Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1890, Page 15

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ON A Review of the Measures Awaiting Ac —Various Street Railroad Projects, —___ Though there are many measures of impor- tance to the District on the calendar the House of Representatives has given up in recent months ull the days set apart for the consider- ation of bills reported from the District com- mittee to the Atkinson bill, The session may still run on for some time, but past experience shows that the number of District days have a id falling off toward the end of a session. The number of days rémaining for consideration of District bills inthe House are then very few and a glance will show that there is plenty to occupy these few days even if no further bills should be reported, which is a thing not likely to happen. ‘he situation at present may be compared to a dammed-up stream. The Atkin- son bil! blocks up the stream, while the com- mittee continues to pour in fresh supplies of legislation. Besides the Atkinson bill there are on the calendar of the House twenty-two bills re- ported from the District committee and every one of these twenty-two measures is just hun- gering to be heard, The two of the most important ones are the bills providing for the extension of the street | system and for the formation of trust com- panies, THE STREET EXTENSION BILL. This bill has been on the calendar since May 22. Itis entitled a bill “to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities.” This bill is of much irportance to the District, having in view a thing which, it is claimed, must ultimately be done at any cost, and which can be accomplished now with a much less outlay than even in the near future. ‘The bill was drawn up and reported by Mr. Hemphill, and provides for a system of high- ways as nearly in conformity as possible with the present street plan of Washington through all the adjoining portions of the District. The roads are not to be less than 90 feet nor more than 160 feet. Maps are to be made of the pro- posed highways and the necessary land is either to be purchased or condemned in the usual way. In case only a portion of a parcel of land is to be taken the benefits to the remainder are | to be considered in the judgment, One-third of the amount awardedas damages is to becharged tothe adjoining property, and the bill besides rries au appropriation not to exceed £1,000 000, one-hal? of wiich is to be paid by the Di trict. An extra $25,000 is appropriated to cover the expenses. The only objection which has been advanced to this bill is present rather doubtful condition of the District finances, but it is claimed, on the other hand, that only a small amount of the money appropriated will be needed at once and that, besides, some ar- rangement could be made for the future pay- ment ot the District's shi 8 is proposed in the Rock Creek Park conference report. The | friends of the measure are of the opinion that itisof the highest importance that this bill should become a law at once, It is not the later subdivisions that require handling so much as the earlier ones, as by of the Commissioners the newer divisions e been laid out in conformity with the street plan, Some of the extensions immedi- ately adjoining the city, however, are in a sadly chaotic condition in relation to the origi- nal plan of the city. Many of the streets in these subdivisions have been laid out narrower than the city streets; in many cases streets have been discontinued and nearly all the subdivi- sions have dispensed with the diagonal ave- nues. Often adjoining subdivisions have been laid out on an entirely different plan so that streets in one have no continuation in the other. Promoters of the bill say that as it is certain that in time Washington will cover the entire District of Columbia the quicker the ground is Inid out symmetrically with the pres- ent plan of the city the better it wilt be for all parties, THE GENERAL CORPORATION BILT. ‘The other bill already mentioned is intended to provide for farther and additional purposes for which corporations may be formed in the District of Columbia. This bill is also con- sidered of the greatest importance to the Dis- trict, and especially to the business interests. The incorporation laws of this District are so limited in scope as not to allow of the incor- | poration of a great body of business enter- prises which exist in other portions of the country and which, it is claimed, the expand- ing interests of Washington require here. ‘There has been especially no provision for trusc companies. Congress in the past has been flooded with bills chartermg safe deposit insurance, security, guaranty, indemnity, storage, ware house, trust, joan and mortgage companies. From necessity few of these bills passed, and the business interests of Washing- ton have been handled in a large measure by foreign companies, which not only contribute nothing by way of taxation to the District revenues, but whose | aig to transact busi- ness is naturally limited, To answer the needs of the business element of the city it was thought best by the District committee to discontinue the practice of re- porting separate charter bills aud finally just the matter by reporting a general incor- ‘This bill was also the fruit of phill’s