Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-08
CAUSED A SENSATION
Penonnd Of the Traction Company's
Building Committee.
Samuel L. Phillips Membership-The
Relations Between Messrs. Dun
lop, Glover and Himself.

Traction Company, noted in another col
umn, created a tremendous sensation in
local financial circles. 1t has been we'll
known for long time past that the most
bitter relations existed between President
Dunlop and Vice President Glover of the
Capital Traction Company and Mr.. Samuel
r. Phillips, who has now been made a
member of the building committee. Mr..
Dunlop and Mr. Glover have never in the
recent past lost an opportunity to express
their contempt of MIR. Phillips and the
methods he has pursued in local railroad
affairs, while Mr.. Phillips has sought OPP
portunittes to express opinions equally as
strong and in the same direction about Mr.
Dunlop and Mr.. Glover
Previous to the last annual election of the
capital Traction Company Mr. Phillips
VINO owns thousand shares of the Can't
TAI traction stock; Mr. A. b. Grunwell and
Otner neavy holders of the Traction
company stock, who had openly expressed
tnelr dissatisfaction at the manner in
which the affairs of the company were be-
ing conducted. endeavored to secure the
control OF sufficient amount of stock to
elect rev set of officers and directors
Efforts We're made to secure the co-opera-
ton of large holders of the stock in New
FORK city and elsewhere. but the men rep
resent!ng the administration of the corr
peLy frustrated this attempt by giving the
New York holders a voice in the manage
ment by electing representative on the
BOARD OF directors in the person of Mr..
Manice.
Assunged His disappointment.
Mr.. Phillips, it is declared with much
freedom on the street today among those
who are intimately familiar with the af-
fairs of local street railway companies
upon finding that his attempt to overture
the existing management of the traction
company was futile, turned his attention
ID bringing about a change i'm the admin
istration of the Metropolitan Railway
Company, of which he had been president,
and, together with Mr.. John c. Wilson
and other stockholders in the Metropoli-
tar Railroad Company. proceeded to secure
the removal of Mr.. George II. Harries, who
had succeeded Mr.. Phillips as presiden;
OF the Metropolitan by reason of the lat
ter'S activity in his behalf, which was in
spired solely by the fact that Mr.. Phil
lips had learned of the abilities of Mr.
Harries, With whom he did not even have
a personal acquaintance previous to the
latter's succession to the presidency of the
Metropolitan.
This movement of Mr. Phillips was more
successful than the one he had engineered
in the Cepital Traction Company. Mr..
Robert ID. Weaver was elected to succeed
Mr.. Harries, and it was generally under
stood among the stockholders of that COM
pany that Mr.. Weaver merely figured as
president, and that Mr.. Phillips in his po-
sition of advisory counsel was actually the
moving spirit in the direction of the road
With all these facts so well known i'm finan-
cial circles, the announcement of the
lection of Mr.. Phillips as a member of the
building committee of the traction COM
pany like a thunderbot.
Metropolitan Company Astoundcd.
TO the owners and adminstrat tors of the
affairs of the Metropolitan Railway Com
pany it was the cause of absolute amaze
ment 1t was freely said by them that Mr..
Phillips; in accepting such a position, was
displaying bad faith. 1t was declared that
he had been selected by the Metropolitan
Company at a very large salary to under
take the construction of the underground
system on the Metropolitan lines. and that
his advice had been followed in the removal
of the man who had done much to popular
iZe the road with the general public and
the local and national authorities, and that
now Mr.. Phillips vas willing to go to a RI
val company and give it the experience
which he had gained solely in the employ
of the Metropolitan Company.
1t was also declared, win much ANNA
ton on the street today, that the selection
of Mr.. Phillips for the position on the
building committee might probably lead to
the withdrawal of Mr.. Dunlop from the
presidency of the road it was not re-
garded as possible by those familiar with
the open and notorious enni5y existing be-
tween the men that they could work in
harmony under any conditions and these
same persons. knowing The aEtipathy felt
By Vice President Glover of the Capital
Traction Company for Mr.. Phillips re-
gard 1t as highly possible that the latter's
selection on the committee had been
brought about largely by the influences
that he Phillips, failed 20 command pre-
Vlousiy at the last annual election.
Permit Applied For.
There was an important conference this
afternoon between the committee repre-
senting the Capital Traction Company and
the Commissioners upon the subject of a
permit for the underground electrical con-
struction along the lines of the Capital
Traction road President Dunlop, with
Messrs. Henry Hurt and Samuel L. Phil
lips, made a formal request for permit
to do the work. They explained that con-
tracts had been entered into with the Gen
eral Electric Company, and all they were
waiting for was a permit before beginning
the underground construction.
Vice President Griffin of the latter COM
pany, at one time assistant engineer COM
missioner of the District, was present, and
said there would be no delay the part
of his company as to the electrical equip
ment. Commissioners Wight and Black
both stated there would he no trouble
be prepared and issued at once.
While no member of the committee could
give any definite idea as to when the road
would be equipped, they all stated that
not moment would be lost, and that be-
fore many weeks elapse electric cars viii
be running on Pennsylvania avenue and