PAYMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. JUNE 2, 1906.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. GALLINGER, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 4317.] The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 4317) to provide for the payment of certain claims against the District of Columbia in accordance with the act of Congress approved January 26, 1897, and as amended July 19, 1897, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass. A substantially similar bill (S. 3532) was favorably reported by your committee and passed by the Senate during the Fifty-eighth Congress. The bill has the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as will appear by the following communications: OFFICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, May 31, 1906. DEAR SIR: The Commissioners recommend favorable action upon Senate bill 4317, of the present session, entitled "A bill to provide for the payment of certain claims against the District of Columbia in accordance with the act of Congress approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and as amended July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven," which was referred to them at your instance for examination and report. This bill accords substantially with Senate bill 3532, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, as modified by certain amendments, which the Commissioners recommended in their letter of March 8, 1904, a copy of which is herewith transmitted. Very respectfully, Hon. J. H. GALLINGER, HENRY B. F. MACFARLAND, President Board of Commissioners District of Columbia. Chairman of Committee on District of Columbia, United States Senate. OFFICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DEAR SIR: The Commissioners have the honor to recommend favorable action upon Senate bill 3532 "to provide for the payment of certain claims against the District of Columbia, in accordance with the act of Congress approved July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven," which was referred to them at your instance for a statement of their views thereon, provided that the bill be first amended as follows: Amend the title to read as follows: "To provide for the payment of certain claims against the District of Columbia, in accordance with the acts of Congress approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and as amended July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven." Line 6, page 1, after the word “approved," insert "January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and as amended." Line 4, page 2, after the name Theodore J. Stello, insert "upon proof of their." Line 9, page 2, insert at the beginning of the line “upʊn proof of their.” Line 12, page 2, after the name of Rosa Hasse, insert "upon proof of their.” Line 16, page 2, after the name of Ida V. Reed, insert "upon proof of their." Line 20, page 2, at the beginning of the line insert "upon proof of her being the." Line 3, page 3, after the name of George J. Stinzing, insert "upon proof of their." Line 10, page 3, after the word "him," insert "and the total amount of allowances, not to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars." Line 15, page 3, after the word "services," insert “which shall not exceed three hundred dollars." Line 16, page 3, after the word "same," insert "which shall not exceed two hundred and fifty dollars." A copy of the bill modified as recommended is herewith inclosed. In view of the fact that nearly three hundred claimants for damages resulting from the injury to or destruction of private property in the tearing down of the Northern Liberty Market have had their claims adjudicated and paid, it would seem that the eight persons named in this bill who also claim to be entitled to damages and who could not, for substantial reasons, previously make good their claims, should be entitled to their day in court. Very respectfully, Hon. J. H. GALLINGER, HENRY B. F. MACFARLAND, President Board of Commissioners District of Columbia. Chairman Committee on District of Columbia, United States Senate. CHANGING NAMES OF BRIGHTWOOD AND GEORGIA AVENUES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. JUNE 2, 1906.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. GALLINGER, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 5868.] The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5868) to change the name of North Capitol street to Georgia avenue, having considered the same report thereon with a recommendation that it pass after being amended as follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and substitute therefor the following: That the street in the District of Columbia now known and designated as Brightwood avenue shall hereafter be known and designated as Georgia avenue, and the street now known and designated as Georgia avenue shall hereafter be known and designated as avenue. Also amend the title so as to read: "A bill changing the names of Brightwood avenue and Georgia avenue." The bill was referred to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, whose report thereon is as follows: EXECUTIVE OFFICE, COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, SENATOR: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have the honor to submit the following on Senate bill 5868, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session, "To change the name of North Capitol street to Georgla avenue," which you referred to them for report touching the merits of the bill and the propriety of its passage: The Commissioners do not recommend favorable action on this bill for the reason that North Capitol street, East Capitol street, and South Capitol street were the original names given to certain streets within the city of Washington when it was laid out, the names indicating the places where the numbers were changed from east to west and from north to south. If one of these streets is changed it would seem desirable to change the others, but this, it is thought, would not be as satisfactory an arrangement as now exists. Moreover, North Capitol street is built up practically from one end to the other, and it would necessitate considerable expense and considerable inconvenience to make the change proposed. The name "Georgia avenue " is now given to a street in the southeast section of the city about 3 miles long, and although a large part of it is not yet built up it is thought that in time to come it will be a much more important and attractive street than it now is. At the same time the Commissioners realize that it may be desirable to give the name "Georgia avenue" to a more important thoroughfare. All of the avenues in the city are named after the States of the Union, and the Commissioners would suggest that under these conditions the name "Georgia avenue" might be given to one of the larger highways outside the city not already named after a State; for example, Brightwood avenue, or old Seventh street road, which runs from Florida avenue to the District line, and is one of the most important and longest thoroughfares in the District. Other avenues suggested are Bladensburg road, running from Fifteenth and H streets NE. to the District line; Benning road, running from Fifteenth and H streets NE. eastwardly to the Anacostia River, or Nichols avenue, running from Anacostia southward. Brightwood avenue is by far the most important of these thoroughfares. Very respectfully, Hon. J. H. GALLINGER, HENRY B. F. MACFARLAND, President Board of Commissioners District of Columbia. Chairman Committee on District of Columbia, United States Senate. EXTENSION OF W AND ADAMS STREETS NW. JUNE 2, 1906.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. BURKETT, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following ADVERSE REPORT. [To accompany S. 5033.] The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5033) authorizing the extension of W and Adams streets NW., Washington, D. C., report the same back with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed, another bill, to wit, S. 5119, covering substantially the same objects, having been recommended by the committee for passage. |