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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1909
Page
18
Several measures referred to subcommittees include provisions for a Public Utilities Commission in the District and propose law changes affecting liquor traffic in the capital. The action signals early stages of legislative review and possible public utility oversight.
The report covers Senate passage and House introductions on district matters including buying park tracts in Carpenter and Pennsylvania Avenue Heights, extending Franklin Street northeast, prohibiting officials from owning public service stock, locating a Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad substation, and related bills on taxes, utilities, and municipal codes. The record notes committee actions, referrals, and some failed or pending measures across public works, education, and governance.
Senate records slate urgent deficiency appropriation bill set for Monday while Congress reviews the Lincoln Highway memorial project funds. President transmits national conservation commission report. Treasury expenditures from emergency fund noted. House votes on naval and district measures. committees list district and public works topics and chairmanships.
Representative Sims of Tennessee resumes push for a bill to bar District government officials and Congress members from owning stocks and bonds in public service corporations. The District and Judiciary committees referenced the measure. the bill was tabled by the District committee at its Thursday meeting.
The House committee on appropriations reports a fortifications bill with a total next year of 7.92 million dollars, far short of the 500 thousand for military aeronautics. Coast defense sums include 17 thousand for sea coast batteries in the Philippines and 7100 for sea walls at Fort Prethela Galveston. Modernization funds drop to 14 thousand, with freon stations and instruments reduced to 4705 to protect Pensacola forts. The War Department faces 4705 for control stations, while the Fort Myer tests rely on funds from the Ordnance Board, whose budget rises from 10 thousand to 100 thousand.
Under the law regulating the casting of the presidential vote about a dozen distinguished men from several states face fines up to $1,000 each. They are messengers chosen to bring to Washington the votes cast in the last election. States must forward two copies, one by messenger and one by mail. Most votes have arrived by mail except Arkansas Mississippi and North Carolina which sent by messenger. Several states have yet to deliver by the fourth Monday in January and penalties apply for noncompliance. Mississippi is the only state whose vote has not arrived by either method.
A public report urges repeated calls to reform homestead and desert land laws, regulate public grazing, and separate surface rights from subsurface rights. It proposes withdrawing coal oil gas and phosphate rights from entry, creating a mines bureau, and authorizing $60,000 for the commission. The document details mineral output in 1907, waste, and dire forecasts for coal iron ore petroleum and natural gas reserves. It advocates a defined national land policy emphasizing conservation, reforestation, and efficient use of water power.
In the Senate, Mr. Dicks Lincoln centennial birth day resolution was adopted with amendments proposing a highway to Gettysburg called The Lincoln Way. Debates over memorial form, eminent domain, and links to Manassas and Richmond followed. Amendments by McLauren and Bacon were defeated. Bailey opposed federal eminent domain.
Professor John Joly of the University of Dublin presents a new theory in Harper's about radium being the source of the earth’s heat. He outlines his position in the February issue, offering a bold, intensely interesting hypothesis.
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