Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1926, Page 21

{ HOUSE CONMITTEE TOQUEZD.C HEADS Grill Proposed to Determine Work Imposed by Public Utilities Act. Commissioners Rudolph and Fen- ning are to he put on the grill before the public utilities subcommittee of the House District how little they the public utill shemt under a 1 Hammer, | ollua, vig- | the prin- himan bl | 11, as- Democrs arously . ~iple involved drafted by Maj =istant to the liny vroviding for a r utilities in Washt is is abso-| C. Pl 5 J. C. N ¢ | Head of 700 chain stores, who has set < | aside $500,000 for the erection and maintenance of an apartment building, to be erected in Green Cove Springs, | Fla. This building, a memorial to his e ihax | purents, will have three-room apart- ken from work in- e public. at it must 1 these public | id then pay it | eriod of years in | M. g the real s held by the | Company In large blocks. Clayton's Argument. Willlam McK. Clayton argued that if tho two = raflway companes issued fewer es to their employes Ve to give a reduced ‘are to school children. o said this reduced fare, should bo established anvway, and then {f the street car ampanfes did not got a fair return on the valuation of thelr properties they could go before the Public Utilitles Commission and get an increase. Fvan H. Tu epresenting the Northeast Washington Citizens' As- aociation, reviewed the history of the ~ffort to establish ‘legislative control aver the public utilitfes in Washing- ‘on, In which he has taken an active said that his ed the Blanton o evidence part since 1850. I association had indo i-cent-fare bill, b ments, and will house 100 aged minis- ters an ves, without any cost of maintenance. to sustain it. The association is op- posed to the Zihiman bill to increase the size of the commission, and fa- ' | vors an independent commission of three members, with a provision .| against change In routes that will interfere with traffic pending ap- proval by the District Commissioners. B. V. Fisher, secretary to the Pub- lic Utilitles Commission, presented a statement as requested by Mr. Ham- mer at the last meetink. He pointed out that the original valuation of pub- lic utilities in Washington covered a long period of time and voluminous testimony published in 40 volumes. Fisher Closely Questioned. Both Mr. Hammer and Mr. Reld questioned Mr. Fisher closely regard- ing how much fafth he thought could be put in valuation based on figures furnished by the companies, which wero to be a basis from which to com- pute thelrs. Mr. Hammer inslsted that the Pub- lic Utllities Commission and it em- ployes are not performing the dutles preseribed in the public utilities act which are being performed by the courts, and charged the corporation counsel with dereliction of duty. Questioned regarding RN AR RCRRATRRRE I’ to coerce money from the public utllity companies to pay for a revaluation of their property, Mr. Fisher admitted that it was preferable that the appro- priation should be made directly by Congress, In discussing the salaries paid to accountants, Mr. Hammer brought out that the chauffeur of Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, head of the Women'’s Police Bureau, gets a salary of $2,100. INCOME TAX RUSH NOW AT FULL TIDE Tomorrow Midnight Closing to See 150,000 Returns if All Are in, Says Tait. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., March 13.—Tbe annual income tax rush swelled to full tide today. Midnight, Monday is the deadline. Over 150,000 returns must be filed by taxpayers in the Maryland distriet, Collector Talt estimiated at close of bueiness today. Lines of walting applicants began to form at the custom house before the doors opened today, and the office remained open until 5 p.m. Collector Tait reiterated his warning that the deadline for persons with Incomes over $6,000 has not been extended. Gold Crown and Bri L tonth, 56 Twen & is my record. guaranteed. Mo Charge for Rowrs: 6 A M. te | great-grandmotherof 84. for the ¥nan Bo Sure You ot Tnte the BiENE Office GERMAN COUPLE PASSES 70TH WEDDING DATE:! Receive Congratulations From Von Hindenburg in Recognition of the Anniversary. By the Aswociated Press. BERLIN, March 13.—President von Hindenburg has sent his congraula- tions on the seventieth. wedding an- niversary of Casper Gucke] and Frau Guckel, residents of Barmen, in the Rhineland. Hale and hearty at 86 and 93, re- spectively, the couple are the head of a fanilly of five generations. 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