PIPE-LINE PERMIT APRIL 17, 1935.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PATMAN, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2197] The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2197) to permit construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products in the District of Columbia, having considered the same, report it back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia submitted a report on a similar House bill in which they suggested an amendment which has been incorporated in the measure here reported. A copy of the report is hereto appended and made a part hereof. Hon. MARY T. NORTON, COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLumbia, Chairman Committee on the District of Columbia, DEAR MADAM: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have the honor to submit the following report on H. R. 6543, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, entitled "A bill to permit construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products in the District of Columbia", which was referred to them for report. This bill was introduced by Representative Smith of Virginia, on March 8, 1935, and authorizes the Commissioners to grant permission to the Smoot Sand & Gravel Corporation to construct, maintain, and use pipe lines for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products in certain streets in the Buzzard Point area, adjacent to squares 705, 707, and east of 708, and part of square 708. We are advised that the proposed lines can be laid without interfering with existing or proposed underground construction. The area involved is zoned "industrial", and the director of highways reports that in his opinion the utilization of public space for the purposes proposed is a proper one and essential to the conduct of business in an industrial area. This bill contains broad provisions and the following amendment to section 2 is suggested: Section 2, line 10, strike out the period and insert a comma in lieu thereof, and add the following: * * and all plans and specifications for such construction shall be subject to their approval. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have full authority to designate the location and to cause such repairs or relocation of said pipe lines as the public necessity may require, any such repairs or relocation to be at the expense of the Smoot Sand & Gravel Corporation, its successors or assigns." The Commissioners have no objection to the passage of H. R. 6543 as amended. President Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia. TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF THE U. S. S. OLYMPIA AS A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN AFRIL 17, 1935.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SEARS, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 7220] The Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 7220) to provide for the use of the U.S. S. Olympia as a memorial to the men and women who served the United States in the War with Spain, having considered the same, report it to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. The purpose of this bill is to provide for the preservation of the U.S. S. Olympia, the flagship of Admiral George Dewey in the battle of Manila Bay. It was from the bridge of the Olympia that Admiral Dewey, commander of the fleet, said to the commander of the flagship, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley." Without the loss of a man nor serious damage to a ship in the United States Fleet, the Spanish fleet was destroyed. During the Boxer rebellion in 1900 the Olympia was on duty ready to protect the interests of the country if necessary. After the World War the body of the Unknown Soldier was brought to this country from abroad on the Olympia. Completing this assignment the vessel was sent to Philadelphia and tied up at the navy yard, soon to be forgotten. A historical sketch of the ship, furnished by the Navy Department in a letter to the author of the bill, follows: U. S. S. Olympia, cruiser, second class; 5,865 tons normal displacement; 6,558 full load displacement; length between perpendiculars, 340 feet; length over all, 344 feet 1 inch; breadth on load water line, 53 feet one-half inch; mean draft, 21 feet 6 inches; full load draft aft, 25 feet; speed on trial, 21.69 knots; coal capacity, 1,169 tons; 2 funnels; schooner rig; 2 propellers; engines, vertical triple expansion; boilers, 4 double ended and 2 single ended; indicated horsepower on trial, main engines, 16,850 total maximum, 17,313; electric generating sets, four 32-kilowatts, each 80 volts, and two 24-kilowatts, each 80 volts, General Electric; submarine signal sets, 1 sending set type keel oscillator; battery, ten 5-inch 51-caliber guns and two 1-pounders; protection deck thickness amidship, flat, 2 inches-slope, 4 inches; complement, 13 wardroom officers, 10 junior officers, 5 warrant officers, 20 chief petty officers, and 391 men; built by the Union Works, San Francisco, Calif.; contract price, hull and machinery, $1,796,000; building authorized by act of Congress approved September 7, 1888; contract signed July 10, 1890; keel laid June 17, 1891; launched November 5, 1892; named Olympia in honor of the capital city of the State of Washington; date of preliminary acceptance February 20, 1894; commissioned first, February 5, 1895. Assigned to United States Asiatic Squadron under command of J. J. Reed, captain, United States Navy. Cruised in Japanese and Chinese waters and at the Sandwich Islands as the flagship of Rear Admiral F. V. McNair. January 3, 1898, became the flagship of Admiral George Dewey, Capt. G. V. Gridley, commanding officer. May 1, 1898, at the Battle of Manila Bay, led the attack on the ships of the Spanish squadron. Admiral Dewey in his autobiography states: "At 5:40, when you were within a distance of 5,000 yards, I turned to Captain Gridley and said 'You may fire when you are ready, Gridley. While I remained on the bridge with Lamberton, Brumby, and Stickney, Gridley took his station in the conning tower and gave the order to the battery. The very first gun to speak was an 8-inch from the forward turret of the Olympia, and this was the signal for all the other ships to join in the action. At the beginning of the World War, April 6, 1917, the Olympia was in dry dock at the navy yard, Norfolk, Va., undergoing repairs and was attached to the United States patrol force as flagship, Henry B. Wilson, captain, United States Navy, commander of patrol force, Waldo Evans, commander, United States Navy, in command. April 13, 1917, sailed for Tompkinsville, N. Y., and was on duty off New York to June 24, 1917. June 25, 1917, while en route from Tompkinsville to Gardners Bay, Long Island, for target practice struck bottom on the port side near Cerberus Shoal. The vessel began to list to port and it was decided to run the ship into shoal water and beach her, which was done. The vessel was later salvaged and towed to Nepeague Bay, Long Island, and later towed to navy yard, New York, and entered dry dock July 13, 1917. February 4, 1918, the Olympia moved to Tompkinsville, N. Y. During repairs her twelve 4-inch guns of an old type were replaced with 10 modern 5-inch guns and a submarine signaling apparatus was installed. February 6, 1918, sailed in obedience to secret orders on convoy duty and patrol duty off Nova Scotia. April 15, 1918, arrived at Charleston, S. C., and entered dry dock to prepare for distant service. All kinds of workmen swarmed aboard for the purpose of making necessary repairs as quickly as possible. April 28, 1918, left Charleston, S. C., for Russia. May 13, 1918, arrived at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland. May 19, 1918, under way for Russia. May 24, 1918, arrived and anchored in the harbor of Murmansk, Russia. June 8, 1918, at 4:40 p. m., in obedience to orders issued by Rear Admiral Kamp, Royal Navy, senior naval officer afloat, 80 officers and 100 men, with full equipment, under command of Lieut. H. C. Floyd, United States Navy, were landed at Murmansk. This small contingent constituted the second, if not the first, armed American forces to land in Russia during the World War. Owing to the fact that the British forces had not moved out of the barracks which the American forces were to occupy, the American contingent returned to the ship at 7:19 p. m. However, the next day they were put ashore in Murmansk, where they were to assist in preserving order and to offer such resistance as should become possible to the Germans and Finns. October 26, 1918, went to Archangel, Russia. February 21, 1919, Rear Admiral A. P. Niblack, commander United States naval forces operating in eastern Mediterranean, left the Olympia, taking passage on the U. S. S. Maury to Pola. Olympia sailed for Spalato, Dalmatia, and arrived next day and came to anchor in Čavale Castelli between the two interned Austrian battleships Radetzky and Zrinyi. February 25, 1919, Lt. Comdr. R. S. Field, United States Navy, left the Olympia to assume the duties as chief officer of the interallied patrol ashore at Spalato. A patrol force of 12 men also left the ship equipped with rifles and |