Evening star., 1927-02-08
VOTES TO ELIMINATE
AQUEDUCT BRIDGE
Senate Sends Bill to House
Authorizing Removal of
Old Structure.

Complete removal Of the old Aque
duct Bridge. which was closed upor
completion of Key Bridge, is provided
for in a bill passed by the Senate las'
night and sent to the House for Its
concurrence.
The Senate also gave its approval al
the night session to a number of Other
local measures, namely: y bill to raise
the standards Of the practice of phar
macy, to authorize the widening of {
street between North Carolina avenue
and Twenty y-first street northeast, anC
q bill to empower the traffic director
to issue operator permits without
charge to enlisted men of the Army
Navy. Marine Corps and Coast Guard
who are required to operate Govern
ment vehicles.
Recreation Pier Plea Ignored.
For a number of years citizens OF
Georgetown have been considering the
possibility of retaining a short section
of the old Aqueduct Bridge at the Dis
trict end of the structure for use as q
recreation pier. The bill which passed
the Senate last night at the request
of the Secretary of War makes M
reference to a recreation pier. 1t au
thorizeS an appropriation of $22S, 900 tc
cover the cost of removal of the
structure and provides that any bal
ance may be applied to such protection
and Improvement work on the Virginia
side as may be deemed necessary tC
make sure that the surrounding con
ditions, after the removal of the old
bridge, shall harmonic with the de
sign of the new structure.
The Secretary Of War reported to
Congress that the piers of the old
Aqueduct Bridge are in bad condition
The Key Bridge piers were designed
TO minimize the danger of ice foes,
but the closely spaced piers of the
old AQueduct tend to catch ice, and
the combination of the two structures
increases this danger, the Secretary OF
War said.
Pharmacy Bill o. KID.
The pharmacy bill, which also must
be approved by the House, would
require a prospective pharmacist to be
q graduate of an accredited school or
college of pharmacy and possess three
years, practical experience to obtain a
license. The existing law gives the
student the option of four years, expert
ence in a drug store or three years
experience and a college education.
The proposed law would give the
pharmacy board a method of checking
on the qualifications of pharmacists
by requiring them to renew their
registration every three years. The
bill also increases the license fee.
Street Widening Proposal.
The c street widening measure is
to enable the Commissioners TO pro-
vide a suitable approach to the Ana
costa Park. Instead of extending
North Carolina avenue from its pres
ent terminus at Sixteenth and c
streets northeast to the Benning ave-
nue. approach to the park, as contem-
plated by the original plan, the Conn
missioners propose to widen c street
as an extension of North Carolina
avenue. j.
The bill. which requires House ac-
ton, contemplates making C street
160 feet wide, which will provide a
boulevard entrance to the park.
The action of the Senate last night
leaves only few District bills on
the calendar, including the chiroprac-
tors licensing measure. a bill to
amend the architects licensing law
and two Of the bills passed by the
House to regulate the practice of legal
guardians for incompetent persons in
the District