The Washington times., 1904-03-24

: cars would not De run frequently
enough to build up good traffic. and
/ then the company would say the patron
age did not warrant better car service.
THE only assurance OF a good cross
( town service is in giving equal privileges
[ 20 a new com pany. which will have to
give good service 10 make the road Il
paying Investment. There is Il neeu
fcI such Il road. and the new company
/ h3s fun confidence that this committee
viii consider all rhe facts stated in
/ fairness 10 its interests and 10 the
city"
Opposition From Dunlop.
President George T Dunlop spoke next
/ in behalf Of the Capital Traction Com
pany. He said his company protested
! against the granting OF the privileges
asked by the new company because il
vas an invasion of their rights grarted
/ forty-two years ago. No local organi-
I ZatiOn had done so much for the pro-
/ gress or Washington. he said. as the
/ railway company Of which he is now the
/ directing head.
! Mr.. Dunlop went into great detail in
| describing the Union Station in George
town. and how il WAS constructed Eis
said a cut OF slXty-twO feet had 20 Do
! made in solid rock TO build such sta
/ ton He said Major Powell under
whose supervision the work was done.
/ insisted upon a retaining wall siXty-tw0
/ feet high and eleven feet thick TO hold
up the solid rock back Of IL.
Repartee in Committee.
The legislation under which the Old
Dominion road got permission 10 cross
| the Aqueduct Bridge 70 Georgetown Was
/ described by AIr. Dunlop. He said il was
bad legislation which had permitted that
company TO get into the District.
But you didnt object To the legs
| lation BY coming before Congress, did
your he was asked.
Because thought I had more In
/ fuence in not coming before Congress"
/ replied Mr.. Dunlop.
We'll you were mistaken. weren't
/ passed -
passed II We had objected" boldly as
| serted Mr.. Dunlop.
That is a reflection on Congress.
think" " put IN Chairman Gallinger
I well. III take that back" added NJ.
Dunlop, II Il say il would not have been
+ done with our consent
Dunlop on Hope.
Mr. Dunlop said he thought Congress
would consider well before granting tbs
! privileges asked by the new company.
We can only present our side" he
said, which ve think is a strong one,
and then put our reliance in Congress
/ and hope, only hope is sometimes a liz
/ tie TO rely on.
Hope deferred maketh the heart
/ sick. quoth Chairman Galliinger.
Yes, we get very sick at some de-
/ lays, responded Mr. Dunlop.
/ Asked whether the new road would
I pay, Mr.. Dunlop answered:
There would not be enough passen-
oil on the wheels of the cars needed
/ 70 carry them from Virginia TO the
I Union Station
New Road Attacked.
Mr. Dunlop made some strong inti-
nations about the purpose Of the people
/ who are back of the new road He
/ finally said, when pressed by M Hans
/ brough, that the new road was merely
I a stOck-jobbing enterprise"
He saiG all suburban roads went into
/ bankruptcy, and that the new road
/ would not pay in the lifetime of any
: persons present at the hearing. ds
/ knew this, he said from his own ex-
/ perience in suburban lines The Chevy
/ Chase line had lost $4,000 a year. and
/ had now been brought down 10 loss
/ of Sll.000 year. II would be the same
surely, and would be built only 10 raiss
/ the value of suburban land.
Hard on Promoters.
The speaker said that promoters. as
usual. got between" the people who
| owned the existing suburban roads and
the city lines and made a diciyer.
There's not one Of those promoters
here today" he said. Some Of them
have gone TO Abyssinia and other pla COS.
/ but none of them stayed arOCaG after
they sold their grub-Dag.
/ Chairman GaIlinger said le under
stood Mr.. Dunlop's company had also
! zone a little promoting
Yes but only among its own stock
I holders" replied Mr. Dunlop I never
I take on my hack any load ] think | cam
not carry. We formed S4,00o.u10 bonds
and S500.00c capital. Where would We
have been in d little squeeze In Wall
/ Street2 We got from under that prOpO-
sition as quickly as possible.
One Management Urged.
"An OF these roads should be under
one management declared Mr.. Dun-
lop Then the city could have the best
railway service in the world. The other
companies could be better operated
/ under such a plan. They got into their
recent consolidation. not knowing Whers
/ they were going, when they took in the
( suburban roads. They bought up al
the companies. ten or eleven Of them.
They bought mp ell the cats and dogs
they could fnd.'
I Free Transit offered.
Mr.. Dunlop declared that his ROAD
would meet al offers to the people made
by the proposed road.
And il viii be done on easy terms"
/ concluded Mr. Dunlop.
What do YOU mean by easy terms p "
/ asked Mr. German; less than SIX
/ tickets for a quarter
/ Yes Well take en- il we have 20 ia
it for nothing, replied Mr Dunlop.
This aroused much interest among Sen-
ators and spectators. On request of Sens
/ atOrs, Nj. Dunlop went into the system