The Washington herald., 1913-01-09
INAUGURAL BILL
IS INTRODUCED
Representative Sheppard
Asks Use Of Pension Build
ing for the Big Ball.
$4,000 IN MONEY ASKED
Usual Privileges Of All Kinds Are
Included in Joint
Resolution.
$4,000 IN MONEY ASKED

Representative Sheppard of Texas,
chairman OF the House Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, yester-
day introduced joint resolution. author
izing the use of the Pension Building for
for the preservation of order during the
inaugural festivities, and granting the
usual privileges to the committee in
charge OF the celebration.
In the first section of the resolution
the Secretary Of the Interior is author
lied and directed to grant ''the use OF
the Pension Building in the city OF
Washington except such rooms therein
as are used and occupied for the pay
ment of pensions" The period OF the use
OF the building is made discretionary
with the Secretary OF the Interior.
For the erection OF stands, under the
supervision of the Commissioners on
plans approved by the Engineer Com
missioner, the superintendent Of public
buildings and grounds and the super
intendent of the Capitol building and
grounds. the Secretary of War, and the
Commissioners are authorized TO des-
ignate such places as may be used with
out injury.
BY section 3 the Commi ssioners are au-
thorized to permit the committee on
illumination Of the inaugural committee
to stretch suitable overhead conductors
of electricity, properly supported and IN
the nearest practicable connection with
the present supply OF light Such con-
ductors are not to be used after March
S, and they must be removed by
March IS
other Regulations.
Section ( provides that $4,000 be ap-
propriated, half from the revenues of the
District, for the maintenance OF order
and the preservation Of life and property.
The Commissioners are directed to make
all reasonsble regulations. including spe-
cial regulations fixing fares for public
conveyances and governing the operation
and movement OF vehicles. Such regu-
latIons are 10 go In force one week prior
to March 4. and are to remain In force
during the week following that date.
The concluding section OF the resolu-
tlon authorizes the Commissioners to
permit the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies to extend overhead
wires into the Pension Building and to
such points along the line of the parade
as shall he deemed convenient by the
chief marshal
All of the fifty members of the COM
mittee on public comfort except three
now absent from the city greeted Chair
man NJ. I. Weller at the first meeting
of the committee at headquarters in the
United States Trust Company Building
last night. The plans for housing militia
were thoroughly discussed. and it was
decided that besides the buildings owned
by the government between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Streets south OF
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. as
many vacant stores and other buildings
as possible would he used II they are
not sufficient application will be made
to the Board Of Education for use OF the
school buildings. II the board cannot
grant the use of the school buildings ap-
plicatiOn will be made to Congress. That
the government will grant use Of its un-
occupied buildings Is practically assured.
The total subscriptions TO the in
augural fund amounted TO s73.7 rs
The new subscriptions announced were
John H. ClapP. 500: J. Cpshur Moore
head. 500: B. II. Stinemetz & Sons Co.
$50: Murray A Cobb. $50: c. \. Muddi-
man & Co. $50; W. II. Rapley, 500: B.
l.. Dulaney, IS; W. F. Roberts Co. Inc.
$500; c. f. Galliher. 800: w. T. Galliher.
800: the Shoemaker Company, 500:
smoot & Jelieff. Incorporated, 500: c. V.
Wheeler, $3.50.