1562 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
the subject, the Commissioners are of the opinion that this bill should 
not be passed. It would, in their judgment, be better to make con- 
nection with the Zoological Park and the suburbs which this road is 
intended to accommodate by a road or roads connecting with lines now 
chartered and in operation. ; 
The committee concurs in the opinions expressed by the Commis- 
sioners. Obviously no street railway company should be chartered in 
opposition to the desire of the property owners along the proposed 
line, unless the public can not secure from existing lines the service to 
which it is entitled. In the present instance the lines that have been 
chartered by Congress appear to the committee to be ample for the 
present accommodation of the public, and to insure a cheaper and more 
expeditious service from all parts of the city than a new line could 
furnish. These reasons, and others set forth in the annexed protests, 
have convinced the committee that the charter asked for should not be 
granted to a line beginning within the city of Washington. 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—REPORT ON EXPENDITURES. 
March 3, 1893. 
Sundry civil act for 1894. 
A report in detail of the expenses on account of the National 
Zoological Park shall be made to Congress at the beginning of each 
regular session. 
(Stat., XXVI, 582.) 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—ESTIMATES. 
December 7, 1891—House. 
Estimates for 1893. 
For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup- 
ply, sewerage and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise 
improving the grounds of the National Zoological Park, including sala- 
ries or compensation of all necessary employees, $15,000. 
For erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals, and 
for administrative purposes, in the National Zoological Park, including 
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $18,000. 
For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National 
Zoological Park, and for the purchase of rare specimens not otherwise 
obtainable, including salaries or compensation of all necessary em- 
ployees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise sufficiently pro- 
vided for, $17,500. 
(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase of $5,000 for 
improvements, $9,000 for buildings, and $8,500 for maintenance over 
the present appropriations. ) 
Notre.—The appropriations asked for are less than the estimates of last year, and 
provide for actual requirements only, in the way of improvements to grounds, road- 
ways, ete., and for the work of constructing or completing the buildings and inclos- 
