Evening star., 1923-01-25
D. c. FINANCIAL BILL,
CARRYING S24, ,469, 1886,
PASSED BY SENATE
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which would give them a fair return
on their investment, and by that law
! had repealed the old contracts of the
companies for hVe-cent fares, Senator
Mckellar said:
I'VE have a Public Utilities Com
mission which is virtually a part of
the street car company. 1t does not
represent the people. but the car com
panies. When the law was passed. it
was supposed that the commission
would reduce fares. Instead of that
it has boosted them. This article
says that the Public Utilities Com
mission announces that it is willing
to resign and let somebody else tackle
this question. They ought to resign.
They have no place there. They owe
it to themselves and the people 10 re-
sign
wadsworth Appeals Ruling.
Senator Wadsworth of New York
appealed from the decision Of the
chair. He said that he knew nothing
about the merits of the controversy
over the street railway fares. but if
the decision of the chair should stand
it would create Il bad precedent. SEN
ator Smoot of Utah agreed with SEN
! ator Wadsworth. as did Senator Len
root of Wisconsin.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona upheld
the Mcclellan amendment and de-
IL
the people of the National Capital to
be exploited. In no other city are
the people so exploited as here where
exorbitant prices are charged for gas.
electricity and telephones"
Senator Mcclellan modified his
anne ndment by striking out the part
which said that after February 1,
1928. the street car companies shall
receive a rate of fare not exceeding
| 5 cents a passenger. and six tickets
shall be sold for % cents.
| Vice President OverruIed
| At l o'clock, in accordance with the
| agreement 10 end debate on the Dis
| trict bill and all amendments, a vote
was taken on the appeal of Senator
| Wadsworth. from the decision of the
| Vice President holding the McKellar
amendment in order. The Senate. by
a vote of 36 to 81. overruled the Vice
| President, and the McKellar amend
nent was lost. through being held out
of order.
The next amendment to come up
for vote was the committee amend
ment providing for the purchase OF
| seventy acres in the so-called Pat
terson tract for park purposes. This
was adopted, on viva-voce vote.
The Mcclellan amendment propos-
| ing to strike from the bill items for
purchase and maintenance of passen-
/ ger automobiles for the use of Dis
| taken up. to be voted on en- bloc.
Senator Mcclellan has contended that
automobiles are being used in the
| District by federal officials as well
as District officials in a wastefuI
and eXtravagant way. He demanded
a record vote on his amendment
Without dissenting vote, the Senate
yesterday afternoon added an amend
| ment offered by the appropriations com
mittee increasing the appropriation for
public school buildings and sites $780,
| 000
The House appropriation carried $780,
600, which. with the additional S760, 900
made by the Senate yesterday, brings
the total addition to 1,460, 900.
An amendment proposed by the COM
mittee, providing for a new $500, 900
building in Judiciary Square to house
the recorder of deeds office, the Munich
pal Court and the Juvenile Court, was
also adopted
The committee amendment providing
$4,000 for the purchase of a site for the
brench of the free public library in
Mount Pleasant was adopted.
Girls Training school.
,, Another amendment adopted repeals
existing law placing the proposed home
of the feeble-minded at Blue Plains.
D. c., and authorizes its location on
some other site, either in the District,
Virginia or Maryland.
Another amendment, adopted. au-
thorizes the board of trustees of the
National Training School for Girls
to purchase tract of land of not
more than 160 acres in the District.
Maryland or Virginia, and to erect
thereon two buildings for that insti-
tuition. The sum of $4,000 is appro-
priated.
The amendment providing for new
school buildings and sites adopted by
the Senate is as follows:
For the purchase Of a site for
sixteen-room building between
Georgia avenue and 18th street north
west. north of Park road. 100000.
For the erection of an eight-room
extensible building on site to be
purchased in the vicinity of Georgia
north of Park road, 100000.
New Building Provided.
For the erection of an eight-room
bination assembly hall and gymnasi-
um on a site to be purchased in the
vicinity of and to relieve the Tenley
School, $160.000
For beginning the erection of a
sixteen-room building to replace the
old John NJ. Cook School, 100000.
and the Commissioners are authorized
to enter into contracts for such
building at a cost not to exceed
$250.00
s'For the purchase of a new site on
which to locate a junior high school,
between Goth street and Rock Creek and
X and o streets northwest, or vicinity,
| $50. 900.
! '.For the purchase of land adjoin-
ing the Ludlow School, $4,000.
For the purchase of site on which
to locate a Junior high school, north
of Lincoln Park, $50. 000
For the purchase of land adjoining
the Dunbar High School, 100000.
For the purchase of site near
the RrightwoOd School on which to