Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
STREET CAR CHANGES
Recommendations by the Commissioners on
Pending Legislation.
They Approve Various Proposed Ex-
tensions Asked by the Columbia Co.
MT Both Ends Of the Present Road.

The Commissioners today forwarded to
the Senate District committee a report on
the Senate bill authorizing the extension
of the Columbia Railway Company. The
extensions provided therein are: First,
from 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue
west to 9th street by way Of Pennsylvania
avenue and 18th, F and g streets. Second,
from 18th and H streets northeast, along
the Benning road to Central avenue. Third,
from the same terminus, along the Bladens-
burg road to the District line.
The bill provides further that the Co
lumbia and the Metropolitan companies
make reciprocal transfers, without extra
charge; that the Washington and George
town Company extend its tracks on l4th
street from New York avenue to Pennsyl-
vania avenue, remove its present tracks
on New York avenue, and make arrange
ments for the transfer Of its passengers
at 14th street and New York avenue.
The Commissioners in q former report
stated that they recognized that the Co
lumbia company has priority OF claim
over the Washington and Georgetown COM
pany for the and G streets extension.
In view Of the advantage of the 22d street
Georgetown company's bill; of the greater
obstruction and danger at 18th street and
New York avenue. which would be renoer-
ed by the extension, as proposed, OF the
greater accommodations afforded by the
Washington and Georgetown company's
system of lines, the Commissioners then
recommended favorable action on Senate
bill amending the charter of the WASH
ington and Georgetown company.
To Clear 18th Street.
The second extension named in the
foregoing is recommended by the Commits
sieners in their report today. The third
extension, they ~, seems natural one
for the Columbia lire, but as q bill re-
Gently passed the House. giving the route
on the Bladensburg road to the Columbia
Suburban Company, and as there Is not
enough traffic on the route for two lines,
the Commissioners recommend that the
Columbia company should be granted the
Biadensburg extension only in case the
Columbia suburban bill fails, or when the
company may forfeit its right by non-com-
mencement or non-completion. The Co.
lnmbia and Metropolitan companies make
free transfers at intersecting points. A
legal requirement for that does not seem
necessary, In the opinion Of the Commits
sioners Regarding the change of the
Washington and Georgetown company's
tracks on 14th street and on New York
avenue, the Commissioners are still of the
opinion that the plan heretofore presented
by them for removing the congestion of
street car traffic on 18th street at the
Treasury Department without transferring
1t elsewhere is the best practicable solu-
ton Of that problem. This plan contem-
plates that the south bound cars of the
Washington and Georgetown and Metro
politan companies run on 18th street and
the north bound cars of the former run
on 14th street, and Of the latter on 18th
street. II Congress would order that both
the Metropolitan company's 14th street
tracks be moved to 18th street between F
and H streets. 1t is believed that all tracks
should be taken out of 18th street, the
Washington and Georgetown company
moving to 14th street and running its
Georgetown cars on New York avenue.