The morning times., 1896-12-29
FIRST PROTEST ON RECORD
Donald Mcpherson Objects to the
Metropolitan Line Extension.
Totally Inadequate and Wholly In
satisfactory for Flu furnishing
Railway Facilities.

Chairman Mcmillan has letter from
Mr.. Donald Mcpherson in regard to the
propoSed extension OF the Metropolitan
street car line from the Boundary out
Columbia road uu Eighteenth street He
is the first to object to the project as set
out in tie bill, and his objection is that
not nearly enough Improvement is pro
vlded for. He says:
II wrote for the purpose of showing that
il is totally inadequate and wholly un.
satisfactory for furnishing railway Ia
ciIjties for very large community and
territory. and which should be included
In this bill and at this time unquesuon
ably. The bill, 50 far as it gocs--if Mcrid
ian Hill is to he disrcgarded and neglected
may be all right in furnishing facilities
for Washington Heights. But the Charter
should be much more extensive.
s.Reginning at the road S intersections at
Columbia road or Connecticut avenue with
Florida avenue the line should go due north
ward on Colum bia roadto Eighteenth street
to be extended as sho wn by the new map Of
the Commissioners; thence due northwar1
on Eighteenth street to Howard avenue
in Mount Pleasant, and thence in the di
rection and to the extent that may be
agreed upon by the Commissioners, pro-
vided it is deemed advisable to 20 beyond
Howard avenue at this time, to terminal
facilities.
This extension is decidedly important
in furnishing proper and needed facilities
10 all Lanier Heights, a large part Of Merid-
ian Hill, the Walbridge subdivision of Ingle-
side, Browns subdivision of Ingleside and
Mount Pleasant; and also the DeniSon
T St1ld dix-iSi n
Will cover properly the whole locality be-
tween tie Park and Fourteenth street not
! Adequately supplied by the Fourteenth
street line without encroachinS on its fair
| or legitimate domain.
Second, This extension would give
direct and easy access TO the Geological
! Park at Kenesaw avenue intersection for
all the patrons Of the whole Metropolitan
| lines. one Of the great arguments for an
extended charter. The distance Of said
| intersection of Eighteenth street with Ken
esaw avenue from the park is only about
| 200 feet This would be as accessible
as any railroad entrance can be made
without disagreeable and expensive loop.
| For the present il would answer every pur-
| pose.
'AIl persons go by Connecticut ave
| nue. aIOOt, OF course. on leaving the car
| Heretofore no railway charter has been
been considered extending northward that
failed to reach the park and Mount Pleas
ant
The whole right OF way except $50
or 3T5 feet is already opened, or will be
dedicated, and to obtain so valuable q
charter of about a mile and half ought
| to require the company to condemn SO small
an amount. otherwise the clamor urging
the sale OF such rail way stocks becomes
invalid.
Besides this requirement will, contrib
ute to the carrying out of the plan of street
extension. This street should be projected
regardless of the condition or fate of the
street extensionlaw. Itneeds to gothrough
in order to open up direct and important
north and south communication TO al
northern territory.
''If proper facilities for this localit
were furnished as valuable an extension
aud Observation-Disclosures would be made
here asin Columbia or Washington Heights
A railway charter n Eighteenth street ex
tended to Mount Pleasant should be granted
to the Metropolitan or the Traction Com
pany. One should be required to extent
at once"