Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18

pervision over the railroad companies, ex-
cept by giving up all their other duties and
devoting their time entirely to the street
railways. He briefly sketched the difficult
ties to be met with In the management Of
street railroad company and the impracti-
capinty OF any outside authority having
anything to do with the schedules. He then
referred briefly to the portion of the report
OF the committee which dealt with the 18th
stree9 extension, which has not yet been
part OF the Anacostia and Potomac River
line When the bill referred to previously
was introduced In Congress the trustees Of
L sils nn i sent Tor him. he said. and asked
MN nm. what was meant by such a PROPOSE
tlon ana who was behind 1t. He replied,
giving the facts to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief. whereup they told him TO
~ 70 me people who were behind this bill
anu u leu them that the trustees of that
roau oio not propose to spend any more
money on improvements, If the management
OF their FUNDS. or what represented their
1unds. was to be put In the hands of the
District Commissioners or ANYBODY else
OUTSIDE OF the officers chosen by them.
~ tonciuoing his argument, Gen. Harries
a S that the authors of the bill should
nave gone little further and added sew
eral more features They should have made
secuon declaring that the Commissioners
Snouiu assume charge of the roads, and the
tu omcers and stockholders be
T 1ielepy renewed from further responsibility.
winch tne government would declare itself
Responsible for the bonded Indebtedness of
tne various roads and bind itself to nav
ae ip,ihCtpai ana interest, etc.; and a third
section should be added relieving the Com
missloners from all other duties Whatso-
ever, IN order that they might devote their
sole attention to the management of the
Iailroads Tor their time would be too much
ldnei up with railroad affairs to bother
about other business.
Mr. Henderson Again Recognized
several gentlemen sprang to their feet
at the conclusion of Gen. Harries' talk, but
MT. henderson was again recognized He
mace another argument in favor of the
paragraph In question. There were several
very broad statements made during the
discussion which followed in which several
Utiier members Of the board took part.
during all this time Mr. Server was irving
10 eaten the eye of the president and when
ne mao done so said he had no idea, nor
.I .ne committee, that any paragraph in
1me report would create so much discussion
ne committee, he said, desired to with
draw that part of the report
On motion OF DR.. Pardon the report was
doopteo with the Objectionable matter ex-
puIsdteo py The voluntary action of the
committee.
Senator Hanna Remembered.
The reports of the committees on mercan-
tie interests and insurance were presented
by Mr.. William H. Moses and Mr.. Watson
j. Newton, respectively. This finished the
business for the night, but before adjourn
ment MT Thomas P. Morgan presented the
following resolution which was adopted
unanimously by rising vote:
w hereaS, death has removed Marcus A
Hanna from the life in which he accom-
pl1shed so much, and
w hereas, many of the results In the
w he bod
were or moment to the national capital and
lts permanent interests; therefore be it
Resolved that the Washington Board of
trade places on record this expression of
profound sorrow at the -untimely departure
of the greatest of o1ir business statesmen
a stanch supporter iofi every movement
looking to our country's commercial su-
premacy, the friend of sall that is best and
most advanced in our civilization, a patri-
otto american of thetrue type
After Recommendation members were in
Vlted TO the reception room next to the ball
room, where buffet lunch was served.
List of Those Present
Among those present We're: A. P Pardon,
]. I'll. Ralston, Frank A. Butts, William G.
Henderson, William NJ Shuster Walter A.
Brown, Jesse B. Wilson, s. j. Masters, DR..
William Tindall, Capt. L. NJ Kelley, w.
S. Chase. w. G. Henderson, l. H. Saunders,
w. H. Saunders, John Doyle Carmody A.
. CayWood, Henry w. Samson, Oscar w.
White, G. b. Chipman.- j., Henry c. FISH
er, U. s. A; William K. Ellis John s.
Swormstedt, Philip F. Larner, J. M. Cham
berlin. Ralph w. Lee, Fred A. Fenning,
Albert f. Fox, William V. Cox Thomas p
Morgan, William II. Moses, Walter A.
Brown, George H. Harries R. Ross Perry,
William A. Nleloy. c. A Obenthain, S. r.
Waters, j. "A. Whitfield, W. H. Spignul.
Walter III. Klopfer, Robert n. Harper.
Robert HI. Terrell A. B. Browne. d. s.
CARL, Maj. George A Armes H. B. Rich.
ards. Charles w. Fairfax, w NICK. CLAW
ton, Col. George Truesdell, A. r. Server.
Edward I. Bates. ]. M. Schneider, l.. IA.
Schneider, Charles S. Bradley, F. l.. Att
well. c. w. Howard, c. Thompson, Carl
Stodder. c. F. Nesbit. b. F. johnson. DIR.
Paris e. Brengle. DR.. ]. B. Gregg Gusts.
3. 5. Treadwell. DR.. w. r. King, Lee Dun
can Latimer, Watson ]. Newton. Samuel
lHerrick. Fred G. Coldren, w. Mosby viii
llams, DR.. R A. Bates. A T. Hoffman.
Dr. ID. Percy Hickling, John H. Magruder
III