The evening times., 1896-01-09

furr tic Commissioners TINS morning 10 us
pute the proposed extension OF lines over Il
street, Twenty second street, and other
streets west of the War Department and
south OF Pennsylvania ayenle.
|, qfse Columbia road was represented by
Mr.. Nathaniel Wilson, its attorney; the
Capital Traction Company by President
Ii. 4. Dunlop and the Metropolitan 10y Presi-
dent s. W. Phillips. President Baker, OF
the Columbia, was also present, and Mt.
Percy Myers appeared to represent the in
tcrests OF residents on Twenty-sccond
street, 'Mho are opposed to the use Of that
way by any road.
Mr. Wiisun made the first add rcss
He caiied attention TO the ract tnat the
Coiuinu,a road had appned last year for
the extension west oi ITS terminus ut Fiji
tecntn aud u streets.
Tue ashingtoa q Georgetown, now
the Capital Traction Company. tnen CD-
jecteu 10 The use of their tracks along
Lafayette square.
Tins company Was also then seeking an
extension into the same territory. re-
SUIT OF the coDTiict or interests was that
nothing was granted 10 either company.
WANT TO CONSOLIDATE.
Now the Columbia comes with u proPC-
sition 10 AVOID the use or tn. as;ling on
4 Ieorgetown tracks. They waut author
ity 10 cousondalc, II rourd dcsireab bic, with
the Metropolitan company, and then to run
III tlitceuth street 10 II street, west on
Ii street 10 Scvcntecuth street anu hence
south to the Territory desired. West OF
l. utcentu street tney Propose 10 usc TIE
electric motive power Iurnisned by the
Metropolitan.
III tue consolidation and extension are
1l
the entire TWO systems Tor one fare.
MIR. " iison read the House committee
rcpvrJ OF iust year, al wiicn The ciaiii-s
OF The road are set forth fully.
Mai. Powell asked IL the Columbia would
accept the right or way asked, taking THU
tccDuR street instead of Fifteenth, but
both Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Baker SAID they
could not consider such Change.
MIR. Myers then spoke. he said there
was no need for u track on Twent y-scConu
street, because there were already abundant
street car facilities. The proposal OF the
Washington 4 Georgetown Company, lie
said, naue a parallel line with ii cross line
III Twenty-second street, an unreasonable
multiplication or tracks.
A NARROW STREET.
Twent y-second street, he said, is only
thirty-two feet wide. To une 1t for cars
wouid neceSsitate eating down trees now
AZ their best stage OF growth and taking
away the parking. The street woiid be the
tnoruugnidre 10 the Memorial Bri0ge, wucn
blilt. and ought II be preserved us part OF
a drive 10 the bridge.
There was no need Of a north and south
line III that section. because Few cared to
go In either direction. The line OF travel
was east and west, TO and FROM the heart
of the city. No citizens were asking
line in the other direction.
The reason nearly IA. citiLens in that sec
ton wanted the Columbia line extended was
that il opened up to them new line at one
fare. while the extension of the Washing
ton ana Georgetown would give very little
they -do.not already have.
Any one going to the sections reached by
the Columbia and Metropolitan systems
would stih be Obliged TO transfer and pay
new fare. The citizens were by l 300 TO
200 In favor OF the Columbia extension.
and if the Commissioners wished, the pc
-titionsho wing this could beduplicaled today.
Mr.. Dunlop said Mr.. Myers had made the
best argument for the Washington and
Georgetown that could be made. Mr..
Myers came ostensibly for the citizens OF
Twenty-second street, but the close OF his
address showed that he was simply an at
torncy OF the Metropolitan Railway.
This company, he asserted wasnow COM
ing under the cloak OF the Columbia COM
paDS 10 get an fAleuslOH iEOiil ltS Iile "
Georgetown parallelling the Traction COM
pany's road there. 1t wants to come in
Seventeenth street from II to reach the
and q street traffic.
PHILLIPS WAS EXCITED.
At this point President Phillips came for
ward little excitedly, and insisted that
it was not the Metropolitan but the Colum-
bia that was asking the extension.
what are you here for, then, with your
attorney" asked Mr.. Dunlop.
I'm here to see what is going on"
If the Columbia road wants connection
west, said Mir. Dunlop, tie W ashinston and
Georgetow wn is ready 10 make lice trans
fer with it AT Fifteenth and New ioTk ave-
nue.. He explained that the road had been
ready TO continue its free transfer with
the lexington road at the same point, but
that company had declined, ana insisted
on a pay ment of two cents by passengers
for the transfer.
He thought IL was not right to make a
free transfer with the CoiuIn bia road and
charge two cents for the lexington trans
fer, and refused the free transfer proposed
by the Columbia. He would, however, now
agree to this free transfer. The Column
bia could accept and need not build foot
of road.
MIR. Dunlop then explained the operation
of the eexteDsionproposed by him, and said
the proposition would give a line from
the Memorial bridge to North Capitol
Mr.. Wilson replied briefly to Mr. Dun
Iop. saying IL he had been president Of
his company longer he would have known