Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-04

official Correspondence in Reference
Thereto.

Official Correspondence i'm Reference
TheretO.
| COMPLAINTS OF THE ENGINEER psPARrNENr OF TIE
DISTRICT OF STREETS DAMAGED BY THE RAILROAD
COMPANY, AND THE CoMPANYs ANSWER.
Engineer Commissioner Twining, January 26th,
sent a communication to Senator Rollins, OF the
District committee, stating that at tine request OF
! Commissioner Morgan, who had handed him SeD-
ate bin No. Si9, to provide for the extension OF the
/ Capitol North o street and South Washington
rlilway, he Herewith presented bis views on the
| proposed extension.
| COMMISSIONER TwISING's PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THE BILL TO EXTEND THE ROAD.
He said: In addition to the substitution Of the
words 9th street for the words b street. in line
ten, recommend substitution OF the words 81
street for Ohio avenue In line twelve, the object
| being to prevent the road from cutting directly
aeross the square formed by the Intersection OF
| Louisiana AMI Ohio avenues, which space is now
| by law reserved for a general market for the
sale OF certain ,, specified produets In bulk
lege should be granted to this company
| until they shall have conforned to the require
meDt5 OF the Commissioners In regard to their
tracks Their condition has been such as To cause
a uiSance upon the streets which they OCCUPY,
| and i has been my intention to recommend to the
board that the work OF repairing their rOadwa ys
be let by public advertisement to the lowest bid
der and certificates issued against the property OF
the TO ID In accordance with law. The company
| has also under q mower of extens,on Granted nv
the last Congress, torn up the north end OF 18th
street without laying their tracks, leaving that
| street in an abominabfe condition. l hold that
su;h conduct on the part Of company holding a
valuable franchise should debar 1t from favorable
conslderatlon ID the matter or further extensions
until the cause OF complaint shall have been re-
moved"
PRESIDENT WHITE, OF THE RAILROAD COMPANY,
CLAIMS TO HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE ORDERS
OF THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
In tie letterof Mr.. Charles White, president OF
that Railway company, to the Commissioners OF
the 30th OF January, he states that his attention
has bien called to communication from Major
IWlning to Senator Rollins, OF the District COM
nlittee, in which he complains that the company
has been derelct In the performance of their
obligations as regards the paving and repairing
OF payementS, &C and states that he is not aware
OF an instance OF an official order or request
emanating from the engineer department and
received by the railroad company that has not
been complied with, except conversation be-
tween himself and Dr. Wallace, concerning the
two squares of macadam poughed UP and re-
placed by the former superintendent Of that COM
able. He also states that the company fully
intends TO continue its track to Boundary street,
and he did not think ft necessary to replace and
roll the street. as it originally had been done. He
thinks the Belt line road has come as near in the
way corporations have in this city; that the COM
pany is not by any means wealthy one and that
Ii has been taxed to the utmost at times to meet
Tie demands made upon it by reason Of excessive
repairs, which have been done to the streets along
Which its tracks pass; that these demands have
alW 4y5 been promptly met, and as tne records of
the District Will show, there are now claims by
the District government against the road; and he
closes by saying that in future it will be the
pleasure of the road to comply wi tn any orders
from the engineer department.
LIEUT. GREENEiS COMPLAINT OF STREETS DAMAGED BY
THE COMPANY.
This letter was referred to Lieut.. F. V. Greene by
Major Twfning, January 31st, and an answer was
returned to the Engineer Commissioner saying
II. The macadam on 18th street, from to
boundary, was ploughel up without any notif1ca-
ton TO this Office, last July. The street was in
excellent condition before the railroad company
! touched it, but has been practically impossible
ever since. called MIR Whites attention to it in
September, ana he sent word that he would lay
the track and repair the road in about two weeks
Some time ltter again called his attention to this,
and ne sent word he did not intend to lay his track
at all Tor the present. This street has been dam
aged TO the extent Of about $500. and think the
Railroad comp my should be required to repair it
before any further privileges are granted them 2
written notice was sent to this company
from the Commissioners Office, November T.
1881, 10 repair the impossible wooden pavement
between taeir tracks on nth street, between n
AM o, within fifteen days. No attention was paid
10 this notice, AMI no work has been done on the
payementS. 3. The pavement in the track OF this
road Is in many places in a very dangerous cond-
t0n,p srLicuariy on G,ith,O and streets Spacial
compliant having been made in November OF the
! bad condition OF the track on street had a
careful examination made OF the whole line OF this
road, and found that over 1900 yards OF cobbe and
~5JOJ S1iu9 OF concrete paving were required to
pave in proper order. l submitted to YOU on No
YtnbeT Is, 1881, schedule OF the work. With re-
conmendati5 N that steps be taken to have it done
} TINS company has paid very promptly the bills
submitted t. II for work done under District
aacorty in the repair Of two feet outside OF 1T
tracks, but the paving inside OF its tracks is worse
than those OF any railroad III the city: and ample
gu4rate Tor its repair should be required before
| any iurhfT extensions are authorized"
A copy Of the foregoing report was on Thursd sy
last (Febru3ry 2b forwarded to Mr. White, presi-
dent OF the Railroad company
an Eloquent Appeal for u New Road to
the Jail.