Evening star., 1923-03-04
HOPES ABANDONED
ON TEACHERS PAY
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war.
The building is to be erected on the
site. part OF which is now occupied by
the Red Cross building. which is a
memorial to the women OF the civil war
100000. of which the federal govern
ment is to pay not more than s150.000.
No appropriation is to be made this
year by the federal government, the
bill merely authorizing the work SO
! that the Red Cross may go ahead with
its collection from other contributors
and prepare it's plans for the new build
ing. The building, when erected. will
be model chapter house. to be occu-
pied by the District OF Columbia chap
ter.
Switching Bill to Conference.
Shortly before = o'clock this morn
ing, on motion OF Representative
Zihlman of Maryland, the House sent
70 conference the measure known as
the zihlman switching bill, which
was passed by the House in Septem-
ber and passed by the Senate with
amendments a few minutes before.
terminal facilities for freight traffic
adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio
yards. The purpose of the bill is to
reduce freight charges on heavy COM
modities, especially coal. 1t provides
for reasonable switching charges be-
tween railroads over each others
tracks. and in the event that a rea-
sonahle rate cannot be agreed upon
the rate shall be fixed by the Inter
House disagreed on the Senate
amendment.
Traffic Probe Urged.
The Robinson amendment for an
investigation Of traffic conditions
provides that the investigation shall
be made, particularly with refer
ence to accidents and damages TO
persons and property, and the most
reliable means for protecting the
provides that a report shall be made
by the committee or subcommittee to
the Senate next December.
Mckinley Blocks Traction Probe.
When the McKellar resolution. pro-
viding for investigation of street car
fares in the District Of Columbia was
reached on the Senate calendar. SEN
ator Mckinley Of Illinois objected to
its consideration. Senator Mckeliar
appealed to the Illinois senator to
withdraw his objection, but Senator
Mckinley declined, saying that there
are volumes of testimony and evi-
dence now before the Public Utilities
Commission which are available II
desired. without a new investigation.
Previous to consideration OF Sen
ator McKellar's bill. he said last
night that if the Senate failed to
adopt his resolution he predicted the
next Congress would put through a
bill reducing the fares TO cents
anyway.
"And after we have reduced the
fares to cents" said Senator Nickel
lar, then the street railways may
ask for an investigation"
The Senate. after midnight. passed
a House bill providing for the dis
solving of the Colored Benevolent As
ISOLATION Of the District. the owner
of two cemetery sites here. one Of
which never was used for burial pur-
poses. The bill provides for the ap-
! pointment of trustees. who shall re-
! move the remaining bodies from the
other site to an approved place. They
shall then dispose Of the property and
distribute the proceeds among the
1
| ton.
| A bill passed by the Senate early this
morning. and already passed by the
! House. provides for thu sale by the
| District Commissioners of land ac-
| Qutred IN 1859 for school sites but
! which has never been used for that
| purpose. near Goth and Jackson
| streets.
Alley Change Fails.
The alley dwellers in Washington.
variously estimated from 10000 to
$4,000 persons, in all likelihood will
be compelled, under the law, to vacate
| the alley dwellings on June l. Con-
gress last night had failed to pass
any legislation extending the time in
which the alley dwellings may be oc-
cupied legally.
On the Senate calendar is a bill
reported by the Senate District COM
mittee authorizing the District Com
missioners to arrange the alley
dwellings in three zones, the first
zone to be vacated June l, 1928; the
second to be vacated June 1, 1924,
and the third to be vacated June /,
1926. At late hour last night there
on this measure, and the fact that 1t
also will have to be acted upon by
the House strengthened the belief that
this legislation would fail.
Some Of the members Of Congress
have felt that If the time was post
poned for the vacation Of the alley
dwellings the alley dwellers never
would move out. Among these Is
Senator Jones Of Washington, a mem
ber of the District committee. He
said last night that he was willing
to agree to the coming proposition,
but that he was opposed to granting
any more blanket extensions of time.
He added that he thought the people
who now live in the alleys would be
able to find places to live elsewhere
and that he was strongly In favor
of closing UP these alley dwellings.
The original act proposing to close
up the alley dwellings was passed in
September, 1914. The time has been
extended, however, from Congress to
Congress, largely due to the congest-
ed conditions that arose here during
whether the District authorities
will move to compel the eviction of
the alley dwellers June 1, IL Congress
makes no provision extending the
time for the use Of the alley DWELL
tnpa remains to he seen.