
those who believed land still believe in
that clause in the origina! bill providing
that the electric railway companies COM
Maryland should be permitted to carry
light freight. That is done in many
cities of the Union now. There was
some objection to it, and the committee
thought it would be best to bring 1t
I'm in a separate bill, and so it was
stricken out of the bill SO as not to de-
lay the passage of this bill"
Mr.. Smith added, fin reply to questions,
that he was not opposed to universal
transfers
fers bill four years ago." interjected
Representative Wiley Of New Jersey,
and l have been working on it ever
since that time. 1t is going to be passed
at this session In some shape or Otner
I'VE will try to get 1t through the
committee next Wednesday," said Rep
resentative Fish of New York.
Representative Kahn Of California was
dragged into the discussion at this point,
and said he was in favor Of universal
transfers if they could be had consti-
tutionally.
Transfers in Chicago.
Two had this same question up in
Chicago for a great many years. said
Representative Mann of Illinois, land
there was considerable talk about the
constitutional authority of the city
council to require universal transfers;
but / notice that Notwithstanding the
talk. the street car companies never
went into court on the subject, and you
can ride now for thirty-flve or forty
miles in the city Of Chicago for cents
and the transfers are given everywhere"
Representative Rothermel of PeDnsyl-
vania democrat, assured Mr.. Mann
that he was mistaken.
I'm 1906 he said, 1t was SQuarey
decided in the city of Chicago, Judge
an ordinance providing for universal
transfers between independent companies
was unconstitutional"
form.
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