Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-28

but did not seem to care about talking Of hum.
THE QUESTION cHoKEp HIN.
When the detective asked him if he and his
brother had ever talked about the Havilsnd
tragedy the question had the effect o, impeding
his utterance, and it was some time before he
could make reply.
He showed more signs of nervousness than he
had before done and attempted to evade
answering the question.
Finally he said: 81 have told you all intend
to tell you; II you came here to get me out
why do it and il you didn't then let me 60"
He was undecided as to what reply to make
tell"
THE NvEsrIoATroN TO BE CONTINUED.
Detective Raft thinks from the interview
that the case should be further investigated
and he will visit the prisoners brother and
other persons not far from Sligo, next week.
THE SIxTH-STREET TRACKS.
An Anidavit Of Capt. symons in Refer.
ence to Them.
THE BEST OF FOUR ALTERNATIVES ADOPTED
ADVANTAGES OF OCCUPYING SIXTH STREET tenn
PoRARny-LEaALITY OF SUCH OCCUPATION
HOW INooNvENIENcEs MAY BE oBv1ArEp, ETC.
Reference was made in The STAR yesterday
to the request Of Attorney Riddle that Capt
symons furnish an affidavit relative
to the question Of the Washing
ton and Georgetown railroad company
temporarily occupying 9Th street to relieve 7th
street during the construction of q cable road
on that street. The affidavit was forwarded
today. In it Capt symons makes
| the following statement in relation to the con-
struction Of the cable road on 7th street and
the permit given to lay temporary tracks on
Louisiana avenue, 9Th and streets.
'The Washington and Georgetown railroad
company are entitled by law to lay cable
road on 7th street and are so doing. The con-
struction OF this cable road must, OF necessity,
cause great inconvenience to the public at
| large, to the people living and doing business
on 18th street and to the railroad company. The
proper method of conducting the work of
building the cable road was matter of serious
consideration to this Office in order that all
parties might be the least possible incon-
venienced.
FOUR ALTERNATIVES
presented themselves. LIST. That the running
of the cars on the road be stopped during the
construction of the cable road. I'd. That one
track be withdrawn at a time for portions
Of its length and the cable road
constructed under the track withdrawn.
Sd. To lay temporary tracks along one side of
the cable railroad in the center of the street;
and 4th. To lay temporary tracks and defect
the railroad travel from the street entirely
while the work of construction Of the cable
road was going on"
After stating objections to the first three al
ternatives, Capt. Symons says:
after very careful consideration Of the
benefits and damages the fourth alternative
was considered the best by me and recon-
mended that it be adopted by the Commits
ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM OCCUPYING
SIXTH STREET.
"The advantages to be derived from this tenn
porary occupation Of 9Th street and the
other streets named are that the work will
be expedited very materially and the
use of 18th street by the pub
lie will be interfered with in the least possible
manner, as one side OF the street will be open
to the general public without being interfered
pany. 1t is believed If the weather con-
tinues good, If this plan Of de-
fecting the railroad travel from 7th street can
be carried into effect, that the work can be
accomplished by the LIST of December-that is,
that the tracks will not lay on 9th
street longer than during October and Novem-
Der. If the company are prevented from thus
temporarily using 9Th street the time of con-
struction will be very materially increased and
the probability is that the work will be carried
along into the holidays, and thus the busiest
portion Of 18th street would be seri
ously interfered with during the holiday
season. This is a contingency to be avoided,
if possible, at all hazards as it would result in
the most serious Inconvenience to the public
and very great loss and damage to the mer-
chants doing business on 7th street.
THE QUESTION OF THE LEGALITY
of laying these tracks on 9Th street was sub
mitted to the attorney for the District before
the permit was given, and it appears to me that
there is no more power vested in the District
Commissioners to grant the railroad company
authority to lay temporary tracks on one side
of 7th street than there is to lay them on 9th
street, the original charter of the
company requires that they shall lay their
tracks in the middle of the street.
During the relaying of the tracks of the WASH
ington and Georgetown railroad COM
pany on Pennsylvania avenue from LIST
to 18th streets the Commissioners granted
the company permission to lay tenn
porary tracks on the asphalt pavement
outside of their permanent tracks. This was
unquestioned and resulted in very great benefit
to the public and expedited the work in q very
marked degree.
NO PERMANENT DAMAGE TO SIKH STREET.
~ do not consider that 9Th street will receive
the least permanent damage from this tempo
rary occupation, as all damages accruing to
the street will be repaired when this temporary
occupation IL ended
TO oBvIATE OBJECTIONS.
'The objection that the iron rails will be bad
for pedestrians and for carriages and wagons
passing there can be readily obviated by put
ting planks between the rails and the tracks,
ordinarily done at steam railroad crossings
This will reduce the inconvenience to mini
mum. There will be, it is true, a certain
amount of inconvenience in travelling along 9th
street in ordinary carriages or other vehicles
during this temporary occupancy,
but this Inconvenience will not be
great in amount. There will be plenty of room
for carriages to pass and repass, and this incon-
venience on 9th street, in my Judgment, is very
slight when compared with the great advan-
tages which will accrue to the public from this
temporary occupation by the railroad COM
pany.
at is probable that the temporary occupancy
of the streets in question will not last longer
than sixty days."
The Sixth street Injunction Case.
The 9Th street injunction case against the
Washington and Georgetown railroad company
and the District Of Columbia to restrain the
use of tracks for railroad purposes was to have
been heard in the Equity Court this morning
but by consent the hearing went over till Mon
day.
War Department Changes.
War department changes for the week ending
September %, 1889, are announced as follows ;.