Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-20

hill. or at least it ought 20 be very mate
rally reduced.
Il would allow them $2o00O and no more.
because the road IS very much bettered by
having 1t over there. and We ought NOT ia
be charged with the betterments of the
railroad. The gentleman from Wisconsin
Saiq that there was great big cut. There
Is a big cut. and may add we are charged
with a big sum for making 1t: and | agree
II we are to pay half the cost of this gift
we should pay half the cost of this excaya-
ton. and when they charge for excavatins
2no,JHD cubic yards at 81 cents ward ST. :
92'. | make no objection to the charge.
provided 20 cents Il cubic yard is a far
price for eXcavating. have had some
httle experience in my own home, and /
paid - cents a cubic yard. When rail
road goes into eXcaVating 1t does SO with
great steam shovel. that takes up a cubic
yard at a dip. When had 1t done ii was by
an irlshman with pipe, shovel and a
wagon. I-aughter)
Double Charge for Excavating.
Suppose we admit that So cents is a
proper charge. The gentleman saws it de-
Ponds upon the haul But the 50 cents for
excavation should include taking the earth
out and dumping 1t. Mark You, they have
to make fillzcf fifteen to twenty feet over
here at this point tindica ting), and in max
ing that excavation they at the same time
make this NIL The engineer frankly said
that was what the dirt taken from the car
was to be used for We are charged wit n
s1i325 for taking the dirt out and s94 500
for putting it in. That is Il double charge
and that IS all there Is to it, (Appause
w hen YOU take it over there in the loaded
cars and dump it, there ought to be no other
charge than he % cents cubic yard and
therefore they ought to strike out the 1874 =
500 charged in the lexington yard esti-
mate.
Il would strike out these items | would
reduce the cost of the lexington yard to
$1,000. Now, for elevation Of tracks And
mark You. gentlemen, here is the only track
to be elevated in the whole business The
gentleman was wrong when he said that
this part of the track was carried over this
street 1t IS not The street there is aban-
doned But for this elevation of tracks they
estimate S6l6,2D | have no opposition to
make TO that. | will take it at their own
figures.
Cost of the Terminal
But, gentlemen, here comes In an item to
which | want to call attention. Here is the
depot Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Everybody knows the terminals Of the Bal
timore and Ohio are now insufficient: that
they have practically no passenger accom-
mediation; and / submit that the depot has
to be changed; and on that item II we nav
If the 80 per cent theory IS adopted one
half of what would be the reasonable ey
penSe OF building new depot, that would
be practically of the same value as the one
and so situated as to be used In connection
with the elevated tracks. They charge lis
with one-half of the cost of building the re-
talninS walls around the whole Droperty
$4,000. They charge us one-half of the
cost of filling all this property for the
freight and passenger yards. 500 600 Mark
you, here are the yards; they will be closer
they Will be more commodious wards and
the best yards possible they could have in
the city.
Ought not part Of that to be charged as
betterment of the ralroad2 Is it fair that
the people of the United States are to he
charged for that in this bill? l would strike
out the Item where are charged with
building this retaining wall, because that is
surely chargeable to betterment of the rail-
road, and would allow some fair. sum FOR
loss OF their present station, saw S1IO ono
and that l contend IS more than liberal. of
which II we pay half we would be charged
with $4,000. Summing these items, Won
Will find that the charges properly attrib-
In round numbers 81, 5O0,OOO for the Rail-
more and Ohio: adopting the 80 per cent
policy. that is $75O,O0O as our share of the
cost, and 1 again assert that 80 per cent Is
a very liberal allowance.
Limit of b. and o. Rights.
Il would like to know whether these
changes can be effected In any way by the
general government with the consent of
the Baltimore and Ohio company" asked
Mr.. w. A. Smith. .
THAT is a very pertinent question; and
permit me to answer the gentleman" re-
piled Mr.. Cowherd. 1.-The right of way of