Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-13
ENTER HEARTY PROTEST
MEETING OF NORTHEAST SUBUR~
BAN CITIZENS.
Talk of Transfers With City and Sub,
urban Railway-To Retain
Attorneys.

In protest TO the recent ruling OF Judge
Anderson prohibiting the City and Sub
urban railway from accepting or issuing
transfers from to any of the other lines
in the District. the Northeastern Suburban
Citizens Association met last night in the
Pathfinder building, at Langdon. ID. c.
AS a result of the meeting of the ASSOC
citation committee was appointed to act
with the committees OF the other interested
citizens associations in taking such action
in the matter as they shall deem proper
after due consideration of the question and
after the consultation of lawyers on the
questions at issue. Both the lexington
and the Brookland associations have pro-
vfded for committees to take suitable action
in conjunction with the committees of the
other associations. 1t is believed that this
united effort, having the united backing Of
the several associations of citizens who live
along the line of the City and Suburban
railway, will accomplish all that can be
accomplished in the case.
According to the plan outlined to the
members Of the Northeast Association by
President Lawson last evening, the COM
mittee of the interested associations will
get together, pledge the financial and other
support of their associations. secure trained
and competent legal advisers who will look
up the law on the subject and advise the
committee what can be done. and after
they have decided on course of action
pursue it to the end. 1t is hoped that IL
the decision prohibiting transfers cannot
be knocked out altogether before the time
l. Is to 60 in effect, June l, that the matter
cam at least, be held up until the next
meeting of Congress, when 1t Is believed
that some law viii be enacted to give the
citizens what they want now.
When the purpose of the associations to
appoint a joint committee this matter
was explained to the Northeast Citizens
Association last evening a motion was car
ried to appoint such committee from that
association. President Lawson appointed
the following: l.. II. Patterson. d. j. Rob
erts, Wilton Harvey, j. E. Goodkey and +.
the affairs of the association. and take
pride in the place where they reside, and
can be expected to protect the interests of
the members of the association
X. Higdon.
Following the general meeting of the as
ISOLATION. this committee met and adopted
the resolutions as the sense of the assocta-
ton in this matter of the transfers on the
City and Suburban lines:
''Whereas by an order of the court entered
by Judge Anderson in the suit instituted
by the minority stockholders of the City
and Suburban Railroad Company, the issu-
ing of transfers to any interesting street
car line will cease after June l; and
Whereas such action will cause irrepara-
BILE damage to the District. and prove q
great hardship to many home-seekers who
have located in this portion of the District
therefore.
Resolved. That a committee Of five be
appointed to act In conjunction with similar
committees from other associations to take
proper action to prevent the enforcement
of this Objectionable ruling.
Brookland Citizens.
A matter of vital Importance to the resi-
dents of Brookland was considered last
night at largely attended meeting of the
Brookland Citizens Association. The meet
ing was a special one and was called for
the purpose of determining what action
,Tatf to hn ardn n
court disseminating transfers between the
City and Suburban Railway Company ana
the other lines of the Washington Traction
and Electric Company.
President A F. Kinnan called the meeting
to order and stated that under the order
of the court Brookland residents would be
denriyed of transfers at North Capitol and
TT streets 5th and G. streets. 9th and 1t
streets 18th and G. and 14th and u streets
He stated that the order or the court was
made on the application OF the minority
stockholders of the City and Suburban Rail-
way Company, who felt that the pooling or
the earnings of this company and the lssu-
ing of the transfers was deprlVing them OF
a mart of the earnings or the company 1t
was stated that there had been no ooJec-
ton ON the part of the majority stockhold-
ers and that the action OF the court had
been on the information presented 10 IL, ana
that it was believed the court was NOT
laws relating to transfers on the street
cars in the District of Columbia.
The result of the discussion was the
adont,on of a resolution directing the pres
ident of the association present the matter
to the District Commissioners and the cor
poration counsel. and ascertain their posi-
tion in reference to ii. and IL IL should ap-
near that the District authorities could tako
no action in the matter, then the president
was to cooperate with the other citizens
associa lions in the employment of counsel
to make a thorough investigation of the
question and to determine what action
should be taken to bring the matter 10 the
attention of the courts in such way that
the interests of the people would be prop
erly protected the association pledSing the
necessary financial support.
A delegation from the Brentwood Citi-
zens' Association was present. and the pres
ident of that association stated that action
similar to that decided on by the Brook
land Citizens Association would be taken
by his association.