The morning times., 1896-11-20

There will be great JOY among the ten or
fifteen thousand people on the heights
north Of street this morning, when they
read of the new regulations affecting trans
fers from the Fourteenth street line to the
u street line.
Incidentally they may all sleep half
hour longer instead of heretofore rising
mt an unholy hour of the morning to make
the trip around the Quadrilateral to reach
nearby points on Seventh street. such as
schools, business offices and markets.
The new regulations went into effect yes
terday afternoon after a long agitation
between the Capital Traction Company and
the Columbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton Committees and committees have
ciiied on the officers OF the association
in vain for a long time, but a recent refer
ence oil the matter To the directors had the
desired result
on the order OF President Dunlop, of the
company, personal cards will be issued to
those VINO are interested. The card reads:
This entities -. on presentation
of proper transfer on the street division
of the c. T. Co. to another transfer. Not
transferable"
FIRST CARD ISSUED.
a person can now come from Mt. Pleas
ant get a transfer at Fourteenth and U
streets, proceed IT. Seventh and u u, and there
get another transfer. t:fere this. to reach
points on Seventh streets, it would be
necessary to mike the tour OF the city.
The first card was issued yesterday after
noon to Mr.. NJ. A. Ballinger, the president
OF the Columbia Heights Association
Talking about the cause of congratulation
to the citizens of the heights ana the north
ern suburbs generally, Mr.. Ballinger said:
I'VE have won our fight. 1t has been
long one but we won 1t in the end You
see that heretofore the Capital Traction
Company has been little bit partial to
the people living west OF Fourteenth and
u streets. Any person could take the cars
west OF Fourteenth street and might ride
to Fourteenth and U, transfer to the
Fourteenth street line, 60 down to Seventh
and Pennsylvania avenue, transfer up
Seventh street to street, and thence
transfer at Seventh and u streets and 20
on out the U street and Chevy Chase line
as far as the District line, or the passenger
could start as before and go to Seventh
street. then down Seventh to Pennsyl-
vania avenue, then with PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and Fourteenth street to Four
teenth and u streets, and then transfer
out oil the Chevy Chase line, and all on
one fare.
WHAT 1T oBvIATEs.
"a resident of Columbia Heights could
not come down Fourteenth street to u
and then cross on L street to Seventh
street, and then go down Seventh street
without paying two fares. Nor could we
take the cars on Seventh street and go
north to U street, then transfer to
Fourteenth street, and then transfer out
to Columbia Heights or Mount Pleasant
without paying two fares.
This we believed to be wrong. 1t is
true We could get to our destination by
going around by Pennsylvania avenue and
Seventh street, hut it took us too long to
make the trip. Our citizens have been
smarting under this condition of things
for n year or two and our association has
from time to time referred the subject
to committees to have different system
of transfers adopted.
''At our meeting held in october the
old committee reported that it could do
nothing with the traction company.
1.-The committee was discharged and at
our request it was referred to the ex-
ecutive committee.
I'VE took it up at once with Mr.. Dunlop
Of the traction company, and with the
result that today Mr.. Dunlop has had
cards issued, by which the holder can go
from any point in Columbia Heights To
any point on Seventh street, or the re-
verse, on one fare, and may cross at u
street If the passenger desires.
'.These cards can be had on applic.tti IN at
the office Of the traction company.
1T is only just to Mr.. Dunlop and his
| company to say that the rule formerly es-
| tablished was to prevent persons from
riding round the circlc.''