work and is thought to be es- pecially thorough. It provides for the carry- ing on of three classes of business, First, a safe deposit. trust, loan and mortgage business, Second, a title insurance, trust, loau and mort- gage business. Third, « security, guaranty, in- demmity, loan and mortgage business. The capital of any company is not to be less than $1,000,000. The bill is very full and elaborate in its details, especially he portions relating to trust business. Strin- gent provisions are made for regulating cor- | porations, which are liable to be summarily closed. Provision is made for proper taxation, and twenty-tive per cent of the entire capital is required to be deposited to guard against loss, Kegalar examination and supervision is pro- vided for, the corporations being put under the control of the controller of the currency, who is authorized to incorporate any given company and who is given visiatorial authority ana power to close any company when in his judg ment it is necessary. The promoters of this bill say that it is only air and just that this city be placed on an ity with other places in regard to businoss ties, and that 1t is neither fair nor just to 1 them to make use of foreign companies neither subject to local control or taxation, TO REGULATE STEAM ENGINEERING. Another bill which is being watched closely by a large class of citizens is Mr. Burton's bill to regulate steam engineering in the District, According to the present law any person ob- | taining a license to act as engineer in any state or from a United 8t ne! me to the District of Columbia and act sincer without obtaining any license or sion from the local authorities. It is easy to be seen that an incompetent man could obtain a license from the most lenient licens- ing board or official in the country and then without further examination act in the most reaponaible position in the District, of doing business was not considered fair to a community that has some slight ob- jections to being blown skyward by bursting pact | Lolers in the hands of ignorant men, and the Jt eXTERE | Vurton bill was framed, It also perfects some Tbe Lewislature of Louimans, wh ijourned on | of the present re tions, ‘The bill forbids $e 1 yeh of July of an AMEND. rson to have charge of asteam plant or luittod to the peopl geery the cuarter of LHe LOC Isi TEKY COMPA \Y up to the year N. DRED AND SINETEES 218,941,122 22,5912. 612,15, 21, 18 | } engines ‘These figures are the numbers of the alpuabet which | spell cut the uame of the VERY HIGHEST GEADE | | of Columbia | Whom shall Lave had not less than ten years’ SPRING WHEAT PATENT FLUUB | | Commissioners. Manufactured m the wi a, the justly Celebrated BRIDAL VEIL FLOUR, And for sale by the following First-class Grocers: CHARLES 1 KELLOGO, Masonic Temple. W. E. ABBOTT, 1721 Leuunyivauia ave audeor. 11th sd Hi ste. GEORGE E KENNEDY & SONS, 1209 F ot aud 3116 Connecticut ave, B. F. BACON, G40 Feunsylvanis ave. ©. G. CO WELL & DON, 1412 Péunsylvanisave, ©. C. BRYAN, 1413 Now York ave. } BEALL & BAKER, #50 Jeuns) iveniaave E. & WHITT, 035 Louisiana ave @ R WATERS, 144: rs AO. WRIGHT, 1052 14th #t. aw. BUKCHAKD & CO., 354 Pounsylvanis ave. W. T. GIVES, cor SU aud ad otk ja j and are ynary engine who shall not have been reg- licensed for the District. United States sed engineers and licensed engineers of te are not exempted except those acting sera in buildings or grounds controlled ‘The act, however, does as eng? by the United States. ot apply to persons in charge of locomotive or boilers on any boat or ship. ihe examining and licensing board is t6'co inspector of boilers of the District id two practical engineers, all of experience, Thoy are to be appointed by the provides that the persons examined are to be graded and placed in one of three classes—as class one, any horse power; class two, irom one to seventy-five horse power; class three, from one to twenty-five horse power. The ex- iners are to receive $300 each per annum so to have inspectorial powera, The bili makes various provisions as to fees, penal- ties and other important matters. THE GIRLS’ REFORM SCHOOL. Another bill quietly resting on the House calendar is the one appropriating @75,000, ono- half of which is to be paid by the District for the purpose of enabling the Commissioners to purchase a sito and crect and furnish buildings ior the girls’ reform school of the Distriet of Columbia, This bill was considered for ashort time May 26, but while no serious ition cropped out adjocrument closed the jon. ‘Uue of the poiats of the Bill | and the bill has never since been called up, At the time this bill was first being considered in committee it was sent to the Commissioners for their report, which was favorable to the bill aud accompanied by « + from Moore, in which he urgently favors the bi saying that at present girls must be sent to the work house or jail to grow bad to worse and finally to fully uate incrime. Letters in regard to the bili were received from Chief Justice Bingham of the Supreme Court of the District and from Judge ler of the Police Court. Both gentlemen expressed strong views in favor of the measure. Chief Justice Bing- ham said. justices of this court have considered roposition and are unanimously of the ion that — for such @ reformatory imperatively demanded. “Annually