Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-18
S1REETCARCROWD|NG
Commission Takes Up CON-
plants of Suburbanites.
DATA FOR VARIOUS LINES
Figures Show Brightwood Patrons
Are Greatest Sufferers.
OPPOSE THROUGH SERVICE
Residents Along Tenleytown Road
Give Reasons Why Present System
Should Be Continued.

| The crowding of street cars on all lines
! in the District will be the special subject
of discussion at the next meeting of the
District electric railway commission &C
cording to an announcement made at It's
session yesterday. Secretary Eddy will
| make full report on the crowding of
cars, based on data which he and several
assistants have been busy gathering for
several weeks past.
| The subject was considered briefly yes
terday. when Secretary Eddy presented
statement showing a comparison of the
traffic conditions of the suburban rail-
ways of the District. This showed that
on the Chevy Chase line the seating ca
| pacty of cars provides for sixteen more
persons than the average number Of pas
sengers carried; on the Tenleytown the
seating capacity is nine greater than the
average number of passengers on each
car: and yet on the Brightwood line the
| average seating capacity is two less than
| the average number of passengers per car
This means that on the Brightwood
! line two persons must always be standing
| if each car carried the same number of
persons explained an officer Of the COM
mission this morning.
The relations of the average seating ca
pacity to the average number of passen-
gers on the principal city lines will also be
considered at the next meeting of the
commission. A large number of charts
have been prepared which show at
| glance the relation of seating capacity to
passengers at different hours throughout
the day. based on a large amount Of data
obtained. and these will guide the commits
sion in any orders it may issue regarding
| improved service.
Secretary Eddy's Report.
Because of the complaints of crowded
| conditions on the suburban cars, the COM
mission will consider those lines first. Sec
rotary Eddys report in that matter, SUBJ
| mitted yesterday. is as follows:
Nov. 80 Nov. 81. Dec. 11-12.
B'twood. C.Chase. Tenleytown.
1s ,s:!' passengers. ,.S Is! as. g sa 81
paeity -: 4,7ss 4,ols 1852
capacity 80. "a 1875 4ss
Nov. q. clear. moderately warm. Dec. II,
cloudy rain. Dec. II. clear. cold.
Chevy Chase line-Arriving at Rock
Creek loop. south bound. from 7:o4 am
to 12:271a pm; leaving Rock Creek loop,
north bound. from 1881 pm. to II :O2 pm.
Brghtwood line-Arriving at Bright
wood loop, south bound, from 7:05 am.
to 1924 pm; leaving Brightwood loop,
north bound, from 1890 pm. to IL pm.
Tenleytown line-Arriving at Wisconsin
avenue and D street. south bound. from
7:O5 am to 1881 pm. December IL; leav-
ing Wisconsin avenue and P street, north
bound, from 1885 pm. to II :O8 pm. De-
cember II.
Roughly speaking. it is explained. these
figures include passengers on cars coming
into the heart of the city between am.
and 1890 pm. and on cars going out to
the suburbs between 1890 and II pm.
The figures for the total number Of pas
sengers, 1t is added, indicated more than
half the traffic.
That there is decided difference of
opinion as to the advantages of through
service over the Georgetown and Tenley
town line into the heart of the city was
manifested in several communications
which claimed the attention of the Dis
trict electric railway commission at its
session yesterday afternoon All along
the clamor has been for through car serv-
ice until it had come to be believed that
through service was the one panacea for
all the evils that gathered around the car
line from Georgetown to the District line.
Yesterday came a forceful protest from
two citizens at least who seem to look at
the matter in different light. One con-
tends that through service is not desira-
BILE because there would be no saving in
time; additional cars would only serve to
make tie-ups and work a hardship on the
Georgetown merchants and those of us
who are accustomed to do our shopping in
Georgetown"
Advantages of Present System.
A resident Of Drummond writing on the
same line claims that the street car COM
pany has improved the service consider
ably during the past few weeks and
seems to be willing to do anything within
rea SON to please the patrons of the road