The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-11
SUBURBANITES Up In ARMS
Insufficient Trolley Service to
BrightwOod Denounced.
Indignant Citizens Scare the Tr1c-
ton cfIiciais and Authorize Com
mittees to Use All Means to Secure
Relief From Present Conditions.


Members of the Brightwood Citizens
Association, at the regular monthly meet
ing of that organization at the Bright
wood Hotel last night, INDUCED in re-
peated philippics against the Washington
Traction and Electric Company for its al
legged maladministration of the Bright
wood Railroad Company, which serves
that section OF the city. The railroad was
roundly denounced for its failure to pro-
vide adequate service, and charged with
violation of the terms of its charter and
with disregard of its agreement with the
citizens of Brightwood.
Resolutions were adopted referring the
matter to the Judiciary Committee of the
association with directions to investigate
the charges and to ascertain whether the
corporation could not be legally proceeded
against to compel a compliance with the
terms of its contract. The resolutions
read:
RESOLVED. That the Judiciary Committee of the
Brightwood Citizens Association be- and is here
by, authorized and directed to thoroughly in
vestigate and after such investigation to report
to this association the facts found in response to
the following interrogatories; to wit:
First-Whether OF not the Brightwood Railroad
Company, now being operated by the Washington
Traction Company is violating its charter obi
cations to the public in failing (a) to furnish
cars sufficient to properly and comfortably carry
the people who travel over such roads; (b) and
in refusing to run the cars of said company TO
Florida Avenue, TO connect with the
OF the Capital Traction Company on Seventh
Street.
Sscoud-Are the laws of the United states ap-
plicable to the District of Columbia such Will
enable the citizens of this association by quo
warranto other legal proceedings. to compel
said company to keep the covenants of its charter
The corporation was again scored in a
second resolution, directed to the District
Commissioners, in which protest is made
against the acceptance Of a new schedule
submitted by the Brightwood Railroad
Company, which was denounced as afford
ing irregular, inadequate. and insufficient
service. The president of the association
was authorized to appoint special COM
mittee TO confer with A. b. Duvall the
Attorney to the District Commissioners,
before whom the proposed schedule now
is, and protest against its adoption.
The condition of Brightwood Avenue
south of Brightwood was the subject of
resolutions calling the attention of the |
District Commissioners and of the District |
Congressional committees TO the matter, |
and requesting relief. Another resolution |
adopted directed to the Washington Gas |
Company requested that company to ex-
tend the Brightwood Avenue main from |
Umatilla Street to the District line. The |
citizens of Brightwood Avenue north of |
Takoma junction, are now without gas !
facilities. The appreciation Of the asso-
citation for the benefits of rural free de- |
livery, for which the order has been grant |
ed, was expressed in resolutions rendering !
the thanks of The association TO Postmas- |
ter Merritt and August ". Machen, Super |
intendent of rural free delivery
Inclemeney of weather and the absence
of number of its members from town
produced very slim attendance at the
meeting last night. Louis p Shoemaker
President, presided, and John G. Keene
acted as secretary. r. NJ johnson, who
introduced the resolutions in respect to
the railroad service in Brightwood, ex-
planned at some length the sins of o7nis-
sion of the corporation in the matter of
service. Several of the other members
took up the strain and the resolutions
were adopted without dissent. Mr. Shoe |
maker noted the efforts of the association |
to secure better accommodations and 1
stated that the promise of the corpora |
ton, made some time ago after confer
ence, to consider the question had not !