Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-28
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Change in Schedules ud Suburban Electric
Lines Takes Effect Today.
Better Service Promised for George
General ana Personal News.

Beginning with today a. general change
went into effect on the Georgetown and
Tenleytown electric railroad. and also the
Glen Echo road, due ito the close OF the
summer season at Glen Echo. The change
was announced by the superintendent, Mr.
w. s. Ballnger. All of the past season
the cars on the Tenleytown road have run
through to Glen Echo without change,
leaving only one or two cars on the up
per or Bethesda road for the accommodation
of patrons residing in that section.
BY the changes made today no more
through cars will run to Glen Echo and
better service will be given. 1t Is said. to
the residents of Georgetown and Tenley-
town and the intervening country. Cars
will run every fifteen minutes between q
o'clock in the morning and 10 at night.
from 32d and M streets through to west
Chevy Chase or Somerset Heights. located
about a quarter of mile from the District
line on the Rockville road. The cars will
run through to this point without change
and without any extra fare. A limited
number of cars will be run from Chevy
Chase Circle to Glen Echo and Cabin John
bridge, and passengers from Georgetown
desiring to reach these places will change
cars at Somerset Heights for the points
named.
The regular service on the Bethesda
branch of the Tenleytown road will con-
tinue as heretofore, running at stated in
tervals. The change on the Great Falls
road will be slight, the schedule being al
most the same as the new time table of
the Tenleytown road.
Additional Priest for Trinity.
Trinity Church has now three priests con-
nected with the parochial work, that num-
Der being assigned on account Of the in
crease in the work of the parish. The
church is in charge of Rev. F. x. Mulva-
ney, s. j., and his first assistant is Rev.
Father McAtee. Recently Rev. Father Pc
tiers has been assigned as second assistant,
and has entered upon his duties. Both the
assistant priests were sent to Trinity
Church from st. Aloysius Church, Wash
ington.
Street Improvement.
The committee street improvement of
the Georgetown Citizens Association called
on the District Commissioners yesterday
relative to the schedule published in The
Star. The Commissioners expressed them
selves as being favoraby impressed with
the schedule as made out and informed the
committee that 1t was practically list
which the board itself thought most need
ed attention. While the Commissioners did
not SO announce, the impression was given
that the schedule would be Incorporated
practically In the annual recommendation
to Congress. Moreover the committee was
informed that the appropriations for
Georgetown would be reached next year.
whereas in other sections the appropria-
lions for some of the street improvements
would hardly be reached for five years. 1t
was further stated that owing to pro-
posed change in the grade of 32d street. be-
tween 7 and 35th streets. 1t would be in
advisable to improve the thoroughfare I'M
til the grade was established.
General Mention.
Mr. Howard Bangs of Dumbarton ave-
nue. has returned to the city after a vaca-
ton season, spent In Loudoun county, Va.
Mr. Bangs is so pleased with that section
of the country that he will return in about
a months time, joining his family, and will
hereafter reside in the old dominion state.
Patrol Driver Walter Walker is enjoying
a leave of absence. He has gone on fish
ing trip
The street sweepers have adopted the
fall custom Of cleaning the streets of the
town in the day time, an operation to
which some of the business men object.