bundreds of young girls come be- fore the courts in this city charged with of- fenses more or less serious, usually those who are without any proper or efficient guardian- ip, whose reformation under proper auspices might be hoped for. If punished they must be imprisoned to mingle with felons of every grade, with a certainty that their moral statue will only be degraded thereby. If released from the particular charge preferred they are turned loose to pursue their downward course to utter ruin.” Judge Miller in his letter said: “I cannot ex- press too strongly my opinion as to the neces- sity for the establishment of @ reform school for girls in the District of Columbia, It is al- most a daily occurrence to have girls of tender years brought before me charged with various offenses, The report of the superintendent of police for the last year shows that seven hun- dred and forty-two girls under twenty-one years of age were arrested in_ the District Columbia during that period. ‘Disorderiy conduct,’ ‘petty larceny,’ ‘profanity,’ ‘va- grancy,’ ‘assault and battery,’ ‘simple assault,’ ‘intoxication’ and ‘suspicion’ were among the charges upon which they were arrested. Of this number a considerable portion ought to be sent to a reformatory institution. “There being no place in the District of Columbia to which these girls can be sent other than the United States j: nd the District work house, and the longest sentences to the work house possible under the law being ninety days, it is unnecessary to say that I am often at a loss as to what disposition to make of some of the offenders. They are often without home or friends, living in an atmosphere of vice and demoralization, and to send them to the jail or the work house is simply to confine them for short period, to return, when enlarged, to their old associates, These reformatory institutions having been so effective with boys it is diMeuit to see why their benefits should not be extended to giris,"” THE INSPECTION OF PLUMBING. The next bill on the calendar for the District committee provides for a sanitary engineer in the District, The bill provides for the appoint- ment of an inspector of plumbing aud the necessary number of assistants, and gives the Commissioners power through such inspector to make regulations governing the examination and registration of plumbers and the practice of plumbing in the District; also to make, modify and enforce regulations governing plumbing, house drainage and other matters of asimilar nature, The ispector is em- powered to examine the plumbing, drainage and ventilation of sewers in any house. The object of the bill is to provide for the public health by maintaining by inspection a proper standard in these important lines. Another bill on the calendar authorizes the Commissioners to annul and cancel the subdi- vision of part of square 112, known as Cooke Park. The subdivision is in Georgetown and was made by A. M. Bell in 1885, THE SOUTH CAPITOL STREET BRIDGE PROJECT. An important House resolution on the calen- dar from the committee is the one authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey, plan andestimate of the cost of constructing « bridge across the Eastern branch of the Poto- mae river. ‘This resolution refers to the proposed bridge at the foot of South Capitol street, which has been so energetically pushed by residents of Anacostia and that neighborhood. It was first hoped by the projectors that a bill could be passed this session for this purpose, but as the cost wasin some doubt and the question of dredging the stream arose, it was decided to only ask the passage of the resolution calling for an accurate survey and estimate. The pro- moters of this resolution claim that the build- ing of a bridge at this point would be of serv- ice in many ways, furnishing an inlet for farm [etme which now has to be carried over high nills to the Navy Yard bridge, furnishing also a direct route to the lands and reservation of the government on that side of the branch. The government owns four tracts of land on the eastern shore—St. Elizabeth's Asylum, the magazine property, Fort Foote and Fort Wash- ington. For the reaching of these points it is claimed the bridge will cut off five miles. The bridge is also urged from a sanitary point of view, affording a means for carrying the city’s garbage so far from the capital that the eust- ern section might be entirely rid of it, THE GEORGETOWN AND ARLINGTON ROAD. There are a number of street railway bills on the calendar reported from the committee, one of which was considered for some time on April 28, Considerable opposition to the bill arose at that time and the bill has not since been taken up. Tnis is the bill chartering the Georgetown and Arlington Railway Company, which company wishes to run a line from the termination of the Washington and George- town road ata point on M street between 32d and 33d streets, across the Aqueduct bridge to Arlington and Falls Churen, The road is to be by cable or electric power, HAY AND GRAIN INSPECTION. A bill creating the office of inspector of hay, straw, grain, and feed in and for the District of Columbia is another of the bills on the calendar. The inspector is to be appointed by the Commissioners for a term of four years uniess sooner removed for cause, and regula- tions as to fees, &., of