Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-11
MOUNT PLEASANT PEOPLE
Agitating for Increased Street Car
Facilities-A Meeting Tonight.

The residents of Mount Pleasant are dissat-
lshed with their present street car facilities
and have decided to begin active campaign
for improvement As has been stated in The
STAR public meeting has been called for this
evening" when this question will be consid-
cred by the people Of that locality The resi-
dents find fault with the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company for not making
the line from Boundary out 14th street real
instead of merely a nominal extension of the
14th street line.
UNDER THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS
resident OF Mt Pleasant after business is
over i'll the city pays his fare to ride out 14th
street to W street, which is the terminus of that
line. He then walks block to Boundary and
If the car which runs out 14th street to Whitney
avenue Is there he gets in and pays an addi-
tlonal Scent fare. II the car is not there he
waits Tor an interval of ten minutes to half an
hour, which is the schedule time for the branch
line. Ii 1t happens to be raining the Mt.
Pleasant resident has the protection of his UNI
breiia-if he has one-while he is standing on
the street corner. If the sun happens to be
shining with the same intensity which has
characterized that luminary for the past few
weeks, he has an opportunity to know exactly
how hot 1t Is. The resident of Mount Pleasant
ls OF the opinion that the railroad company
could make the journey to that suburban
retreat less arduous undertak ing than it is
at present.
WHAT THEY THINK OUGHT TO BE.
For instance, they claim that as the Mount
Pleasant line Is known in town as the extension
OF the 14th street line it ought really to
be an extension, and that cars should make
continuous trip instead of transferring pas
sengers at street They also want moro
cars and n quicker schedule. All these phases
OF the matter will be considered at the meet
ing which will be held this evening at the resi-
dence OF W. u. Matthews, on Kenesaw avenue
between l4th and 18th streets.
WHAT THE RAILROAD PEOPLE SAY.
The managers of the railroad company say
that when the bill now before Congress be-
comes a law which gives authority to street
railroads to increase their capital stock for the
purpose OF substituting some other motive
power Tor horses they intend to put down
cable on l4th street which viii extend
ali the way out to Mount Pleasant. The cable
Will also be put down on Pennsylvania avenue.
The Judge Imposed Maximum Penalty.
Among the prisoners who appeared in Judge
Miier's court today was man apparently fifty-
hye or sixty years old, whose name is Roman
z. Scott. He resides on 10th street northeast
ana has been messenger in the Treasury for
nearly twenty years Policeman Bushall of the
ninth precinct appeared prosecuting witness
and charged Scott with indecently exposing
himself to little girls near 9Th and Boundary
streets northeast.
According to the officers testimony there
has been a number Of complaints made about
SCOTS conduct at various times during the past
month and yesterday he arrested him. Three
little girls told their stories of the prisoners
conduct Judge Miller imposed the maximum
penalty-sl00 or months on the farm.