Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-26
UNDER ADJUSTMENT.
Proceedings in Case of City and Sub
urban Railroad

Justice Anderson in Equity Court No. 1
today heard the arguments of scounsel and
took under advisement the proceedings in
stituted by forty-one holders of shares of
stock In the City and Suburban railway of
Washington, the number of shares held by
them aggregating 1908, the object being to
have the court appoint a receiver of the
company to represent the interests of the
minority stockholders in addition to Allan
L. McDermott, the present receiver.
Further, 1t Is asked that 1.-THE receiver or
receivers be instructed by the court to dis
continue the transportation of passengers
on transfers from the lines Of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company and
the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
Company or any other company" Further
the stockholders desire that the receiver
or receivers be instructed to discontinue
any arrangements whereby the cars of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany are permitted to run over the line
of the City and Suburban railway of WASH
ington to 18th and d streets northeast;
and that the receiver or receivers be d-
rected to operate through cars from the
corner of 18th and G streets northwest
over and by way of what Is known the
LIST street track of the City and Subur-
ban company to the eastern terminus or
line of the company at 18th and d streets
northeast.
The complaining stockholders are John F.
Shea, Charles P. Williams, Jonas w. Hech-
niger, B. o. Sensner, d. LOTUS. R. S. Scam
NELL Lawrence Mangan, William D. Searle,
Sarah Searle, Solomon Minister, A. L. Stave-
ley, o. ID. Hyler, Eugene Morgan August ].
Lohse, John G. Barthel William p. Lips
comb, p. M. Hughes, Cora Herman, Clara
Herman Silverman. Monnie Herman, Ber-
nard Herman, Robert M. Smith, August
Grages, w. S. jerks, NJ. D. Peck Harriet
T., Scrbppr Dennis IA Ia
Lohmann, Mary Barnett. Thomas H Cal
Ian, John Ardeeser, AlphOne NJ. Baer, l.. M.
Bourne, Edward Kloman. Emily Smith,
Leon Tobriner. Michael Schloss, Samuel G.
Lemly, Thomas Sheridan, James Clark and
Garrett Y. Clark
In concluding his answer Receiver Nc
Dermott makes the announcement that at
the close of the present calendar year, I'M
der continuance of present conditions, he
believes that the receivership can be dis
charged and the City and Suburban railway
of Washington restored to the management
of its own stockholders and officials
With respect to the charge that ne does
not operate or run city and Suburban
cars from G street down list street, so as
to permit such cars to reach 18th and d
streets northeast, Receiver McDermott says
that by the present arrangement an aggre-
gate mileage of 307 miles is saved daily to
the-City and Suburban Company, with a
net profit of about $4,000 a year, and that
the arrangement would be continued
fact that members of Congress, when that
body is in session. insist that the cars of
the Washington Railway and Electric Conf
pany shall run into the Capitol grounds. in
stead of continuing out to 18th and D
streets northeast.
Continuing, Mr. McDermott remarked
that when the suggestion that the transfer
system be abolished was first made to him,
about three months prior to the filing of
the petition in the cause, he assured the
petltioning stockholders that he would be
entirely willing to discontinue the free
transfer system if they would bring the
matter to the attention of the court and
secure its instructions to that effect
With respect to the prayer of the petition
that he show cause why a co-receiver
Should not be appointed with him in the
conduct and management of the City and
Suburban railway, Mr.. McDermott, among
other things, says that it is only because
of his connection with the intersecting and
otherwise competing lines of street rail-
way, and the confidence reposed in him by
them, that he has been enabled to effect
the arrangements between the City and
Suburban railway and the other companies.
which, while to some extent mutually ad-
vantageous to all, especially and prin-
cipaly beneficial to the City and Suburban
Company.
The petitioning stockholders were repre-
scented at the hearing today by Attorneys
Leon Tobriner and Michael J. Colbert and
Receiver McDermott by Attorney j. J. OAR
llington.