Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-04
DELAYED ON THE ROAD.
The Complaints and Views Of Washing.
ton Shippers-The Library Building.

A further investigation by a STAR reporter
today Of the delay in delivering freight sent to
merchants in this city disclosed the fact that
the trouble extended to all branches Of trade.
Almost all merchants are being embarrassed in
greater or less degree.
Mr.. HrEsToN's VIEWS.
Mr.. r. T. Hieston, who 10 the agent for many
Pennsylvania mining companies, says the
trouble began with the conclave, when all
freight traffic was disarranged or entirely
stopped for q week. At that time, he under
stands, 1000 coal cars intended for Washington
were side-tracked, and this being the busy
season the railroads have not been able a. yet
to make up for the week lost.
AN EMBARGO ON SHIPMENTS.
Mr.. Hieston received letter stating that the
Pennsylvania company had placed an embargo
on the shipment of any more coal to this city
until the cars which had been side-tracked
could be rushed through. Mr.. Hieston thought
the policy pursued by some citizens toward the
railroads would if kept up prove very disas-
trous to the welfare of the place. He said that
the facilities we're inadequate and that harassed
them.
WHAT HE PROPOSES.
Mr.. Hieston thought all business men should
unite in decided effort to give the roads the
same facilities for the transaction of their BUSH
ness that they enjoyed in other cities. The
pennsylvania road, he said, was ready to pur
chase ground If they could be assured of an
access to the property after it was purchased
Retail coal dealers all over the city were COM
planning bitterly of the non-arrival of ship
ments OF coal for which they had received the
manifests. Their opinions were in general the
same as those stated by Others in The STAR,
DELAYS AT THE IIRPIRy prrr prNa
The new Congressional library building is
also sufferer and the work on the building
would have been much further advanced had
there been fewer delays in the delivery of ma
terlal necessary to the construction The dis
rance from this city to the stone quarrics of
woodstock, Md, is less than fifty miles by way
OF Relay and the main stem of the Baltimore
ana ONO railroad. yet it has frequently been
the case that carloads of cut stone have been on
tins limited stretch of track for four weeks
often the cars have stood in the Washington
yaru lor Two or three weeks and it has been
impossible for the builders to get at
them. The contractors for the sun
ply OF stone thought to obviate this
condltlon OF AFFAIRS so previous to making
shipments they secured control of side track
and erected alongside of it derrick with which
TO DO the unloading. In spite of these precau-
LIONS aelays nave been prolonged and annoy
on the unoccupied switch as it would have been
TO md suitable dumping place on the prop
erty of the railroad company.
. lhere were very much and very serious de-
lays previous to the week of the templar con-
clave, said superintendent Bernard Green to
STAR reporter today, so the blame cannot be
placed On the templars; the conclave simply
made it worse At present our supply is reason
ably good and many of the causes for complaint
are being removed"