Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-11
|b|LLSFOR DISTRICT
| PENDING IN SENATE
Committee Soon to Take Up
Many Measures of Local
Interest.
CHAIRMAN SMITH PLANS
TO MAKE TOUR OF CITY
Desires to Get First Hand Informa-
ton Respecting the Projected
Improvements.

The Senate District committee is pre-
pairing to get down to work upon Dis
trict matters. Senator Smith of Mary
land. the new chairman of the committee,
plans to make a series Of special trips in
his automobile over all parts of the Ma
tional Capital so that he will have first
hand information regarding actual condi-
tons with which his committee will have
| to wrestle.
Already the committee has before it for
its consideration thirty-six District bills
and resolutions. 1t has been granted the
power to hold hearings, summon and
swear witnesses and perform other activi-
| ties of a Senate standing committee.
| The subcommittee on the investigation
of the charges that the woman suffrage
paraders were not given proper police
| protection March 3 DISTINGUISHING of
Senators Jones, Dillingham; and Pomer
| ene-will be continued without change,
and it Is expected that the investigation
will be resumed again early next week.
Among the District bills which have
been introduced are several of great i'm
portance to the District. large ma
| jority of these measures were up at the
last session, and some of them passed the
Senate, but failed to receive considera
| ton in the House.
New Armory for National Guard.
| One District measure introduced by
Senator Sutherland has been referred to
| the committee on public buildings and
grounds. 1t calls for the erection of
new armory for the District National
| Guard and is similar to the measure
which was incorporated in the public
buildings bill last Congress. but which
was stricken out in conference between
| the Senate and House.
The bills now before the Senate District
| committee are:
To amend an act to, require the cree
| ton Of fire escapes in certain buildings
| in the District, so as to make more safe
| elevator shafts and stairways, and also to
| exempt certain buildings.
| For the relief of Charlotte ]. Pile, East
mond P. Green and Easie c. Gandell.
owners of property damaged by the
| change of grade due to the construction
| of the Union station.
| To provide for annual assessments of
| real estate in the District.
To authorize the widening and opening
of Rhode Island avenue from 4th street
| east to the District line.
| To authorize the extension OF 10Th
street southeast and of White place.
Cancels Overdue Personal Taxes. :.
Providing for the cancellation Of GER
tain overdue personal taxes in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the taxes being arrear-
ages for five years or more.
To amend section $50 of the code of law
for the District relating to notaries pub
lie.
To provide a penalty for the omission
to return property of the Library Of
Congress- the Public Library or any other
| public or incorporated library in the Dis
| tric wi notice
writing to return the property has been
given.
: To establish a home for feeble minded
imbecile and idiotic children in the Dis
.trict.
To authorize the widening and extern
sion of Spring road northwest.
To redeem outstanding certificate
of Indebtedness issued by the late board
of audit of the District, the certificate
being number la (sewer taxi.
To regulate the practice of dentistry
in the District.
To authorize the opening. widening
and extension of highways within and
adjacent to the subdivision of the Barry
farm
, To authorize changes in the plan for
the permanent system OF highways for
that portion of the District lying west
of 18th street. south of Taylor street. east
, of Rock Creek Park, and north of New
ton street northwest.
To authorize the surveyor of the Dis
: trlct to ADOPT the system Oh designating
land in the District in force in the Office
of the assessor of the District.
, To authorize the extension OF Grant
street northeast and Deane avenue north
east, from Minnesota avenue to 5Sth
street.
Proposed Highway Plan.
f To authorize a new highway plan for
| that portion of the District Of Columbia
, lying between Van Buren, street on the
north, Georgia avenue on the east, Mich
olson street on the south, and Rock
!, Creek Park on the west.
| To provide for the extension of Blu
: chanan street northwest, between Piney
Branch road and 10th street. and the
, abandonment of Piney Branch road be-
tween Allison street and Buchanon street