Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-09


Together.
The Farwen bill now before the Senate gives
the b. and p railroad whatever additional priv
feges &c asks A bill Is said to be In preparation
which meets all the wishes OF the B. and D. and
places 10 upon the same footing as the b and p.
To secure perfect fairness and Justice third batch
Of legislation viii be necessary In order that the
legislators OF the District and the guardians OF its
welfare may meet some OF washington's wishes
and needs In the matter OF relief from exist
ing railroad evils II, however, the rail-
roads are TO be treated impartially,
and II consideration OF the interests OF the Dis
trict Is TO figure at all this legislation the local
railroad problem will not be treated piecemeal but
will be settled by a single comprehensive and
statesmanlike plan, which BY concessions and CON-
promises will give reasonable satisfaction TO all the
parties Interested The wants of the B. and p.
will not be met In advance OF those OF the B. and
O., and the needs OF the District will not be
neglected until after the railroads are fully salts
ned, and perhaps, Indefinitely. The B. and o.
wishes Southern connections equal station facili-
ties with the b. and p, and permanency OF route
and station site. The B. and p. wishes additional
freghting and storage facilities legalizng OF It's
unauthorized use OF certain public property, and
permanency OF route and station site The District
wishes the removal Of the Baltimore and Ohio's
grade crossings so far practicable, from North
east and South Washington; the tunneling OF
Northeast Washington, and sinking or elevation
OF the tracks In South Washington, so that trade
and travel may TOW unrestricted TO the river
front; the removal OF tracks and station from the
Mall, Off Congress, after due consideration, de-
cides that this park, held In trust by the Govern
meut for the use OF the people OF the capital and Of
the nation, shall be devoted permanently
IN ri "a aHn N
engineering and artistic device to les
sen the parks Disagreement, and the
danger to the driving public from frightened
horses; and finally, adjacent stations for the two
roads at some central and reasonably convenient
point All these wants should be satisfied at one
time and by a single act Of legislation Ample
material upon which to base a wise solution OF the
matter Il furnished by the plans considered in the
recent Investigations OF the special Senate COM
mittee to those members Of Congress whose atten-
ton has not In the past been directed to the sub
1ect by the constant and well-founded complaints
OF the people OF the District. To relieve the
throttling which south and Northeast WASH
tngton suffer from the railroads, already
more highly favored In the capital than
any other city Of the world is as inspiring
task as any to which a Congressman who wishes
TO do his duty as a representative OF the District,
and not merely TO divide privileges and public
property between the railroads, can address him.
self This evil should be remedied as the price OF
any concessions whatever granted to the roads.
The question whether the only large park within
the city limits shall be dismenbered by the carrying
corporations, and permanently turned over to them
for Disagreement in order TO bring them nearer by
two three minutes 10 the business CENTER should
also be thoughtfully considered by both houses of
Congress- II IL Is determined to sacrifice the
interests OF the capital In the matter equal privi
Ieges should be given to both roads, and every
condition imposed which Will ameiorate the evil
of this railroad occupation. The railroad throt-
Ting OF two sections OF the city cannot be longer
endured, and Congress will not furnish relief
without doing permanent injury TO the beauty OF
Washington by destroying the symmetry of its
parking system, and without confirming a bad
precedent at the expense OF the citys health by
giving pubic reservations outright TO corpora
lions, already too much pampered,-then the
latter condition must be borne as q choice of evils
But the District asks a direct decision by both
houses Of Congress OF the question concerning the
occupation OF the Mall as well relief from those
burdens, to be partly cured by the removal Of
surface tracks which press heavily upon indi-
'vidual citizens and certain sections
Probably the talk about an intention on the part
OF certain republican Senators TO chang upD the
nomination Of Mr.. Fuller for Chief Justice for an
indefinite period has It's origin In the mind of some
hangng-up it feels called upon to do for DISCIPLE
nary purposes. The nominations Of Piiisbury,
Chase and Srnalley, and the summary removal
OF Dusktn, were disposed OF a good while
ago, and the political issues raised on them
definitely settled. The President read the Senate
lecture. and the Senate had its retort; and after
both sides had said all they wanted to- they
dropped their quarreling and became as friendly
as any one could ask. Whatever is done with Mr..
Hxrlro
higher than mere partisan motives II, after
fair examination OF his antecedents no aws can be
found thereon, he Will 60 through. without any
opposition worth mentioning. should his record
prove defective. he win be rejected as frankly as
Caleb Cushing was The talk about his partisan
Affiliations during the war will hardly carry the
same weight now, however, as it would have a
dozen years ago. Mr.. Lamar, whose opinions on
the questions Of state rights and secession were
known without inquiry, and who was actually at
one time member Of a hostile government estab-
lshed within the borders or the United States has
passed muster for seat on the supreme bench
not the highest seat IL Is true, but one In which
his views and vote on constitutional questions
win count as much as those OF the Chief Justice
himself Mr.. Fuller's case can hardly present a
severer test than his.
At two widely-separated coast citics-Boston
and View Orieans-the electric wire problem has
been disposed OF in two different ways each efrec
tive after Its fashion In Boston the aldermen have
repassed over the mayors veto a Dill providing for
the burying OF wires In eonduits underground In
New Orleans permission has been given the
parties In interest 70 erect towers AZ
intervals OF two or three squares I'm the
principal thoroughfares. the supports resting in
each instance on the four corners formed by the
Intersection OF two streets. These towers are run
up TO great heights 50 that the wires are well ONT
OF harms way as long as they are kept In repair
The tower solution Is one which would hardly
answer for most or the large cities In the
United states. In the first place the towers are
necessarily unsghtiy. 4Esthetics aside however
there Is the objection In cities further north than
New Orleans where, for at least third OF every
year, snow and sleet storms are OF frequent occur
renee, that wires strung at great attitudes are as
liable 70 break, and 10 do damage when they TALL
As those strung nearer the ground. The subterra
mean conduit doubtless Offers the safest and best
way out OF the difficulty for every city which is
not subject TO the objections 70 a disturbance OF
the ground that apply In city OF the climate or
New Orleans with Its surface below the water
level
secretary Bayard Will be upheld by every Amer
can patriot In his position In the pending contro
versy with France. that the Government OF the
United states has enacted and win enforce its
laws concerning the naturalization OF foreigners
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