the office are to be made by the Commissioners, ‘The inspector is to give bonds in #2.000, aud is to grade all the hay, straw, &c., brought to the city. THE CROS#-TOWN ROAD. One of the railway bills on the calendar which has created considerable comment is the bill incorporating the Cross-town railroad. There has been a large amount of discussion as to the cross street on which this road should run, Q street was originally selected. but on account of the opposition from the property holders on this street the plans were changed and Sstreet chosen and in spite of a protest signed by practically all of the property hold- ers on this growing street the committee re- orted the bill with S street as the cross avenue ‘or the road. It is intended that this road shall be run by compressed air by means of the Judson pneumatic tube arrangement. The bill does not mention this fact, but that is the pian, The proposed route of the road is: Be- ginning at the corner of 35th and U streets, West Washington, thence along U street to 29th street; thence along 29th street to Q street; thence along Q street, crossing Rock creek ona bridge to be built by the railway company andto be maintained as a public thoroughfare, with good and sufficient carriage and foot way, and constructed under the di- rection and subject to the approval of the Com- missioners continuing thence in «an easterly direction along Boundary street to 8 street; thence easterly along S street to Boundar: street; theuce along Boundary street to North Capitol street; thence along North Capitol street to Massachusetts avenue; thence along Massachusetts avenue to F street north; thence along F street to 3d street west; thence along 3d street to Boundary street; thence along Boundary to its intersection with the westerly limit of S street, THE COLUMBIA SUBURBAN RAILWAY. Another bill chartering a road whith would be wide reaching in its extent is the one char- tering the District of Columbia Suburban Rail- way Company. This road, if built, would con- nect the city, Tenleytown, Brightwood, the new national park, Brookland, Soldiers’ Home, the national fair grounds and Little Falls, The proposed route is as follows: Beginning at the dividing line between the District of Columbia und the state of Maryland, on the Bladensburg read, and running thence outside of the roadbed as now made to Maryland ave- nue; thence along Maryland-avenue to 6th street east; thence on the carriageway on the north side of Stanton Park to 4th street east, and thence sine said 4th street east to Mary- land avenue, and thence along said avenue to Ast street east; also beginning at such a point on the Bladensburg road as may be determined by the company and approved by the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, and pass- ing thence east and north of the Soldiers Home to or in the vicinity of Brightwood; thence by such route to a point in the vicinity of Tenleytown, and thence to a point on the Potomac river, in the vicinity of the Little Falls; thence eastward with and in the vicinity of the Chesapenke and Ohio canal to a con- venient point on M street extended, in George- town. It is, however, provided that that por- tion of the road west of Brightwood shall not be laid out or constructed until the boundaries of the proposed Columbus Park are located, and then the road shall be located north of the park, under the direction of the Commission- ers; also beginning at the intersection of the roadway on Maryland avenue and 12th street northeast, and ranning* thence northward on 12th street east to Boundary street, and thence northward across a street, passing in the vicinity of the ional fair grounds; thence northward to or in the vicinity of Brookland toa point northeast from the Sol- the where it will intersect the east lime of the road. The bill provides that all the routes mentioned shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the Disteiot of Columbia and that that portion of the road between the District line and 15th ‘street east shall be constructed before any Fs vad tamtinsy avenue shall be occupied or roken, ‘This bill was alteged considerably from its original complexion in committea It was originally proposed to commence the bui on Maryland avenue, which the commit the Comm: diers” Home, and west offered, | The bill was therefore amended 80 as to leave Maryland avenue untouched until the suburban portions of the road had been built, The power is to be cable or electric. A smaller bill ready to be acted upon by the House is the one authorizing the sale of title of the United States in lot 3, in square 990, to Henry M. Baker and John J, Sanborn. Pay- ment of such sum as the cpap d of the In- terior thinks just is to be made. The necessity for this bill grows out of a disputed title to the property dating back to the original grants of the city. @TREET CAR TICKETS, Mr, Atkinson's bill to regulate the sale of tickets on street railways in the District is pro- posed as a sanitary measure, having as its ob- ject the doing away with the possible dissem- ination of disease by the present street car tickets. The bill id ry after January shall sell tickets in strips consisting of six tickets with perforations heblyrcer which tickets are not to be used 8 seo- THE POTOMAO RIVER RAILROAD, Another railroad bill which has a