Transit Tax Fails Sweep in Madden Bill at Hearing
District commissioners favor universal transfers but oppose raising street railway tax to 20 percent of gross earnings. They back a 6 percent cap and reject 25 tickets for a dollar while urging reciprocal transfers and adjusted service schedules for DC rail lines. They note suburban traffic limits frequent runs and call for favorable action on a companion control bill.
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Madden and Wiley
Madden
Wiley
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Georgetown
Fenminllytown
Brightwood Railway Company
City and Suburban Railway Company
Anncoatia
Potomac River Railroad Company
Chevy Chage
Capital Traction Company
District of Columbia
Demurrage plea prompts federal action call
The President heard an appeal by the National Reciprocal Demurrage Convention's executive committee led by Victor H. Beckman of Seattle. They urged federal legislation for reciprocal demurrage to fix equipment shortages and car delays, saying lumber trade suffers most. The committee pledged to meet again with the President and Interstate Commerce Commission members to press the issue.
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Chicago
Victor H. Beckman
Seattle
Wash
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Canal Wore Delayed Bid Protests May Follow Award
Bids for the Panama Canal completion contract have not yet produced a formal award document. Isthmian Canal Commission officials say bids are being examined for irregularities and bidder financial responsibility. Intimations arise that some bidders will protest the award to the lowest bidder bloc. President entertains at luncheon with Cortelou Bliss and Root as guests.
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Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
District gas price report supports 75 cent rate
The District Commissioners report to House District Committee recommends lowering the gas price to 75 cents per thousand cubic feet if a fair return is ensured for the gas companies. They note citizens favor a low price but demand verified cost data before opinion. They lack technical authority to set the exact fair price without expert input.
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District of Columbia
Georgetown
Georgetown Gas Light Company
Districts of Columbua
District gas cost reporting urged by commissioners
Commissioners urge Congress to compel district gas suppliers to file annually sworn detailed receipts and expenditures and specify cost elements in gas manufacture and distribution. They seek steps to help determine a fair gas price in the District and to inform expert inquiries for cost assessment. Mexico to get water from Rio Grande treaty signed by Secretary Root and Mexican envoy outlines US rights to use a portion of river waters impounded at El Paso for irrigation on the Mexican side.
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Washington Gas Light Company
District of Columbia
Congress
Root
Senor Davalos
Rio Grande
United States
el Paso
The Value of Charcoal
Charcoal is a safe cleansing remedy for the stomach intestines and breath. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are advertised as the best value with benefits to complexion breath and health. A Buffalo physician endorses daily use and the product costs twenty five cents a box with free trial offers.
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Stuart
Buffalo
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshal, Mich
District debt to shrink as five year plan unfolds
The House heard that federal and district bond financing will drop floating indebtedness. By year five the district expects to be debt free except for a $12,000,000 bonded issue. Funds also target playground sites in Georgetown Northeast and Southwest at totals of 25,000 20,000 and 20,000 respectively.
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Gillett
Massachusetts
Union Station
Connecticut Avenue
United States
Georgetown
House
Foster
Vermont
San Francisco
Secretary Shaw silent on site for new southern sub treasury
Chairman Payne receives Shaw letter on locating the proposed sub treasury in the South. Shaw expresses no city preference among contenders. He favors a Southeast treasury if local interests matter, but says two of the existing subtreasuries should be closed if government interests prevail. He notes map study shows possible sites but does not name a single city.
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Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
Shaw
Treasury
Forest Reserve Bill Push Drives Southern House Meet
Forty House members from Southern states met at the Capitol to map strategy for advancing the Appalachian White Mountain forest reserves bill. They adopted resolutions urging the Speaker to favor consolidation and named a committee including North Carolina Thomas Virginia Saunders South Carolina Lever Tennessee Brownlow Georgia Lee West Virginia Hughes Alabama Heflin Maryland Pearce Kentucky Edwards to lead the effort.
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House
Capitol
White Mountain
Committee of Representatives
North Carolina
Thomas
Virginia
Saunders
South Carolina
Lever
Tennessee
Brownlow
Georgia
Lee
West Virginia
Hughes
Alabama
Heflin
Maryland
Pearce
Kentucky
Edwards
Santo Domingo Debt Hinge on Bacon Vote
Dr J H Hollander of Johns Hopkins reported to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Santo Domingo debt totaling about 31.5 million after adjustments from 22 million. Action on the Santo Domingo treaty may depend on Senator Bacon's forthcoming vote.
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Bacon
J. H. Hollander
Johns Hopkins University
Santo Domingo
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Increases Patentee Rights on Government Use
Senator Knox reported a patent bill authorizing recovery of damages for government use, even without a contract, addressing Supreme Court rulings that patents are property but usable by the government. The Payne bill would levy 20 cent stamps on distilled spirits for taxes. Senator Culpepper introduced a bill to require railroads to promptly furnish cars for all interstate freight, expanding a prior livestock-focused measure.
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Borong
Adams
Pennsylvania
Knox
Committee On Patents
United States
Court of Claima
Supreme Court of Te United States
Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
Subcommittee On Internal Revenue
Culperson Yesterazy
Macomb Street Opening Bill Passes House Action
Senator Gallinger pushed the measure to open Macomb street northwest from Cleveland Heights to Cleveland Park. Condemnation to begin within sixty days with damages and costs assessed by juries. A 209 appropriation covers costs and judgments out of District revenues. Senate also approved incorporating the International Sunday-School Association of America in DC.
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Gallinger
Macomb Street
Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Park
Senate
District of Columbia
International Sunday-Ichool Association of America
Heyburn
Urges arbitration law for wages disputes in mail transport
James R Garfield, Commissioner of Corporations, urged Congress to pass the Townsend bill creating presidential commissions to arbitrate wage or hour conflicts affecting interstate commerce and mail transport. He cited teamsters and Chicago porters strikes as cases where such a commission could have settled disputes earlier and praised publicity for investigations, citing Standard Oil as an example. Independent oil operators reported end of discrimination after reforms.
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Garfield
James R Garfield
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Teamsters
Chicago
Mc Garfield
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Republican National Committee
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