Evening star., 1904-03-24

Dominion line could transfer Its passenger
without charge to the Capital Traction
Company at 36th and NJ streets and withou'
further charge they could ride thirteen milei
IL they wanted to. All they would ask Of
the Great Falls and Old Dominion would b
to receive their passengers who were goine
across the Aqueduct bridge and according
to their system they would not carry them
far before they would charge them an extra
fare. There would be several extra farei
before they got to the Great Falls, he said
Senator Gailinger asked II Mr.. Dunlop had
not objected to transferring with the Met
ropoHtan. Mr.. Dunlop replied that they
had objected to that because the Metropoli.
tan system para1leded their own. He said
that his proposition to have free transfer
with suburban roads had been made sew.
eral years ago, but not a single road had
accepted 1t.
Alleged Invasion.
Senator Taliaferro asked Mr.. Dunlop whaj
feature Of this proposed extension he re
garded as an invasion Of his rights beyond
the ten squares over which they wanted tc
use the Capital Traction tracks.
After leaving those ten squares" said
Mr.. Dunlop, they invade our territory ad-
jacent to our road. We are equipped to dc
this business, and we have spent millions ir
order to do 1t, and we do not believe Con-
gress will be willing to break down. was
going to say. the only company of the city
that gives the city a perfect service. If you
take away our fares the inevitable will
come. and you will have a state of affairs
on Pennsylvania avenue. 14th and 1th
streets that has been experienced on other
lines that could not be made to pay"
Mr.. Dunlop stated that the only way the
Great Falls could come to the city and make
a real cross-town line would be to come over
the Chain bridge and strike the center OF
the. city north of M street. He said that
another objection to the road was that ii
used the Capital Traction tracks according
to the proposed plan around Thomas circle
which would be the cause of danger and
much trouble.
Mr.. Goldsborough's Statement.
Mr.. Richard H. Goldsborough asked to
make brief statement and said that while
MI Dunlop represents corporation that is
very ably managed and was credit to the
city he had gone out Of his way to reflect
upon the stockholders in this new company
who are behind this enterprise.
My relation said Mr.. Goldsbrough
with some of these gentlemen, notably
Mr. Mclean, is such that cannot with
propriety let this pass without a protest
Mr. Mclean will put up any bond to be
forfeited If this road is not completed with
IN as short time as it is possible to build
Il
Traction and Electric Company said that
he appeared; merely as receiver for the
City and Suburban line. General Harries
would appear later for the general sys-
tenn.
The Consolidated Lines.
Mr. McDermett related something of the
history of the lines that had been consoli-
dated or brought under a single manage
ment. He stated that only the Columbia,
Loft
roads We're owned outright by the Wash
ington Traction and Electric Company. In
the case of other suburban roads under
that management he said the company
merely owned a majority of their stock.
He said after this consolidation had taken
place II mad been found necessary to i'm
prove the railroad service, and within four
years the company had expended in this
way nearly $4,000OOO. They had extended
on the Anacostia road 81 O.OOO, which had
been contributed by people outside the Dis
trlct of Columbia Notwithstanding that
additional expense that road was not in a
paying condition. Congress had ordered
them to extend the line up 1Isn street. and
they Were ordered to build bridge that
would cost $1o0OOO. On the Brishtwond
road they are losing $4,000 a year. ON
the City and Suburban line IN four wears
they mad paid out more than the people
along that line had contributed in the form
OF fares. something like 800 600
Mr.. McDermott objected to the pronose5
extension because he said it paralieIed the
CITY and Suburban road He was salts
ned that the Great Falls and Old Dominion
line would not pay expenses. During the
next twenty-five years, he said it would
not pay the wages of the motormen and
conductors He said that so far as the
Columbia and Metropolitan roads and the
system in general of this company were
concerned there was no better anywhere,
When a Road Will Pay.
There is a way to ascertain whether a
road will pay" said Mr. McDermott 'sYou
can estimate your population, the cost OF
construction, the cost of operation and ap-
proximately the amount of traffic that can
be secured When roads are paralleled it
can be approximately known what traffic
can be secured by one of the paralleline
roads. You can make by this method a
very fair guess whether a road will paw or
not"
He did not consider that it was fair in
view of conditions on the City and Sub
urban for Congress to permit another road
to parallel that system.
Mr.. McDermott said that he anticipated
tnat automobiles carrying large number
or passengers would be utilized in the near
future for service in sections of the city
that do not warrant railroads. He believed
that future accommodations in this city
would be along those lines.
The hearing was then adjourned until
saturday morning at 10 o'clock