The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-09
TRANSFER
FIGHT NOW TAKING
ON DEFINITE FORM
Developments Will Be Rapid
in the Next Few
Days.

The universal transfer and trackage
fight centering in the suit of the Bal
timore and Washington Transit Com
pany against the Capital Traction Com
pany is rapidly taking definite form.
A melting of the law and legislation
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce was called today by its vice
chairman, Charles Linkins. in the abb
sence of A. Leftwich Sinclair, chair
man. for Monday at noon at the rooms
of the chamber. The committee meet
ing has been called to carry out the in
structions Of the board of directors that
the committee interest itself in the suit
In behalf of the people Of the District.
The publication in The Times yes
terday of the report of the public trans
portation committee of the Board of
Trade, in which the committee seeks to
put the board on record as Disappearing
reciprocal transfer and trackage ia
cilities with suburban lines not owned
and operated by one of the old street
railway companies in the District, al
ready has started opposition to the &C.
ceptance of the report. and hot fight
against the recommendations of the
committee is promised.
Coming Developments.
Not later than Wednesday the Capi-
tai Traction Company viii have to ap-
pear in the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict in answer to the transfer suit
against 1t. and not later than Friday
the answer of the company will have
to be filed.
the District Railway Commission will
have before It the application OF
Mayor w. G. Plat, of Takoma Park.
Md, requesting that the Interstate rate
of cents or six tickets for a quarter
between that suburb and the center Of
in connection with the Fourteenth
street line be enforced. This is an at
tempt to force the Capital Traction
Company to exchange transfers with
Kennedy streets by order OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
Chamber Meeting.
The Chamber of Commerce meeting
will be held in ample time to provide for
the appearance of an attorney for the
CHAMBER at the hearing of the suit
later in the week. The committee is
composed OF a large number OF at
torneys and some legal opinions with
reference to efficacy of the universal
transfer and trackage law of 1884 are
expected to be brought out.
That the Board of Trade will not ap-
prove the report of is public trans
portation committee without vigorous
opposition is assured today by former
president OF that organization and I
member Of the District Railway Com
Mr.. Smith said today that ne had
mission, Thomas w. Smith.
read with much interest" IN The
Times yesterday, of the proposed at
titude of the Board with reference to
its transportation committees report,
and said he thought that when the re-
port came before the Board its adop-
ton would be vigorously fought.
Mr.. Smith. although a member Of
the District Electric Railway Com
mission, Is not a member of the pub
lie transportation committee of the
Board of Trade.
Not only Mr.. Smith, but other men,
bers of the Board, who were instru-
mental in having action upon the re-
ports deferred at the last meeting, have
had their opposition freshly aroused by
the bringing of the suit to test the uni
versal transfer and trackage law.
Not in any OF the discussions be-
fore the board was the existence Of
the law mentioned. This is expected to
strengthen the opposition to the APP
proval of the report which seeks to
view with disfavor' what actually is
the law,