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

der the policy adopted at Chicago. to ele
vate the tracks and the city did not pay
any portion Of the expense, but paid only
the expense of conforming the streets to
the tracks, and assumed all damages aris-
ing from the change. We assume those
burdens here and adopt the policy of pay
ing 90 per cent of the cost in addition.
What the Il. and o. Company Asks.
Now. this Baltimore and Ohio railroad
surrendered to the city this tract of land
which has been referred to by the gentle
man from Maryland. along the right of way
here from Florida avenue to the junction
of the two lines. and You will notice on the
map that is practically the same distance
as the new right of way which is granted
by the provision of this bill. In surrender
ing that right OF way we acquire little
over thirteen acres of ground.
Now, they say that should pay one
half the cost of acquiring this right of way
Do YOU know the number of acres you are
acquiring and the number that you are
giving away under the provisions of this
bill? You called upon to pay the cost
of acquiring ninetyfOur acres. Have you
| thought of that? Are you prepared to go
to that extent in the way of expenditures?
Here are the two lines. and you acquire
the right of way that this road has held
for a period of about fifty years that is
charged to us at $4,000, and we pay for
this other property that We must acquire
$500. 600
II repeat. Mr. Chairman. that we are
charged 1850 ,OO0 for this right Of way down
here We can use thirteen acres which We
acquire. which is estimated to be worth
$4,000. We ought to be charged with so
0Oo and such additional sum as IS rightly
required to acquire the new right Of way
say. 100000, and we pay one-half of that
sum.
That would reduce that sum OF $500 600
about $4,000, and If you will take that
from the first paragraph in their expense
attributable to elevation and change of line
1t will reduce it from $914 800 to St;44 800
Ana, mark you. that is allowing double a
much to the railroad company for the value
or the land on this new line as we are
charged for the value of the other land
and We take their figures as to what it is
worth"
Who is asking the Baltimore and Ohio
road to change their track from the old
| track to the new asked Mr. Shattuc
Does the gentleman mean that because
we are asking 1t we ought to pay mil
non and a half dollars for it?" Incurred
Mr.. CoWherd. Il submit that when the
ROAD Is changed to an elevated track where
the company are not required to keen gate
men where they can run in and out of the
city as last as they please put on sinh
urban trains, where they have a perpetuaI
franchise instead of a ten-year right as at
present, the property will be worth mil
Hoi!s OF collars more to them than it is
now. - -
Now, this is the first point of reduction
| 100000 on ninctyfour acres of land Ana
| IN uolnS that remember we allow doubla
as much Tor this right Of way as We pet
LOT the old one, according to the estima ted
value. Now, they charge us s227 OOO for
| the Improvement in this yard at Eckingt0n
Cost of Moving the Round Home.
Il want gentlemen to remember that
| the present Baltimore and Ohio has no
| freight yards which are accessible Thei.
freight yards and sidings are practically
scattered along their right of way at diff
ferent points. Their roundhouse IL located
| as they themselves admit at a very incou-
Venient point, out at Trinidad. and the en-
gineS nave TO switch around from this
branch 20 get to it. They propose. in the
1rst place to move that roundhouse to n
point in the Y, the most convenient and
accessible point their whole line and
they ought TO be permitted to move il to
some accessible point. The roupdhouse as
1t exists at present there. l should esti
mate. was worth from $4,000 to so5 600
AS | remember, some such question was
asked or Commissioner Beach, and he said
he had no estimate upon it. but he should
think 1t was worth something like that
sum. Gentlemen when we tear down the fish
commission building up here and move it. We
say 1t will only cost $40, 900 to tear 1t down
and rebuild 1t, but when they tear down
that roundhOuse and put it here in a pla ce
where 1t will be ten times as good as If
was before, and worth more. we are to be
charged 100000 for moving it; and that IS
one of the items of expense in this bill
submit that item ought to be cut out of this