Evening star., 1921-05-18
CAR LINE MERGER
PROPOSAL AGREED
ON BY COMPANIES
Plan Submitted to Commis-
sioners Expected to Re-
suit in Combining.
HOUSE COMMITTEE STOPS
ACTION TO FORCE UNION
Bianton Serves Notice He Will Oh
jcct to 100000 Item for
D. C. Conduit.

Tn" District commissioners. acting
as tn" Public Utilities Commission.
today notified the House district
committee that a proposal had been
made hy representative of the two
street railway systems. in confere ne"
with the commissioners. which tho
Public Utilities Cnmmssi believes
VIII result in IL voluntary merger of
the car lines.
When Chairman Fncht of the House
committee and Chairman Zihlman of
IN" special subcommittee on merger
legislation. notified the full commit
tee today of this report. at the re-
quest of the District COinmi sioncrS.
further action by the House commit
tee to force tn" merger was delayed
until next week.
Blanton to Fight Conduit.
Representative Blanton, democrat.
of Texas. served notice on the COM
mittce today that he proposes TO
object III the House to the action
Of the Senate in putting the 500 900
item for development of the District
water supply in the Army appro-
priation bill. Mr. Blanton said he was
informed that during the war therr
were Il hundred thousand more consum-
crs or water in the District than now,
and the supply proved adequate. He
also said that onc-third of the hy-
drants are leaking and that if this
water was saved there would be no
doubt of the adequate supply.
Representative Zihlman of Mary
land. who had fathered the District
statements that were made. cspc-
cially in regard to water being me-
tered to the District consumers.
:. bill suggested by the District
Commissioners. which. Chairman
Focht said. he did not think should
a subcommittee for investigation
This subcommittee consists of Rep
Millspaugh of Missouri.
Lee of New York and Hammer Of
North Carolina
Invited to Make Trip.
Al! of the members of Congress
have been invited to make trip
down the river to Quantico OF the
Mayfiower tomorrow BecaYteH
have been invited here to testify on
industrial insurance. Represeria ative
Fitzgerald of Ohio. author Of the en-
ployes' insurance bill for the Dis
trict of Columbia. and Representa-
tives Underhill and ORrien. who are
on Representative Fitzgerald's sub
committee, announced that they
would stay home from the trip and
continue the hearings.
Representative Fitzgerald practical
ly announced today that he believed
the chances for getting his bill
through at this session of Congress
are dead. This measure has been op-
posed by the business and civic or
eanizations in Washington, on the
grounds that il is monopolistic and
that it would impose an unnecessary
tax burden on the residents Of Iae
District.
Expert. 10 Testify.
Two experts from Pennsylvania, W
g. Fisher. actuary. and Francis Bo-
land. counsel. are coming to testify at
tho hearing tomorrow. Gov. Hart of
Washington and an official from the
state insurance Office in Massachu
setts. are to be witnesses also.
Hearing to restrict the sale Of ad
mission to the seating capacity and
TO investigate the prices charged al
Washington places Of amusement will
be continued Saturday. The full Dis
trict committee today authorized the
subcommittee of which Representative
wheeler of Illinois is chairman to
20 as far. as in its discretion may be
necessary to Investigate prices
charged.