Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01
CLIPPING COUPONS.
The Peoples Movement Against thu
Railroad Gaining Strength.


That citizens appreciate the opportunity of
protesting against Legislation making further
valuable grants to the Pennsylvania railroad
without requiring that company to make the
provisions demanded by every consideration
of justice and humanity for the protection of
life and limb, and the removal of unnecessary
obstruction TO trade and travel, 10 evil
denced by the general interest taken
In The srAR's coupon petition. In many cases
where readers OF The STAR clip and sign the
coupon they send with it to The STAR Office some
added words of approval of the course TIE
STAR has taken or some uttersncss on the sub
tect Of railroad usurpation more emphatic than
might appear appropriate in q formal petition.
Some of the coupons come to he SrAR Office
signed by all the adult members Of house
hoid-father, mother and grown sons and
daughters-while as stated In yesterdays SrAR
In many cases the coupons have been pasted
on long sheets and circulated for signatures.
WHAT GRADE CROSSINGS COST HIM
Among interesting letters received at The
srAR office Is one from a contractor, Who saws:
Il am greatly pleased TO see your popular
paper taking mp for the rights of our citizens
against the insoent railroad MONOPOLY which
Is usurpins the rights of so many thou
sand citizens by running the value Of their
lives. i am contractor, using from
thirty TO forty men and from six to ten carts
and am Very willing to be qualified that dur
Ing the past six months have lost at least sIOO
IN the loss OF time of meu and carts waiting at
railroad crossings to got across. have had
many times from four 20 six carts and seven or
more men waiting twelve minutes before the
track would be cleared 50 they could cross II
you were to ask for other men using carts and
men on the streets you would find their losses,
Tar nati O.
eheerfully send my name"
II NAT MAKE HIM PnoYASR
resident Of the northeast saws: 81 have
been detained at the Massachusetts, avenue
crossing Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for
n minutes at one time, (by my watch.) Two
or three weeks ago, when making IN effort TO
avoid . rain storm returning from Q drive 20
the arsenal grounds / found il impossible 70
cross the Baltimore and Potomac tracks be-
tween Delaware avenue southwest and 5th
street southeast by reason OF passing engines
or standing cars. i fear 1 shall learn 10 cuss +"
ARRAY THE REAL AGAINST THE yIcTIrIous.
Another gentleman writing to TIE stan
makes good suggestion He says:
The determined stand which Won have
taken upon the question of the sncroachmenss
upon public property by the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad Company deserves the en-
couragcment OF all law-sbiding citizous.
would suggest that, in view of the number of
netitious names already discovered in tine petit
uon circulated by the company, all persons in
terosted IN this question be called upon 10 ex-
anime the list minutely and 10 communicate 70
TIE eTAR any errors discovered The result.
properly tsbulated and attached 10 the list A.
published BY the railroad companys mouth
piece would doubtless prove q valuable sd-
1unct 10 Tue srAKs petition"
MINISTER'S sExrrxEurs
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