Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-25
UNITED IN THE FIGHT
Citizens in War Over CITY
and Suburban Transfers.
PL A N s DISCUSSED
MEETING HELD AND COMMITTEE
APPOINTED YESTERDAY.
Cooperation of Citizens Associations
to- Follow Matter to the End-Con-
ference Held This Morning

All the citizens residing along the lines of
the City and Suburban railway will be
united in the fight before the courts in
the District against the order of Justice
Anderson prohibiting the railway from ac-
cepting transfers from any of the other
lines in the District, as the result of the
action taken yesterday at the meeting of
the joint committee of the citizens as
sociations along the line. 1t was voted
that this committee and the associations
North Capitol and lexington Citizens AS
ISOLATION in the steps 1t has already taken
to fight this order.
Upon the results of the petition of the
counsel employed by the North Capitol and
lexington Association, A R. Server and
]. A. Johnson. will depend the action of
the court In reaffirming, modifying or re-
ending Its former order; and upon their
efforts will depend whether the people who
use the City and Suburban lines to get
from their homes to their places of bust
ness must pay two fares or not.
1t was stated to Star reporter today by
counsel for the citizens associations that
they were working hard on the petition to
be presented to the court. A final con-
ference was held this morning between
Messrs Server and Johnson on the matter
and the finishing touches were put on 1t
is expected, he stated that II would be
ready for presentation on Friday On that
day, counsel Will appear In the court and
ask permission to intervene in the case of
the minority stockholders against the City
and Suburban Railway Company. If that
IS granted, the petition signed by the presi-
dents of the various citizens associations
interested, both in their individual capacity
and in their official capacities, will be pre-
sented and 1t is expected that day will be
caf 10 o1.rot
will set forth additional points of law and
fact, believed not to have been presented to
the court al the former trial.
At yesterdays meeting of the Joint COM
mittees, held in the office Of Wells & Wells
in the Commercial National Bank building,
there were present Mayor C. A Wells
chairman. Hyattsville; w. A Bartlett
Brentwood E. A. NJ. Lawson, president of
the Northeastern Suburban Citizens Asso-
citation; A. f. Kinnan, president of the
Brookland Citizens Association; L. H. Pat
terson, secretary of the Northeastern Sub
urban Citizens Association: c. D. Nc
Mount Rainier; o. A. Tingley, secretary
of the North Capitol and lexington Citi-
zens Associations; Joseph E. Mudd.
Hyattsvlle.
Circular Letter Sent Out.
AS the result of the first meeting of this
Joint committee 1t reported that the
following circular letter had been sent to
each of the minority stockholders, so far
as their addresses could be ascertained:
LAS duly selected representatives of sew
eral thousand citizens living along the line
of the City and Suburban electric railway
we beg to call the attention of stockholders
in said road to the following facts:
"On petition from minority of the stock
holders the court recently issued an order
which will discontinue the system of trans
fers with other roads after June l, 1905
The enforcement of such order WILL we be-
lieve. materially injure and check the
growth of all northeast Washington, and
the Maryland communities outside the Dis
trict on the line of said railway
I'VE feel sure that the railway cannot
permanently prosper, save as the COM
munity which patronizes 1t grows and pros
pers. To withdraw from citizens living
along this line privileges they have long
enjoyed tends to drive them to patronize
other lines of transit where such are avail