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jected to that principle of legislation, but
Congress had insisted upon it.

jected to that principle of legislation, but
Congress had insisted upon it.
Mr.. Ridout said that the willingness of
the present companies to extend their
tracks in the District had been referred
to very frequently, but he was at loss
to know that they had ever undertaken
or desired to undertake a project for
cross town. although very many demands
for it had been made. Now the new COM
pany came in proposing to build what they
had failed to build, and 1t was met with
it.
Mr.. Ridout ridiculed the idea of auto
mobiles taking the place of street rail-
roads in the future. The Metropolitan
great deal with storage batteries, and
while they were satisfactory for light
weight carriages. he thought that it was
not right to depend upon the eXigency of
future inventions in making plans for rail-
road extensions.
General Harries stated that the motor to
which he had referred was actually operat-
ing in six cities, and had been for a year
and a half carrying passengers at cents.
Mr.. Dunlop's Statement.
Mr.. Dunlop also made short statement
in relation to the iRadvisability of permit
go beyond the District end of the Aqeduct
bridge He said that the best schedule
they could possibly make under their pres
ent arrangement over the bridge would be
a car every ten minutes while the Capital
Traction would provide them a free trans
fer on cars running twenty hours a day
every three minutes and a minute and
half a part during Office hours.
Mr.. Dunlop stated that his remarks on
previous occasion before the committee re-
garding what he termed the stock jobbing
features of this project were not in any
way intended to be personal, as he knew
many of the gentlemen connected with the
project, and had a high regard for them.
But he stated further that 1t was his be-
lief that the outcome of this would be an
effort to make the Capital Traction Com
pany buy this charter or the road built
under it.
"Of course" he said, eff that were forced
on us we would have to father its bonds
Senator Gallinger asked whether there
was any way to force them to buy it.
Mr.. Dunlop replied that there was not.
IF this charter is granted" he continued,
ut will never be bought by u.s.
Mr.. Dunlop said that his company stood
ready to build such extensions as in the
judgment of the committee they should
build He stated that the road now has
under contemplation the extension of it's q
street line eastwardly. but he preferred to
say nothing as to the streets they desired
to use until the plans are more matured
Mr. Richard Fl. Goldsborough also spoke
in favor of the Great Falls and Old Domin-
ion railroad. He said that the Capital Trac-
tlOn plan 1Or them to transfer their
sengers at the end of the Aqueduct bridge
did not meet the case at ALL He then out
lined the additional accommodation that
would be given their passengers by running
the road on M street rather than by trans
ferring them to the Pennsylvania avenue
line of the Capital Traction Company He
showed how much more easily and quickly
some part of the city could be reached by
this method.
M Street Property.
Mr.. Goldsborough contended that the
property on M street would be doubled in
value by the railroad. But whether or not
it was doubled in value, he claimed that
there were no fine residences there any
way, and that there were many small
houses occupied by colorsd people.
Mr.. Hackett asked whether that state
ment referred to the improvements east of
14th street.
Mr.. Goldsborough replied that there were
but that west of that street for number
of squares his remarks were justified.
Mr.. Hackett went on to point out that
east of 18th street, along M street. were
some of the best residential properties in
the city; that The street was one that had
been occupied for many years by the pres
ent residents, and that no street in the city
in the older section is better built up.
Senator Gallinger suggested that they
would not have a controversy over that
subject The hearing was then Brought to
a close and the entire matter will be placed
before a subcommittee