Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-27
CAR SERVICE PROTEST
Suburbanites Talk to the
Commissioners.
WILL BE GIVEN HELP
AUTHORITIES TO MAKE AN IN
VESTIGATION.
Matter to Be Taken Up by Electric
Railroad Officials to Find How
Remedy Can Be Applied.

l the service alIOTueO pdtioiiS VA viz
Georgetown and Tenleytown Railroad Com
| pany were entered this morning by repre-
| sentatives of the Cathedral Heights Citi-
| Zens Association, and private cltlzens re-
| siding in the northwest. at hearing be-
| fore the District Commissioners. AS the
| result of the hearing the Commissioners
| will investigate the matter and Mr.. James
| p. Lackey. secretary of the Washington
| Railway and Electric Company which con-
trolls the Tenleytown line, promised to take
! IN the matter and do what it can to remedy
| the service.
| Mr.. J. Nota McGill, on behalf of the citi-
| zens' association. declared that the sched-
ule of the road is not regularly maintained
| and that in the interval between the morn
| ing and afternoon rush hours the service
| is inadequate. On Sundays especially. ne
declared. is this irregularlty OF cars nouCe
| able In inclement weather, he SAD, the
| COMPANY reduces the number of cars ana
| causes great Inconvenience and annoyance.
| He urged that cars be run more 1requehliy
| and more regularly.
located lust off the line, said that the service
| on the Georgetown and Ienleytowi iiit !.
| decidedly inadequate. He mentlohed ,nd'
| on Thursday night from forty to seventy
| five rersons visit the observatory. and they
! cyperience great difficulty in obtaining car
! service after 10 o'clock at night III lle
| day time also, he said the service Is poor.
| He said that he has kept a recoru oi 'iie
| times he has been obliged to stand up IN
| the car between the observatory ana
| Georgetown between the hours OF ':oo ,nl ain.
| and pm. He declared that ne mas oesA
| obliged to stand ninety per cent ol tne
| tin,a ~, account of the crowded condition
| of the cars +, .;,o >,
| 81 don't mind standing once In a While,
/ said Prof Hill but when II becomes ~, ~
| he a regular thing 1t gets monotonous. me
! traffic on the line Is constantly increasing
| and the schedule is constantly expandlhs'
| II is getting to the point where tlred pu9i-
| moss man going to his home along that me
| in the evening must choose Det"eeh oeihe
| a brute and wearing himself out
| Mr. Chew, who resides in Cleveland PARK
! said friends of his family have peeh pre-
| vented from visiting at his home because
of the moor car service. He also mentioned
| the difficulty experienced in obtaining aoe
| ouate car accommodations on SUNDAY az
| ternoons for the open-air services at .he
| cathedral site. He suggested that the
| cornanv establish a switch at Cleveland
| Park for the purpose of carrying the sun,
| day afternoon crowds BACK 10 the CRY III
| more satisfactory manner.
Willing to Stand Up.
| Mr. F,llerson. who lives along the line
| mentioned stated that he is willing 10
| stand up If he can only be furnished with
| standing room on the cars. just give ZIG
| standing room" said Mr.. Ellerson, ana
| I'll be satisfied AS for getting a seat on
| the car during the ride to and fro between
| NV home and Georgetown, l don't ever ex-
| pect to get that. -, 49,.
| Another resident of the section said that
he supposed he got seat on .ne cars ~. -,
| the Tenleytown line about once IN ten
| times He mildly suggested to the COM
| miss.oners that he liked to sit down occa-
| sionally while riding on the cars
| Others present also spoke of the irregular
and inadequate service on the road and
| urged the Commissioners to do something
| to better conditions. ,,,
| Mr. Lackey, on behalf OF the rallroao,
| said that the company has endeaVored 10
| proyide ADEQUATE service during the morn.
| ing and evening hours when residents OF
| the northwest are going from their resi-
| dences to the city to work and when return
| ing Retween the hours Of and am.
| and 4:3O and $50 pm, he sald, the COM
| pany maintains schedule averaging 5
| minutes between cars.
| With regard to the special services, he
| said it is impossible for the company 10
| estimate the number of people who VIII
| attend the services at the cathedral Slte
| and that it would mean great risk to
| the company to provide increased trans
| portation facilities in view of the uncer-
| tainty.
| TRANSFORMATION facilities in the interval
| between the morning and afternoon rush
| periods was new matter to the company:
| The officials of the road, he said have had
no notice that the conditions during the
! interval between the rush periods are un-
| satisfactory. He said that the company
| will certainly give immediate attention to
| the service during the day. The company,
| he said. wants to do what is fair. 1t has
| reduced the rate of traffic on the road,
! he declared. since 1885, although the COM
pany is still in debt to the amount of
| $4,000. The road, he said, has never
| paid any dividends.
| At this point Commissioner West stated
| that he desired to bring to the attention
! of the company the matter of the schedule
| on the RrightwOOd line.
| WAS the schedule recently submitted to
| the Commissioners for the Brightwood
+, road the same as or different from that
in operation before?' asked Mr.. West.
| Il think it is an entirely different sched-
ule." said Mr. Lackey.
Mr.. West said that he has heard numer-
| Gus complaints lately regarding the serv-
ice on the Brightwood line. and that it
has been claimed that the schedule re-
! Gently submitted is the same as that used
| formerly. He asked II the new schedule
has been maintained by the company, and
| Mr. Lackey replied that he supposed it
has been lived up to.
Commissioner Vests Views.
Last evening" continued Mr. West, II
had an opportunity to personally notice the
nature of the service of the Brightwood
line About S:15 pm. I observed one Of
the company's 'bob-tailed cars coming to-
ward the city on the Brightwood line. 1t
contained ninety-two passengers by actual
| count All the way to the city on several
crossings there were people waiting to take
the car, but 1t went right past them, and
they were obliged to continue waiting. At
the loop on 9TH street there were more
| people waiting to board the car for the re-
turn trip than 1t would hold. The men
rushed for the car and many of the women
and children were obliged to wait for the
next car. 1 wanted to bring this matter
to the attention of the company publicly
for have been receiving complaints to the
effect that the service the line is as in
toleratble as 1t was before the new schedule
was submitted"
Mr.. Lackey said he did not know cer-
| tainly whether the new schedule Is being
maintained not, but ne supposed 1t is.
Returning to the subject of service on
the Tennallytown road, Mr.. Lackey said
that the circumstances connected with that
road do not justify the company in main
tanning a flfteen-minute schedule through
out the day.
''If you would let the people know that