place on the calendar provides for s steam railroad along the banks of the Potomac. The road is to be known as the Potomac River railroad, and is intended to form additional freight facil- ities for the business men of Georgetown. The Proposed route is as follows:* Beginning at a Eo on the west line of thé District of Colum- mr about 1,200 feet north of the Potomac river and abont 2,100 feet west of Chain Bridge; thence eastwardly parallel with the river by the most eligible route, not to destroy any public highway, as shall be determined by the com- pany, with the approval of the Commissioners, toa point on Bock creek near the crossing of treet in Georgetown. It is, however, pro- vided that in the construction of the road the line shall cross M street ator near the inter- section of 36th street, andrun thence ona line south of M street and north of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to a point near Potomac street; thence crossing the canal and continuing south of the same until 29th street crossed, with the right to connect with the railroad now con- structed on Water street, and with the right to use the line of South street between 8ist and 32d streets. . THE ANTI-LOTTRRY BILL. One bill ready to receive the attention of the House takes a dig at lotteries and prohibits the advertising of lotteries in the District of Co- lumbia, The bill states that it shall not be lawful for any person to advertise or publish an advertisement of any lottery, scheme or any other game of chance in any newspaper, circu- lar, band bill or poster or in any other way. The penalty is $500 or imprisonment for six months, or both. To prohibit the advertisement of lotteries in the District has been tried again and again. The men interested in this bill claim that #1,250,000 is annually contributed by the people of the District to the support of the Louisiana lottery. A SITE FOR A TRUCK HOUSE. At the request of the Commissioners a bill has been reported and now has a place on the calendar which provides for the use as the site for a track house the space at the intersection of 14th and C streets and Ohio avenue north- west. Tho District appropriation bill makes provision for the purchase of @ site and the erection of a truck house, and the Commis- sioners think that if the use of thie ground be granted it would save the expense of the purchase of a site and cause the public no in- convenience, AGAINST POOL ROOMS. One bill on the calendar which excites son- siderable interest in the breasts of a number of citizens is the bill making it unlawful for any person or association of persons in the District to bet, gamble or make books and pools on the result of any trotting race or running race of horses or boat race, or, in faet, race of any kind, or on any election contest, or, in short, contest of any kind. The fine is from @25 to 3500. The Washington Jockey Club and such organizations owning race tracks not less than one mile in length aud grounds of not less than seventy-five acres are exempt from the act at the time of their regular meetings. This bill has as ite object pool roome just outside of the Boundary on 7th street, and 19 causing considerable uneasiness among the owners of these institutions, The owners hope it will never be enacted, while the victims of po rooms hope that its passage witl at least e delayed until they get even. THE COLUMBIA CENTRAL RAILROAD. Another steam railroad bill on the calendar is the charter for the Columbia Central Rail- road Company, which is to be an extension of the Drum Point road of Maryland into the Dis- trict. If built the road would afford a new route to Baltimore, and it is claimed would open up @ new and prosperous portion of Maryland. The plan is, so far as the District is concerned, for a ruilroad and telegraph line, entering the District of Columbia at the south- east corner and running westerly to the east bank of the Anacostia river, at a point near Bennings bridge; thence crossing the river and running in as nearly a direct line as may be, (ed north of the grounds of the Co- jumbian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb to Eckington, ata point at or near the intersec- tion of New York avenue and 4th street. ANOTHER RAILROAD. Another railway bill provides for an electrie or other improved motor road over the follow- ing route: Beginning at the intersection of C and lst streets northwest: thence east on C treet to Massachusetts avenue; thence passing south of Stanton Park to 11th street east, and therewith to North Carolina avenue; thence along the south side of Lincoln Square to Ken- tucky avenue, and therewith and over the new bridge across’ the Anacostia or Eastern branch at the foot of Penusylvania avenue; thence by and along the easterly approach to the bridge, and by Pennsylvania avenue extended to Bowen road, and the District boundary, or if such avenue be not extended then by such route to connect with the Washington and Marlborough Electric railway line as shall be surveyed and agreed on between the company and the Com- missioners; also from the point of beginning by ist street, and by the st and south side of the Capitol grounds, and by Pennsylvania avenue southeast to Kentucky avenue; also from the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and South Carolina avenue, with the latter