Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-14

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Long and loud are the howls of in
,iignation and disgust that rend the air
at the local depot these days on &c
count of the careless treatment of the
several hundred people who go TO their
business in Washington on the tram
that should leave here at s q. NJ, but
which has left from 10 TO rs minutes
late nearly every day for several weeks.
The passengers claim that they can get
hut little satisfaction from She otilcia!s
IN Washington, and several petitions to
the gcn erAi manager OF the Pennsyiva-
MIA Company have been circulated and
numerously signed asking for better
service, and also requesting him to
come TO Alexandria and confer with
the citizens in 4 mass meeting On tals
subject, and ii would be well 10 place
The matter OF new depot building,
such as the city deserves, before him,
should he agree to come.
In regard to the bad management
in the transportation department Of
this road or whatever the cause OF tie
continued delay in these Trains is. a
clerk in the Il. 4 ID. Office said to me n
few days ago: This thing is getting to
he worse than nuisance, it is becom-
ING very serious matter with us. We
are expected to be at our desks at $50
a. M, but we are allowed few min
utes grace because it is impossible to be
promptly on time. leaving here at s
o'clock, and the officials do not care to
make us leave nearly an hour earlier
for the sake of few minutes work.
This was very well as long as the train
left OH time, but for about three weeks
it has left here late every day and
more frequently than otherwise we
have been half an hour late at our of
fees. We have now been notified that
we will have to make some arrange
ment to be on time, which means that
we must leave here on the 7:05 train,
as the boats are not running. This
NAV be matter of little Importance
to the railroad company, but
it's anything but joke for us, and /
can see no excuse whatever for such a
state of affairs. Instead of having an
independent train here for local passen
gers, they depend upon the train that
goes to Quantico very early IN the
morning to get back by S o'clock. That
train has to wait in Washington for the
New York connection, and whenever
that is late, which is every day now.
sour" train is late leaving for Qulntico,
and therefore late coming back. It's
an outrage, but one that hope the peo-
ple OF Alexandria will be in a position
to resent before long. Besides the rail
road men, there are number of gov
crnmcnt and other clerks and business
men who suffer not only loss of time
from their places of business, but o!
money, too From all | can learn they
have cause for complaint, andtoo much
cannot be said against such treatment.
Let US hope that the remedy will come
soon
There are only a few of those sterling
old actors OF the old school left and
one of the few enjoys the proud distinc-
ton of having been born in this city.
refer to Frank C. Bangs, who made his
debut on this immense stage Of which
Shakespeare speaks in 1916, | think !
venture to predict that Mr.. James w.
Burroughs will develop into an actor
who will occupy a no less enviable po-
siton on the American stage, and
tender him my hearty good will nd
best wishes. l was delightfully."- sur
prised ut his really excellent recitation
of Mare Antony's Grafton, rather an
ambitious thing for one with so little
stage experience to attempt, but it
compared very favorably with the best
I have ever heard. Mr.. Burroughs has
the physique, grace and voice qualiii.
cations Of a first-class tragedian and
only needs study and experience
to become one. 1t is not
my intention to write criticism Of the
many excellent numbers on the pro-
gramme of the concert given at the
Lyceum Thursday night, but having
gone this far am constrained to say
few words about Miss Greenwich, the
youthful soprano on that occasion. She
has an excellent voice, her lower regis
ter being particularly sweet and her
high notes rich and full Of power, and
with cultivation she will develop into
singer such as this city has never
turned out before. Hastily.
THE RAMBLER.