Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-22

/ King GeorEe street. Randall street.
Market Space and return ~ Main
street. and that unless this route vas
granted. IL did not care 70 proceed fur
| tber, ~ IL would not accept any other
route.
The motion % refer to committee
~ the y hole wAs defeated. Mayor
| Douw y Counsellor Riley and Alderman
Munroe voting for II. snd Aldermen
| Strange. IlBfbicum. Thompson. y.
| ~, Baer and Thompson. 4. A..
against IL. The motion - substitute
the original ordinance Nas then pass
Cd. the position ~ tlIe members being
reversed. Presio ioas 20 the last vote.
President Bishop stated c0nelsely sfhe
reasons that made his company iusis-
tent upon securing the proposed rCJie.
| iie said that IL wss necessary for them
70 have loop IN working their sys-
TEN and that "a could not run its
schedule properly II the ears had a.
turn and run back ~ the same track.
fie declared that the Company took
this position only because any other
method was lmpfacticabie.
Possibly fbe greatest danger ~ the
teo Interests falling % get together.
- utterly A. 10 defeat the whole or
Uff4ANff AftI HtAfVftNF ANMsAf NaNH ~
the undOubted benefits to BE- derived
from the trolley service, occurred over
the proposal 10 allow another road
t. use the same tracks.
This matter vas then disposed of
IN q measufably satisfactory manner.
and tho Council and road are 10 be
congratulated in getting together 80
we'll as they did after the long and
tiresOme session. during which 50
much work was done. and in which
Counsellor Riley aided the amiea be
adjustment ~ the differences. The
one objection strongly urged by Presi-
dent Bishop was that ~ schedule
This - an important matter when
viewed closely. The ordinance pro
gides that the W., II. 4 a. line shall
give Annapolis at least fifteen min
ute interval service. Any other road
coming in. and of course the Mary
land Electric Railways Company IS
the road to be considered in this con
neetion. mast be forced 20 accept the
full provisions ~ the ordinance in
all its parti eulars, a. we'll a. bear
just proportional part u the Crigi-
nal outlay.
This is mere Justice - the first road
% offer the town trolley service
However. this matter 81 a schedule
should be made 10 ~ conditions bet
ter. prov ided that another r0ad came
in over the W, y. 4 a. tracks az a
future date. Otherwise Annapolis
would either have two rival cara run
ming over IT. streets within a fsw
feet Of each other every fifteen min
utes. or have a seven or eighs~minute
car service instead Of the longer inter
val one. Tire GfteeD-minUte schedule
is really all that the town wants at
present. While the Council is 20 be
congratulated upon the amount u
sOfk done last night and the way IL
safeguarded the interests Of the tax
payers, this matter ~ an equal and
perfectly Just arrangement between
any two roads should be considered
carefully.
During the remainder Of the session
the Representatives of the two eOmpa-
nies and others several times address-
ed the Council upon the permission
of that body, but Mayor D0uw and
other members sought 10 e0nfue the
discussion as much ~ possible 20 the
mem bers of the Council. However.
towards the close, particularly IN con
nectiOn with the questions Of c0npeB-
safion and the joint use Of the tracks
BY different companies, there were Al
different times warm -discusisOns par
ticipated in by rspresen tafires 0f Ihe
various interests ~ we'll as BY tire
members themselves.
Tire most Interesting discussion ~
the evening arose after President
Bishop bad made bis offer and there
rad been tentative acceptance ~ IL
a . 81
to il. President Bishop bad evidently
made this offer contemplating that bis
company was to have the exclusive
use Of the streets upon which ne w2s
% be given the right to use the tracks.
50 that when the prOpositiOn.was first
made to provide some method by
which other companies could make
use Of the tracks which his company
had laid upon the payment 81 a pro-
portiOnats compensation - the city
and also fair rental value 10 the orig
inal company for the use - the tracks,
this value 10 be settled by arbitration
in case there was a disagreement.
NS. Bishop At Grst Informed the
Council that under no Circumstance
could his company consider abe pos
sibiilty Of another company using its
tracks. but after considerable discus
sion. an entirely different aspect was
given to the matter by the offer made
| by Messrg. Brown and Randall on the
part Of the Maryland Electric Rail
ways Company, TO accept the ordinances
| in toto with the names changed from
the w., y. 4 A. - their company.
After some further discussion Mr.
Bishop asked that the ordinance -
SO Fixed that his company would
have thirty days to consider the mat
ter as to whether they would accepi
the conditions Of the ordinance ol
not.
Counsellor Riley then offered AZ
/ amendment To the effect that zftel
thirty days, any company acceptable
1 to the Council should have the right
70 proceed under the conditions II ths
| ordinance, and this amendment was
| unanimously carried. It's effect viii
be that for thirty days the W. T. &
1 A. will have the right TO 2eeeps tbs
ordinance and begin 10 lay its tracks.
/ Other companies may use these tracks
| wben completed BY complying viii
the conditions relating to that subject.
Tf the W.. B. & 4. does not aecepi
| the ordinance within thirty days, an
| other company may. but the ", B.
| & A. may still secure the use of thess
tracks BY fulfilling the conditions q
such user. Under any contingency i
| is the design Of the Council 10 preven
a monopoly Of the streets OF the prin
cfpal streets by one compznty. hi
Il 4.