Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-29
OBJECT TO CONDITIONS
CITIZENS ORGANIZATION COM
PLAINS OF POOR CAR SERVICE.
Amen dments to Pending Bill Suggest
ed-SchoOI House Too Cold
Railway RoundhOuse.

insufficient street service and cold
school house were the chief subjects for
comment before the North Capitol and
lexington Citizens Association last even
ing. The meeting was very largely attend
ed and was held IN the lecture hall of the
Church of the United Brethren. corner of
North Capitol and r streets.
Mr.. VIM. e. Henderson, president of the
association, detained at his home by
the grip. and In his absence Mr.. w. w.
Porter presided. after the meeting had been
called to order by MIR. a. o. Tingley, the
secretary. Mr.. Tingley made report of
the last meeting of the executive committee
of the association and said the committee
had determined to lend all its efforts to-
ward securing an appropriation of $4,000
for the paving of North Capitol street
above II street. as that seemed to be the
only street paving that was likely to be
secured from present session of Congress
within the bounds of the association.
Insufficient Service Alleged,
The chairman of the committee on rail-
ros ds. MIR. w. }. Hughes. reported that he
had sent a letter to General George H. Har-
ries. vice president of the Washington Trao-
tion and Electric Company, on the 2Ith In
slant In relation to the operation Of the
cars on the North Capitol street and Mary
land divisions. He had represented that
the service on these divisions was INSULT
Client, the cars being overcrowded in both
cases. and those on the Maryland division
being run on an unsatisfactory time sched-
ule. No reply had been received to this
complaint and request for a better service.
Nr. Hughes also suggested amendments
- the street railway bill prepared by the
District Commissioners and reported by
them to the Senate and House District COM
mittees. These amendments provide that
tho furnishing of time schedules by the
RAILWAYS the Commissioners
thirty days after the passage of the bill.
and that they shall Include a designa ton
OF the routes and designation OF cars and
all transfer arrangements. When these
schedules are once established they cannot
be changed without public notice and hear
ings granted to citizens by the Commits
giOners.
The service on the Maryland division was
commented on by MIR. ]. S. Potter. who
said the cars were twenty-five minutes
apart and 121 people had been counted
on one of these cars with seats to hold
forty people. He said the building OF sew
eral houses by himself and others on 4th
street east. was under contemplation. but
that IT would be impossible to begin the
work so long as such an unsatisfactory
street car service Is In operation there.
A Cold school House.
The insufficient heating of the lexington
school house also brought to the at
tention of the association by Mr. John H.
Lane. who said scholars in that building
had been dismissed number Of occa-
fions because the Interior Of the building
was cold as it was without. The
secretary was requested to bring this fact
TO the attention of the Commissioners so
that the trouble might be remedied.
The chairman of the committee on the
Baltimore and Ohio yiaduct. Mr.. w g..
Chase. announced that II had been ar
ranged to locate the round house of the
company as far east as 7th street and that
the upper portion of the in lexington
would be located further north. The round
house will also be $50 instead OF $50 feet
II diameter