The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-27
DEMAND A BETTER SERVICE
Suburban Citizens Oppose Change
on the Brightw0Od Line.
They Prefer the Return to the Old
Schedule TO the Present Plan of
stopping Cars nj Ninth Street-A
Mass Meeting to Be Held Tonight


4 mass meeting of citizens Of Bright
wood viii be held tonight to protest
against the new schedule put into effect
on the Brightvood Railway last Monday.
which does away with the through car
service from the northern suburbs to the
business centre of the city and increases
the regular time between cars from
twenty minutes to half an hour Il is
understood that a similar meeting VIII be
held at Tal<oma Park in tn near future
There is much difference OF opinion in
Brightwood. Takoma, North Takoma,
and Forest Glen as to the desira bility Of
the new plan of the railway Many resi-
dents Ia those towns are much displeas-
ed with she change, and are expressing
their dtspleasure in vigorous terms. 9th
ers are said 10 favor the companys new
policy. but they have not vet mustered
in sufficient numbers for a mass meet
ing
The Brightwood cars are now stopping
at FloTisia Avenue and transferring their
pa ssengers to cars of the Ninth Street
! line. For several months the service has
been a through one from the suburbs to
the city and down Ninth Street to the
river. and this has been generally COM
mended by the suburbarites. No change
! Of ears was necessary and only one wait
/ for a car for one trip was imposed The
| schedule provided one car every twenty
minutes to Takoma and an equal number
Of cars to the District line This made
the service as far as Brightwcod on a
ten-minuIe schedule.
With the change in the rout> of the
suburban cars there has been also a cur
failing Of the number of cars. During the
crowded hours OF the day a number Of
| extra trips have been made, however, so
! that this feature of the new plan will not
| receive much attention from the mass
meeting
| The driving rainstorm yesterday after
l noon seems 70 have increased The diScon-
I tent over the change. The company has
provided no shelter at the junction he
/ tween the Ninth Street lire and tie
/ Brishtwood line and hundreds of paSSrn-
gers from town stood in the rain for the
/ long or short wait made necessary by the
| change Many persons had 10 umbrellas
{ and al least half OF them We're ladies'
! This feature was one of the worst com
! planned OF against the BrightWOod line
! under the old management In rainy
| weather. in tGe bitterest slowstornnS. and
! n the hottest and busiest of summer
days no protection has been afforded. and
at times the necessary wait was almost
half an hour
/ : petition was circulated throughout
the suburbs and quite a number Of peO-
/ pie signed it. asking Tor the change. The
/ ting mp the mass meeting that the num-
| Der OF signatures was very small and
( that large number Of them we're OBJ
| tanned under a fuisaD prakeusi1n-
! II is said that twenty times as many
/ people would sign Il contemplation for
( a return To the old through trip.
! The argument IN favor Of the new ar
! rangement made by the friends OF the
I company = that passengers Tor the sub
| usbs have the exclusive use Of their
| cars. and are not crowded out Of their
/ seats by people riding only IN the city
/ proper I nder the old schedule the vel
: loV. ears Of the BrightWood line were
often filed to overlooking by city people
I 50 that SUbUrIauiteS were compelled TO
I stand until the BrightwOod Road was
/ reached At present The suburban people
/ can take any OF the green cars to the
! end Of the Ninth Street line. and are
! thus divided up among them and have
/ an equal chance with the city people
Another reason for the change is that
the company VIII accomplish a consider
! able saving Of expense The services of
AT least two men 1T the intersection Of
the two lines has been cut off