Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-04
That "Eo Rail on f. Street.

To the Editor Of THE EvENIS6 STAR:
do not think wouli object to your structures
OF the Belt Line railway. because that company
hG1 determined to Use the - IT, Fail on It's street
extension, II the other street railway companles
had Lot been allowed that privilege. IL Is the
same style OF rail- that the Washington and
Georgetown company Uses on the Ave and its
14ih street line. ami Of exactly the same pattern
that The Metropolitan company is getting ready to
put down on Its street line. II you VIII nd
your reporter 10 street northwest you viii find
the iron already on the ground for the relayng OF
the track OF that portion or the road with "T'
rail- L have been constant reader o. THE STAR
for over twenty years, but do not remember OF
ever having run across an item therein censuring
the comm sIiohers, OF any other authority, Tor
ALLOWING. The Washington ana Georgetown company
TO use this terrible rail on the most frequented
drives OF the city. / am sure you have had no
word OF censure for the proposed change on the
part CT the Metropolitan company. Why con-
cPmn the weaker company, which had the ex m
PIE set them years ago, and enter no protest
against the more wealthy corpor lions that inau-
gurated the system? Yours, a., C.
Our correspondent has read THE STAR to very
little purpose for the last twenty years II he has
failed to find in 1t continuous structures upon the
authorities for the manner In which the railroad
corp0rat Ons one and all, have been allowed to
obstruct the streets with rough, uncouth tracks
above grade. From tire time OF "Riker's Ridge
(Ayenue rOad) down, TIE STAR has maintained a
steady fire upon these distractions, put up by the
corporations to all travel upon the streets,
except in their cars The editorial of yesterday
has so often brought against the authorities for
not taking the part or the public against the sell
nsh interests OF the railroad corporations. The
cenSure OF the Commissioners for allowing the
Belt line to place the T rail upon street but
one point In this indictment, and was called for
oy the pressing nature OF the emergency. The
residents upon street have made an earnest pro-
test TO the Commissioners against the use OF this
TAIL there. because the already extremely narrow
carriage-way Will be so fully occupied by the dou-
bic tracks when laid that all private carriages
Will be virtually driven from that street,
as they cannot be upon the rail
AT this stage OF the work change to another rail-
can be readily made AM it is the plain duty of the
Commissioners to require this change. The au-
thoriiies were shamefG.y derelict In duty In per-
mittinG the Avenue company to put down the I
rail, but the present Commissioners are not
responsible for that abue. They viii be- how
ever, II they permit the laying of any more rail-,
by the B 1t line, Metropolitan line or any other
line; especially upon carriageways as narrow as
street. Pennsylvania avenue is Ito feet wide, and
the rail, though an outrageous nuisance there,
does not shut of all other travel as it will upon
street. III tie Commissioners want to earn the
good viii OF the people, they VIII overhaul all the
street car lines in the city and compel 4 general
reformation OF abuses in the way OF rough tracks,
broken pavements, &c, &C.
The "man on the avenue" In this mornings
Republican gives a brokers reasons" WHY
~Blaine, Charles Foster and other public men of
that class make money In Wall street" The
broker was evidently communicative mood,
and tod exactly low Blaine behaved ION
CHANGE" how 'in perfect frenzy Of excitement
he abandoned himself to the madness OF the
hour" and much more OF the same sort Wehave
the best authority for saying that MIR. Blaine was
never ION Change In his lire and never saw the
Stock Exchange even as q visitor The broker
seems TO have sold 1.-The man On the avenue"
badly.