Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-21
CHARTER AMENDED.
Favorable Report ON the Maryland
and Washington Il. r.. Bill.

I
Senator Mcmillan has made favorable
| report to the Senate on the part of the
District committee on the bill, S 2361. amend
ing the charter of the Maryland and Wash
ington Railway Company. The original
| charter was granted on the 1st Of August,
1892 and the time for the construction CT
| the road would expire in February, so that,
| if the road is to be built at all, an extern
sicn Of time is necessary. The bill was in
| II cduced ~ Senator Gibson on the 9Th OF
| December 1t comes back from the District
| committee with important amendments
which are explained in the following re-
pert from the committee:
/ 1.-The bill under consideration amended
changes the original act by leaving out the
| prCvisi IN prohibiting consolidation witt: any
| other company, or the sale of the franchise
| te fore the completion of the road, and by
prescribing at length the steps to be taken
| in the condemnation proceedings for the
requirement of the necessary land, which
| is not done in the act.
Extension of the Line.
Section } of the bill authorizes an ex-
tension of time for the completion Of the
read of one year from the passage OF the
bill. The present law requires the COM
pletion of TIE road by the LIST Of February,
| 1885. The same section also authorizes an
extension of the road from 18th street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast, westward
along Rhode Island avenue to North Capitol
street extended, thence south on North
Capitol street, over the tracks or the Lck-
| ington ard Soldiers Home railway, to r
street north, near the government printing
! office. The motive power for this part OF
| the road will be the same as that pre-
scribed in section of the act, which is
! tapie. electric, or other mechanical power,
subject to approval of the Commissioners,
| but nothing in this act shall allow the use
| of steam power in locomotives, nor shaI
|
| irgton. -
| of Columbia, who suggested certain amend
n.ents, most of which have been adopted
| 10y the committee
| One of the suggested amendments OF the
| &C commissioners. however, was not adopted
| by the committee. This was provision
| that in the extension of Rhode Island
avenue the company should acquire the
ground by purchase or condemnation TIE
commissioners were inclined to require
| that the company should buy or condemn
| only forty feet, just enough to give
passage for the cars and, perhaps, one
vehicle on each side. The committee, how
ever insist upon making the company &C
cure the entire width OF 40 feet. which
will provide fer all time for the complete
| avenue, from the building lines.
No Overhead Wires.
The item Of overhead wires is very COM
pletely covered by the committee amend
ment, two lines long, which prohibits tie
use of those wires within the city. Thus
| the company will be obliged, If this extern
sion should become a law, to run their
cars to the city line by means of their
trolley, and then either to use transformers,
| run their cars up 10 their central station
| by horses, make ARRANGEMENTS with the
! lexington road for transfers that will lan1
| their passengers at the site that will prob
ally lie chosen for the passenger house, at
| ire corner of North Capitol and T streets.
! This is the property known as the base
| bah park and has frequently been meE-
! toned as 4 possible site for new printing
| Ciiice.
| The bill row goes to the calendar of the
Senate ready TO be called up at any time.