The evening times., 1895-09-07
TROLLEY FIGHT IS BRGUH
Warrant Issued on Information Pre-
ssnted By the Times.
1t win BE Carried to the Police Court
and the Syndicate Brought
to Time.

Proceedings against the lexington and
Soldiers Homo Railroad for occupying
public space for private purpuees were
commenced yesterday afternoon in the
police court.
Al about i p. m. Nr. ]. h. RaIston, Of
Siddons Ralston. appeared before AttOr-
representative OF The Tin,es ard asked that
an Information he filed against the COM
pany on the grounds az above, they being
eonvcsiun @ @ on of Ianaser tae seSsepf, Of tis %
company. were successfully conducted
by Prosccuting Attorney Pugh.
Stationery and information that was de- de-
sired. and subsequently an arfidaytt was
made before Warrant Clerk Washburne. on
which the process was Issued.
Mr.. Washburne said that he would have
the warrant sent tn the Eighth precinct last
night and that the arrest would be made
Gssatofa fsam there under the direction OF sergt'
The Information signed by Attorney
Thomas simply charges that Mr. Hamilton
4. Gray. on the 9th of September. ou
New York avenue north west, being then
ana there private person, and as such
private person, did then and there occupy
said street, open space and public grounds
avenue northwest. with certain iron poles
on which wires are strung said wires and
poles being used for private purposes. to
"s According or v 10 infsrnatian & % OBTAINED o from
employees OF the company nuw In active
service under Mr.. Gray he is known as
the MANAGER OF the company;
on MI Gray at his office yesterday after,
that he had been feeling unweli- Both
stantialiy that Mr.. Gray was now the
manager or the company.
II 10 not Known what CefeDse the com
argue argue that & Mr. Gray & 'o is not fec6niealiy
the manager OF the company. and Is
merely the secretary and treasurer.
in his Judgment there is nothing 70 pre-
against the "Eckiugton and soldiers Home
Railroad" and getting judgment or con-
viction and having the property seques-
tered.
The trolley owners have been throwing
dust in the air for the past six months. and
excIaiming that it would be impossible
for them TO put horse cars on the little
stretch of road from which the people
Of Washington have been begging them
to remove their poies and wires.
District Attorney Thomas long ago
pointed out, but the fact has not been put
clearly before the public. that the road
New York avenue about five blocks from
the point tn which 1t Is required that they
shall run.
TO make the turn from Firth street to New
York avenue and then run the horse cars
already in use, out to First and New York
avenue northeast. The transfer OF pas.
then be made at First street instead of
Fifth. The frogs could be put in place in
day. the trolley poles and wires re-
moved and the line in operation as the la "
requires without furti,"r ado.
The work required Srould not be one
tenth as much as was done for the expert
mental line now running ON North Capitol
from New York avenue to street near
Glenwood.
1t begins to look as IL Alexandria County
will Soon become a county of numerous
villages, Inhabited mostly by people en-
gagged in business In Washington City. OF
course 1t Is well known, that prinr to
1e4S, Alexandria County wss part of
the District of Columbia, when at that
time 1T was retroceded tn the State of
Virginia. This act of retrocessiun is thought
by many able lawyers to have been Un-
constitutional, and there is M doubt IL -.
a strong attempt will be made in the nea r
future TO rectify this error and place
Alexandria County back in the ten-miIes
square that was donated for the seat of
the National Govrnment. BY the retro
cession of 1S4S, the shape Of the National
Capital was destroyed and the city given
the shape of a triangle instead of beauti-
full square, as intended by the founders
of our Government. The latest new town
started in Alexandria County is known as
Addison Heights, n beautiful tract OF land
situated near the railroad and on that
beautiful line of hills that reach from the
historical hill of Arlington on toward
Alexandria city. This subdivision has
been laid off in wide streets and avenues
at great cost, and is now put upon the
market for sale. We call attention to the
advertisement of this handsome sub-divi-
sion in to-day's issue of The Times.