The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-29
BRIGHTWOOD CAR SERVICE.
A Mass Meeting Protests Against
the Double Fare.

The Railway Company Declared to
BE the Foe of the PubIic-A Lively
Discussion of the Situation mt Ta-
koma Park Hall Last Night.
The public mass meeting of citizens liv-
ing along Brightwood Avenue, in Bright
wood Park. Brightwood. Takoma Park.
Woodside, and vicinity, held last night at
Takoma Park Hall, in response to a call
from j. Il. Kinnear, President of the To-
koma Park Association; w. Mex Clay
ton. President Brightwood Park Associa-
ton, and of Wilton j. Lambert, Acting
President of the Brightwood Avenue As
ISOLATION, for the purpose OF taking action
against the proposed change in street car
fares to be put into operation by the
Brightwood Railroad Company. was at
tended by a very large and enthusiastic
gathering of residents Of that part of the
city.
A large number of ladies were also pres
ent, taking a very lively interest in the
proceedings. During the meeting resolu-
tons We're passed protesting against the
''unwarranted and vicious policy of the
Brightwood Railroad Company and APP
pointing a committee of three to lay the
matter before Congress Another resolu-
ton proposed nothing less than to boycott
the company. The establishment of an
automobile line was suggested. but was
not acted upon.
j. b. kinnear called the meeting to or
der and stated the object of the call in a
short and pointed address. Upon motion
of Mr.. w. J. Lambert, seconded by Dr.
T. n. Robinson, Mr.. Kinnear was unani-
mously chosen chairman and W. Mch.
Clayton as secretary of the meeting. Mr..
Kinnear again stated the purpose of the
meeting and said that the Brightwood
Railroad Company was their bitterest foe
and that resolutions protesting against
their impositlons, etc, were in order.
Wilton j. Lambert offered the following
resolutions, which brought forth a lively
and lengthy discussion, showing the al
most unanimous opinion of the citizens
upon the subject. The resolutions We're:
whereas the citizens of the District of
Columbia and Maryland living along the
line of the Brightwood Railroad Company
and the Woodside and Forest Glen Rail-
road Company have for long period OF
time suffered and been caused great in
convenience and annoyance by reason or
the poor rolling equipment of said roads,
and insufficient accommodations anorded,
ana irregular ana UNSATISFACTORY
of running cars, and the general disregard
on the part of the company of the rights
of the people and of their welfare; and
Whereas the people in the yicinities re-
ferred to have been repeatedly refused a
continuous car service into the city of
Washington along said lines, as it was
their right to receive from the Bright
wood Railway Company; and
ssWhprpas their rfuueStS and SOllcitd-
tons to the officials of the company in
their effort to obtain even the most rea-
sonable consideration, to the end that the
existing conditions might be improved,
have failed to elicit either favorable ac-
ton or even the courtesy Of recognition
from the company; and
whereas the vigorous protests made
by the different associations through the
medium of their authorized officers. and
its complaining of the gross injustice
practiced against the residents of this
vicinity in comparison with those of
other and more remote localities through
out the District have not only been ig-
nored but in their very teeth the citi-
zens have been advised through the pub
lie press that it is proposed to assume to
further discriminate against themselves
and their locality by putting in operation
within a period of a week or ten days a
regulation which. without even aRording
due service from the county to the city,
imposes upon the residents along the |
lines of the Brightwood Railroad Com
pany payment of two fares to reach |
destinations within the city, and upon |
the citizens living along the lines of the |
Washington and Woodside Railroad Com |
pany the payment of three fares in or |
der to reach the interior of the city: Now, |
therefore, ii is
nv 10 oit of
wood Avenue. Brightwood Park, Takoma |
Park, Woodside, and vicinity. in public |
assembled this 18th day of |
August, a. ID. 1901, That they do hereby |
most vigorously protest against the un- |
and vicious policy on the part |
OF the Brightwood Railroad Company in |
thus discriminating against their terri |
tory, and. as they believe, unlawfully at !
to exact from them through the !
regulation referred to the payment of |
two fares to the city, and inasmuch as |
the regulation proposed WILL in addition |
to causing great Inconvenience and trou-
bic to the citizens, impose upon them an I
unjust taxation and seriously impair the |
intrinsic value of the property interests !
the entire section north of |
Florida Avenue and east of Sixteenth |
Street and most seriously impair if not |
entirely stop the natural growth and de-
velopment Of the territory referred to; be
II further
Resolved, That 1t is the sense of this /
meeting that the people should be pro-
tected at once against the arbitrary con-
duct of the officials of the Brightwood /
Company. and if made necessary
by the continuance of the present policy |
of the company, that the aid of the courts
should be invoked to establish and guar
antee the rights of the citizens: to which
end it is further
Resolved, That the chairman of this
meeting be. and he hereby is, directed
to appoint a legal committee of three,
empowered to take such action as their
discretion may dictate, to obtain the re-
suits desired as hereinbefore set forth
DIR. y. r. Robinson seconded the motion
in terms of unqualified acceptance Colo
mel kniffen also spoke in favor of the
and said that Congress is
the place to seek the remedy and
not the courts. w. Nick. Clayton fol-
lowed with an unusually strong endorse
ment Of the resolutions offered.
Among those who spoke in favor of the
Wine, Robinson, Brown, Sunny, and
Netmore.
Ashley Gould, District Attorney, en-
iorsed the measure in unqualified Ian
,uage censuring the railroad company in
he most scathing terms. He said that the
abroad company has been breaking the
avs ever since il received its charter
md that he would do all that lay in his
power to bring it to terms. Mr.. Gould
suggested the idea of forming u company
hat would run automobiles between
3rightwOod and Takoma and the city,
md thus strike the railroad company in
heir most vulnerable spot. Mr.. Gould
tated that the railroad company agreed
o furnish stations cars of the most i'm
proved designs, and service that would
,e of use and benefit to that part of the
ity but that they had broken faith on
very one of these points
He advised the demand of a new char
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