The advocate., 1890-09-10

Dill passed any time hhd ne desired
So Of street railroad companies. Their
Affairs are wholly under the control OF
his committee, as are oil the corporations.
The stocks Of the principal companies
are selling away above par, One has
capital Of 81,OOO,OOO and another $780,
900, besides property worth probably 40
much more, paid for out OF the profits.
They refuse 10 comply with the law,
which requires them 10 pave the streets
along their tracks and keep them in re-
pair, and do not furnish near enough cars
for the public travel In speaking OF
them In the Senate recently Senator
Plumb said:
All the railroads In the city do Just as they
please. MY observation Is that all Of them TO-
tally disregard the public convenience and the
public rights and have been allowed ~ do Whnt
they please without our hndrance.
He was followed by Senator Hale, who
said:
/ do not believe there ls a city In the United
hLlbth WIlOht IlllIuNu HOIUVNulth HANb Wubl hF
lowed tO run without lot or hlndrpnce, ana have
paid no attention TO the wants Of the public ~
they have I'm Washington. Somebody IL ~ iaut.
Whether IL II the commissioners " the DlbL1ct
or Che committee on tho District OF Columbia, !
do not know; but tho whole population, the rest
dents, VISITORS members OF Congress, and DIT per
sons who come here, are completely no Che mercy
Of these corporations who make little provision
for the convenience Of the public, ana are CON
tlnually Imposing on the people
When II Is understood that the District
committee, Of which Ingalls, is and for
years has been chairman, has entire con-
troll OF these matters tits easy tose Who'll
TO blame II is and long has been in the
power OF Senator Ingallsto remedy these
evils II he felt disposed. But he is not
disposed TO. All his sympathies are with
the companies, as was shown by the fact
that when Senator Plumb a few days
since offered 20 the District bill an amend
ment, providing that such street railroad
company as paid OOer 10 per cent on the
face value Of its stock should sell eight
tickets fox a qua. oer, instead Of six an
now, IngaIls UOtcd against %, and 1t was
lost. That shows where he stands.
Again these two companies have re-
Gently evaded the payment Of near 5000,
900 Of taxes to the District under de-
cisiOn Of courts, on the ground that the
commissioners did not bring suit in time,
and II was Outlawed. This and the other
evils could be easily remedied by a bill,
hut no move has ever been made by In
gals TO remedy them. Moreover, the
commissioners are appointed by the In
fluence Of the corporations, and Senator
Ingalls,, who was sent for by the presi-
dent TO advise him as to who he should
appoint, and when appointed their names
are referred TO his committee, who can
have them confirmed or rejected as they
see flt, and as it Is well known that he
virtually controls the committee, it will
be readily seen that the whole matter Is
in effect controlled by him.
An electric light company was started
few years ago, and by getting the ap-
preparation increased from year to year
its stock has been Increased from 40 per
cent up TO above 100. AT the same time
IL refuses or neglects TO run It's lines any
where except on few Of the most prom
Rent streets and about the White House
and public buildings.
Last year a rival company offered to
put in works iW a section net occupied Oy
he old company, run It's wires under
ground and furnish the citizens with