Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-12
IN NEED OF CAR LINES
EAST WASHINGTON WANTS
NORTH AND SOUTH ROADS.

The need of street railroad lines running
north and south in East Washington is the
subject of a letter written by Mr. w. Mosby
Williams, chairman of the street railway
committee of the East Washington Citi-
zens Association, to Senator Gallinger
chairman of the Senate committee on the
District of Columbia
Mr.. Williams says:
"At the meeting on the 7th instant OF
the executive committee of the East Wash
ington Citizens Association-with power In
said committee during summer recess to
act for the association-after full consid-
GRAFTON of Senate report 3.192 on Bill Sem
ate AZ, this Congress to extend the lines of
the Capital Traction Company as reported
May 23d by Mr.. Hansbrough, with amend
ments, the committee unanimously in
dorsed and approved of the extensions OF
the street railway lines and the reciprocal
transfer arrangements contemplated by
such report and bill with amendments. and
/, as chairman of the street railway COM
mfttee OF our association, was directed to
inform you of this action.
Cross-town facilities from north to
south In the eastern section and the addi-
tonal lines from east to west in the north
east section making the connections as
contemplated by said report and bill with
amendments are very much needed and
there Is almost unanimous sentiment of
the people demanding the same to supply
the urgent necessities of our people in the
sections named. In this connection let me
call attention to one fact, namely: II you
Will include the street car line on North
Capitol street with the lines on the streets
westward to the Potomac you have nine
north and south car lines. whereas in the
eastern section of the city east of such d.
viding line and which in its area has a
population exceeding one-fourth of the
district, there is not a single north and
south cross-town line.
The legislation proposed will afford us
one from the navy yard the south to
Florida avenue on the north and another
from the Anacostfa bridge to Maryland
avenue. AT present residents of the north
or southeast section desiring to visit So
cially or on business residents of the other
sections have to walk. The resultant ten
dency is that the population of these two
sister sections in lieu of more closely unit
ing, in fact are separating my using the
facilities to the northwest. AS an instance,
many of our northeast boys go to the Cen
tral High or other northwest schools In lieu
OF the Eastern High. because of lack of
cross-town car facilities to the latter.
The cross-town north and south line In
the eastern section. as proposed will afford
our population every facility for inter-
course with the adjoining section if the
bill carries the provisions of reciprocal
transfer which our association has for
years been advocate Of but without
this the relief needed by our people will
not be as adequately provided for by car
facilities as, in the opinion of our associ-
alton, they should be-.
Il was further directed by the commit
tee to say that it had not considered the
provision by said report and bill with
amendments providing q change in the
taxation of the public utility corporations
OF this district and did not desire to be
understood as either favoring or opposing
such provision or change, but leaving the
matter of taxation entirely within the
wisdom of Congress without suggestion
from us on the subject at this time
In the event your committee shall de-
termine to give a hearing of any interest
which may oppose the extension or recip-
rocai transfer facilities before mentioned
We respectfully ask that our association be
given hearing in that regard"