The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04
CRUSH ON STREET CARS.
An Efficient sunday Service to Ac-
commodatc the Visitors.

The street car facilities for yesterday
We're as nearly perfect as the two COM
| panies could make them. At an early
hour thousands of visitors to the Inau
guration. and many Washingtonians
were astir, and the managers of the lines
| saw busy day before them.
The Washington Traction and Electric
Company had all of their regular extra
! men at hand. and a large force of others,
ready to push out extra cars at a mo-
| ments notice. The Pennsylvania Avenue
line was thronged from 8 o'clock in the
morning until midnight. AS the crush in
creased these temporary facilities were
! employed. The traffic was principally to
and from the steam railway depots,
though thousands of passengers took a
trip to Georgetown and the Navy Yard.
On the Seventh Street line of this COM
pany cars were less crowded, though they
We're well patronized.
The various branches of the Metropo,i-
tan Company did an immense business.
Before work on the line had been fairly
begun for the day, it became apparent
that there was going to be a congestion
OF traffic. To overcome this men were
sent to different points on all lines of the
company to watch for a possible crush.
clothed with authority to cali out cars
for relief. Within fifteen minutes be-
tween II and II o'clock noon about twen-
ty-iive of these relief cars were sent out.
The Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Electric Railroad Com
pany did a thriving business Trains
We're run to Arlington every thirty min
utes, and each one, from 10 O'Clock in the
morning until o'clock in the afternoon,
was jammed with people to visit the
national cemetery. Thousands OF
strangers who had hoped to visit Wash
ingtons tomb at Mount Vernon were sad
ly disappointed. When they called for
tickets for that point the railroad officials
informed them that the grounds We're not
open, and the trip was abandoned
There was but one complaint strangers
had to make of the service on the Metro
politan lines. The transfer system sore
ly puzzled and aggravated them.
Following are the rules promulgated by
Major Sylvester, Superintendent of Po-
lice, to govern the movements of street
cars during the inaugural parade today:
THE cars of the Capital Traction Com
pany going west will not pass Third
Street east after $3.50 o'clock a. m. until
the rear of the parade shall have left the
Capitol Grounds; going east they Will
cease to pass the west front of Washing
ton Circle at 10 o'clock a. m. until the
rear of the parade, .'aan its return, shall
have passed Twenty-first and X Streets
at least two squares.
"On Fourteenth Street the cars are not
O'Clock and will not be permitted to leave
the Baltimore and Ohio depot later than
9:3c clock a. m.
when the head of the procession shall
have reached Seventeenth and PennSyl-
vania Avenue the cars on the Fourteenth
Street line will not go farther south than
Thomas Circle, nor farther north than l
Street until the rear of the parade shall
have passed Thirteenth and X Streets.
after being reviewed by the Grand Mar
shal. The Superintendent of Police will.
in his discretion, permit cars to run
through the northeastern section of the
city on c and u Streets. on G Street
cars viii not run west of Third Street
ifer y. m, nor before | a. m. Tuesday
morning, in order to prevent blockading
the street at the Pension Office. The Cap
ital Traction cars viii not be allowed to
pass Fifth Street east after $3.50 o'clock
The Metropolitan cars have until 10
o'clock to pass the same street.
Cars on streets which intersect the line
os parade at any point will stop AFTER the
streets are closed by the police. and when
the parade is passing and until the rear
of the same on it's return shall have
passed said street at least one square,
except that the police may. in their dis
cretion. permit the cars OF the Capital
Traction Company to cross Pennsylvania
Avenue at Seventh Street previous to the
return of the parade.