Evening star., 1900-09-25
CAPT. BEACH DlSAPPROvES
DECLINES TO INDORsE AN APPLICA-
TION FOR PERMIT.
Railway Company's Desire to Leave
Cars ON Certain Streets I'm
Cases of Emergency.

Mr.. George H. Harres. vice president of
the City and Suburban and the Metropoli-
tan railroad companies, several weeks ago
requested permission from the District
Commissioners to park cars at 9th and
streets northeast and 18th and ID streets
northeast in the name of the f1rst-named
company, and at 14th and East Capitol
streets northeast In the name of the Metro
politan Company. Mr.. Harries, in making
the request, explained that it was not the
intention of the companies to ask the right
to indiscriminately park cars on the streets.
but to provide for the possibility Of having
to temporarily keep them on the street
should there be arrangement of the me-
chanical equipment in the car barns. Such
condition. he stated. being occasionally
probable. the companies desired to have in
their possession the proper official sanction.
The application was referred by the Com
missioners to one of their inspectors. Mr..
A. L. Thomas, who made the following re-
port: These are isolated points on the re-
spective roads mentioned. and the use of
the tracks proposed will not result in any
interference with private rights. Similar
permits have been granted in the past. and
the proposed occupation not now involving
an actual parking of cars. / recommend
the permission for the use in emergency
cases, such as indicated in the application"
In forwarding this report to the Engineer
Commissioner Capt. Beach, his assistant.
Capt. Newcomer approved 1t. with the pro-
vision that the permits should be valid only
in cases of emergency referred to.
Captain Beach was absent from the city
at the time. and upon his return he wrote
Mr.. Harries, calling his attention to the
fact that his application failed to state
the period during which the companies de-
sired to have the cars remain in the streets.
or how frequently such action is to occur.
or for what length of time the permits
were desired. Captain Beach explained TO
Mr.. Harries that If he would furnish the
desired infOrna
as to the probable cause for such storage
liz the streets the Commissioners would be
enabled to act more intelligently upon his
application.
Vice President Harries Replies.
To this Mr. Harries replied as follows:
''The application for emergency permits
should have stated that desired thirty,
days permits with the probability of sue
cessive renewals. So far as / know, there
is no reasonable likelihood that the permits
will be used. but it is possible that
pairs to tracks or transfer tables at the
stations in question may compel us to put
a few cars in the street for few hours.
perhaps one night in six months. The ap-
plication for emergency permits was filed
because the police have insisted that
should not permit any cars to stand in
the street without permission from the
proper authorities. Being recently without
such permission. We have been compelled
to put ourselves in very uncomfortable
attitude as apologetlc ana unWllllng law
breakers Trusting that you will relieve
us of any such embarrassment in the
future, / am etc.
Capt Beach today disposed of the matter
so far as he is concerned by making the
following recommendation to his associates,
which recommendation it is expected will
receive their approval: Respectfully for
warded to the Commissioners, with recon-
mendation that Gen Harries be informed
that. a it Is impossible to foresee when the
cause OF parking cars in the streets Is
liable to occur, and when 1t does occur
ii will be the result Of accident, 1t is be-
lleved inadvisabe to issue permits for park
Ing cars in the streets requested. II an
emergency occurs. the Engineer CommiS-
sioner and the Commissioner in charge Of
the police department can readily be COM
municated with by telephone and the mat
ter adjusted. Ii is believed better to leave
the matter in this shape than to issue per.
mits.'