The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
PRICE One CENT.
HEAVY CARS DISCONTINUED.
To Be Used No Longer on the f
Street Traction Line.

Complaints on the Part of Citizens
and Action of the District Com
missioners Cause the Railroad
Company to Dispose OF Them.
Forty Of the large yellow, closed cars,
which were operated on the F Street line
last winter by the Washington Traction
Company, have been sold to various street
railway companies throughout the country
and have already been shipped to the buy
ers- The consignment comprised every
large closed car in the possession Of the
company, with the exception of those be-
ing operated on G Street
According to the officials of the compa-
ny, the sale was made because the cars
will not be needed any longer, as the
new rolling stock viii be withdrawn from
the F Street system and the little green
motors and traiiers formerly in use VIII
be taken out of storage and put back in
operation.
This action was decided upon. according
to the officials, because the people of
Washington did not appreciate the efforts
of the company to give them the best
street railway service III the United States
and because they complained of the big
costly cars, which were put on to replace
the little traiIers- The complaints had the
effect Of causing the Commissioners 20
report against the big cars, and, it is
alleged. caused the Traction Company
much trouble, SO that in order = benefit
the residents of the District OF Columbia
and to save themselves worry and ex-
pense, it was finally decided to let the
people have their way and to give them
the poorer service, which follows the use
of the little cars.
The decision was reached early last
week and was kept so quiet that not until
the cars had been placed on freight trains
and sent os.t of the city did the change
become known. It is predicted by the
Traction Company officials that the peo-
PIE viii discover their mistake next win
ter and during the coming winters, but
under 10 circumstances, it is claimed, viii
the company buy any more large closed
cars OF again operate the cars sold last
week
a peculiar phase Of the matter is the
fact that the Traction Company officials
are keeping profoundly secret the destina-
ton Of the cars Under no circumstances,
they say. viii the purchasers be made
known. The reasons given for this are
that the information would have no pub
lie interest and that the facts were with
held for very good reasons which the
does not care to make public
1t is known, however, that the cars were
shipped ove- the Pennsylvania and South
eTH Railroads to Southern points and that
several of the cOnsignments went 10 Phil
1t is also runaored sat q few
Of the cars viii be found on the new cleo
tric railroad in Havana within a few
weeks.
When seen about the matter this morn
ing, G. Il. Harries, Vice President and
General Manager of the Traction Com
pany, admitted that all of the big closed
cars on the T Street line had been sold
and shipped to the buyers.
I only want to say a few words for
publication, said he, in justice to the
company Our reasons for taking these
cars eff were coed The people of Wash
ingtOn did not seem To appreciate our ef-
forts to give them a good service and the
best rolling stock obtaindble. They kick
ed every day and sent bushels OF COM
plants to the Commissioners. They com
planned about the size of the cars, they
said the cars shook the houses a-ong the
streets and made sleep an irnpossibiIity-
According 10 some OF the complaints the
cars were u nuisance
The Commissioners took up the matter
and reported against the big cars Now
what could this company do? Il the peo-
pie Go not want good big, comfortable
costly cars We can easily I. Ike the green
trailers out and let them use them We
nave all Of the little ears IN storage and
VIII run them in future. l. costs Us less
to operate the small ears AID we are not
at all sorry that the people want the big
cars discontinued"
1t was stated that the big closed cars on
the G Street line VIII not be removed, as
there has been nc complaint about them.
The cars on the other systems viii remain
As at present The new order does not at
feet the summer cars on the r Street line,
and these viii be IN use until the cool
weather sets in
II was learned upon good authority to-
day that q street car company in Atlanta
received a good share of the cars disposed
Of The builders were in arrears to the
Atlanta line for about a dozen big cars
and those in the possession of the local
traction company were turned over under
an agreement favorable to everybody con-
cerEed.