to E street; then with E street to Canal street to 3d street; with 3d street to Missouri avenue; with Missouri avenue to 6th street; with 6th street to B street, and with B street to 7th street northwest, A BRANCH TO TAKOMA. The bill granting the Brightwood Railway Company authority to construct a branch line to Takoma is also on the calendar. The branch tw run from Brightwood to Takoma, not using any roads in its way, and the company is given power to increase the capital stock ac- cording to the motor used, 3st REPORTED. Then on the calendar are the two bills re- ported yesterday by the committee—one com- pelling the Washington and Georgetown Rail- way Company to run every alternate 14th street car to Mount Pleasant, for which no additional fare shall be charged, and the bill continuing the charter of the National Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company. OTHER PENDING BILLS. Besides these bills, which are all on the cal- endar and ready to be acted upon, there are two more bills, and very important railway bills at that, which have been ordered favora- bly reported by the committee, but which have not as yet been reported by the men who have them in charge. ‘These bills charter the Wash- ington and Bennings Railway Company and the Washington and Arlington Railway Company. st of ail on the calendar is the bill reported by Mr. Burton compelling the attendance of witnesses in police and fire trials. piensa Now ts the time to stamp out the stupid tie often used by the advocates of the Atkinson bill that the citizens of other sections of Washington regard i Parties de: ft li i é é i F FS Tal f ‘fl OFFICIAL PROTESTS IGNORED. The District Government’s Effort to Se- cure Relief from Railroad Evils. CONGRESS APPRALED TO YEAR AFTER YEAR—MANY STRONG REPORTS MADE—PLAXS SUGGESTED FOR BELIEVING THE CITY AND PRESERVING TH! BEAUTY OF THB CAPITOL. The officials of the District representing both the national government and the people of the District have not been silent on the railroad question. Year after year they have made re- ports to Congress, making recommendations, which, though they may have differed in some Particulars, have all laid stress upon the need of providing protection against the dangers of grade crossings and of preserving the public parks from railroad mutilation. The Commis- sioners in their report of 1878 referred to the railroad depots in their present location as “serious obstacles to the improvement of the localities where they are established, besides being sources of unnecessary dan- ger to the public in the streets along which the tracks pass." After suggesting a plan for relieving the northeast section in part of the presence of the Baltimore and Ohio tracks the report referred to continues: **The Balti- more aud Potomac railroad depot and tracks are equally injurious to the improvement and welfare of the part of the city they occupy. a mall they divide and dis- figure beautiful park, extending from the Capitol to the President's house, besides greatly injuring the streets on the south side of it on account of the circuitous manner of approach and obstructing improvements on the south side of the Capitol. The depot of the company should be removed across the mail and to the vicinity of reservation No. 17. It is not to be expected that the surroundings of the Capitol can become what they ought to be while these two railway stations occupy their present sites.” In their report for 1879 the Commissioners ain urged action, and said in this connection: “The Capitol grounds, the grounds of the Executive Mansion, and those which connect them form together @ magnificent park of 331 acres in the heart of the city. But occupied and severed as it is by railroad tracks and depot, it can never be effectively improved, and its beauty as well as its enjoyment by the public are fatally marred. This is, we think, a iota which should no longer be toler- ated.” In 1880 the Commissioners again invoked speedy action to remedy a condition of affairs by which “the growth and adornment of the federal capital must be seriously, if not fatally, impeded.” “In this connection,” their 7 ate aid, “we recommend that ail steam roads be required, when practicable, to enter the city on grades below the grades of the streets so as not to interfere with street traffic.” The Commissioners in their report of 1881 called attention to Capt. Hoxie’s report for the year and to a special report to be furnished Congress in response to a reqnest from that body. The Commissioners, though the major- ity of them favored the K street route in South Washington, indorsed a report and bill pro- ared by Maj. Twining, which provided for a Fada of the Baltimore and Ohio and Balti- more and Potomac roads in East Washington, and then passing through South Washington, above or below grade, along Maryland and Vir- ginia avenues with # union depot at the inter- section of thoseavenues. Speaking of the loca- tion of the Baltimore and Potomac tracks and station on the mall Maj. Twining said: “When the privilege of this location was granted to the company the mall east of 6th street was unimproved and the objection was not so obvious. At present this improvement is pro- gressing by annual appropriations, and the presence of the depot and tracks isa serious and unsightly obstruction. These