The morning times., 1895-12-10
'BusstS HAV|A6 4 BOOM
Patronage Largely Exceeds That
Of the Anaeostia Cars.
REGULAR SCHEDULE SOON
More Vehicles to Be Put On, the Line,
Extended and Fare TO he Cheapeued.
REQUESTS 10 the Ma cement That
Contribution Boxes BE AHa IN Placed
IN the Conveyances.. -'..-

There have been some changes in the
situation of the Anaco lockout dur
Ing the last week. and there are still
o,hets scheduled to 20 into effect in the
early part of the coming week.
The management OF tbe whole affair. in
The interest OF the Railway Assembly. is
now in the bands Of District Assembly No
90. Mr.. Fenton is in charge. aud gives
the matter bis personal attention at tho
| navy Yard terminus of the bus line
BEGINNING tue early part of next week
| tne number or 'busses now runDing will
De doubled. aud regular scheduled trips
| VIII be made between Hiilsdalc and the
| Center Market. corner b and Ninth streets
| IL is probable that some time about Jan
uary 1 the line will be extended as far
| as Fifteenth and u streets northwest All
THIS. oil course, is subject 10 and Contingent
upon tue approval OF the District Commits
sloners. TO whom the ma tier Will be slli-
| mltted some day this week.
Already the management OF the "bus
line has received several conmu nicatiOns
and personal requests asking thai the con-
| tribution boxes be replaced In the 'busses
ANXIOUS TO HELP ,.t,
the general tone OF these requests is
tuat there are many who are. able nd
ANXIOUS 10 contribute In this way To- the
| relief OF the lOcked-out drivers There are
others who. though Just as willing. are not
able to pay a double fare These .ne.,olf
have already, in several ways, shown
their sympathy with the movement. and,
are not expected 10 contribute any further
70 the cause. One or The Railway A sSem-
b!y's officials. thoroughly familiar with
the situation in all its details. said yester-
day that in order that every one would
De accommodated. when the bus line was
operated between Hillsdaie and the Cen
ter Market regular fare would be
charged. The price of the tick.is al
though not yet decided upon. will prob
ably not be greater than g cent for n
single flrp ion fipEpfs a nfl.g
The result of the establishment of "a line
between these points, it il thought, will
have decided effect on the esettienient of
the lockout. That the citizens of a M cost ia
are determined not to patronize the street
railway under the present condition of ar
fairs is shown very plainly by the fact that
they use the buses and the CaDitol Trac-
ton Company's cars. -'-~'-f"s '. %
Since the Railway Assembly increased the
number or 'busses the daily average OF per
sons transferred from the Navy Yard 10
Anacostia exceeds 500. while. the number
who patroniZe the street ears Is conserya-
lively estimated at from 800 TO $50.
'BUSSES DOING GOOD BUSINESS.
One OF the employees of the road who Il
very friendly to the locked out drivers. said
day or two ago, that since the lockout the
number OF passengers hauled daily by his
car averaged | D. These figures would not
be surprising to anyone who would stand
FOR an hour Or more al either end of the
Anacosta bridge or al the corner or Ninth
streee ami Pennsylvanis ayenne ana watch
may be seen go by. both going and coming
from 4 nacostla. with not more than half a
dozen passengers, sometimes only two or
three and very often not one. For the
most part these few passengers are ladies
often laden with bundles.
With the opening up of the new bus line
between Hilisdale and the Center Market
the friends of the locked out drivers are
confident that there will be such a farther
falling off in the patronage Of the Ana
costa street cGrs that the management
will he compelled to rur the cars into the
shed for want of busintss.
LOSSES OF THE ROAD.
Those who have given the matter any
thought and watched closely the patronage
given the road since the lockout are of the
opinion that the daily losses are actually
twice as great, il not more, than they
would be II the road was operating q fun
number OF cars and paying employees So
per day.
How long this state nf affairs viii last
is the question which is acitating The minds
of the citizens OF ADacostia and great
many Washing tonianS. As TO how lenc
che management OF the AuaCoStia road
will nd 1t there is no way OF determin-
Ing. As for the Railway A SSembly, since
District Assembly No. sc, K. of l.. has
taken hold il is safe TO predict that the
fight VIII be made rs long as there Is n
dollar left IN the treasury OF tue Knights
OF Labor.