The evening times., 1896-08-22

i Vice President W. Stuart Symington ,Df
| the lexington and Soldiers Home Railway
Company made another appeal tothe Com
| Inissioners today to have rescinded the
order for the change in the time schedule
on the North Capitol street and Brookiand
lines, the requirement being that cars shall
| run with but five minutes interval, instead
OF ten minutes, as now.
The Commissioners heard all that Man
ager SyudDgton had 70 say, and then, after
a brief conference, decided that they could
not rescind tie order. To give the COM
papy lime 10 purchase the horses neoes-
sary to effect the change, however, tho
board granted an extension until next
Friday, the 2Sth inst.
Mr.. Symington backed up his plea with
a statement of the financial affairs OF the
company, showing from his books that the
stockholders are running the road ut
| positive loss; that the change as proposed
| vii. increase that loss by as much As $50
per day, and that as the introduction of
| rapid transit facilities is matter II
early accomplishment, it wouli be unjust
to the company to add SO much of a bur
| den at a time when the roa | is on the eve
OF equipment with modern facilities.
| HIS. STATEMENT.
His communication was In substance as
| follows:
In the fail of s95, at the suggestion
of the Commissioners, the cars of tie Eek
ington line Were run, direct to the Treas
ury. instead of to the Center Market
The mana cement found that this change
did not suit the public, Tor the traffic re-
ccipts were cut down to S23.l9 per day, n
| net loss TO the company of S63.ls. We
are now asked to gain make this change or
| put on additional cars and give shorter
time schedule, and for what? Wecan show
| by an exhibit OF actual traffic receipts that
| by the present schedule we are runningcars
capable of carrying comfortably forty per-
| sons, and the average number carried is
nine, including transfers
| Our roads are now running at Caily
loss 10 US, and we cannot help thinking that
tie ma ;orty of the CONF ints which come
10 YOU. and the petitions which have been
brought 10 you, 10 get you To put these addi-
iioi.ai burdens upon US, coiEe from PARTIES
Interested in booming real estate in tie
suburbs.
Some consideration is asked for the
stockholders of this line. which, as you
well know, is struggling for existence, To
equip a road with rapid transit costs a
| great deal of II oney and We have secured
enough to do it, but, Until We are able { o
so equip, We plead for help, and beg that
no additional burdens be placed on us, es'
peoially when we can show that we are
able now to carry. and are furnishing fad!-
tiles for carrying five times as many PAS
! Saprers a : p-cr present themselves.
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
"The compressed air cars will first rur
from the power Loose TO Fifteenth and 6
streets THIS viii lie in tie rear future
The proposed change of route wiil
doubtless put US to iSss CT ever SEQ pei
day. 1 cannot conclude ttat it is you
intention to force Us to the,waN and com
pei KS tolCse more money than we are now
losing. In view of these facts l again
earncS Is ask that your order OF July IL
be resCinded."
He added verbally that the expense in
Cured in the purchase Of extra horses
alone would amolnt To $1,000, and as the
new method OF pro pu!sioD would enable the
company to dispense with q number oi
horses at an early day he believed that
the interests of the public wolll no. suffer
much by reason OF a little longer delay.
How soou, Mr.. srmtngton shall you have
your first test OF yoIr new compressed-air
motor"
I'VE have every preparation male now
and hope to have the plant installed by
September 1.
THE PREPARATIONS
Asked what was meant by having thing
in readiness for the introduction OF ths
plant Mr.. SyEiington said:
We have present arrangements for
supply of wafer caualliDg 800 gallons 1t {
time-that is, so much as that is accumu
lated, and after rest OF five and cne-hal
hours the same amount is collected.
We have new stack and whateve
may be required for picmpt installation
of the plant has been attended to.
Ten new motor cars contracted for In
Pittsburg are due here September 1. The
firm is obliged to have them here promptly,
and believe IL will keep its pledge
Commissioner Powell took up the poin'
made a neainst a change in the schedule and
advanced the suggestion that the snial