branch line: are open to the common objection of occupy: ing he greater part of anarrow street at grade. The tracks should be removed and the road should be confined to the line of Virginia and Maryland avenues.” In 1882 the reeroe again referred to the subject, calling attention to a plan pre- sented at the preceding session of Congress roviding for carrying the tracks through uth Washington by means of a sunken road via Virginia and Maryland avenues, abandouing the depot and tracks on 6th street and estab- lishing ® union depot at some place on line be- tween South Capitol street and the bridge. “In the opinion of the Commissioners,” the report said ‘the interests of the District could be served inno better way than by carrying out the general project as outlined above.” Areport from Lieut. Greene, accompanying that of the Commissioners, called attention to the virtual destruction of the mail east of 6th street by the railroad, and the suspension on account of the presence of the tracks of all travel on @ portion of 6th street, which is de- scribed as one of the main thoroughfares to the water front. He _——— legislation to cure the evils complained of and recommended the repeal of the act which granted the Balti- more und Potomac road the right to cross the park on the line of 6th street. In their report of 1883 and 1884 the Com- missioners continued to call attention to the question of steam railroad routes within the city limits and repeated their former recom- mendations, Lieut, Greene in his report for 1884 referred to the unsuccessful effort made to secure the legislation recommended, which, he says, ‘was vigorously opposed by the Penn- sylvania railroad, which desires no change in the existing condition of things, as it has an unriveled location for its own interests. Mean- time,” he added, ‘the central park of the city continues to be cut in two by one road, and the streets of the northeastern section rendered impassable by the other.” ‘The Commissioners again in 1885 called for legislation urging among other things that provision should be made for avoiding to the greatest extent pos ble street crossing of the steam-car tracks at rade, and that the tracks on 6th street should e entirely removed so as to open that import- ant thoroughfare to the pubiic use. Doubting the success of any attempt to dislodge the Bal- timore and Potomac road from the mall the Commissioners suggested « union depot in the vicinity of the present Baltimore and Potomac depot, the roads approaching the same by cov: ered tracks, leaving Virginia avenue at a point between 6th and 7th streets west. ‘The Commissioners are aware,” the report said, “of the great opposition ‘that has shown itself (on their part as well as by the public} to the occupation of any part of the mail for railroad purposes, but having already held on to its lodgment there for the past twelve years the Potomac company will strenously antagonize any movement looking to its removal there- from, and undoubtedly it would be difficult to select a depot site that would better accom- modate the traveling public—citizens of the District as well as its numerous visitors. The rincipal objection to the present arrangement E the complete appropriation of 6th street by the railroad and the obstruction of pleasure travel through the system of parks extend- ing from the White Lot to the Capitol. But both of these objections will be eliminat=d if the approach to the depots should be made in the manner now indicated in this report; cer- tainly the railroad companies could make no substantial objection to it.” 4 Wln 1886 the Commusioners, evidently dis- couraged by the repeated failure of their recommendations year after year to produce any effect in legislation, contented themselv. with urging the necessity for compelling some minor alterations, which, they said, could be effected at no great cost and at the same time serve important public interests. The changes recommended were to require the Baltimore and Potomac to cease using streets for freight and storage purposes and to abandon 6th street and to require the Bal more and Ohio to come into the city by sin; line of entrance and to remove’station to the eastward of North Capitol street. Inspired with hope bya request from the Renate for « special report on toe subject the Commissioners in 1887 made an admirable and exhaustive presentation of the subject. “The existing means of railroad transportation of both kinds,” they said, “exhibit many ob; tionable features and serious defects. Prost. nent among these, ip the case of steam rail- ways. the occupancy of numerous streets and a multipheation of crossings, alike ous to life and limb, destructive to property in- terests of great value, inimical to private right and op) to public policy as in conflict with the rig d necessities of « modern commu- nity, Originally established when Washington was an unkempt village of inconsiderabie ex- tion andof no importance save ‘as the seat of government, the railroads, more mindful apparently of their corporate interests than of their true character and functions as public servants, have not only failed to adapt themselves to the growth and enlarging iuter- ests of the community, but have in some re- — ut themselves in uirect antagonism ereto by an unlawful ex ion of their hold- ings