Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-07
APPLIES FOR AUTHORITY
Metropolitan Railway Company Asks to
Extend Its System.
Application for Kermit to Make Com
BrightwOod avenue Route.

given by the District Commissioners, last
week, on the bills providing for the extern
sion Of the Metropolitan railroad. Mr.. Ma
lhanlel Wilson, the attorney of the COM
rany, stated that the road would, as soon
as 1t could obtain the necessary authority,
continue its system out Florida avenue
from 9Th to It'll street., and then up eth
street or Brightwood avenue, as it is call
ed north of the city limits, to the property
owned by the company. wherein loop is
proposed to be made. By some this pro-
posed move on the part Of the road was
doupted, but as evidence of its sincerity
III the matter, the company has applied to
the commissioners for permit to make
the necessary connections. The application
Las oeen approved by the office of the En-
Sineer Commissioner, and its issuance is
expected to follow.
PRESIDENT Weaver of the Metropolitan
company made the application, and in do
ing SO explained to the Commissioners that
permit was granted for the work three
years ago, but the extension was never
mads because of opposition III the shape
" an injunction suit on the part of the
Capital traction Company. President Dun
Top OF the latter company, having at the
nearing last week stated that his road does
not object, provided nothing will be done
10 prevent the operation of his road along
the two squares on Florida avenue to be
Jointly occupied by the two companies,
President Weaver further explains that his
ROAD Is prepared to at oncs make the ex-
tension, either under the old permit or
undet new one, it rest ting with the Com
mlssioners to decide whether or not q new
one Is necessary.
New Permit Necessary.
The office of the Engineer Commissioner
has decided that new permit should be
granted, preferring that the work should
hot be done under the old one, and has
drawn up the form of the paper. Should 1t
be granted, and of that there is little, If
any, doubt, 1t would provide that the Met
repolltan company be permitted to lay
temporary tracks and use them during the
construction of the new ones on Florida
avenue and 18th street. 1t will provide that
the underground electric system now in
operation by the Metropolitan company be
continued on Florida avenue and Tth street
Oh course, to the property of the company
on Br1ghtwood avenue, and that thereon
the company shall construct its loop. That
Is, On the same streets on which the COM
pany operated its road on August 2, 1891
Nothing was said by President Weaver in
his application for the permit as to the
exact time when the work OF construction
will be commenced. but it is understood to
be the intention of the company to COM
mence 1t as soon as possible after permis-
sion is granted.
1t is also expected that the company will
erect car house on its property On Bright
the line out 9th street north of Florida
avenue Will be abandoned, provided Con-
gress does not provide for the extension of
the road out through Mt. Pleasant.
Connecting Link.
The completion of this section of the 9th
street line Ct the Metropolitan Railroad
Company as authorized by the proposed
permit will, it is claimed, make that road
4 connecting one with the Brightwood
railroad within the meaning of the law of
1884. AS has been stated in The Star, that
law authorizes and requires the Metropol-
it&n Railroad Company to enter into recip-
rocal trackaget arrangements with con-
ectlng roads. In the event the section of
the road Is built as indicated by the ap-
plication for the permit, then such arrange
nents must be entered into with the
Brlghtwood company as will allow the use
or the tracks of the two. companies by the
cars of each company or some other re-
ciprocal agreement.
In that event the cars of the Brightwood
road instead of stopping at TIN street and
Florida avenue, as at present will be con-
tinued down 9th street over the tracks of
the Metropolitan Company to the termi-
nus. In the same way, the cars of the
Metropolitan Company can be run out the
18th street road over the tracks of the
Brightwood Company.
BY using the route via Kenyon street
the Metropolitan cars can so to 18th street
at the present terminus of the Capital
Traction 14th street line.
The Trackage Arrangement.
1t is not known what the nature OF the
trackage arrangements of the roads will be,
as Mr. Charles p. Williams, the general
manager Of the Brightwood company, told
a Star reporter today that he had not been
approached on this subject by any repre-
sentative of the Metropolitan He added
m haa n Inv
the two companies and that ne only heard
through third person of the application
made today by the metropolitan company
for permit to build the connecting link.
When a Star reporter called at the office
Of the Metropolitan company this after
noon the president, Mr.. Weaver was not
there, neither was the manager, Mr.. Cole
man, but the treasurer, Mr.. w. J. Wilson,
represented the company, and in reply to
a question said it was noe known when the
work of building this extension would be
begun, and probably nothing definite would
be know n for several days.