Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-11

A Petition Calling for the Imme diate
Removal of the Poles.

A Petition Calling for the hmm e. i ate
Removal of the Poles.
A petition addressed to the Commission
ers of the District, calling for the imme-
date removal of the trolley poles and
wires on New York avenue, Is being cir
culated among citizens residing along the
line Of the lexington road. It Says:
ut appearing from the local newspapers
that petition has been filed with the Com
missioners of the District by some citizens
who favor a continuance Of the lexington
and Soldiers Home trolley cars on New
York avenue, upon the grounds that their
discontinuance would seriously; inconven-
fence them in their official, business and
social relations with the city,! we, the I'M
dersigned, residents and property owners
of the city Of Washington, also dependent
for the continuance of our s'ofhciai, business
and social relations do hereby respect
fully represent that the petition above re-
ferred to. If correctly reported contains
petition for the immediate removal Of the
poles and wires which now obstruct New
York avenue, for the following reasons:
First. The trolley occupation of said
avenue Is and has been, since the first day
of July last, in direct and absolute violation
OF the express provisions of the law, which
1t is the sworn duty Of the Commissioners
to vigorously enforce without fear or favor.
mediate removal Of the trolley poles and
wires from said avenue is the only tangible
way of speedily securing for the patrons
OF said line modern and entirely unob
1ectfonable system of street car propulsion
over this route. the statements and prom
tses OF its management to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Third. The temporary extension of the
9th street horse car service out New York
avenue to LIST street northeast would work
no injury or expense to the company be-
yond few additional cars and the neces-
sary horses and men to run them, as frogs
and switches are already laid; nor would
the patrons Of the road be subjected to
any material Inconvenience in their of
fetal, business and social relations by the
temporary substitution CT horse cars for
the trolley, because the difference in time
lost by the change in running the short
distance of six squares from LIST street
northeast to 9Th street northwest, now
covered by the trolley would be more
than counterbalanced by the discontin-
uance of the double system of transfer
now in use on 9TH street.
Fourth The people who live In Brook
land, the Catholic University and along
the line of this road far beyond the city
limits will not be deprived of the rapid
transit now afforded them by the trolley
In reaching the city, for more than three
quarters of the trolley line of the Ecking
ton road Is in the county; therefore their
opinions or convenience should not be con-
sidered in connection with the other one
quarter of the road lying within the city,
as those of US who live along the line Of
this road in the city and in lexington,
which, now, is practically part of the
city. derive no such accommodation from
the trolley, for we are carried over the
trolley portion of the line few squares
only, are then transferred to horse car
for three or four more squares and then
dumped out again into another horse car
to complete our journey as best We may.
Fifth. We are opposed to the intro
duction into the city Of Washington of the
Objectionable trolley system of street car
continued occupation Of New York avenue
by the lexington trolley is solely for the
purpose of maintaining the advantage this
company now has, with the hope that it
may be enabled to obtain further and per-
manent concessions from Congress for the
extension Of the trolley system over all
long as these poles are allowed to remain
there is great danger Of the ultimate ac-
complishment of this purpose"