Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-10
SCORED BY CITIZENS
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED CRITICS.
ING W., A. AND F. C. SERVICE.
State Corporation Commission Asked
to Compel Improvements in Roads
Operating Methods.

Immediate action with regard to the st rV-
Ice on the Washington, Arlington and Falls
Church electric railway will be demanded
Saturday from the corporation commission
of Virginia by a committee of three which
will go to Richmond for the purpose. The
members of the committee will be appoint
ed by the Citizens Association at Claren-
don. Falls Church and Ballston, one from
each body.
Resolutions condemnatory of the admins
tration of the road and calling upon the
corporation commission to act were adopted
Monday night by the Clarendon Citizens
Association The Balston Association, it is
expected, will take similar action tonight
and tomorrow night the Falls Church AS
ISOLATION will enter its formal protest.
The Resolutions.
The Clarendon citizens resolutions which
were drafted by Attorney r. C. L. Moncure,
who conducted the case for the people at
the inquiry into the fatal accident on the
line, July 3, are as follows:
Whereas the town OF Clarendon was
founded by virtue OF the fact of its Local
ton upon the Washington, Arlington and
Falls Church electric railway; AID
Whereas 1t is absolutely essential to the
life and well being of the said town of
Clarendon that the residents thereof shall
have proper and respectable service upon
the line of the said railway; and
Whereas in the opinion of the Clarendon
Citizens Association. the service the
said line has become so inefficient as to
threaten the welfare and growth of the said
town, and
Whereas, further, in the opinion of the
said association, the force operating the
said railway has become practically de-
moralzed; and
Whereas the said company is either una
BILE, or unwilling. to maintain even SEM
Dlance OF a schedule on its line, often caus-
Ing waits at passing points OF from fifteen
minutes to one hour in duration; and
Vine IS the said railway company has
attempted to make what is known as the
18th street line its main line, and is
operating thereon its large deu5le-t, uck
cars, equipped with air brakes, and is oper-
ating the Rosslyn line a branch line with
small single-truck, old and ant quated cars,
equipped only with handbrakes, and is
hauling thereon more passengers than the
capacity of the cars allow and
Whereas it is absolutely essential. in the
opinion of this association. to the residents
OF Clarendon and the adjoining community
that the Rosslyn line be used as a main
l:ne with sufficient and proper cars to be
run thereon, as a large number of the resi-
dents of the said town of Clarendon and
the surrounding community are required to
use said line by reason of the fact that no
transfer system is established between the
18th street line and the of the city of
Washington, thereby neceSS tating the pay
ment OF an extra fare: and for the further
reason that large number of the resi-
dents of said town and community are en-
ployed in West Washington; and
Whereas. in the opinion of this associa-
ton, no proper signaling system is in use
upon said line, and there is an absolute
lack of sufficient power to operate the cars
thereon. thereby causing the distr ssing
accident which occurred near the said town
of Clarendon on the third day of July last
number of people Wee probably manned
for life: now. therefore.
Be it resolved, That this association
hereby condemns the system in use upon
the said railway; the action of it's officials
in discriminating against the Rosslyn line
in favor of the 18th street line; the failure
to supply sufficient power for the opera
ton of said road; the absence of a proper
signaling system. and the old and anti
quated cars, and respectfully petitions the
corporation commission of the state of Vir-
ginia to take such action may give
proper relief to the patrons of this road,
and respectfully submits its opinion that
unless prompt action is taken by said COM
mission that great danger will result to
the public in the way of a recurrence of
the aforementioned accident.
Condition of Loveless.
Wilbur Loveless. a young victim of the
wreck, from Hunters Hill, Va, who was
taken to the Georgetown University Hos
pital suffering from cuts on the head and
bruises on the body, was reported at the
hospital today as continuing to improve.