Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-01
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
COMMUTERS PROTEST AGAINST PAY
MENT OF ADDITIONAL FARE.
Warrant Issued Charging Operation
of Unlicensed Nehicle-Chnlice
PresentatiOn-NOtes

The commuters on the line of the WASH
ington. Arlington and Falls Church cleo
trio railroad have gone on strike
against the management of the road, and
many of them are said to be patronizing
the steam railroad. The trouble has been
on for several weeks, and one of the results
of it was the swearing out of a warrant
in the Police Court by Inspector Lamb,
charging R. Henry Phillips, the superin-
tendent of the road, with operating an I'M
licersed vehicle
Since the construction of the road, when
terminates at Rosslyn, a small coach has
been used to haul passengers across the
Auueduct bridge. affording connection with
the line of the CAPITAL Traction Company
and also the Metropolitan line. All tran
sient passengers were required TO pay .
cents extra for this privilege. 1t is sala
while the commuters. in consideration or
their ready cash payment, We're entitled TO
free ride in the coach. Several weeks
ago a change was ordered. ana the com
muters were made to pay the same for the
ride across the bridge as any transient
passenger. This action resulted in pro-
test. and delegation of residents and a
good many individuals affected ny the
change are said to have called upon super
intendent Phillips to have him rescind the
Objectionable order. The request was de-
MED
The matter was finally brought to the at
tention of the hack inspector. and as the
coach was not paying a license fee, it was
said. under the law no charge could be
made A warrant was obtained. which Will
be served probably this afternoon, and the
case will then be taken to the Police Court
ChaIice Presentation.
II is understood the chalice won by Rev.
j. F. X Mulvaney, S. j.. pastor of Trinity
Church. at the recent Knights of Columbus
fair will be presented about March 20. A
new chalice has been ordered. much more
valuable than the original. The presenta-
ton was to have been made in CASTOR
Memorial Hall Of Georgetown University
it was reported, but a change In the pro-
gram has been made, and the presentation
will, it is stated, be made at Carroll Hail
the date named.
Leg Fractured.
John Wright aged eighteen, living on the
canal boat John Wright, lying in the canal
near the Aqueduct bridge, accidentally fell
down an embankment near the boat yester-
day afternoon a few minutes before 5
o'clock and sustained a fracture OF the leg
at the ankle. The police were notified and
the Young man was removed to the George
town University Hospital in the patrol
wagon.
Charge of EmbezZlement.
Clinton Brown was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Policeman Furr on charge OF
embezzlement, preferred by Gus Morgan.
Brown was employed huckster wagon
belonging to Morgan. and his employer al
legged him to be short in his accounts. The
young man claimed that he had sold pro-
duce on credit to persons residing in Vir-
ginia, in the vicinity of Fort Myer, which
prevented him from turning in the full
amount of cash expected.
Briefs.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Georgetown Citizens Association will be
held this evening at the office of the First
Co-operative Building Association.
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Burgey.
who died Wednesday, took place this after
noon at 1 o'clock from Wise's undertaking
establishment, 29th and NJ streets.