The Washington times., 1905-02-03
TRACTION ROUTE
NOW on | STREET
Mr.. Gooch Would Amend
Crosst0Wn Railway Bill.
Is THE BEST THOROUGHFARE
Less Objection to It's Use Than to ANY
Other Route Proposed
Other Propositions.
is THE BEST THOROUGHFARE

To place the tracks of the crosstown
railway on L street, instead of on NJ or
n street, is the proposition embodied
in an amendment to the crosstown
railway bill which Representative Gooch
today said he will submit at the next
meeting of the House Committee on
the District of Columbia
Mr., Gooch will submit this amend
menI because he has become satisfied
OF the Justice of the objections raised
by interested parties against the tracks
being placed on NJ or n street.
He is a member of the District Com
mittee. and has been interested all
through the session in the debates of
the committee and public hearings be-
fore it concerning the crosstown rail-
road proposition.
Less Objection to [ Street.
He thinks there would be less objec-
ton to the L street route than to the
other routes mentioned.
There is some probability that the
amendment viii not receive the same
amount of outside notice that has been
accorded to the other route PROPOSE
lions. IT was said today that possibly
no public hearings would be granted on
the subject, as the committee is ex-
treHaely anxious to dispose of the cross
In addition to Mr. Gooch, other mem
bers of the committee express the opin-
ion that L street is the most suitable
thofeughfarez for the road. They base
the. position on the fact that the Dis
triet Commissioners have said they pre-
fer L street us the route for the road,
ami the further fact that the II and \
st1eet directors have shown their
aversion to the tracks to be reasonable
ard just.
No Quorum Yesterday.
1t Is generally understood at the Capt
I'll that practically the consideration of
the bill has been completed, and that
The only thing left TO be done with il is
10 adopt the -Gooch amendment and vote
for or against a favorable report on the
bill The trouble with the meeting of
/ the committee yesterday was that nc
quorum was present until it was too late
10 vote on the measure.
One thing that is worrying the COM
mittee is the C0wherd amendment pro-
viGing that there shall be d three-cent
fare on all street railway lines in the
District, a member of the committee
said today that Mr.. CoWheru had asked
the committee, in view of the opposition
to the universal three-cent fare propo-
sition, if the gentlemen would oppose
q provision that only the GraatE Falls
and Old Dominion Company shall be
obliged to adopt the three-cent fare.
Another proposition is the Davis
an e41dalent, which provides that the
Capital Traction Company shall be given
the franchise for a erosStoWli road
Ready to Build
The Capital Traction Company" said
Mr. Davis 10 Times reporter today,
is ready to build the crosstown road,
and it is willing to give any bond or
forfeit required that its service will be
satisfactory
With such a diversity of opinions,
amendments and possibilities confront
ing il, the committee does not know
what it will do. The only thing that
can ascertain this information IS the
final vote on the bill and the various
amendments. This viii be taken as soon
as possible. 1t IS highly probable that
such action will result at ire commit
tees meeting next Thursday if a quo
rum is present.
When it was suggested to Represen-
tatives today that policy of pTocrasti-
nation ia the committee might be
adopted with a view to killing the bill
and never having a vote on 1t, the reply
was that there are men favorable to
the measure who viii insist on the COM
1r1ittee's taking some action on 1t be-
fore the close of the season There was
no unanimity of opinion as 20 what
that vote will bring forth.