Evening star., 1901-06-18
swet Seats on Open Cars.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:

| To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
Kindly permit me. through the columns
of The Star, to direct the attention of the
officials of the Capital Traction Company
to the fact that very frequently during
rainy weather passengers who use the open
cars have to complain of the wet condition
of the seats.
In the majority Of cases passengers, while
objecting to this, accept the situation good
naturedly but there are many, and par
ticularly ladies and aged people, who find
it extremely disagreeable to stand up while
on these cars or run the risk Of catching
cold or soiling their clothes or both by
seating themselves. On 1th street open
car running south a few days ago l got
transfer to the Pennsylvania line, but upon
arriving at the transfer point the rain was
falling in such torrents that l decided, not
being pressed for time, to remain on the
car until the shower passed over. By TAX
ing up position in the middle of the seat,
after first pulling down the blinds at either
end of it, I managed to keep tolerably dry
and by the time the shed was reached
the rain had ceased. The car was run
around the shed on the outside and brought
to a stand about in line with the front
of the building, whence, after a wait OF
four or five minutes, 1t was started on an
other run, and, to my astonishment. with
out the slightest attempt being made by
any one about the shed to dry off the seats.
Before reaching Pennsylvania avenue,
where 1 transferred, several ladies board
ed the car, but as the seats could not be
occupied they had no alternative but to
stand OF course, during a run the con-
ductors cannot be expected, in addition to
their regular duties, to do more than see
that the blinds on open cars are pulled
down on the approach OF a rain storm and
kept down during its continuance, but cars
unfit to receive passengers assuredlyishould
not be permitted to leave the terminals.
1t is think, only fair to assume that the
officials of the company do not realize the
discomfort which this apparent neglect en-
tails upon the patrons of their cars, but
it is to be hoped that, now the matter is
brought to their notice. measures neces-
sary to correct such an Objectionable state
Of things will be taken without delay.
"CLEVELAND PARK"
A Proposed System of Naming Streets.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
1 see by recent issue of your paper
that the Commissioners have in view a new
plan for street names. that is. those run
ming east and west and now designated
by letters. Briefly stated their plan is to
name all the street alphabetically after dis
tinguished Americans, the first group, from
A to z, to consist of names Of one syl-
liable, the second Of two syllables and the
third group Of three syllables. 1t struck
me that this is not distinctive enough and
would lead to confusion. think better
plan would be as follows:
Commencing with the first street north of
the Capitol the streets might be named
after great Americans. viz: Adams, Bu-
chanan, Cleveland, Decatur. Emerson,
Franklin, Grant, Hamilton. Irving, Kear-
ney, Lincoln, Madison, Oglethorpe, Perry,
Randolph, Sheridan, Taylor, Upshuf. Van
Buren,, Webster and Yancy. This would
carry us to the boundary. The second
group might consist Of the names of Amer
lean cities, viz: Atlanta, Boston. Chicago,
Detroit, Erie, Frankfort. Galveston, Hart
ford, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo. Louisville,
Minneapolis, Newport. Olympia, Philadel-
phia. Quincy, Richmond. Savannah. To-
peka, Utica. Vincennes, Worcester, Yuma
and GAINESVILLE. The third group might con-
sist Of the names Of trees and flowers
viz: Aspen. Beach, Chestnut. Evergreen
Linden, Maple, Oak, Poplar, Ounce, Syca-
more, Walnut, etc, etc. This would provide
for the northern section to the District
line. The streets south of the Capitol could
be named after the Indian tribes, viz: AL
gonuuin Bannock, Cherokee, Dacotah. HUI
ron Iroquois. klamath, Mohawk Navajo,
Usage, Pawnee, Seneca, Tuscarora, ETC..
ETC., or geographical names could be used,
such as Allegheny, Brazos, Cumberland
Genesee Hudson, Juniata, Kennebec, Lu-
zon, Monongahela, Niagara, Ozark, Poto-
mac. Roanoke, Susquehanna Tutuila, Wa
bash and Yadkin. AS a substitute for any
of these groups, there could be used the
names of battle fields, viz: Appomattox
Brandywine, ChicKamauga,s Donelson, Fair
Oaks, Gettysburg, Inka, Knoxville Louis
burg, Monterey, Petersburg, Quebec, Re-