Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-05
STREET CAR SERVICE.
Communication Read Before Congress
Heights Association.

A meeting of the Congress Heights Cit
liens Association was held last evening in
the hall of the organization on the Hamil
ton road. The president, Mr.. o. A. EN-
mons called the gathering to order, and
Mr.. William NJ. Sirich, the secretary, re-
corded the minutes. At the outset of the
meeting 1t was announced that Mr.. Frank
E. Butterfeld, the first vice president of
the association, had met with an accident
while out driving recently, from the effects
of which he was confined to his home suf-
fering from severe injuries.
In response to the call for communica-
tons. Secretary Sirich presented and read
a letter from Mr.. H. w. Fuller the gem
eral manager of the Washington Traction
Company, in which were set forth the plans
of the company in relation to the street
car service for some time to come for the
Anacostia and Congress Heights districts.
In his communication Mr.. Fuller said he
was sorry to inform the association of the
declination of the District Commissioners
to permit the company to operate the new
style of equipment over the Anacostia
bridge.
The plans of the company for improving
the service and equipment of the 18th street
line this year, it was stated, call for the
operation of ten bench open cars in summer
and tWenty-hve-foOt closed cars in winter.
The open cars are similar, the associa-
ton was informed, to the ones that have
been operated on the Connecticut avenue
and Columbia lines during the last year.
and the closed cars are like the ones run on
the same lines at this time.
In the course of Mr.. Fuller's letter 1t was
said that the company would prefer to
extend the service right through to the
present terminus, and would do so but for
the firm stand of the Commissioners re-
garding the operation of the types of cars
specified above over the old bridge.
the letter continued, to erect a temporary
waiting station in the neighborhood of the
piow pit at the foot of 18th street south
east and to operate the city end of the line
as far as this point and the Anacostia
and Congress Heights cars from the pit
cry fifteen minutes, and to run to Congress
Heights without further change.
1t was stated that there will be oper-
ated, in addition to the Congress Heights
cars. enough cars between the 18th street
pit and the Franklin street switch in Ana
costa to provide ample service for all resi-
dents of Anacostia living between those
points and also to relieve any congestion
that may exist on the through cars to the
heights.
Negotiations for the erection of a tenn
porary waiting station are now under
way and the conditions above outlined
may be expected to last until the COM
pletion of the new bridge at Anacostia,
which will be about two years hence.
A report on sewers was made by Messrs.
Victor Boyer and Daniel o. c. Callaghan.
1t told of the visit made during the week
to the town by Mr.. David McComb, Dis
trct superintendent of sewers, and of the
trip of inspection made about the village
in the company of several citizens.
A petition, signed by thirty-two citizens
of the District and Prince George county,
Md, asking the District Commissioners to
erect naphtha lamps along the Livingston
road to the District line, was Endorsed by
the association and ordered forwarded to
the Commissioners.
Mr.. Carl Waller stated there have been
some improvements made to the cutters by
the District road force. 1t was announced
that Mr.. Gustave Bender of Congress
Heights had consented to address the or
ganization on topic of public interest at
the next meeting. The association then
adjourned until April IS.