Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-26
WANT ORDER REVOKED
Patrons of City and Suburban
File Petition.
MATTER OF TRANSFERS
COURT ASKED TO REQUIRE COM
PANY TO RESTORE SYSTEM.
Presidents of Local Associations In
terested-Ask Cor Hearing-Con-
tents of Paper.
MATTER OF TRANSFERS

The patrons Of che City and Suburban
railway Of Washington late this afternoon
carried into court their 1ght against the
order abollshing the giving of free trans
fcrs by that railway.
The legal action was taken by William
G. Henderson. president of the North Cap
itol and lexington Citizens Association;
Arthur +. Kinnau president of the Brook
land Citizens Association; Edwin A. NJ
Lawson. president of the Northeast Su-
burban Citizens Association, and Thomas
W smith president of the East Washing
ton Citizens Association, in behalf of them
selves and Of all other patrons of the City
ana Suburban railway.
The court is asked TO direct the receiver
of the railway to revoke the notice he has
given to the public that the company will
not. on and after June /, 1900 receive trans
fers issued by any other street railway
company; and to require the railway to
receive. and TO continue TO receive as here
tOforc and at present. transfers 50. issued
Further. II is desired that the order touch
ing the matter of transfers. signed by JUS
tice Anderson on the sth instant. at the in
stance of the minority stockholders of the
railway company he vacated as IMPROVE
IDENTIFY made.
Server. representing the petitioners. will
ask that hearing be granted next week.
Contents of Petition.
The petitioners say that their business and
other interests require them to go daily to
Various parts of the District; that the cost
and character of the service performed by
the various street car lines operating in the
District are Of prime and vital Importance
to them; that they are owners of property,
both real and personal, in the District. and
that their material interests as owners of
real estate. and particularly Of real estate
situate near the lines of the City and Sub
urban railway of Washington. are largely
affected by the character and cost of trans
portatiOn on the street car lines of the Dis
triCt.
1t is added that the members of the citi-
Zeus' associations interested are heads of
families, are associated for counsel and CO.
operation In all matters which touch the
material and social welfare of their sections
Of the District and that the several and re-
sreCtive members of the association of citi-
2enS desire the same relief as that sought
by the petitioners. shown by formal and
united action on their part.
The statement Is made that for more
than four years the petitioners have en-
joyed the right to a continuous ride on the
cars OF the City and Suburban railway and
those of other lines for one fare through
system OF free transfers. A notice was
posted on the Goth instant in the cars of
the City and Suburban Railway Company
and also in the cars of the Anacostia and
the Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany 1t explained that 'n obedience to
an order of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, issued upon the applica-
ton of John F. Shea and other minority
stockholders of the City and Suburban rail-
way Of Washington. the said City and Sub
urban railway OF Washington will not, on
and after June /. 1893. receive transfers is
sued by any other street railway com
pany."
IN hr1N1inatipr NJ Minnritu
The order OF the court referred to. 1t is
declared. was procured upon the petition
and at the instance of very small minor
ity OF the stockholders OF the City and
Suburban railway of Westinghouse per
sons who represent less than 4 per cent
OF the capital stock of the company; that
the order was made without notice TO the
petitioners and without opportunity TO them
OF being heard; that the order, affecting
the City and Suburban railway Of Wash
f, gton in the matter OF its transfer policy.
Is the outcome of dissension and disagree
ment among the stockholders OF that road;
that the stockholders of the road are not
alone the persons whose interests are en-
tilted to be considered in the administration
of the affairs of the road; that the public,
from whom and In whose behalf this road
received its franchise, free of cost in con-
SideratIon OF the service II was to render
the said public. is possessed of rights
which are not to be disregarded In The
management or the road, tnat the railway
company. like every other street railway
company within the District, Is under an
obligation TO the public, for whose use and
convenience 1t was chartered, as well as 70
the persons who own shares in Its capital
stock. and that this dual relation-the rela-
ton 1t sustains to the public. well as
the relation 1t sustains to its Stockholders
must be regarded by those who conduct
the business of the corporation.
Regarded as Progressive.
The petitioners go on to say that the
transfer system now prevailing, adopted
by the several street railway companies
concerned. whereby a passenger for the
payment Of one fare may have a continuous
ride, as he may desire over the lines of
the Auacostia and Potomac River Railroad
Company. the Washington Railway and
Electric Company and the City and Sub
urban Railway of Washington is In accord
ance with q wise and progressive policy
adopted by the stockholders of the several
roads concerned, and conserving and en-
HANGING the best interests of the several
roads. viewed merely financial enter
prises: that the view touching such policy
entertained by the stockholders of the Ana
costa and Potomac River r. r. Co. and
the Washington Railway and Electric Com
pauy, as also by the stockholders OF the
City and Suburban Railway of Washing
ton. except persons who IN their holdings
represent less than per cent of the capital
stock of the company. Is shown In notice.
which also posted in the cars the 10Th
instant. 10 the effect that the Washington
Railway and Electric Company and the An
acostia and Potomac River Railroad COM
pany would continue to accept transfers
issued by the City and Suburban Railway
of Washington.
Furthermore the petitioners assert that a
system of free transfers is in accord with
the declared policy of Congress to give to
street railway passenger for one fare,
II continuous ride between any two points
In the District OF Columbia.