Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-26
BILL FOR LOW CAR FARE
IS REPORTED FAV)RAblY

With only the slightest change, the Dis
trict committee Of the House today re-
ported favorably the Dyer bill for two.
and-a-half-cent car fare for school chill.
dren. The amendments place limits or
the ages Of cAildren to whom tickets vii
be sold 1t tbat rate and on the hours
when companies need take this cut-rate
fare.
The bill provides that street railroad
companies shall sell forty tickets for q
dollar to school children. and that
school chfldFea" 10 q term to be ap-
Piled only between the ages Of six and
ported by the committee. provides the
hours when these tickets must be &C
cspted al between 1880 and $50 an.
Transfers would have to be given to
school children riding on these tickets,
and the passengers In every way be en-
titled to the same consideration as II
using full ticket The bill gives the
railroads the right to require written
schools. showing that the child desiring
this rate In q regularly enrolled pupil.
Fines Of not more than q hundred dollars
are specified in the bill for failure to
comply with the proposed act.
Bill Laid on Table.
A peculiar section In the bill to put the
park policemen In the same salary class
with the metropolitan police caused that
bill to be laid upon the table at the COM
mittee meeting today. The park men
have been arguing that they work under
terrific disadvantages. and are under
paid.
Thereupon they presented a bill which
would cure the defects and discrepancies,
1twrrp 3NvA n tMk fvyA
Johnson saw a big flaw in it. In the
paragraph which says that all watch
men employed on government reServa-
tons should be put In the metropolitan
salary class. and should have the power
and perform the duties of regular police
men. Representative Johnson believes
there lies the power to give to all the
watchmen In all the government build
ings in tho District OF Columbia the
same salary and powers as metropolitan
policemen have.
The bill was originally for the express
benefit OF the forty-two park policemen.
but Representative johnson believes the
forty-two would be swelled into hundreds
under the paragraph.
The old fight of the suburbanites on the
Commissioners In the matter of taking
away electric lights from the roads was
heard In faint. echo at the meeting this
morning, when the committee decided to
report q bill to replace the lights on
to Butternut street. A long petition with
scores Of names was In evidence at the
meeting, showing the need for lights.
osteopath Bill Reported.
The bill to regulate the practice of
osteopathy-in the District was reported.
It puts osteopathy on the same plane In
the eyes Of the law az any other school
Of medicine. The ether schools had a
terrific battle with the proposition before
1t reached Congress. and have opposed it
In committee.
The dentists also have been having
trouble With the men OF that craft who
persist in painting huge painless den-
list ads all over building. A bill to
regulate dentistry WAS given to the COM
mittee, but it really regulates dental ad-
verttstng. The bill has had several teeth
drawn and some new ones inserted. AMI
the committee finally appointed Repre-
sentative johnson and Representative
Prouty as q subcommittee to- examine the
latest product Of the lawmakers In the
shape Of q draft of q bill to regulate this
branch Of curative science.