Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-22
A TERMINAL COMPANY.
An Organization That Proposes to Set
tie the Railroad Problem.

A company has been formed in this city to
take charge of all the terminal steam railroad
facilities within the District of Columbia, and
Gen. Hawley, by request, has introduced a
bill in the Senate chartering the company to
be known the Terminal Comp with the
following incorporators: James II. Saville.
Eppa H H samuel %TI n. n Bryan
J. w. Boteler, John B. Larner, Ben amin p.
Snyder, Beriah Wilkins. J. Z. Wright, Edward
+. Droop, NJ. NJ. Edison. Herman h. Viele,
Lawrence Gardner, Frederick l.. Moore, W.
B. Moses, G. g. Cornwell, Ross A. Fish.
5. Herbert Giesy, D. Ct. Proctor, II. Brown
ing, James l.. Barbour, Thomas J. Luttrell,
John S. Swormstedt. George w. Cochran. j.
w. Whelpley. Albert Gleason, Smith Petit
and Seymour Cunningham, under the
| name of the Terminal Company. The bill pro-
vides that they shall have the usual privileges
of a corporation, and shall be authorized to lay
out construct and maintain and solely to
operate all terminal facilities for steam
railway business in the District of Columbia.
and also shall have sole and exclusive authority
within the cities of Washington and George
| town to lay tracks for steam railways. build
depots and other houses and to construct all
necessary appurtenances.
WHERE THE TRACKS SHALL BE LAID.
The bill provides, however. that the tracks
of the company shall be deemed and taken to
be public highway and may be freely used for
the passage of cars and motive power of any
individual or corporation before making Just
compensation for such use.
The bill further provides that within the
limits OF Washington such tracks shall be laid
! and depots. houses. &c, be constructed
| upon land lying within the following limits:
! South OF the sOuth line of Il street south and
east of 9th street east extended west to the
! Potomac and east to the Eastern Branch
and north of the north line of F
| street southwest extended east to
| the Eastern Branch and between 9th and 7th
| streets east north of the aforementioned line,
| excepting thereirom such portions Of the Con-
gressIonal cemetery as are within these limits
| and such portion of the land as
lies between the east line of Az street and the
west line of 9th street southwest and north of
the south line of Maryland avenue southwest;
also temporarily on such other land
east of the line of Goth street east it will be
| necessary to use 10 construct double track
| between the land aforesaid and the western end
of the Eastern Branch railroad bridge.
UNION DEPOT.
| Immediately upon the passage of the act the
company is to construct grand union passen-
ger station for all the roads or plans to be APP
| proved by the Commissioners on 9th street
| west. and to build tunnels under E street.
| southwest between the east line of Az street
| and the west line of 9th street west; also
| double track from the union station to the
Long Bridge, double track from the present
| tracks OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad 10 the
| union station, such track to be midway betwee n
| 9th and It'll streets east and to run under grade
| of all streets crossed east of New Jersey ave-
nue..
| BRIDGES OVER STREETS.
| Within Ave years all streets crossed by the
tracks of such corporation are to be carried
over said tracks by means of bridges or brick
or stone arches, excepting South Carolina
| and Virginia avenues, lst, 3D. 3d. 10TH 18th,
| 18th, 131s and l4th streets west.
| The bill provides that as soon as the COM
| pany has its arrangements made the right OF
any railroad to the use of any street, avenue or
| land belonging to the city shall cease.
The capital stock OF the corporation is set at
| $4,000. 900 in shares Of IS. The bill provides
| that the corporation shall have the
| right to charge and collect a
toll and transportation charges at rates not ex-
| ceeding ten cents per ton of freight or five
cents per passenger for each mile.
The corporation is to purchase all land
taken whoever may be the owner, and in cases
of necessity condemnation is provided for.