The Washington times., 1902-05-12
Amendment Extends Use
of Station to All Bona
Eide Railways.
PREPARED BY COMMITTEE
other Roads Must Have Line Extended
to Point of Connection With Ter
minal Tracks Before Right of Use Ex-
ists-Text of Amendment.

The union railway station bill for tn,
district will be taken up in the Senate
curing the morning hour today unless ths
plans OF the District Committee fail.
Inc committee has come to an agree
ment with the Pennsylvania Railroad man
agement as to the proposition of Senator
PATTERSON that the station shall be thrown
open to all other railway lines now enter
ing the District, or which snail do SO il
the future.
An amendment has been prepared which
az Is believed viii meet all the wishes oi
Mr.. Patterson and his friends 1t is prac-
ucaily the same in its provisions as the
PATTERSON proposition, Though differing
from it in phraseolcgy.
Text of Amendment.
Ihe new amendment is worded as fol-
lows, two sections-1S and 14-tal,ing the
place Of section IA in the original bill:
Section 1s. That any railroad company
ne@ or hereafter lawfully existing and
authorized to extend line of railroad
1nd having In fact extended such line. or
secured the right by agreement to op-
crate over the lines of any other then
existing railroad, TO a point Of connection
with the tracks Of said terminal COM
psny. shall have the right 10 the Joint
use OF said station and terminal upon
terms substantially as favorable as those
winch may then be accorded to any other
raiIroad company using the said station
ana terminal; and IL the parties be unable
20 agree upon such terms. then the same
snail be prescribed by the Supreme Court
OF the District of Columbia
section IA. Tha: Congress reserves the
right to alter. amend. or repeal this act. /"
To Exclude Paper Railways"
1t will be seen that the provision refers
only to any line now in existence, or
which shall be in existence at the time it
makes application for entrance into the
station. The wording tere is intended to
prevent paper railways from attempt
ing holdups of the Pennsylvania company.
The amendment differs from the Patter-
Son proposition, too, in specifying that
any company wishing to use the unicn
station must have reached point of con-
nection with the tracks of the terminal
company" which is a sub-company of the
baltimore and Ohio that, under the bill,
is allowed to construct and own the ter
rninal facilities in the District
hhc atntuuintHl pro-
vided that any railway wI0se tracks
crossed those Of any railway using the
union station should have the right to
come into the District over the tracks Of
the latter and use the station.
The new section IL provides specifically
that Congress reserves the right to alter,
amend. or repeal the act. The original
eill had no such provision.
Amended Bill will Pass.
The committee believes that as thus
amended the bill will not be opposed or.
ii. there is any opposition. that 1T will
cot be effective. Senator Gallinger, the
second Republican member of the COM
mittee. will bring the bill up today in
the absence from the city of MIR. Nc
MILAN. the chairman.
Senator Hansbrough will probably Of
fer his substitute bill providing that the
District shall build and own the ter
minals and station. Railway engineers
have estimated that the proposition
would cost the District $50 1000 900. 1t is
understood that there will be some votes.
but not many, for the plan. and that it
has no chance whatever of being adopted.