Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27


than any other individual commission
er." says Mr.. Clark, after acknowledging
receipt of a communication which de-
scribes the situation and the attitude of
the railways.
Law Is Being Searched.
Commissioner Clarks letter states
that his commission has directed one of
Its attorneys to establish wi ether the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany has a legal right to reuse east
bound Georgetown car trans GERS from
the Columbia line. and also fut an opin-
ION as to the right of the Georgetown
and Tenleytown line to charg, two fares
II Obliged to run through car:
1T adds that while the regu alton as to
heaters In cars. adopted by tf !, Interstate
commerce commission. is not exactly as
recommended by the District commission
1T presents our best judgment of a rea :
sonable and practicable reguh, ton at this
time of the year and in the zee of exist
ing circumstances
Thu, District commission is advised that
the interstate commerce cor mission has
received communication ftom Clarence
r Nornent. president of tn; Washington
Railway and Electric Company. stating
that his company is going totput on an ad-
dit1onal number of cars arH exert every
effort TO improve the service on the line
which runs to the bureau oY>ngraving and
pnlt'ra and the Department of Agri-
The District commissirr' however, it is
understood. will keep H. close touch with
the situation and tafe such action as
may be practicable il the assurance given
is not fulfilled.
In the matter of d complaint of made
quate and poor service on the herdic line.
the interstate commerce commission has
decided it has no jurisdiction except as
to the form of the transfers which are
used and the complainant will be so ad-
vised
Recklessness Not Encouraged.
The District commission has been ad-
vised by the Capital Traction Company
that it's regulations positively forbid the
practice of recklessly running cars and
creating unnecessary noise and great
clouds of dust. and that hereafter those
regulations shall be rigidly enforced. This
has reference to a recent complaint OF
reckless car running on the 7th street
line near the Rock Creek loop. which the
police and officials of the commission, after
careful watching, failed to verify.
Secretary Eddy has submitted his report
upon the complaint that cars on the 4th,
9TH and 9th street lines are not run early
enough in the morning. For eight days
the commission had the cars on these
lines under close observation.
1t was found that on the 18th street line
cars leave 9TH street and Florida avenue
beginning at 5:2S a. m. and thereafter at
intervals of five and three-fifths minutes
There were instances where cars were
from a minute to two minutes late. 1t Is
believed this is satisfactory service for
this time of the year.
On the 9th and 4th street lines. how
ever. it is recommended that the cars
be run closer to schedule time which
permits a Roadway of from fifteen min
utes in the earliest cars to five minutes
for later cars.
sary, as yet. a hearing upon the subject
has been recommended by Secretary
Eddy, who also recommends that the 4th
street line start its first car at $50 in
stead of + o'clock am, and that another
be started at 5:45 am.
The average number of passengers on
the early cars on the days of inveStiga-
ton was found to be from q to 30.
It is not unlikely, it is stated. that earlier
service may be necessary in the spring
and summer months.
New Regulations.
The text of the new regulations re-
Gently adopted by the interstate commerce
commission and heretofore referred to in
The Star is as follows:
"FIagnen shall be stationed at the cross
nes of all street car lines when. in the
Judgment of the interstate commerce
commission. the public safety requires the
same. And from and after the direction
of the commission to any street railway
company to station a fiagman at any such
crossings it shall be unlawful for any
motorInan to run or operate any motor
car over such crossing in the absence
of fagman. No street car shall stand
upon street or avenue for longer
period than five minutes unless the way
be obStructed, nor stop SO as to obS'ruct
a street crossing or intersecting street;
and no street car shall follow pre-
ceding car moving in the same direction
at less interval than 100 feet, unless
coupled thereto.
every suburban electric car in motion
between shutdown and sunrise shall be
provided with headlight which shall DE
located on the front dash, and tail light
which shall be located on the side of the
car near the roof at the rear end. The
tail light shall show red toward the rear
and green toward the front. Oil must be
used for fuel in the tail light. To take
effect December L. 1903.
ION and after November !. 1893. no
closed car Shall be used within the Dis
trict of Columbia which is not equipped
with a suitable and efficient heating APP
paratus, and no type or heating appa-
ratlIs shall be installed in any car which
is not now equipped with heating APP
paratus unless said type shall have been
approved by the interstate commerce COM
mission.
"All new double-truck suburban or in
terurban electric cars placed i'll service
in the District of Columbia on or after
January 1, 1909. shall be equipped with
an approved type of air brake in addition
to the usual hand brake.
"All new street railway cars placed IN
service within the District OF Columbia
after January /, 1909. and having dis
lance from the car floor to the rail OF
more than thirty inches shall be provided
with two steps between the rail and the
car floor No step of any type of car
nIaced in service after above-named date
shall have a rise of more than sixteen
inches.
-AN closed cars that are operated in the
District of Columbia between December
I, 1905, and April 1, 1909. and between
November 1 and April l of each year
thereafter and which are equipped with
heating apparatus which can be used,
shall have such heating apparatus in
operation whenever the outside tempera-
ture is lower than 10 degrees Fahrenheit
above zero. and shall be warmed to a
temperature not less than 40 degrees
Fahrenheit nor more than co degrees
Fahrenheit above zero.
"Au closed cars which are equipped
| with heating apparatus. but which are
not equipped with connections so that
| that apparatus can be Immediately used.
shall be provided with such connections
on or before January 1, 1909; and when
| such connections are provided the heat
l ing apparatus shall be used in accordance
| with the requirements OF another para
graph of this section