The Washington times., 1895-05-25
No Effort Yet Made to Change
the ECkingtOn's System.
TINE ALLOWED EXPIRES SOON
Congress Gaveth Company UntiIJuly
L To Comply with the Law-Policy
of Indifference and Delay Pur-
sued-Improbab BILE That the Change
Can BE Made in a Month.

The electric trolley that stretches its
gauut aims along New York avenue from
Mt. Vernon place to ECkiIe ton, disfiguring
the street aud obstmctiDg the way, is under
command 10 Iomoye It's ugly self rot later
than July l.
But the trolley is backed by the Philadel
phia Traction Company, representative OF
the great Elk us -rolan syndicate OF cap
italists and il eppea1s to he in TO hurry
to obey the oIcer aud 10 lave TO anxiety
about the result.
An effort IS as made about the close ofthe
Finy-thiId CcugrCss to get an extension of
time for one year, and by the aid Of a shrewd
device ii very Yearly succeeded.
MASTERLY, INACTIVITY.
When beaten in this the managers of the
company knew they could fall back upon
the Fabian policy OF mastery inactivity.
Again and again they have seen the
laws set at naught by powerful corporations
at the risk OF fine, and again and again
no fine has been imposed: or If imposed has
been remitted, or in some other way
evaded.
They know there is an order that Tenders
must be put on street cars, but they see
cars running every day without tenders and
nothing said. They nave known the edict
lSGu-d btiptG tUdt GHGliEt O1 liOllNt power
must be made on a given car line at a
stated time and they have seen the time ex-
tended and extended upon excuse and pre-
text till the wnOlc matter became by word
with the street gaIHins.
Commissioner Powell was asked what the
lexington road intended to do about it's
change of motive power He didn't know
No word had come TO him as 10 their in
tentions. He could not tell whether they
intended 10 Use cable electricity or any
thing else that is permissible.
SCHOEPF HARD TO FIND.
At the lexington BeNA1ine offices in
company said no one was authorized to
ialk of the proposed change except Vice
President Schoepf, and he was not there
When would he be there? Well, really,
nobody knew. He came ana went with
great uncertainty and spent much of his
time on the road
He was not in his office yesterday from
l 2:30 10 > p. m. The day before, when
reporter called. a lady said she sa W him
go up this way, pointing toward the
! boundary, then in five minutes, come
back his way, pointing tn the river
A request fora statement from Mr..
Schoepf as u the proposed change was
left with one of his clerks four days ago,
but nothing has been received
If the change is to be made at the ap-
pointed time. work must be commenced at
once. The change on the Ninth street road
was begun nearly, four months ago, and the
work Of tearing up the street only reached
Pennsylvania venue Yesterday Thestreets
| have been obstructed ard the people de-
{ Iayed and hiBdered in a thousand ways
| that this great public improvement" might
/ be made
! The work has been done. it is said, very
! rapidly As it has required months 10 get
/ in sight of a completion on this busy
! street il can easily he calculated whethe r
| the lexington road viii be ready with it's
/ new equipment.
! It is understood that the motor to be
/ tried is the Wheless electrical system, used
! on the underground part of the q street
/ road.