Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-09
Directors Approve Scheme
Ratified by Railway and
Electric Firm.
BOTH WILL WITHHOLD
DETAILS FROM PUBLIC
Project Now Will Be Submitted to
Public Utilities Commission
for Consideration.

The board of directors OF the Capt.
tai Traction Co. today ratified the street
car merger agreement and 1t now will
be presented to the Public Utilitie;
Commission for consideration. Similar
action was taken by the directorate
of the Washington Railway and Electric
Co. yesterday afternoon.
The action OF the Capital Traction
Co. directors was unanimous. 1t vas
taken at their regular meeting. which
lasted from 10 o'clock this morning
until shortly after 80 o'clock this
afternoon.
The announcement OF the directors
action was made by John II. Hanna,
president OF the company. at the conclu-
sion of the meeting. He said the d.
rectors approved in principle a merger
agreement drawn up by committee rep
resenting the three transit lines, as did
the directors Of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Co. yesterday after
noon.
Modification Cited.
There are certain minor modifica-
tons which will be made in the agree
ment. he said, before the plan Is sub.
mitted formally to the Utilities Com
mission. The agreement. he added
will be submitted to the stockholders
for ratification on March Is.
The board of directors also refused
the request OF the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Street and Electric Railway
Employees OF America that certain guar
antees to the employees OF the new COM
pany be made under the merger and
k.z a.. tnA ts. Ato At~ NAn
A letter stating the position OF the
OF the association iii be sent TO W.
Jet i.auck and Arthur Sturgis, repre-
sentatives Of the association.
Letter Made Public.
A copy OF this letter made public by
MIR. Hanna said. In part:
"As result OF the frequently ex-
pressed desire Of the public of Wash.
ington for q unification Of the trans
portation companies and the facilities
Of the city, and at the direct suggcs-
ton OF the Public Utilities Commission
representatives OF the Capital Traction
Electric Co. and the Washington RAPID
Transit Co. have negotiated an agree
naent for unification OF their respective
properties, subject TO the approval oil
the stockholders OF the respective
companies. by the Public Utilities Com
mission and by Congress, and the Capt.
tai Traction Co. directors have this day
approved this agreement.
The agreement. as approved. does
not provide for any dennite plan OF
operation OF the combined properties.
but merely the means whereby the prop.
critics themselves may be combined.
+ Views Company Policies.
We believe that the directors of the
Capital Traction Co. have no obligation
or right TO impose upon the manage
ment OF the new company, which 1t Ii
proposed TO torn. any commitments 90
TO the policy 10 be followed by that
company. These policies must be de-
termined by directors Of the new COM
pany after Its formation.
1.-THE Capital Traction Co has. as
you know. had harmonious relations
With Its employees. members Of the
Amalgamated Association OF Street and
Electric Railway Employees OF America
for nearly IL years. As . result o,
those relations. the association Is thor.
oughly conversant with the policies az
fecting Its employees. which the man
agemcnt OF the Capital Traction Co
has followed"
The Washington Railway e. Electric
Co. directors ratified the merger agree.
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