The times., 1898-12-28

At the meeting of the Congress Heights
Citizens Association last evening the
present schedule of the Capital Railway
Company was the chief topic Of discus
sion. The principal objection raised by
the residents OF that section is that the
cars are not run with regularity by the
management of the company, while an
other complaint is that there is not a
sufficient number of cars to accommodate
the travelling public. E. A. Randle, the
president OF the road. was present and, in
reply to questions concerning this, said
! that he had been making every effort to
| run the cars on regular schedule. but was
prevented from doing SO by many OBJ
stacles which he mentioned. The prin-
cipal cause, he said. is the blockading OF
| the cars on his road by those OF the Ana
costa and Potomac road. If the schedules
! OF the two roads could be arranged so as
| not to interfere with each other he as
| sured the people that he would give them
plenty OF cars, and time table which
would accommodate all the patrons OF the
! road. He feared, however that he would
| not be able to do this because he could
Anacostia road to cooperate with him.
After some further discussion of the
| matter, the members of the association
expressed their willingness to cooperate
| with Mr.. Randle in his efforts TO arrange
| better schedule for his road through
the aid of the District Commissioners and.
+, if necessary, TO fight the Anacostia road or
! anything else which opposed them in their
effort to accomplish this purpose. 1t was
LII, .r.I unit tao RI
| wait upon the Commissioners and inquire
| why SO many obstacles were placed in
| the way of the successful operation OF
| the Capital Railway. and why more cars
cannot be run over that road. In connec-
| tion with this Mr.. Randle promised TO
prepare a statement enumerating the OBJ
! stacles which confront him in the opera
tion of the road. This statement will be
| submitted to the association and placed by
il before the Commissioners.
The attention OF the meeting was called
| TO the bad condition of Nichols Avenue be-
tween Hillsdale and Congress Heights. At
tention was also called to the fact that
although this avenue is built UP between
the two mentioned points, there is no side
walk. The residents of this avenue are
| compelled TO walk in the road or between
the car tracks At this season of the year
the walking Is especially bad on account
/ CT the alternate freezing and thawing OF
the ground, making the road very muddy.
special committee was appointed to
| wait upon the Commissioners OF the Dis
| trict and acquaint them with the condition
| of this avenue. The committee will petit
tion the Commissioners TO make the neces-
sary improvements on the road and to con-
struct the sidewalk along 1t between the
points named. The committee appointed at
the last meeting TO ask the cooperation Of
| the Anacostia Association in the matter of
general improvements in Anacostia, Con-
gress Heights and that part of the District
| east OF the Eastern Branch of the Poto-
mac reported that the president of the
| Anacostia Association was out Of town
| and that the matter would be presented to
him as soon as he returned. Following the
report Of the committee, the meeting ad-
iourned TO assemble at place to be de-
| termined later.