The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-22

II the Senate insists on not passing the
bill to apply the District OF Columbia
smoke law to railroad locomotives. II
Will do so at the expense Of assuming
the responsibility of killing all legisla-
ton giving the local street railways ac-
cess to the Union station, according to
members of the House interested in Dis
trict affairs.
A member of the House District Com
mittee explained the situation as fol-
lows:
I'VE passed in the House the Sims
bill TO bring locomotives under the
smoke law. The measure has been put
TO sleep in the Senate. Now, In our bill
10 give the street railways access to the
Union station We have Incorporated the
locomotives.
If the Senate kills it now. it will
Kill also the plan OF routes OF the street
railways to the station"
P. R. R. Protests.
Several members Of the House today
received letters from the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. protesting against
the passage of the bill bringing loco
motives under the smoke law.
Chairman Babcock. of the House Dis
trict Committee. today submitted to the
House his favorable report on the bill
giving the street railways access TO the
new station. In it he gives the follow
Ing interesting description of It's pro-
Visions:
The first section OF the substitute re-
quires the City and Suburban railway
10 extend its line from New Jersey ave-
nue. and G street along Massachusetts
avenue past the new Union Station to
functions with the existing lines at
Third and d streets northeast. and at
stanton square: and also extend their
North Capitol street line from q street
10 massachusetts avenue, connecting
with the other extension, thus giving
the business and shopping districts d.
RECT communication with the station.
mis- construction means In all about
400 feet Of single track, or about seven
city blocks Of dOuble-traCk construction.
The routes proposed by your committee
IN section / of the substitute herewith
reported differ from those in section l
OF the Senate act by extending the G
street line directly to the station along
the shortest route. instead OF making
the detOur by a nOrthwardly deviation
TO North Capitol and G. streets: and this
direct extension Is made possible in the
substitute bill by the insertion in sec
ton OF provisO which requires the
City and Suburban railway 10 purchase
as much property In square 561 as may
De utCcSsdIA 10 permit OF their tracks
being extended in straight line east
wardly from their present location on
G street 10 Massachusetts avenue
Section OF the substitute requires the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany to extend its line from Delaware
avenue and 9 street northeast along
Delaware avenue to the station, con-
Meeting with the City and Suburban lines
authorized in the preceding section.
This extension of about two blocks OF
rTlN a = linz 70 md
from the Capitol, a little more than
three blocks distant This section Is
practically In accord with the same sec
ton Of the Senate act. so far as II re-
lates to the route and TO the MetroDOli-
tan Coach Company. The committee,
however. has added a provisO requiring,
within one year after the completion OF
the extensions authorized. the removal
of the tracks along various streets now
so occupied which tracks will be rem
dered unnecessary TO the operation OF
the systems after the new tracks are IN
use.