Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-06
Details of the Arrangement Reached
by the Street Railroads.
RECIPROCAL TRANSFERS PROVIDED
The House District Committee Pro-
poses Some Changes.
EXTRA FARES CHI ARGED

Speaker Crisp and Representative Heard
the chairman of the House District conf
mittee copies OF the agreement which was
! reached yesterday by representatives of
eight street railroads of the city with refer
ence to the matter of transfer arrange
ments.
AS stated in The Star yesterday, an
agreement was reached by the railroad
men during the afternoon, and their stipu-
| lations were reported to the Commissioners
| in secret session, and with the request that
| they be not made public. although the sub
stance of the agreement was published In
The Star. A full copy of the agreement Is
published herewith.
This whole agreement is in answer
to q resolution of Congress calling
upon the Commissioners to inform them
what. If any. efforts had been made
on the part of the roads of the city to
comply with the requirements of the
amendment to the charter of the Metro
politan road. which makes 1t mandatory
upon all the roads to enter into reciprocal
transfer arrangements. copy of the reso-
ution was forwarded 10 each of the roads,
but up to that time none OF them had COM
peted such arrangements, and all the cor
respondence on the matter was fru1tlcsS.
The railroad officials, 1t Is SAID, were uh-
willing to let it go before Congress that
they had done nothing at ALL and their
conferences held at the District building
Yesterday ana the DAY before EeSulteu III
an agreement which, for some reason, Is
to terminate less than a year hence.
There is suggestion as to when the
arrangement is to go into effect. Inc COM
missic ners are not vested with any au-
tLority in the premises to enforce Its pro-
Visions and the whole matter seems to de-
pend en- legislation at the Capltol. Inc
abserce of the Columbia road from the
agreement is noticeable.
Accompanying the agreement. the Com
missioners forwarded to Mr. Crisp and Mr..
Heard copies of the proposed amehument
to the charter of the metropolitan road,
which gives the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict the authority to enforce reciprocal
transfer and trackage arrangements. when
are to be made under conditions prescribed
by the Commissioners. In view OF the I'M
portance of the legislation desired the
Commissioners urge an early consideration
of the proposed amendment which has al
ready been published in substance i'll The
Star.
The Agreement.
The agreement which was submitted to
the Commissioners yesterday. is as follows:
"WASHINGTON, ID. c., February .. lSs3.
THE. undersigned urban and suburban
railroads in the District of Columbia, in
corporated and doing business under their
respective charters, hereby agree to and
with each other, respectively, and not one
for the other to make, establish and maln-
tain systems of reciprocal transfers, as fol-
lows:
.'The METROPOLITAN railroad will recipro-
caIly transfer with the Brightwood Rail-
way Company at the intersection of Flor
Ida avenue and Ith street. and the Nasn-
ington and Georgetown Railroad Company
will reciprocally transfer al the same place
with the Brightw ood Railway Company;
that the Metropolitan Railroad Company
will reciprocally transfer with the ROCK
Creek Railway Company at the intersection
of 18th street and F1Orila avenue and 9th
and u streets; that the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company will recip-
rocally transfer with the Rock Creek Rail-
way Company at the intersection or l4th
and L streets, and also at 9TH and Florida
avenue: that the Belt Railway Company
will reciprocaHy transfer with the Rock
Creek Railway Company at the intersection
of l1th and " streets; that the MetropOli-
tan Railway Company will reciprocally
transfer with the Georgetown and Tenley-
town Railway Company at the intersection
of z and sd streets and also at the inter-
section of DumbarcOn avenue and sd street;
that the Washington and Georgetown Rail-
road Company will reciprocally transfer
with the Georgetown and Tenleytown Rail-
way Company at sd and Nj streets
I'VE further agree to charge for the
transfer of each passenger paying fare on
said roads, respectively, at the aforesaid
intersections 3 cents, said amount to he
divided as fellows: One-third to the urban
road converting each passenger or pas
sengers two-thirdS to the suburban road
with which said transfer shall be made.
THAT the Metropolitan Railway Com
pany will reciprocally transfer without eX-
ira charge with the Belt Railway Com
pany at the intersection of 11th and F
streets, the Metropolitan road receiving the
passengers coming over the Belt railroad
from the south and transferring the same
be tn east and west; that the Belt Railway
Company shall receive passengers coming
east and west on the metropolitan rail-
road and transfer the same south; that the
Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company will reciprocally transfer with
the Belt Railway Company at 14th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, the Belt Railway
Company taking passengers coming over
the Washington and Georgetown line east
and west and travelling southland the Wash
ington and Georgetown railroad line taking
passengers from the Belt Railway Com
pany coming north to Pennsylvania ave-
nue. for which charge of cents for each
| transfer shall be made; that the Metro
poitan Railroad Company and the EckinG-
| ton and Soldiers Home Railroad Com
pany will reciprocally transfer without ex-
| ira charge at the intersection of 9TH end
F streets in all directions; that the Eek
ington and Soldiers Home Railroad Com
pany will recprocaly transfer at 18th
and G. streets to and from Georgetown,
| ami shall be entitled to charge cents for
| each transfer: that the Anacostia ard
Potomac River Railroad Company and the
Belt Railway Company Will recipro2ally
| transfer passengers at Sd street and Elary-
| land avenue southwest upon payment Of
cents. any excess OF transfer to be pooled
| and redeemed once III each LlOHlH
"The cost Of making said transfers and
providing for and maintaining facilities
| therefor at the aforesaid points shall be
] equally borne by and divided between the
| roads making the transfers aforesaid.
| This agreement shall continue until jan
| uary 1, 1896"
This agreement is signed by the presi-
| dents of the eight roads interested.
Action of the House District Com
mittee.
| At the meeting of the House District
| committee today Chairman Heard laid be-
| fore the committee the communicat ton
| from the District Commissioners relative
| to a new street railway transfer system.
1t was determined to incorporate the Com
| missoners' recommendations with an
amendment upon the bill pending before
| the committee to change the route of the
! METROPOLITAN Railroad Company in South
| Washington. This bill authorizes the Met
| ropolitan company to lay single track for
| it's underground road from the intersection
of = street and l. street southwest along
| 4 IL street to p street, thence along p
| to Water street, northwesterly on Water
| street to 1. street, thence east on L street
| TO 1-2: also the Georgetown loop from
3Jth and 2, along ? to .'6th, south on o6th
| to Prospect avenue to the union passenger
| station, thence east via Prospect avenue to