The Washington times., 1908-10-25
Citizens Have Peculiar
Trouble With Street
Car Service.
CARS FILL BEFORE
THEY REACH THEM
"The Loop" and Transfers" Are
Responsible for Inhabitants
Loss of Temper.
BY THEODORE TILLER.

Poor progressive PetwOrth; petulant
Pstwor;h.
How oft in moments Of remorse have
l crept 20 the hIIltOps overlooking thy
verdant beauties and wept; how heavily
has hcaved ny generous bosom as the
realization of thy srieTous injuries
came over me; how frequently would !
have granted thy supDHcau0n for the
death of the transfer. the adjustment
Of my loop" a glorious inaugural day
OF 4 through car to the thTObbing city
beyoud-aad yet ye would not, ye would
not PAY TWO FARES"
OCuled from the purp0rted lamenta-
tions Of one General Harries, vice
president and general manager Of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
many. which benevolent corporation
operates more or less frequently sys-
tenn Of cars between Petworth. whose
ills we are now discussing, and that
same transfer point referred TO IN
last weeks Brightwood expose as
.'the loop" The lamentations OF
Harries, de luxe edition, are said
% have VIDE circulation in Pet
worth. whila suburb Is also the nome
of numerous other lame taJions-malh4y
directed at the aforesaid street car
systemJ
so outrageoUsIy does petulant Pet
worth say she las been treated III TINS
matter that kicks may be expected WIN
almost everything out that way except
TIE real estate prospectus Ihey saJ
the Drize cav service is actually -oldl"s
hack the pace, that people are Just
lI,r-orinev 10 come out and be ons OF
-rar7,-l,71t they get no further than the
loop. ,--
The loop. let me explain here IS the
buaahgo Tor Petworth, ErightWood' Ia
Loma Park. and BTightwood faFh' SO
You lust as well become acquainted
with II now. FetwCrth has little DIT
tbn advantage of the other places now
ever. for when tho weather and W'ihtnE
Is. GOOD a number of its best people
tramp across lots, by Jhe new IuDeicu-
losie hospital. and take the Fourteenth
street line, i've blocks away Even this
f. preferable 20 the loop, twas SAID
Street Car Evil"
So It would lie impossible 10 introduce
you to Petworth without dwelling large
", ON This question of street cars. That $
the kind OF stuff that VIII interest them.
.Ianlbasu them all you can, won {
,-o,l9 Gee. but it's awful. Seems 10 be
lust a case OF how long, Oh Harrles'
how long said some of Them TO me
SIS they poured inty my ears tale OF
daily suffering. Then / let the ieiIo"
yyeFr. on my shoulder while / took notes
ana nobody could have a sobbing form
like that stacked up against him VIII
ont growing real mUsEy- Ard / agreed
To write something about IT,
ANYWAY, the leading citizens might
not be interested in anything else.
don't believe they would peruse more
Than a paragraph about the discovery
of the North Pole, the settlement OF the
race question. whether or not Gompers
would deliver the labor vote or WheJher
The Duke of the Abruzzi is en- route TO
America-provided the next column con-
tanned something about through cars
on tie -BTightwoOd line,
True there is a little complaint out
that way because BTightwoOd avenue
has been changed TO Georgia avenue,
with a resultant confusion among the
old timers. but this is a mere subOrdi-
nate grievance. So is paving and sew
erage. The car is the thing.
The historian who would analyze the
Ills Of Petworth for this and future
generations needs a vocabulary mainly
composed OF the following words:
Commute.
Comuuter.
Transfer.
Transferee.
Transferable
Sliburbanity.
Kick