Evening star., 1924-05-21
MANY D. C. MEASURES
0. KID BY committee
Senate Group Orders Favorable Re-
port on Capper Compulsory
School Bill.
PARKWAY WINS APPROVAL
Regulation of Milk Bottle Traffic
Is Favored.

Inc Capper Dill Tor com pulSOry ed
ucation and a school census in the
District of Columbia was ordered
favorably reported to the Senate to-
day by the Senate District commit
tee, along with eight other District
bills. The compulsory school educa-
ton bill is similar to a measure IA
vorably reported to the Senate dur
ing the last Congress.
Another important bin ordered re-
ported to the Senate proposes to reg
ulate the traffic in and the use of
milk bottles and other containers of
milk and cream in the District of CO.
lumbia The bill provides that each
such container must carry the name
of the distributor of the milk or
cream and that no one else shall fill
any such container for sale and dis
tribution of milk. The District Com
missioners. in recommending favor
able action on this bill, point out
that it will aid the health department
in tracing diseases sometimes carried
in milk.
Parkway Bill Approved.
A third bill ordered favorably re-
ported authorizes the necessary sur
vey and preparation of plan of a
proposed parkway to connect the old
civil war forts in the District of Co
lumbia, including Fort Greble, Fort
Lincoln. Fort Carroll, Battery Rick
Baker. Fort Davis, Fort Dupont, Fort
Shaplin. "A Battery, Fort Mahan, Fort
Bunker Hill, Fort Totten. Fort Slo-
cum, Fort Stevens, Fort DE RusSey,
Fort Byard. Battery kemble, Battery
Vermont and Battery Parrot. An es-
innate is to be made of the cost OF the
requirement of the necessary prop
erty for such a parkway and also the
cost of the old forts that are not now
owned by the United States.
street Closing Approved.
Another bill ordered favorably re-
ported would authorize the District
Commissioners to close certain streets.
roads or highways in the District rem
dered useless or unnecessary by rea-
son of the opening. extension, widen
ing or Strengthening of other streets,
roads or highways. The bill author
cifically Broad Branch road. between
Jocelyn and 31st streets; Piney
Branch road. between Spring road
and Blair road; Pierce Mill road, be-
tween Tilden street and Wisconsin
avenue; Belt road. between Wisconsin
avenue and Chevy Chase Circle. Col
fax street. through square 712:
Queens Chapel road. between Bla-
densburg road and Irving street;
Grand road. between Wisconsin ave-
nue. and Connecticut avenue. The
bill authorizes the Commissioners to
close such other streets, roads or
highways or parts thereof as may in
the judgment of the Commissioners
become useless or unnecessary by
reason of the opening of other streets
1t is provided, however that the til
tie to parts of the streets so closed
shall revert to the abutting property
owners. and that the consent of the
owners of all the property abutting
on the street or road proposed to be
closed shall first be obtained.
Two bills relating to the office of
the recorder of deeds were ordered
favora.bly reported, one authorizing
the appointment of a second deputy
recorder of deeds at salary of So, 900
year, and the other amending the
act relating to the recording of chat
tel trusts, so as to dispense with the
present requirement that these in
struments shall be copied
Howard University Bill Carried.
The committee also ordered y ia
Yorabie report on bill to enable
the trustees of Howard University to
develop an athletic field. They would
be authorized to acquire SO much of
square 3O59 as is not now owned by
the university, also $500 square feet
in square 3057
Fairmont and Girard streets may be
closed and that the Secretary of War
shall reconvey to the university
trustees a triangular plot of land now
included in Mcmillan Park, at the
same price that was paid by the gov
ernment for the land.
Under the terms of another bill re-
ported favorably, the act regulating
height of buildings in the District
would be amended so as to permit the
erection of an addition to the Har-
rington Hotel at height which ex-
ceeds that now authorized by law.