The evening times., 1896-12-17
MORE time FOR MOTORS
Extension Granted to the -
ington and Belt Lines.
MAY EXPERIMENT TILL JULY
II Compressed Air System Is Salts
factory Complete Equipment Must
He Made in One Year-If Not, I'm
derground Electric Power TO Be
Used.

| Committee this morning it was decided to
report favorably a resolution offered by
Mr.. Babcock yesterday, to permit an ex-
tension OF the time for the equipment of
| the lexington and Belt Line street rail-
| ways with rapid transit motive power.
| Tie resolution provides that the com
| panies shall make experiments with com
pressed air motorstill July 1 1897. IL that
method OF propulsion Is found satisfactory
the roads are to be equipped fully that way
by July l 1898. If tie compressed air
system will not work the underground cleo
trio is to he put in at once.
i The members OF the committee present
| were Chairman Babcock. Messrs. Harmcr.
Curtis. Hulick, Shannon. Huiing. AIilnes.
| Ric;Ia rdsou, Meredith and Myers. Mr..
| Harmcr went out before vote was taken.
The railway company was represented Oy
Receiver Schocpf and Attorney Ridout.
PREVENTED BY FIRE.
Mr.. Babcock explained to the committee
| that while the road was. on June 20 last.
ordered To begin to put in the compressed
air motors within ninety days, fire in
| IA German factory which alone could sup
ply the cars had rendered it impossible TO
do So. The companies were therefore pres
! ent TO ask further time.
| Mr.. schoept explained the purposes Of
the company If they Were permitted. He
was questioned by Messrs Huiing, Milnes,
| Meredith and others.
was there no other reason than The
| fire." asked MT Huling, why you did not
comply with the requirement Of June i0r''
NO. sir; no. SIR was the reply. Mr..
| Schoepf then explained the action OF
| creditor throwing the business into his
| hands on September p as a receiver; his
report on October 6, proposing TO go ahead
| with the test with Il car which the Ger
man Company had secured at great cx-
| pense, and the position OF the court That 1t
had no right to grant such a privilege: his
report on November 10. asking that lie be
| permitted 10 procecd with another motor
and the courts refusal again.
| lie said the Conditi on now Isthat Congress
| is aske1 TO grant this privilege which the
| court felt il had rot the authority to give
| under the circumstances. To CO so would
| save re interests OF the 81 stockholders. Half
| the stock, he said. was held in cunts
from $4,000 Gown TO $50 by persons
who Could Ill afford TO lose.
| He had obtained the additional funds to
! make the experiments in question only day
| before yesterday. He los the resol Ition
introduced yesterday
oPPosEDBY NOBODY.
'Is anybody opposing your plan:" asked
| Mr Meredith.
''Nobudy, so far as know" answered
the receiver, slowly. as If trying to recall
| anything of the kind.
| Mr Ridout explained that the money now
to beinveStel IN tie rapid ira nsit equipment
| was subordinate in its lien upon the prop
| erty TO the bonds already outstanding,
| $500 900 for the lexington and $500 900
for the Belt Line.
Mr.. schoepf told OF the advantages of
the ccTnpressed-air motor in its best FORM
over other specimens of rapid transit. For
| illust ration, he said he was on the Metro
politan cars last night and for three-,IIar-
tiers OF an hour there was delay on account
OF the failure of the current. With Il e
compressed air nothing of the kind hap
pened. Each motor was separate from
| every other. When one broke down il
was pushed in by another, and travel went
on.
Again he had taken bids for equipment
of the road. and for underground electric
| the bid was $4,000, 900: for the electro
magnetic. Senator Stcwart's, for a long
| time tried on North Capitol street, 81 .900,-
| 600; for compressed air. S50S 900 Fur
| ther. the cars OF the compressed air were
| about the size Of the underground electric
and did not mash up the tracks as ID the
big cars. three times as heavy, Oh the cleo
| tro-magnetic.
MOTOR PROMISED IN THIRTY DAYS.
Mr.. Schoepf said he would promise to
4 Itay sod al her
within thirty days. He would try it for
two or three weeks, and IL successful would
at once put on others for full trial dur
| ing the six months till July l next. The
new equipment would first 90 on the road
from Brookland to Center Market then on
the Eleventh street line and finally on the
| line northeast.
| He was asked about danger of accidents
by the new motor. He explained If the
receiver containing compressed air should
explode it would probably split the car
| wide open. But there had been tests made
which showed there was very little danger.
| There are two roads in New York, he
said, which are trying this motor He went
| there. and, in overalls. remained in the
power-house for three days and watched
the charging OF the receivers with air and
| other work II there were to be any acci-
| dent it would be when the air, at 1000
| pounds to the square inch, was driven into
| the receiver. They had tried it at 5000
pounds 10 the square inch without explo
4 sion.
Have there been any accidents on the
road?''
Absolutely none"
| How long is the road.''
Three miles. They are running five cars.
| intermngled with ten Others. They are
putting III others as fast as practicabie.'
Mr. Babcock called attention to a pro-
yiso in the first section saying that if the
| compressed air motor WAS not success
the company need not use it. 1t was agreed
by the roads representatives that this was
unnecessary, as it was covered in the sec
| ond section.
| The proviso was stricken out, and, upon
motion of Mr.. Mines, favorable report was
| ordered.
| Garrison Post Election.
Gen. Guy v. Henry Garrison, No 43,
Regular Army and Navy Union, elected Of
ficers as follows at u regular meeting Mon
day evening: Commander, G. W. Wash
ington; senior vice commander, ]. H. Will
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