The times., 1898-01-30
HANNA COMES TO ITS AID
He Urges Another Trial for the
Brown System.
AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS
1t VIII Be Asked to Grant Tom john
sons Company More Time-The
Capital hallway Company Stops Its
Service ana Mr.. Griswold Substi-
tuteS Horse Car.

There are no electric cars running
| to Anacostia and Congress Heights,
| the Capital Railway Company having
| complied with the order of the District
| Commissioners and discontinued the
| service because of the ruling regarding
| the Brown electric system. President
! A. +. Randle also deemed it wise to
stop running his cars through Anacos-
tia to Congress Heights.
| President II. a. Griswold, of the An
acostia and Potomac River Railway
| Company, however, established horse
| car service over the tracks used by the
Capital Hallway Company, to the great
| convenience of persons in that vicinity.
Mr.. Griswold took advantage of a
clause III the charter of the AnacoStia
and Potomac River Railway Company,
which grants the right to extend its
service at any time to Congress
Heights. The same clause gives per-
mission for an extension of the line out
Harrison street and along the Good
Hope road to Good Hope.
The horse car continued it's trips,
passengers from the Anacostia car be-
ing transferred free 10 the car run
ming to Congress Heights. Trips were
made every half hour.
Meanwhile the advocates of the
Brown system We're busily engaged at
the District building. Mr. Thomas Du-
pont, general manager of the johnson
Company which controls the Brown
system, called twice TO see Commits
sioners Wight and Black. His confer
ence in the morning was evidently un-
satisfactory. as he returned in the af-
ternoon, accompanied by Senator
Hanna. The latter interceded with the
commissioners on behalf of the Brown
system, but Commissioners Wight and
Black declined to rescind their order
OF yesterday ordering the system to be
taken up with thirty days.
Senator Hanna and Mr.. Dupont ey
planned that what they objected to par
tlculariy was that the action of the
commissioners appeared as a condem-
nation of the Brown system. The SEN
ator said he desired this rectified in
some manner. the johnson Company
being an Ohio concern and a constitu-
ent of his. The Commissioners stated
that they did not desire to reflect on
the system as unworthy of attention.
and admitted that a further trial
might result in a better service and
remedy the alleged imperfectfons.
Their position was, however that they
did not care to allow the street to be
further used for experiments by the
Brown system people.
II was nnaiy agreed that Congress
should be approached with a view to
obtaining an extension of time for a
further trial, and it is probable that the
commissioners will not make any adj
verse report on a measure introduced
for that purpose. 1t will, of course
be seen that the fight between the An
acostia Railway and the Capital Rail
way VIII then be transferred to Con
gress, where a bill has been introduced
at the request of President GriswoId
granting his company permission to in
stall the same underground system
over his entire line as is now used by
the metropolitan Company. The Can't
tai Railway Company has its plate con-.
tact system established on Eleventh
street southeast, which is part of the
route of the Anacostia Company. To
install the underground electric system
would necessitate the tearing up of thu
Brown system. The question now in
teresting Anacostla and Congress
Heights people is whether Congress
viii recognize the Brown system and
allow its further trial, or will pass the
bill granting President Griswold the
right to install the underground sys-
TEN.