Evening star., 1896-03-10
DISTRICT AFFAIRS
MIR. Griswold Argues for Bob Tailed
Cars.
he kNkCOSfIA ROADS FINANCES
Metropolitan Cars Will Stay on
F Street.
OTHER LOCAL NOTE S

The Commissioners this morning gave a
hearing to President Griswold of the Ana
costa railroad, to give the latter an oppor
tunity to show cause why his road should
not be required to operate its cars by TWO
horses and driver and conductor. Pres;-
dent Griswol was accompanied by his at
torney, Mr.. Job Barnard, ard presented
written argument in the course. of which
he said:
This company has demonstrated by ac-
curate figures, deduccd from trial and re-
suit over period of years, that to continue
to maintain a two-horse ear service with
conductors and driver is unnecessary
expense, and would result in destruction of
the property. 1t may be advanced that the
service might be reduced one-half. taking
off one-half the cars and putting ;wo
horses to each with conductor, having
larger cars: this would reduce the service
to one car in twelve minutes and would re-
sui, ir ct least ole-nalf its patrons walking,
AMI III d violation If section g. pub. clo,
portion of It's charter, which reads: and
snail run thereo.i often as the public
needs shall require and eventua;e in the
stH greater depreciation of its property.
When transportation company offers
10 its patrons daily average seating ca
parity as shown by the statement of our
secro tary accompanying, equal TO two and
one-half seats for ea.h passenger carried,
1t cannot be maintained t:iat the public
reeds are not fully met. To The argument
advanced by the executive officer of the
Metropolitan Railroad Company, through
the press, that the ears of that line are de-
tanned by the one-hcrse cas- of the Ana
costa line, it may be stated that the cars
of the Metropolitan line detain equally The
cars of the Anacostia line: sometimes for
hours not infrequently from five to thirty
minutes"
To Use r Street.
Although the Commissioners ar. con-
WINGED that The best way of completing the
Metropolitan railroads new service on =
street is by having the road temporarily
occupy street, where there are already
existing tracks, the metropolitan railroad
will not accede to the proposition. Pr.si-
coHt Phillips, in q letter to the Comrnis-
S!onerS. inCioses a petition from 4 number
OF + street merchants protesting against
the proposed scheme and the Commission
erS, being without authority 10 compel the
road TO use G street. will have to submit
Work upon the crowded part of i street
was begun this morning, when the tenn
porary tracks We're laid on the north side
OF + street between 9th and 10th Presi-
dtnt Phi!!ips says the road between !th
ana i3fh VIII be completed within two
weeks.
Bids Orcncd.
Bids were opened today at the Com:nis-
soners' Office for paving alleys with vitri-
led brick. The bidders were John F.
Lyons. Washington Asphalt. Tile and
Block Company. Darius G&skins and VIM
T. ChafTec. The Washington Asphalt, Tile
ana Block Company was the lowest bidder
their bid being &; cents square yard the
District furnishing the block
To Lay Pipes.
The Commissioners this afternoon gave
q hearing to those persons intere Stcd in
House bill $50. ITO permit the Pintscn
Compression Company 10 lay pipes in GER
tain streets in the District OF Columbia"
Mr.. }. j. Hemphill. attorney. and William
st John, agent FOR the Pintsch company
appeared in behalf Of the bill. NJ: S.
'ioan sad TIC ccn.l any proposed to erect a
riant tHat would cost over So 600, inyo,y-
ing the lection Of a building 20 by 4, feet
and 30 feet high. He said ore foot OF
Pin!sch gas vas equal in illuminating
power to six feet of ordinary coal gas. he
desired it underst 3cd, however, that his
company hal no desire to light the CITY or
compete in any way with the gas or cleo
tric lighting companies.
The object Of the bill was 20 supply the
railroads with the gas. The company de-
sired to place two 2-inch extra heavy piues
in which to convey the gas to the steam
railroads to supply the cars. The general
government also proposed to use the gas
on buoys iii the river. 1t is non-explos1ve,
and It's manufacture is attended by TO
nuisance. The plant will be erected at the
corner Of 13la ard e streets southwest
upon The property of the Southern railroad,
and the pipes will run up Maryland avenue
to 9th street, down 9TH street to the place
where the mail ears of the PENNSYLVANIA
road stand, then {: branch through Maine
avenue to Sd street, across sd to Pennsyl-
vania avenue. up I'd to B, thence east
along Il to 1st. and from 1st to Indiana
avenue TO the Il. and .. railroad depot.
The Commissioners seemed fayorabiy i'm
pressed with the bill, and it is understood
a favorable report will be rendered there
On within few days.
To Avoid Suits.
The Commissioners today sent the fol-
lowing notice to Maj. Moore through Sec
retary Tindall:
THE Commissioners direct me to request
you to notify the members of the police
force to report all projections above the
surface of the sidewalks which may cause
injuries involving suits for damage against
the District. Each report should contain
a statement of the location of the projec-
ton. its height above the sidewalk and the
purpose for which it was made to be used
Il am also directed to request that YOU
will notify the members of the police force
that each patroman will be held account
able for any such projections which NAV
cause injury or damage and liability to the
District which has not been promptly re-
ported by him, if within the limits Of his
beat