The morning times., 1896-02-27
GAS WAS iSID[TRlCKED
Traction People Got The Senate
Committees Ear.
TALKED ABOUT EXTENSIONS
Mr.. Dunlop and Mr.. Glover Confer
With Mr. McMiiIans and Decide TO
GoOver Proposed Street Car Routes
Latter Seems To Have n Friendly
Feeling for the Traction Company

straw upon the current OF Senatorial
thought yesterday shows which way two
| streams are flowing. hearing had
been appointed before the District sub
| committee ON gas, for experts of the
National Capital Heat, Light and Power
| Company and others. IL was 10 begin at
hours at least.
Senator Harris was not al hand and
| Senator Mcmillan proposed a postpone
ment very soon after the hour had arrived.
There were present Attorney F. T. b..
| Sands of the National Company. with Major
James H Hastings and Col. Charles D.
Hauk of Philadelphia, as experts for his
company; Messrs. Leech and McIlhenny
OF the Washington Gaslight Company.
with Mr. Henry White Of New York as an
expert; President Winship of the George
| town Company, President Evan Tucker of
! the Northeast Washington Citizens Asso-
| citation, and several others.
Mr.. Sands was anxious to proceed at
once. His company is asking for the
privilege to compete in furnishing gas To
| the citizens of Washington and promising
20 cents per thousand as the price. He
is afraid the close Of the session may come
as it did last year, without his measure
getting out of committee.
POSTPONED THE HEARING.
Fortune seemed about to favor Mr.
Sands when Senator Harris came in just
as Senator Mcmillan was about TO defer
u hearing till next week. Senator Harris
sat down and began talking as if they
should go on at once. But of sudden d
| chapra mo oypr his r)lrpocpc
Before Mr.. Sands or his experts could
get their breath it was proposed that the
experts should appear before the whole
| committee instead OF the minor body and
| that the matter should be put off till Q
p. m, Thursday next. Mr.. Sands took
the disappointment gracefully saving he
would prefer to be heard before the whole
committee. Nevertheless there was a
| chlliness in the atmosphere that boded
no good to his enterprise.
| The probable reason for giving up the
| discussion of the gas problem. which had
| been set for that time, appeared a few
| moments later when President Dunlop of
| the Capital Traction Company and Mr.. c..
| c. Glover, of Rigs Bank also deeply In
| terested in the Traction Company, who were
| present before the postponement had been
effected, went into.a conference with Sena-
| tor Mcmillan in regard to the proposed
extension of the tracks OF the company in
| the northwest section OF the city and
| suburbs.
WILL SURVEY THE ROUTE.
| When the conference was concluded Sena-
| tor Mcmillan said that they had arranged for
| Il subcommittee. consisting of Senators
| Harris, Proctor and himself and any others
| who could find time, to go over the pro-
| posed route of the Traction Company ex-
| tensions and see for themselves what was
| best to be done.
| Senator Miller said the committee would
| know what they wanted to do when they
had looked over the grounG. He referred
to the plans for complete extension OF streets
and street railways as made by the Com
| missioners and said they would have these
| before them i'll their discussion, but that the
plans would probably not be carried out
| at this time.
| Something would pretty certainly be
done. however, to meet the immediate need
| for extension of the street car lines. He
| had no hesitation to say that he thought
| ice OF any company here and he seemed
| favorable to its proposals.
FRIEND IN MCMILLAN.
He understood that the Commissioners
favored giving this company what 1t asked
in the northwest, aud king concessions
to the Columbia Metropolitan combination
in the northeast. He did not personally