Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-29
CROSS-T0WN ROAD
lexington Citizens lndorse
Plan of Capital Traction.
THEIR REASONS OUTLINED
Proposition to Honor the Memory Of
Senator Mcmillan.
NAME FOR FILTRATION PLANT
Objections to Tree Trimming by Un-
skilled Workmen-Violatio Of
Speed Regulations.
NAME FOR FILTRATION PLANT

The most important matter discussed last
night at the meeting of the North Capitol
and lexington Citizens Association, held
at St Martins Hall. North Capitol and I
streets northwest, was the proposed extern
sion OF the Capital Traction Companys
street car lines from 9TH street northwest
easterly along Florida avenue to Sth street
northeast and thence souterly along 9Th
street to Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
The special subcommittee of the execu-
tive committee, consisting of A. r. Server,
w. J. Hughes, W. G. Henderson and II. E.
Blau. submitted a report which set forth
that: After carefully investigating the sit
uation at the Capitol the committee en-
deavored to secure the acquiescence of Gen.
George II. Harries manager of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company. for
the desired extension, but were unable to
do so.
LAS the amendment of Senator Hans
brough to the bill. as reported by the COM
mittee on January Is, 1906 coupled the
Florida avenue extension with the extern
sion along New Jersey avenue to reach the.
union statian, it seemed best to have an
independent amendment introduced which
would be confined solely to our proposition.
Statement of Reasons.
THE committee therefore, prepared a
statement in support of this amendment, as
follows; Congress should authorize the
extension of the street car tracks along
Florida avenue and Sth street to Fennsyl-
wanna avenue southeast for. the following
rea sons
ut will afford the patrons of the Capt.
tai Traction Company for one fare to ap-
proach the great terminal freight station
and freight yards lying Immediately north
OF Florida avenue northeast, which cannot
be reached by this company without such
extension.
at will afford convenient facilities for one
fare to thousands of pupils residing in the
territory served by the Capital Traction
Com pany for reaching the Armstrong Man.
ual Training High School, at I'd and P
streets northwest, who cannot now reach
there without paying two car fares or be-
ing subjected to great exposure during in
clement weather.
at will afford convenient facilities for
one fare to thousands of pupils residing in
the territory served by the Washington
Railway and Electric Company for reaching
the Mckinley Manual Training and Central
High schools without the payment of two
fares or being subjected to exposure during
iRclement weather. AS the Central and the
Mckinley and Armstrong Manual Training
high schools include about two-thirds of
all high school students in the District not
in the Business High School (Which both
the car lines now reach, the importance of
reasons and 3 will be at once seen.
ut will AFFORD reasonably direct and con-
venient street car facilities for one fare for
all navy yard employees residing east of 18th
street and north of Pennsylvania avenue.
1T will afford reasonably direct and con-
venient street car facilities for one fare for
fully one-third of the residents of Washing
ton to reach the Glenwood. Prospect dill.
St Marys and Mount Olivet cemeteries.
which many thousands are obliged TO visit
every year.
Benefit to Kendall Green.
sit will afford direct and convenient street
car facilities for Kendall Green, the only
Institution of its kind in the United States.
with it's large number of pupils and in
structors and any visitors. who are al
ways embarrassed by the present lack of
facilities to reach this famous government
institution.
at will afford the first and only real
cross-town street line In the city, and
the only north and south line east of the
Capitol and north of Pennsylvania avenue.
1t L. simply an extension of the same track
in northeast Washington of the present
north and south line in southeast Wash
ington.
1T will afford great convenience to from
:i5bb to 10000 people who must travel over
three sides of a square to reach their des-
tination on the other side of 1t. This ap-
plies with great force to persons residing
In either North or East Washington who
may wish to reach other places in those parts
Of the city. For example: person re-
siding on 1eth, near Fl street northeast, in
order to reach any point on 18th street,
near East Capitol, must travel west, then
south to the East Capitol line, and then
east TO 18th street again, and pay two
fares to reach his destination, while II
ply sically able he can walk down 18th
street in one-third of the time required
to travel the three sides of the square The
~ c in
North Washington as, say, Park road to
1lth street and Columbia road. Many
other Illustrations might be given for diff
ferent parts of the city usually requiring
two car fares.
This extension is asked for by every citi-
zens' organization through whose territory
IL passes and has been approved by the Dis
trict Commissioners 1t was also approved
some years ago by the late Senator Nc
MILAN.
Petition Of Citizens.
More than 95 per cent of the residents
on Florida avenue along the proposed route
have signed the petition asking for il. Com
sequently there is practically no opposition
to 1t from residents along the line. as
there mas been for other proposed routes
for cross-town line.
FLORIDA avenue is especially adapted for
cross-town line. by both geographical To-
the only street that is SO adapted
The Washington Railway and Electric
Company is opposing this grant, but has
never offered to build a cross-town line in
this vicinity. 1t now proposes bus line
as a substitute, which can In no sense be
deemed commensurate with this great pub
lie demand, and which could have been
put without legislation at any time
that suited the management, but has never
been done
This extension to North Capitol street
provides direct route for the Capital
Traction Company to the union passenger
station. by passing over the present tracks
on North Capitol street, and thus will leave
New Jersey avenue entirely undisturbed
as a driveway, il Congress so desires
I'VE are authorized to say that the Can
ital Traction Company IL ready now to
build this extension il empowered to do SO
by Congress"
In connection with this subject the as
ISOLATION adopted resolutions thanking Sen
ators Carter and Burkett for introducing
amendments to Senate bill 6147 which pro-
Sided for an additional extension from the
union station along r street northeast to
connect with the north and south extern
sion on Sth street northeast.
Honoring Senator'S Memory.
resolution was adopted whereby the