Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-16
NEW SUBSTA7|ON SITE FOR QUAKE VICTIMS
Seventh and Streets South Benefit Entertainment at the
west Decided Upon Beasco Theater.
AGREEMENT Is REACHED SOCIETY OUT IN FORCE
Miss
Hold Conference. former.
LEGISLATION TO BE DRAFTED sKITS LOCAL TALENT
Marine Band
From Nearby Town Is -Membe of mba
Chosen
AGREEMENT Is REACHED
Commissioners and Railroad officials
Hold Conference.
LEGISLATION TO BE DRAFTED
Location Most Desired by Travellers
From Nearby Towns Is
Chosen.

Represent atives of the board of District
Commissioners, Southern railway officials
and others interested reached an agree
ment at a conference yesterday that the
South Washington railroad substation
should be placed on the southeast corner
of 7th and c streets southwest. fronting
on 9TH street and running alongside the
railroad tracks. This decision was reach
ed after a visit to the proposed site by
the interested officials.
Legislation to make possible the build
ing of the substation at that point Will
he at once introduced into Congress by
one of the Virginia congressman and will
be approved by the DISTINCT Commits
soners. This bill will provide for chang
ing the site from 18th and Water streets
southwest to eth and streets south
west, and for the use of parking at that
location for the station.
Plans for Station.
The station building, according 10 The
plans outlined by the railroad officials
yesterday will be on level with It'll
street. From the station a passagewaN
will be built under the tracks to a point
underneath the middle of the two inside
tracks. Steps will lead up to long plat
form between the two, inside tracks,
where passengers Will board trains or
ahght from them.
Placing the train platform between the
two inside tracks is made necessary, il is
explained, because outside tracks are used
for freight trains. This arrangement OBJ
viates the necessity of passengers cross
ing any tracks.
This agreement was reached during a
conference between Senator Martin and
Representative Carlin of Virginia, Fairfax
Harrison. vice president of the Southern
Railway: Commissioner West and En-
gineer Commissioner Cosby. While the
Pennsylvania railroad was not represented
at the conference, 1t is understood it has
subscribed to this agreement
The Southern officials took up the mat
lines" said Commissioner West today.
Few, if any. of the Pennsylvania trains
ever have occasion to stop in South
Washington On the other hand. nearly
every Southern train carries passengers
who desire to alght before reaching the
Union station. The market people, espe-
cially, desire this.
THE Southern officials put the matter
in this form to the officials of the Penn
sylvania company. The latter decided to
offer no opposition to the proposed change
of site.
Advantages of Site.
This Agreements between the officials of
the Southern Railway Company and the
Commissioners brings to another phase a
question that has been before the public
for some time.
When the 9Th street station was aban-
doned a substation in the southwest be-
came necessary for the accommodation of
a large number of passengers entering and
leaving Washington from and for Virginia
and other southern points. These pas
sengers are in most cases employees of the
government who live on the south side of
the Potomac and find it inconvenient to
continue on the trains to the Union sta
ton, only to be transported west of the
departments over a long distance.
The Commissioners originally approved
a site for the substation at 18th street to
be erected partly OH private and partly
use of the government land failed of pas
sage by Congress. The Commissioners
thereupon withdrew their approval on the
ground that the failure Of legislation in
effect revoked the selection Of that point
for the SubStation.
Representations were strongly made by
residents of Virginia as to the inconven-
fence of the nth street site. The Com
sioners proposed that the substation
should be erected on Maryland avenue,
somewhere between AZ and 18th streets.
Courts Upheld Railroad.
The railroad company objected to this
change on the ground that it had pur-
chased land at 14th street for the sub
station. On carrying the case to court
it secured a decision in its favor and adj
verse to the Commissioners contention.
Under that decision the railroad company
was authorized to proceed with the con-
Struction of the substation a 14th street.
The agreement just reached renders
probabl the erection of the station where
it is believed the public will be most eff
fectively accommodated. Passengers will
at the site now contemplated have ready
access 10 both the 1tn street and Az
steer car lines, with transfer privileges
throughout the city. whereas at 1lth
street the Alexandria and Mount Yer
non line was the sole means of urban
transportation without transfer privileges