Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-17
NEW PLAN PROPOSED
Surprise Sprung on Commissioners
Street Railroad Hearing.
Mr.. DUNLOP'S new EXTENSION
Arguments for and Against the
lexington Road.
OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED
OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED

| Today was the Gay set aside by the Com
| missioners as the one fer public hearing
| upon railr DAD bills They did not. how
ever, consider all pending measures. but
confined the hearing to those existing lines
when asked for extensions ard especially
those which confiicte1 in the matter Of
| routes.
! The hearing was set for III o'clock and
| the docket showed five bills down for con-
sidera cion. They were the Capital Trac-
| ton Company, Senate Eill 100; Metropolitan
Railroad Company, Senate bill 1i:.i: the
! Belt Line Railroad Company, Senate bill
| l2S'; the Columbia RailrCad Company, Sen
ate bill l43i and the Eck!ngton and Sol
| dters' Home Railroad Comnany's bill, Ser
| ate I2i. The hearing was confined to thes"
! bills, although throughout the hearing
| there was repeated reference to other pend
| ing measures. There some delay in
| commencing the hearing, ard it was nol
| until lH:io that Commissioner Ross an
ID the hearing opered. and gave the
| order in which the bills would he heard.
The order was as follows:
The Bills in Order.
| Capital Traction Company, Senate bill
| iGo-Beginning at 11th street and Pcarsyl-
Nania avenue, south on 18th TO G: west
! on g TO the river front; returning east
On G TO 10Th; south on 26:h TO +; east on
| F to nth; north on 17th to place of he
| ginning.
Also. legnning on 2od street northwest
| at the river front; north on I'D 10 Florida
| avenue: on Florida avenue to connect with
present tracks at 18th and L streets.
| lexington and Soldiers Home ;ti,ilw.y
! Company, Senate bill 1-i--Be:,:nnine At the
! Junction Of {; and 1tth sticeis northwest; +;
! north on iith to II: west On Il to Cone -
cut avenue; northeily or Connecticut ave-
| 'iue 10 and l.th; hCrtA Ola i,l1 10 ritrlCd
| avenue; thence on 18th, cXtenood. to PARK
! avenue; thence northwest warily on Lowell
! street to 18th; south on 18th TO Kenyon
Aiso, hesinnins at the intersection of
! Norih 'antci street and Mich gan avenu"
| east on Michigan avenue to Bunker Hiil
! Eo%d: on EUnker Hill road to ith street
! northeast. extended, to connect with the
| iin@ row running, to I:rookland.
! AlSC. beginning at the present terminus
OF sad road at 18th and ID streets north
east, north 18th to Maryland avenue;
on Maryland avenue . BI, iensburg road: !:
on B!adcnsburg road TO the boundary Inc
Of the District.
| Columbia Extension.
Columbia Railway Company. Senate bill
| l23i: Beginning at the present terminus of
| its line at 10Th street northwest: thence Ia
! the middle of 18th street west: north on
! 10TH to II: along II TO 18th west: south on
| 18th 70 F; west on +. by single track. TO
| New Hampshire avenue; on New Ha.np-
! shire avenue to Potomac river: from inter-
section Of New Hampshire avenue and F.
! sing.e track, north on New Hampshire ave
| nue. to G.; east on G. to 17th there to con-
| rect with the double track from II str, 1t
| north; with the right to extend its said Ene
| with single or double tracks. from the in
| tersection of F or G streets and I'D street
! on 23d to Potomac river. And House b.lI
| "'s!': Beginning at the presen: terminus of
| the road at the intersection of II and 18th
| streets northeast: on Bladen sbury road TO
! the boundary line of the District of Column
| bia; also beginning at the present terminus
| of the road a the aforesaid interse .tion
| along Bennirs road, over the bridge ,ross-
ing the Eastern branch, to the junc:i, n of
| said read with the Anacostia road: north
! on Anacostia road to the boundary line of
| the District: and from said interSect on of
Bennins road with the Anacostia road.
! along Benning road to the intersection of
| sa'd road with Central avenue.
BELT and Metropolitan.
Belt Railway Company. Senate bill los:
Beginning at point 1oo feet east of thu
east building line of 10Th street on NJ:
| thence on NJ crossing New Hampshire ave
nue. between 22d and 2lst: thence east on
| NJ to Florida avenue: on Florida avenue u
! Sth street east; south on Sth to G; west on
| c, single track, to 7th east: south on 9TH to
| NJ south; east on NJ to Georgia avenue:
| enthusiastically on Georgia avenue 70 ?th
east; north on 9th to c: west on & TO S.h
| east, connecting with the double track on
Sth.
Also beginning at 4th and o streets
northwest, north to Hardwood avenue. on
| Harewood avenue to w. west on w, when
| 1t has been opened to 1th.
Also beginning at 11th and V. west on
| to 18th. north on 18th to Park. thence
northW aSterly on Lowell to 18th, south On
| 10Th to Kenyon.
| The following routes are to be abandoned:
! On 4th and New Jersey avenue between
| Q and p streets; on between New Jersey
! avenue and 11th: on between ith and
| 11th. Also on f between 11th and 9tn: on
| 9th between E and Louisiana avenue: on
| Louisiana avenue westwardly to 18th, and
| on 18th south to B south.
| Metropolitan Railroad Company. Senate
| hill 1433: Beginning at Connecticut and
| Florida avenue, northerly along Columbia
| cad to new 18th street (eXtended), north
| on 17th street extended to Park street.
| thence north on 18th by single track to
| Howard avenue, thence west on Howard
| avenue to the present 18th street. south on
18th street to Park, casterly on Park to
lew 18th street, thence south by double
! tracks to place of beginning.
| Also, to connect with its present tracks
| at Florida avenue and 10th street and eX-
tend its route easterly along Grant avenue
| to Sherman avenue, thence on Sherman
| avenue north to the intersection of New
Jersey avenue extended to Kenesaw ave
| rte, west on kenesaw avenue to the ZOO
| CSlcal faTk
| Also, to form a loop at the intersection
| of Connecticut avenue, Florida avenue and
| s street.
| The hearing took place in the board room.
| and there was quite crowd present. which
| included interested citizens and property
| holders and railroad officials.
| Capital Traction.
| Prior to the hearing the railroad lien ard
| citizens gathered around the city maps and
| traced out the proposed routes. 1t was
! evident from the number Of citizens pres
ent, that considerable opposition would de-
| velop at the hearing. The railroad men
were armed with maps and bills, and We're
| freely prepared to present strong case.
| All of the Commissioners were present
Commissioners Ross and Truesdell having
sufficiently recovered.
| Commissioner Ross explained briefly the
| nature Of the hearing, and said the bills
! would be heard according to the time of
! introduction.
Mr.. Nathaniel Wilson. representing the
| Columbia Railroad Comp any, in reply to
| the invitation for the objectors to be
| heard on the Capital Traction Comp my s
| extension, said he presumed the matter had
| been fully covered at previous hearing
| President Dunlop responded to the call TOR
| those in favor of the bill. md said the
| company had nothing to add to the hear
| ing already had. unless Somarhin, do