The times., 1898-05-08

and that may still result from the ire
gularties and want Of conformity to any
general plan in the subdivisions hereto
fore made outside the city limits may be
and doubtless are great, but they are not
sufficiently serious 10 Justify a present
the enormous cost that would result from
the taking of lands and the destruction
OF buildings that would be required in
oTdes 10 make such subdivisions conform
in part To the plans of the city Ii is ad-
mittedly impossible that, even if it were
desirable, existing ou~side subdivisions
can be made to conform with accuracy
or even approximate accuracy to the old
plan of the city.
The committee have, therefore. con-
cluded that the wisest course that can
be adopted at present. and one that will
at the present time best subserve the in
terests of the municipality and the land
owners and Of the United States. is to re-
peal the act Of March 2 1898 to annul all
the proceedings Hereunder to allow the
subdivisions heretofore made to remain
for the present as they now are and in
respect of all unsubdivided lands outside
the city limits and outside the limits Of
existing subdivisions to prohibit the max
ing and recording OF any new subdivisions
or the laying out or improving of any new
streets. unless they shall be in conform
ity with the plan of the city.
In this way any increase of the evils
caused by new and irregular subdivisions
Of unsubdvided and agricultural lands
will be effectually prevented. and time
and opportunity will be afforded TO de-
termine what il Is necessary and possible
to do in respect of the application Of the
plan OF the city to existing subdivisions"
The report of the House District Com
mittee on the bill TO extend the Metro
politan Railroad is as follows:
The Committee on the the District OF
Columbia, 40 whom was referred tho
hill ri. r lG222l 10 authorize The exteu-
sion Of the Metropolitan Railroad. after
having given numerous hearings L. in
terested parties, and after careful cousid-
GRAFTON Of the matter. recommend that
House bills 1859. Tj4 SG-A $500 225. sS44
and sl57, relating to the same subject be
laid upon the table and that H0use bill
l0222 do pass.
''The present terminus % the Connectl-
cut Avenue line Of the Metropolitan Rail.
road Is on Columbia road. at the point
Of it's intersection with Eighteenth Street
The residents nf the territory north
~ Columbia Road. and between Four
teenth Street and the park. including res
idents of Mount Pleasant have urged
upon the committee the great need tnat
exists OF increased means and facilities
for rapid transit for that ueighborhood.
and particularly the need Of direct COM
munication with those parts Of the city
reached by the lines Of the Metropolitan
Railroad.
The railroad company has expressed
Its Willingness to construct the road at
once II authorized TO do 50.
The bin has the approval of the com
missioners OF the District.
1T proposes 20 extend the present un-
deTground electric system OF the Metro
p0iiJan Company from its present ter
minus at Eighteenth Street east wardly
along Columbia road 10 Erie Street along
Erie Street 10 Seventeenth Street. along
Seventeenth Street extended to Park
Street
''lnasmuch as Erie Street and Seven
teenth Street north OF Columbia road are
not now completely open or graded. It has
been necessary to provide in the bill
that the company shall at its own cost
acquire through the streets named the
right Of way over a strip Of land thirty
feet in width along the proposed route.
The bin also provides that when the said
streets are opened or widened the com
pany shall convey to the District for the
use OF the public the right of way so to
be acquired by ii. subject only 10 the
companys right of user.
THE bill, il Is believed, properly pro-
tects the District
Its passage is asked and urged by the
residents Of the region into which the
proposed route enters, and is recommend
ed by The committee