and the cocupancy of public space far be- yond their chartered rights and priv- “It is but just to the Baltimore and Potomac say that in the construction of its main lines and stations it is believed to have restricted itself to its lawfully acquired privileges and that its service partakes of that minuteness of care and attention to the comfort and safety of Passengers which is so marked a feature in the railway system of which it forms a portion; but in the occupation of public space to which it is not entitled, in the crossing of streets not au- thorized by law, in the expansion and multi- plication of side tracks and switches and in par- ticular in the unlawful use and occupation of public streets as freight and storage yards, to the obstruction of public travel and the great detriment and annoyauce of private rights. the road has exhibited that tendency toward the protection of its own interests in disregard of those of others and the violation of public rights which large business corporations of this character are sure to display in the absence of watchfulness and needful restraining infiu- _The Commissioners suggested the intersec- tion of Virginia and Maryland avenues and | Sth and C streets as best meeting the require- ments of a union station. “A circle,” they said, “struck from the designated point, with a mile radius, will include all the centers of business and nearly all the great federal offices, with the Executive Mansion and the State, War and Navy building lying just outeide. The Commissioners, in their report for 1888, reaflirmed the ypecial report of 1897, The present Commissioners have approved the provisions of the Atkinson bill if, as they express!y condition, it 1s decided that the tracks are to remain where they are. Their opimion on the subject of the proper treatment of the station and surface tracks is indicated by their indorsemeut of the Burton bill, which provides for the removal of the station to the imterseo- tion ot Maryland and Virginia avenues and the depression and bridging of tracks for a portion of their course through the city, substantially as recommended by Commissioners Twining and Ludlow. oo AGAINST LEGALIZING MURDER. A Protest of the People Against Death Trap Grade Crossings. SHOULD WASHINGTONIANS BE FOR WASHIXGTOX OR POR THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD?—ADD THE WEIGHT OF YOUR NAME TO THIS PETI- TioN. Sign the petition printed below and send it to Tae Sraa at once: A Petition, To the Senate and House of Representa tives in Congress assembled: The undersigned, citizens of the District of Columbia, earnestly protest against the passage of H.R. bill 8243, known us the Atkinson bill, without substantigh amend- ment, In its stead we ask for legistation which shal?> FIRST, save life and lim> and reduce aan obstruction to trade and travel by re moving deuth-trap grade-crossings within the city limits, wherever such removal is practicabl SECOND, enlarge freight facilities by giving the railroad power of condemnation within the city east of 3d street west and south of the present tracks, THIRD, increase the beauty of the capi- tal by removing surface tracks from 6th street and the mall, either relieving the park entirely of railroad occupation, or sinking and covering from view the dis Jiguring tracks across it, If the station is to be permitted to remain on the park we ‘ask that Gth street be cleared of tracks and thai the tracks on the mali be hidden from sight and rendered easy and safe w be crossed. And in this event we also ask that the road be required to make ade- quate compensation for its valuable priv- ileges upon the mall by removing grade- crossings and decreasing the killing and mangling of the people on its surface tracks. In local railroad legislation we ask that consideration shall be given, first, to human life, next to trade, next w the city’s beauty, and only lastly to the proposed legalizing Of the railvoud’s illegal acts, and the prow posed gratuitous consirmation of ita wam authorized use of publie property. (ADDRESS) fea Ea | Battle Between a Diver and a Shark. An exciting battle between 9 man anda shark took place in the water off the pier at New Brighton, England, Thursday. The famous diver, Burns, who was inspecting the ‘foundations of the pier, was in the act of |ascending tothe surface of the water when a ‘huge shark attempted to seize him. Burns warded the monster off as best he could, but was slowly getting the worst of the fight, when some boatmen threw him «knife. With this weapon he boldly attacked the shark, and after a fierce struggle, succeeded in ripping it open. | Having thus disposed of his enemy, Burns | seized the shark by the head and towed it | ashore, amid the cheers of the spectators Burning of Wheel Works. White's wheel works at Fort Wayne, Ind., one of the largest concerns in the west, was to- | tally destroyed by fire last night, involving a loss of $200,000. Ex-Congreseman J. B. White | was the owner of the works until a few months | ago, when he sold out to the American Wheel | Company, & trust which owns all the large | wheel factories in the country. Two hundred men are thrown out of employment by the fire. The insurance is about $200,000. peat Sphere ape International Copyright Law Wanted. 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