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56TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REPORT
1st Session. No. 1428.
PERMITS FOR PRTVATE CONDUITS IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
MAY 10, 1900.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Mr. BAiBcocK, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, sub-
mitted the following
REPORT.
[To accompany S. i04.]
The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred
the bill(S. 124) regulating permits for private conduits in the District
of Columbia, report the same back to the House with the reconmen-
dation that it do pass.
The following is taken froila the Senate report by Senator McMillan:
The object of the bill is to allow property owners to transmit electricity and steam
from one building to another in the same block by means of conduits in alleys.
This permission is being sought from time to time by persons who desire to secure
economical light and heat by utilizing the facilities that exist within a block. The
committee believe that private citizens in the District of Columbia are entitled to all
the rights and privileges that can be accorded to them without detriment to the pub-
lic interests, and the committee can see no public reason why private conduits
should not be laid in alleys, under such suitable regulation as is provided.
The Commissioners report as follows:
OFFICE COMMISSIONERS op THE DISTranT OF COLUMBIA,
Washington, April 10, 1900.
DrAR SIR: The Commissioners have the honor to transmit herewith a draft of a
bill Regulating permits for private conduits in the District of Columbia, and
recommend the enactment thereof in lieu of Senate bill 124, having the same title,
which was referred to them at your instance for their examination and report.
This bill restricts the laying of the conduits mentioned therein to the alleys within
the limits of squares or blocks. The Commissioners do not believe it advisable to
allow private conduits to be laid in the streets or avenues or other public highway.
The Commissioners further recommend that the draft herewith transmitted be
adopted as a substitute for Senate bill 3414, Authorizing the Dewey Hotel Company
to construct and maintain an electric conduit on Stanton alley, which was also
referred to them at your instance for their views. If the substitute bill should be
adopted it will empower the Commissioners to grant the permission desired by the
said company.
Very respectfully, JON B. WIGHrr,
President Board of Commissioners District of Columbia.
Senator JAMES MCMILLAN,
Chairman Committee on the District of Colunibia.
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