Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-12
STREET RAILWAYSIN WASHINGTON
Meeting Of the Senate Subcommittee.

Meeting Of the Senate Subcommittee.
| THEY HEAR THE STATEMENTS OF PERSONS CON.
NEcTED WITH EXISTING OR CONTEMPLATED
LINES.
Inc street railroad subcommittee OF the Sem
ate District committee, consisting OF Senators
ingalls,, Harris and Riddleberger, to-day heard
the representatives of the several existing street
railroads, and of roads projected, in regard to
the policy of proper legislation to charter new
roads The Washington and Georgetown road
was represented by President Hurt, &C. Glover
and Enoch Totten; Belt line by VIM. ]. Cowing
ana George w. Gray; Columbia road by H. A.
WIZARD; the Anacostia road by II. A. Griswold.
The projected roads were represented as fol-
| lows The Washington Traction company by
VIM. Dickson. Col. Il. z. Boyer Lawrence Gard
nef ana Jno. X. Read; the North Capitol and
M1I No. Txarr Ca h eSmpany by John Paul and
W. w. Dudley and John w. Dudley.
MR. GRIswoLD, OF THE ANAcosrIA COMPANY
opened the hearing with an argument in be-
half of permission to extend his route so as to
Afford direct access to the markets. He con
TENDED that such an extension would be only
President Hurt, of the W. and G. company,
objected, as the streets near the market are al.
ready occupied.
THE PROPOSED TRACTION RAILROAD
company, addressed the committee in support
| of his BILL which he said had been favorably re-
ported from the House committee. He ex-
planned the mechanism of the proposed road
and said this plan of roads had met with un.
qualified success in other cities He added that
negotiations were in progress among the incor-
porators named In the several pending bills to
consolidate upon one compact and adequate
system. He asserted that the Traction COM
| pany would provide the people of Washington
with a system of transport alton far superior to
WnI,l6 Ford rir,
facilities and comforts and would establish its
system without coming into conflict with exist
ing lines.
| Mr.. Read. attorney for the Traction company,
also presented what he claimed to be the super
| ior merits OF that system. He maintained that
thelr pan could be carried ont without inter-
| fering with the horse railroads now in oper-
| alton, even where the routes of the two would
| come together or cross. They could be oper-
| ated without any claShing.
| DIDN'T KNOW OF A PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION.
Mr.. Tyrrer, of the North Washington Cable
| company, said he was not aware of pending
negotiations for reconsideration of the two pro-
!ected cable lines under the name of the Wash
lngton traction company. He expressed the
| opinion that the North Washington Cable COM
| pany could construct and operate successfully q
| cable line with advantage to the public and
profit to themselves, independent of the others,
! or they We're willing to combine upon such a
fair and equitable basis as Congress might pre-
| scribe, provided the main portion OF the route
| prescribed in their bill was allowed.
Mr.. j. Paul, of the North Capitol and
boundary Cable company. said they could not
! afford TO build with an allowance of less than
| three miles OF their route.
| COL. W. w. DUDLEY EXPLAINED
| that while the subject of consolidation had
| been discussed no definite agreement had been
| reached; that the cable companies were willing
to unite and build one system, still each could
! construct and operate its route without inter
| ference with the other. 1t had been substanti-
ally agreed that it would be better for the en-
| tire system to be comprised in one BILL as then
| Its features would be more easily understood.
| Messrs. Tyrrer, Paul, Boyer and others SUBJ
mitted remarks and comments, all going to
| show that nothing in the shape of a definite
agreement had been reached, but that matters
were tending in that direction, and that a con-
solidation would very probably be determined
Mr.. VIM. Dickson explained that the details
necessary TO a definite consolidation had not
been determined.
CHAIRMAN INGALLS, WANTED TO KNOW
| If the proprietors OF the new roads were pre-
pared in the event of favorable action by Com
| gress, to begin work promptly and push ahead
| The reply from the representatives of the
several companies was that they meant busi-
ness; that Immediately upon the granting of a
charter the work OF organization and construc-
| ton would be commenced and pushed forward
| to completion.
| tives of the projected roads further time for
consideration OF plan Ct consolidation.
a CABLE CONSOLIDATION BILL.
Senator Harris said he would introduce bill
which had been prepared by representatives Of
| the Washington Traction and Cable Electric
Companies for consolidation of their routes
and Interests, and have it printed. 1t was un-
derstood that it should be Introduced merely as
ing any final agreement. The bill will be printed
and, at another meeting Of the subcommittee
TO be held within a few days such changes will
Outstanding that this meeting shall be held
soon. and that the several companies shall then
have their plan of consolidation matured, the
| subcommittee adjourned.
To a STAR reporter Col. Dudley, Col. Bryan
Mr.. TyTrer, Mr.. Dickson and others present ex-
pressed the very emphatic opinion that a line
OF cable railway through the northern suburbs
| of the city, including the Soldiers Home, would
pay from its inception.
The Proposed Consolidated Cable Road
In the Senate Mr.. Harris Introduced the street
| railroad bill, referred to at the hearing before
the sub-District committee basis for future
action actor IN the cable
w. Fletcher, Charles Payson, Lawrence
Gardner, james E. Fitch, William Dickson,
| G. Staples, e. X. Johnson and b. ii. Warner, OF
Washington; VIM. A. Hanway, OF Maryland;
John 4 Read, of Phiadelphia; VIM. Gladding,
Chas. l.. Henry and Geo. II. Roads, OF PennsyI-
! vania, and John n. Hall, of Baltimore, and
their associates, as incorporafors OF the WASH
ingto:i Cable Railway company, and lays down
the route as follows: NJ
Commencing ut the junction of 26th and G sts
NV, along G 70 18th, along 18th to |, thence to
10th, along 18th TO q, along q to 14th, along
| 14th to Z aud Pa. ave-, along E to 9Th, along
| 9Th to La ave. and ID ST., along Ind. ave. and G
st. to n. j. ave., thence TO b ST. north, along
TO 1th me-, along 18th to NJ s.e., along NJ to
roth s.e., To b n.e along b to n. j. ave-, thence
to ID st. NV, along 10 9th, along 9Th to T..
along K to I4th and Pa. ave., along 14th to e,
along q to 10th along 18th TO l, along to ! 7th
| thence to q, along q to 26th and thence to NJ,
along NJ, crossing Rock Creek bridge to 2Sth
thence to n or Gay St., to Fayette to NJ St..
! thence to High and along High to n. along n
| Tor Gay) to 2Sth Tor Mon geometry, thence TO NJ,
crossing Rock Creek bridge to 26th and thence
toG.
Also commencing at p and Water streets sw
along Water 10 18th s. W.; along 18th s. W. and
n. W. to Boundary, and from Boundary along
18th II. W. and S. W. back to beginning.
Also. commencing at Boundary and 9Th u. W.
along 9TH to Il; along to 18th, and to 9th to
Boundary.
Also, from junction OF Boundary and 9th
n. W. along L to 18th; along 18th to G; thence
along 10th to $; along to 9Th.
| and along North Capitol toS.
The remainder OF the provisions are the same
as are contained in the bills already introduced
! for the organization, etc., ana providing that
where the tracks coincide with those OF another
company both companies must use the same
tracks.
! The bill viii be printed and recommitted to
the district committee.
Changes in the Omces.
Marshall A. Parks, of the District of Column
bia. has been appointed a special agent Of the
labor bureau under civil service rules.
John +. Sawyer, of Minneapolis, has been an
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