Evening star., 1916-08-02

navy, the Engineer Commissioner OF
the District Of Columbia. the munici.
pal architect and the superintendent
in accordance with plans and specif1-
cations prepared under the authority
contained in'the District of Columbia
appropriation act for the fiscal year
1915. $15O000, and the limit OF cost
of the construction of said hospital and
accessory buildings is hereby nxed at
s50o.o Provided, That the conclu-
sion reached by said commission on
the question OF location OF sala nos.
pital shall be final and conclusive;
Provided further, That said hospltal
shall be constructed with view to
making future additions IL the exisen-
cies shall demand, and the provision
contained in the District of Columbia
appropriation act for 1915. which pro-
vides that the hospital shall be located
and erected on the site now owned py
the District of Columbia at 14th ana
upshur streets, is hereby repea,eo; n
the 14th and Upshur streets site Is
hereby forbidden"
Senator Lee Leads Attack.
Senator Lee of Maryland led the at
tack upon the proposal to place the
hospital at 14th and Upshur streets
He offered an amendment which would
have compelled the placing Of the hos
pital on reservation No. 13. where the
Washington Asylum Hospital Is now
located. His amendment was defeated,
however, by a vote OF 34 to 25.
The arguments advanced by Senator
Lee and others who opposed the loca-
tion of the new hospital at 14th ana
Upshur streets were to the erect that
there were thousands of modest homes
in the neighborhood of that site which
would be injured in value by the loca-
ton of the municipal hospital at the
point designated.
The Senate also adopted the commit
tee amendment providing for the pur-
chase of the Dean tract at Connecticut
and Florida avenues for a public park.
at a cost not to exceed $625,000.
Traffic on Conduit Road.
An amendment offered by Senator
Smith of Maryland was adopted. pro-
viding traffic regulations for the Con-
duit road, as follows:
THE chief of engineers of the War
Department is authorized and empow-
cred to enforce the following regula-
tions of traffic for the protection OF
the Washington aqueduct and fltra-
ton plant and their accessories. In
cluding Conduit road: No vehicle shall
exceed speed of twenty miles per
hour, no reckless or careless driving
shall be permitted and drivers of all
vehicles shall conform to the generally
accepted rules for the use of public
roads. as to passing to the right. sig
mailing desire to pass, etc. and all
vehicles using this road shall carry
and display the lights specified by mu-
nicipal regulations for vehicles within
the District of Columbia, and all such
lights shall be so dimmed or masked
as to obviate any binding effect upon
travellers on the road; and any VIOLA
tion of the above regulations shall con-
stitute an offense upon conviction for
which the party or parties offending
shall be punished by fine Of not less
than 81 nor more than $40: Provided.
That for violations of said regulation
committed within the District of CO.
lumbia prosecutions shall be main
tainable in the United States branch Of
the Police Court of the District of Co
lumbia, and for such violations COM
mitted in the state of Maryland prose-
cutions shall be maintainable in the
United States district court for the
state of Maryland: and the said courts
are severally vested with Jurisdiction
for this purpose"
Readjusts Zoo Park Boundaries.
Senator Stone of Missouri offered an
amendment. which was adopted. pro-
viding for the acquisition by the gov
ernment of a strip OF property between
Connecticut avenue and the boundary
of the Geological Park as follows:
"Readjustment Of National Geological
Park boundaries: For acquiring, in
accordance with the provisions of the
sundry civil act approved June 23, 1919,
for the condemnation of land for an ad-
dition to the National Geological Park
all the lots. pieces or parcels OF land.
other than the one therein excepted.
that lie between the present western
boundary of the National Geological
Park and Connecticut avenue. from Ca
thedral avenue to Klingle road, $685.
441.43, together with the sum of $107, 200
appropriated for this purpose by the
sundry civil act approved June 20, 1913
which Is hereby reappropriated. both
sums to be available until used, and
said land, when acquired. together with
the included highways. to be added to
and become a part of the National
Geological Park; insall, $175.64143"
To Purchase Additional Strip.
The Senate adopted an amendment
Of Senator Brady Of Idaho, who was abb
sent. providing for the acquisition. for
park purposes. of the Klingle Ford VAL
ley strip, at a cost Of S164349
Senator Newlands of Nevada called
up his amendment providing for the
appointment of a commission of en-
gineer officers to act in conjunction
with the fine arts commission in plan
ming the development mmercially and
artistically Of the Washington water
front. 1t was pending when the Senate
took recess until today.
Decisive Vote on Half-and-Half.
The decisive vote by which the Senate
yesterday determined to retain the half
and-half plan of appropriating for the
District makes it certain. in the opinion
Of friends Of the present system of car
ing fo- :he capitals expenditures, that the
half-ane-half will be retained in the law.
The matter will have to be fought out in
conference between the two houses, how
ever. The vote in the Senate stood AZ
to is in favor of retaining the half-and- i
half plan-almost three to one In the
House the vote on the half-and-half was
comparatively close, the majority against
the half-and-half being very much ajler
in that body than it was year ago.
The record vote on the half-and- ha n
plan In the Senate was as foIIous.