Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-24
CARS TO RUN THROUGH
District Railway Commission
Makes Recommendations.
COVERS TENLEYTOWN LINE
Every Other Rush Hour" Trip to Be
to Heart Of City.
PLANS TO ABOLISH TRAILERs
overcrowding Also Subject for Ac-
tion-Substance of Special Re-
ports and Comparisons.
PLANS TO ABOLISH TRAILERS

ports ana comparisons.
Partial through car service over the
GEORGETOWN and Tenleytown railway to
and from some point in the heart of the
,ty, the abolishing of trailers and the
overcrowding of street cars formed the
subjects Of definite action by the District
electric railway commission at its session
yesterday afternoon.
Special reports OF the subject OF
through service IT, and from the District
line and the heart of the city, and touch
ing the overcrowding of cars, were sub
mitted by Secretary Eddy. in which the
results of Investigations by himself and
his force, with appropriate recommends
tons, were embodied.
The commission, after consideration OF
all the facts adopted the recommends
tons providing for through service by
every other car during the rush hours.
from to o'clock in the morning and
from to $40 O'Clock in the evening
with through car every hour during the
remaining hours of the day to and from
Somerset or the District line. but leaving
the service to and from Georgetown ana
Rockville the same as at present. both as
TO the matter of transfers at y and r
streets and as to terminals.
Matter of Overcrowding.
In the matter of overcrowdng. the COM
mission decided TO adopt Secretary Eddy's
report and refer 1T to the interstate COM
merce commission with the request that
it be transmitted to the United States at
torney for the District for the purpose of
instituting such proceedings as may be
proper to enforce section III of the act of
railway companies shall provide sum
cient number of cars on each of its lines
to accommodate patrons without over
crowding-
taken no notice of the opportunity offered
them for the consideration of the pro-
posed regulation relative TO the eilmlna-
ton of trailers the local commission yes
after January 1, 1910. the operation OF
trailers on all electric railways in the
District Of Columbia other than 1nterur-
ban railways be prohibited.
Recommendations by Commission.
The recommendations contained in the
report are as follows:
That during what are commonly known
as the rush hours-that is, from approx
mately { to . o'clock am and 4 to $3.50
o'clock p.m.-every other car now operated
only from the station known as 'SOmer-
set shall run through from the District
line to some point in the heart OF the city.
and from the same point in the heart OF
the city every other car now operated only
to Somerset shall run through TO Somer-
set or the District line.
That during those portions of the DAY
and night other than the hours mentioned
in the first Recommendation ana during
which hours cars are now being operated
over the line in question an hourly
through service shall be maintained In
both directions as mentioned In the nrst
recommendation.
in MARYLAND beyond the District line to
GEORGETOWN be operated as at present
that is, TO and from Sd and NJ streets
only.
That the through service referred to in
the first and second Recommendations
above shall become operative sixty days
after an order may have been promulgat-
ed TO that effect by the interstate COM
merce commission.
Must Establish Waiting Station.
That the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company be required to establish at
the earliest possible date at or near
Wisconsin avenue and F street northwest
q suitable waiting station provided with
the usual conveniences.
In connection with the recommended
tons Mr.. Eddy states that before making
them he would have preferred TO consult
with the officials of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company relative to the
matter. but the attitude of the company
has been such that it was impossible for
him to do SO.
An opportunity was given the company
to present its side of the case at public
hearing and the company failed to make
a statement even TO be represented, as
far as is known
The report also calls attention to Presi-
30, s,,&fv hot f.rx.
can be charged for the service under eX-
listing law.
Public Must Get There.
The report on overcrowding of cars
indicates that the uncomfortable impulse
of the Washington public Ito get there"
at times. and the accommodating DISPOSE
ton Of street car conductors and motor
men to help them. has something to do
with the overcrowded condition Of the
street cars.
Mr.. Eddy says that Investigations have
been made by himself. his assistant and
the four inspectors recently employed for
the purpose following the receipt of seven
specific complaints in addition to mention
of the matter in many other complaints
Of more or less general character.
Twelve days Of eight hours each were
devoted 10 the work during the latter
part of November and the early part OF
December At least one point on every
electric line operated in the District. ex-
cept that of the Washington. Baltimore
and Annapolis railway. was made a point
of observation, and about one hundred
observations were made at two more
different points where the traffic is hcav-
Jest. well as on several of the lines
which many of the cars are much
uvercrowded. Several observations were
made at the same location and hour. but
ON different days. To obtain perfectly
accurate idea of the conditions existing
on the different lines Mr. Eddy states.
would require several observations at the
same point on each line at the same time
ni day under various weather conditions,
but this would require number of in
spectors for long time.
Give Idea of Conditions.
While the observations made occurred
on fair days by coincidence. Mr. Edd,
believes the records obtained give a fairly
accurate idea of the average conditions