Evening star., 1902-01-17
CHANGES SATISFACTORY.
Conference Today Between Citizens
md Railway President.

and Railway President.
Mr. Louis P. Shoemaker, president of the
Bright wood Citizens Association: Mr.. J. B.
Kinnear. president of the Takoma Citizens
Association. and Mr.. W. ]. Lambert, chair
man of the mass meeting of citizens held
last summer for the purpose of taking ac-
tien on the proposed double fare on the
Brightwood line, had conference today
with Mr.. McDermott, president of the Met
ropolitan Railway Company, in pursuance
with an engagement had with Mr.. McDer-
mott to the effect that when the proposed
order for double fares on the Brightwood
line was rescinded the leaders of the ulffer-
ent organizations in that locality shouId
confer with him before the meeting of Con.
gress for the purposeof Exchanging views
and in the interest .f both the railway
company and the ci.I,zens meeting as far
as posstote. In. .ne ",nditions as presented
s,sto.; .He ,sien this morning the repre-
,S from the citizens associations
lnal al-AS. the president on behalf of the citi-
e".s for the improvements that had been
, made since last summer in the running of
| cars on schedule time and in the establish
| ment of closed and heated cars on that
| line, which, 1t is conceded, are in every
| way more satisfactory. 1t was testified to
| by the committee that the schedule that
| had been put In operation had been in the
| in that direction and was to a great extent
strictly adhered to.
| The railway company was asked to elm
mate the fence now existing at the loop at
the BrightWood avenue end of the Metro
| politan line, in order that accidents might
| be avoided at that point, and that the place
might De made more presentable. The
| company was also asked to provide coy-
! cred and heated waiting room at that point
| for the benefit of passengers who might
transfer from the Metropolitan road to the
Brightwood line.
In connection with the Takoma end of the
line two plans were submitted by the COM
mittee. the first and the more desired by
the citizens in that locality being that the
railway company shall establish a loop
IRON, from the present Tacoma terminus, run
ming round by the Blair road by me North
Takoma Hotel up to the junction Of the
District line and Brightw wood avenue, and
thence again to the city by this way, maxi
ing 1t possible to run 1J-minutes schedule
over the entire line at the least possible
expense, and, as the committee cont ended,
making it possible to do away with the ex-
pense of more cars under the present sys-
TEN.
In the event that this proposition sbou,d
not be acceptable for the immediate future
the second proposition was that a heat ed
adequate waiting room be established az
the present Takoma junction and that the
District line and Takorna cars should he
so arranged as to meet at that point in
order that passengers desiring to transfer
from one to the other would have to wait
minimum period of time
Mr.. McDermott signified his entire will
ingness to do all possible in the direction
indicated. He said that it had been his
| plan to erect handsome structure at the
| intersection OF the Metropolitan line and
the Brightwood line, at Boundary but that
| his plan had been interfered with.
He agreed with the committee that II was
| in the interests of both the citizen and the
company to erect a waiting room at the
| points indicated, and he said he was going
| to make personal inspections at an early
| date OF the points indicated and would do
| all that might be possible toward accommo-
dating the citizens.
He further suggested that as the loon
project round Takoma would entail expen-
! ditures on the part of the railway COM
pany of about $4,000 in the construction of
| the half mile or more of railway from
Takoma to the District line, he hoped the
citizens would consider some plan by which
| a part of this expenditure might be borne
1 by the property owners interested In that
| vicinity. He suggested that this be at the
| rate of one-half OF the proposed cost,
| The members of the committee were very
much pleased with the results of their
/ efforts and expressed themselves as being
4 desirous of cooperating with the railway
| company to the fullest possible extent.
| From the present outlook II IS stated
| there Is no anticipation Of trouble rega rd.
ing double fares.