The Washington times., 1904-11-02
SMOKE PLACE PIPE
WITH GEN. HARRIES
Columbia H lights Citizens
HIS Guests
OLD SCORE IS WIPED OUT
Eleventh Street Railway Running
ana the Event Is Duly
Celebrated.

E.u
lumbia Heights Citizens Association
ana the officials of the Washington Ran
way and Electric Company we're TOT GOT
ten last night The association, AT. tne
conclusion If its regular business meet
ing held at the Savoy apartment mousse
was the guest OF Gen. George ID. mar
lies. vice president of the company az
a love feast ia honor of the contlel-'h
OF the new Eleventh Street railway eA-
tension running from Florida 20 Ls'
decker Avenue.
ed resolution thanking General mar
ries for his services TO Columbia
Heiehts in having the new railway
built General Harries replied TO the
resolution in happy vein, telLnS the
audience that il was the sole desire Oh
his company TO give the community as
good a railway service as possible
Local Celebrities.
There we're present at the meeting
District Commissions mcfarland.
louis i. Shoemaker, former president
Of the BrightW God Citizens Association
col f. Is. Townsend president OF tne
Mount Pleasant Association; and c. c.
Lancaster, president OF the Northwest
Suburban Association.
Commissioner AIacfaTland told the as
ISOLATION the Commissioners appreciated
iss efforts 10 secure Improvements TOT
the common good. and always consid-
cred its recommendations ana requests.
Judge C. 81 Bundy. In introducing Zen
eral FTarries 'sthe host of the evening,
reviewed the rapid growth or columbia
Heights, and said TINS tIipI on eitl-iis ~
the community was due IN large PA {
10 the street railway service anoFaeu H.
HarTies Says Things.
General Harries said many PEOPLE had
.ar
fuI thing with too much power. TINS
was an wrong. for anybody with tav
money could buy stock in the c. mpal-y.
in fact. big corporation like street
railway company was the only place %
which small Investments could be pur so
as TO make theT.s serElceaDle 10 the IN
weston The small sums could oe har-
messed together and would bring results.
From year to- year, he said. the eFOVElh
OF his company was sure and >Lealy- I1e
impression that the sole Cccupatio4 iL
railway company 8 10 make money ~
not running cars. There was no logic
iu such a position, me argued.
Couldn't Be Bothered
me company. he claimed, did ITS best
in proportion 10 its means. b1t there
were always some who wanted 10 gT0Wl
There might be times when the service
was not up 10 the Ideal ~ his audience
hut there was never 3 llFn= when iJ was
y not as good as 1t would have been WITH
the audience operating the road. The
service would be faulty az times Dui
the Deople ought to have patience, Is
all would come right Ia the end.
The speaker concluded py SAYING one
could not accomplish much Dy driving
man into a corner ana throwing
bricks AT him In order 70 gam conces-
slons He iutimated that complaints
should be made 20 the railway Omcials
in a diplomatic spiE1-. with the natural
result OF greater satisfaction TOT Dom
sides.
Win Keep EN- Moving.
ar Monatt, superintendent OF trans
portation Tor the company said he had
been written up In the public press
because he had promised a lady 20
keep the cars moving. He would re-
PEAT the promise tonight. however and
said the cars would be kept running
Division Superintendent BalliugeT
asked his hearers 20 Jump on him nrst
when things went wrong with the road
because that would save General Har-
ries the trouble OF doing It,
General Manager Fuller OF the rail-
way company. was also present al the
meeting but made no speech
Tribe Adopts HarTies.
Before adjournment was taken Gen
eraI Harries was made an honorary
member OF the association,
The buffet lunch given by General
Ifarries, was an elaborate feast. Around
the table and the puach bowl there was
lett no remembrance OF the resolutions
tne association had adopted in the past
ceusuring the Washington Railway and
Electric Company for delays in con-
strucJiug the Eleventh Street extension.
During the early part Of the meeting,
Air. simmons chairman Of the commit
Zee ou trees. offered q resolution that q
committee OK nEe be appointed by the
president with himself as chairman
10 ask tEe District Commissioners 10 see
that 5000. appropriated by Congress f0I
shade trees for Columbia Heights, be
spent in Columbia Heights alone
Want the Money.
lIr. Simmons said he understood thai
only 500 al mis- appropriation was 10 be
expended ON Columbia Heights. though
the whole amount had been appropriate
by Congress Tor use III that subdivision
The resolution was adopted, and Presi
dent BuHdE appointed the f0Il0WinE
members 10 serve on the committee
George Simmons. 81. II. Saunders, AL
pholso Hart and J.. J.. Thompson.
The following gentlemen were uuaui
mOusiy elected members Of the associa,
tiou- Thomas r. Harvey. Dr. Charles
y. Caldwell. II. j. Marshall, Henry III
Packard Frank Fraser and Harvey y
Cotton