Evening star., 1908-01-20
TRACKS TO TERMINAL
Senate Passes Substitute for
the GaIlinger Bill.
HANSBR0UGH DEFEATED
Tries to Attach Universal Transfers
Amendment.
DOESN'T PROPOSE TAX SCHEME
District Committees Plan for Ex-
tending Street Railway Tracks
to the Union Station.
DOESN'T PROPOSE TAX SCHEME

The substitute for the Gallinger street
railway bill providing for permanent and
temporary tracks to the Union railroad
station in this city. which was agreed
upon by the District committee last week.
| was passed by the Senate a few minutes
before o'clock this afternoon on a viva
| voce vote Senator Hansbrough of North
Dakota. a member Of the District COM
mittee offered universal transfer amend
| ment, which was voted down.
| The trackage bill was the first on the
| calendar at the session of the Senate to-
| day, Barring the penal code bill, which
was not taken up.
| Immediately following the reading OF
the bill. Senator Hanshrough gained
| the floor and offered his amendment as
| separate section. providing that all
| street railway companies IN the Dis
trict now and hereafter to be char
/ tered by Congress shall receive and
/ exchange tickets with each other and
shall also give the passengers free
| transfers which shall be received by
| all street railway companies at one
| intersection and connection With all
| other street railway lines, and also give
| to and receive from each passenger
i paying one cash fare OF > cents free
| transfer good for more than one eN-
| change at one intersection AMI good
| continuously 1T all intersections with
all street railways. etc.
| Before Mr. iansbrough could explain ms
| reasons for Offering the amendment Sem
ator Tillman Of South Carolina inter-
rupted him TO say that he had heard
something about "A fiat five-cent rate. and
that he didn't like the idea at all
| TO this Senator Carter replied by saying
that the Hansbrough amendment limited
| tbs. Trans Gfe On a
allowed two transfers straight hve-
cent fare but that there was nothing IN
the amendment establishing a general Hat
rate Of . cents.
|, Opposed to Incumbering the Bill.
Senator Gallinger said that he was so
anxious to have the bill passed at an early
|, date that he did not care TO discuss at
length either it or the amendment pro-
posed by Mr.. Hansbrough. He declared.
, however. that the Hansbrough amendment
had received only Mr. Hansbrough's vote
in the committee. Mr.. Gallinger furiher
I announced that In his opinion the Dill
ought not TO be incumbered with any
propositions not connected directly with
the providing Of railway facilities to the
| Union station, and that II universal trans
fers were a good thing the matter ought
i to be presented to the Senate IN the form
of a separate measure.
Attention was called by him to the
hearings before the House District COM
mittee last week al which time citizens
of the District stated that they did not
want universal transfers nearly SO much
as better street railway facilities.
The question was propounded by Sen
ator Clamp of whether or not there was
ANYTHING in the bill under consideration 10
subsequently embarrass the enactment of
legislation such proposed by Mr. Hans
brough.
j Senator Gallinger replied that there
Iyn1 tat, moi pf
bill. The eagerness of citizens In East
| Washington 10 have a cross-town line
was mentioned by Mr.. Tiliman. who
wanted to know whether provision was
made for such a line IN the committee
bill.
Senator Gallinger's reply was to the
effect that no provision for cross-toWn
line was contained in the bill under con-
sideration. but that a separate bill pro-
viding for sucil line had been intro
duced earlier in the daH, which he fully
believed would be passed by the Senate
this session. He did not think. lie said.
tirat such a measure should be tackeu
| on to a Union station trackage Dill
| At last Senator Hansbrough gained Tue
floor again and explained his reasons Tor
offe ring his universal transfer amendment
This amendment. he said, had been before
the Senate several times. and mad Deen
adopted once but aftarward sent PACK
| to the committee since which time Il had
not had many friends
Mr. Hansbrough must be mistaken IN
saving that the Senate had al any time
acted favorably on this amendment
Tax Proposition Dropped.
II was his impression. said Mr. Hans
brough that such action had been taken
The North Dakota senator went on to
say that there were many reasons III
favor of the passage of this amendment
and of another amendment which he had
offered on a previous occasion, providing
for increased taxation of street railways
and other corporations of the District.
He would not press the taxation amend
ment at this time he said. because ne
knew there was great opposition to 1t in
the committee but lie had hoped Tor
more favorable consideration OF the uni
versal transfer amendment.
! There is nothing in the Hansbroueh
amendment said its author. to interfere
with the construction of roads to the
Union station. Mr.. Hansbrough declared
that unless Congress tackled these rellet
measures on a dill favored by the rail-
roads such measures would never he
passed at all. The street railways. he said.
| would have their tracks 10 the station to-
day if they had accepted MS amendments
last winter.
But they don't want them on this bill,
and won't have them he said
He closed by remarking that he had no
ter and owned no property in the District.
and that he was willing under the cir
cumstances. that the amendment now
come to vote.
i There were Il number Of mays. but
| when the vote was taken the Vice Presi-
dent announced the bill passed, no dt-
| vision being called for
Provisions of the Bill
| The bill as passed today authorizes and
| directs the Anacostia and Potomac Rail-
road Company To construct double track
| connection with its tracks on l. street
| south thence northwardly along 1st
street TO East Capitol street. there 10
| connect with the tracks of the Washing
| ton Railway and Electric Company: also
| a double-track extension from Della ware
/ avenue and & street nortlieastWafdly
/ along Delaware avenue TO the plaza III
| front of the Union station. together with
a doub, e-track loop located as near as
| may be To the interior circum srence or
| the plaza and passing in front of and near
the station: also a doube-track connec-
| ton with existing tracks on g street near
New Jersey avenue northwest, and thence
4 an @, rdly IN and along Massachusetts