Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-25
lexington Passengers Still Talking
Of the Change.
COMPARING TIE TIME SCHEDULES
Many Think They Go as Quickly
as Formerly.
BOTH SIDES TESTIFY

and Soldiers He me railroad during the
past week has been the removal of the
trolley from New York avenue and the
substitution of horse cars therefor. Com
ments were freely made. on the one side by
the friends Of the trolley, criticising the
course of those whom they charge with the
responsibility of bringing the present con-
dition of affairs about, and on the other
side by the friends of law and order, warm
ly sustaining the action Of the authorities
in the matter and these who were in
strumental in squirting them up to sense
Of their duty in the premises
The discussion has developed a great
deal of sympathy FOR the poor horse, which
has now to do the work Of the trolley on
New York avenue, some saying that they
do not care SO much for themselves as
they do for the poor horse" Others. how
ever, call attention to the fact that the
poor horse was made to do the work of
the ste rage battery car on G street by this
same company; that he has been DONG
1t all along on 9Th street. and that the
extension of his route few squares fur
Their will subject him to no additional bur-
den or hardship, especially when COM
parisor Is made with the hill that he has
t, climb on Louisiana avenue from 9Th to
9Th streets.
Two ladies from Baltimore got on a 5th
street car yesterday to go to lexington,
and when the car turned into New York
avenue at the junction where transfer
was formerly made to the trolley, one Of
them jumped up, and in alarm said: ''Why,
We ere not on the right car! When was
cut here last transferred to a trolley car
passenger that she was on the right car
and would be transferred to the. trolley at
the end of New York avenue, she inquired
why the trolley had been discontinued, and
was told that the time for its use within
the city limits had expired and the law
required 1t to be taken down. She replied:
That Is Just rs 1t should be. The trolley
wires In Baltimore have got to be a per-
fect nuisance and great source of danger
and delay to the firemen, who, when a fire
occurs in the business part of the city, have
to cut down the wires before they can
raise their ladders. 1t is a system fit for
tiles will compel its removal from within
the city limits Of Baltimore. too"
The one point, however, upon which the
patrons of this road are unanimous is that
the sooner the management commence and
complete the construction of the promised
underground electric system the better it
will be for the reads Golfers, Its patrons
and all concerned.
One Passengers Experience.
Mr.. J. S. Henry. resident Of lexington.
has written to The Star relative to the
controversy now in course concerning the
change from overhead trolley to horse cars
on New York avenue. He calls attention
to a statement in a recent editorial, and
says: II am certain 1t was not your in
tention to give publicity to a misstatement,
and believe that you will be ready to cor
rect one that was inadvertently made in
the editorial referred to. You state that
the trip from lexington to 18th street Is
made in from ten to fifteen minutes less
time than it used to be done in when the
trolley cars transferred lexington pas
sengers at New York avenue and 9Th
obi
trips daily between lexington and 18th
street for many months past, I have OBJ
served the time made between those points
very closely, and speak by the watch when
say that previous to the removal Of the
trolley from New York avenue the trip was
made in from twenty-three to twenty-six
minutes During the past week, with horse
cars on New York avenue the time re-
quired has been from thirty-four to forty
five minutes. This is the result of actual
observation every day. Last night board
ed g street car at 14th street at 1850
and reached lexington at 40. This in
cluded wait of seventeen minutes at the
G and 9Th streets transfer. If the time was
lessened, as you state, from ten to fifteen
minutes from the former schedule then
passengers would be carried from Ecking-
ton to 18th street in from eleven to eight
minutes, which is little too much for even
'briskly moving horses to accomplish, the
distance being something like twenty-five
squares. One weeks experience of the ex-
tension of the horse car system has proven
it to be great inconvenience to me, as 1t
has added at least one hour to the time
heretofore consumed in making the two
round trips from lexington
Testimony ON the Other Side.
Other residents of the same suburb said
today to a Star reporter that in daily Sc
ries of trips over the line they have not yet
lost time, and have made as quick runs to
and from the city with the present system
as with the old.
A resident of Brookland said to Star re-
porter today: 81 come into the city every
day and ride on the cars at least twice
coming in and going out. Very frequently
1 come hack to the city at night, making
four rides In day. 1 have not lost five
minutes at any of the regular trips since
the change in the method of transporta-
ton, nor have 1 lost time to speak of at
night. There is always horse car at the
New York avenue junction or within a half
square coming in, and the same is true of
the trolley car going out. The only delay
experienced is at the transfer at 9th and G
streets, and that 1 don't think is SO much
the company's fault as that of the en-
ployes. This morning, for instance, when
got to 9TH and G streets, car on the
latter street going west had just started and
was not half a square away. AS I under
stand 1t, the cars at functions are to stop
for connections within half square-but
the employees don't do it. think possibly
that those who come in from Brookland or
lexington in the middle of the day may be
put to some Inconvenience by failure of
connections, for l came in last Sunday, and
when 1 went back, about 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, l lost about fifteen minutes but
I believe it is the intention of the company
to make close connections and if that is
done the difference in time from that made
when the trolley ran to 7th street is less
than four minutes.
Il believe in the taking down of the poles
as a matter of principle and because they
were allowed to stay in violation of law,
and have no sympathy with those who are
kicking against the change. The people of
Broollland ought to remember when they
had to walk from the Catholic University
gate and be glad that they don't have to
do that now
Transfers of Real Estate.
Deeds in fee have been filed as follows:
Trustees of South Washington Investment
Company to Lester A. Barr and Franklin T.
Sarner, lot 2, blk. 3d. Columbia Heights; $40.
Amanda NJ. Dean to Lester A. Barr aud
Franklin T. Sanner. lots and 4, blk. 35, Co.
lumbia Heights; $4,000. Lester A. Barr ct
Tx. to Franklin 7. Sanner, lot 5. blk. 35, CO.
llmbia Heights; $40. VIM. A. Richards,
trustee, to James Martin, original lot 10, Sc.
743; 5000. Caroline C. Hall to Edward D.