Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-18
STREET CAR SERVICE.
Some Complaints Made Against the Differ.
ent Com panies.

CITIZENS WHO yHrL THAT THE WANTS AND
NECESSITIES OF TIE PUBLIC ARE NOT BkISa
PROPERLY ATTENDED ro-sPEcIAL eRrEv-
ASets rSuNERATED By THOSE LIVING IN
piyrrRxST SECTIONS.
street car service in Washington is now long
-ay ahead Of where 1t was four or five years ago,
on, 10 Is still Unsatisfactory in several ways
feop'e are waiting patiently for the storage
battery and other improved motors, which,
WIN the present cable equipment are to put
this city IN the front rank on safe and rapid
transit, but there Is decided feeling that In
the meantime everything possible should be
done to accommodate the long-suffering public
crows, uelLfounded grovls. are continually
being sent TO The STAR. and were all these pub
h-hsd there would often be paunity of other in
'eresting reading matter.
NsrTFIcIExr NUMBER OF cans
Most Of the complaints originate in the in
sufficient number Of cars operated at times
when there il great deal Of travel. a condition
which the companies could undoubtedly meet
The principal sinners named IN the indictments,
winch come in with considerable frequency, are
the Washington aud Georgetown Company. the
metropolitan Company. the lexington and
SOLDIERS Home Company and the Rock Greek
AIt NAeAilEIfu ana beOTketONn
Enlargement u accused only Of failing TO put
on extra cars when the crowd of cieIk Ks is on its
way TO aud from Office; the Metropolitan Com
pany has similar charges preferred against it,
WIN the additional accusation that its cars.
c-i sciauy those On 9th street. dirtier, less
comfortable and worse lighted than any other
cars either in the District OF Columbia OF any
where else; the lexington and Rock Greek
thofities are careless a. to the comfort of pas
senger- on days when their business is ex-
tsenely heavy.
WIN MORE CARS ARE NEEDED.
One OF ;he many correspondents writes: ''As
ar individual vho il practically compelled to
Use the travelling facilities afforded by the Wash
instnn and Georgetown Company land there
arr thousands similarly siiratedl | appeal TO
You 10 aid ourcnu-c nj least BY giving publicity
10 the cOmIla int | have TO make. We need
more ears between the hours OF and in the
morning and and ) in the afternoon. Even
when the weather Is pleasant there are not
enc gh cars L. service at the hours j have men
t"ned. while n the atmosphcric conditions are
Indictment there i not even standing room. of
course there J. some extra eNpeuse resultant
from the attaching of extra car To a few
trans. but th,t the com anv could probably
stasi. it, protits are large enough. Unless the
railroad aathorItles attend to this matter
speedily am afraid some of us viii have 10
bother Congress little this winter 10 secure
the necessary pressure.
CAPITOL HILL COMPLAINT
resident Capitol Hill unbu-lens himself
a. follows: Can any one tell why the Metro
poliian railroad is strangely managed?
There arr hundreds Of people living on Capitol
Hal who are anxious 20 reach their places of
bu-Ines- ON time. and from ~:I5 a. IL 20 Sos q.
m car after car ruShe~ BY loaded down 90 IT,
utmost capacity. while those living north Of the
Capitol or who come from the trains must wait
until almost too Late. We. knowing the time
thai two or three sn.p.v ears are standing on
the Capitol side track waiting for a s;tcIfed
moment before commenting their westward
trips The time fo- starting seems to arrive
when all the people have given ~ il disgust
and taken other and less convenient ways OF
r-ae hing their Destinations
"from "a humane stand point il no other WHY
couldn't the COMPANY run ears more fire.
quently during that hour. and make wider
margins later on. when the people have dis
posed Of themselves FOR he dayl Stormy daysar
much worse than others. and rlanv time
have taken ear 10 the "a ,teru end Of the route
In order to get chance to even sand on the
Platform q; a car going west. The remedy
seems 80 simple thai perhaps the great incon-
venience has escaped heir notice
THE NINTH STREET EQUIPMENT
"Florida Avenue" seems to be satisfied that
the Metropolitan Company is losing money be-
cause Of the character Of the equipment on the
have been patron; ing street cars for many
wears and for ten Of those years paid the Met
ropOlitau COmpan~ fo- car-yiu-. me down town
and back again Now | and most OF NV neigh
bOrs ride on the cable road have changed al
considerable Inconvenience. Because 9Th street
Il much nearer NV home than 7th but do not
mind the additional wax. even IN muddy
weather, for when | do get n ear l am IN a
decently upholstered vehicle. The 9th street
dirty and antique boxes in which TO
clRnnly tn n
They are small that only a few people can be
accommodated with seats. but they too
large for the miserable horses tia. have to
draw them. Dad not Congress, when 1t granted
this company an extension Of its charter last
session. insist that until the electric arrange
ment- we're completed the eguipment-h horses
and cars-should be iirst-ciassl'
THE lexington ROADS NEGLECT
''An Occasional Patron putt his grievance
this WAY: while city railroad corporations 10
not n rule consult the interests or the con-
venience Of their patrons il Is not often that the
management IL allowed for Auy considerable
time to neglect 20 look after the interests Of
the corporation IL does SEEM however. that
there l. exceJ ton 90 this rule here in Wash-
ingtoE in the lexington electric raiiway. which
l. not vet awake To the necessity for providing
. sufficient number OF cars 10 carry the people
DESTROYS of getting ont TO the Catholic Uni
versi;v and the soldiers Home.
Ch Ae-- SUNNY we AtN htliN DlelsaDt. the
number ~ persons taking oIting vas very
large. and the cars Of this line were literally
Packed-fo the great discomfort of those who
Travelled on them Now. the crowding will Of
eOursc. continue 90 be practiced 80 long Is
there are found people Who willing to sub
lect themselvUs TO the process. but what sur
pTises me l. that thi- company has not vet seen
tie ErOIriety ~ advisability Of consulting its
own interest by putting more cars IN order
that u NAV receive the patronage Of the nu-
msrOus people who canno; be induced often to
subject themselves 20 this crowdinC
NY experience has been that on Sunday il
has been diricult even o. get room to stand
and know that MANY. Ike myseI! have often
been deferred from going out on this line
owing TO the imPOssibiiity Of getting seat
or Of avoiding the crushing and jammius nee
e-sary IN order to even get INFO the car Those
wh" unwilling 60 be packed like -ariiaes
en- Of course refuse TO go on this line until the
management realize that the profits of the
company NAV be increased by prOyiiing A
sufficient number Of cars 20 accoIamc date al
who wi1h TO patrOEize the road But il l.
hoped that this will dawn upon them before
next season
TIE ROCK cREES Road.
The same difficulty Is referred to by An Oc-
essioEal Patron l. common on the Rock Creek
road Several Complaints are in from people