Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-29
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l would like to ask those who know,
not Mr.. o. P Angelo, what constitutes
the above association (! For the hrat
tiune in three years see thst 1t has q
secretary, and he says all complaints
should be made In writing to him. Who
is Mr.. o. P. Augelof Is he all right?
Is be q commutetH Is he now directly
interested In the asliare Of the Iadicg
pubIici Mr.. Angelo is an engineer on
the Southern Railway, always has a
warm berth in his cab, and knows, and
perhaps cares, as little about ths condi-
ton existing on the Washington, Alex
andria and Mount Vernon Railway as
Second ward councilman knows the last
piece of game added to the ex-presidenFs
lsurels in "Oarkest Africa" Let him
get up early some frosty morning and
take q trip ou the road he now lsuds to
the skies and see what change will
come over the spirit Of his dreams. Let
him see the windows, like self-raisiDg
buck wheat, ascend from the bottom and
snow, WIND, rain and sleet enter unin-
vited. When the commuter enters the
door, from the stepmother breath that
greels him, be naturally imsgines be Is
with Pesry or Cook iu search OF the
north pole. As fer as the dirt and filth
is concerned, even II 1t Is the fault OF the
uavsler-not the compsny-it could be,
like on other roads. cleaned up at both
ends OF the line. Ia other words, does
the writer of yesterdays article know
what he is talking about or has be been
granted special privileges which makes
him forget his own pssl9 About three
years ago when he was employed in
ouresu OF the Agricultural Department
10 Washington he was the biggest
"knocker," among the travellers on
t1e railroad asd greatly assisted 10 Or
ganzing toe Commuters Association, at
which time he Was made secretary. CON-
ditIons have not changed even II Mr..
Aogelo-by virtue OF being an employe
Of q rsilrosd-hss. The same people
who Travelled then, with the exception of
the writtT of the article in yesterdays
Gazette, travel now, and suffer the same
iucouveniences experienced then-if not
worse, Notwithstanding Engineer An.
gelo's effnsion to the contrary.
No one wishes to attack Mr.. Percy
E Olift, the superintendent, for he Is a
cInpenisl gentleman and an up-tc-date
msn; but as q mill will not grind with
water that has passed, neither will
rsilrosd run satisfactorily with wornout
aud old time machinery. Those who
travel will not be made believe that
things are satisfactory, even II told 30
oy the"secretsry" of defunct orgsnizs
lou. Those who have to work for their
daily bread and pay exorbitsnt fares to
reach their respective destinations are
from Missoufi-snd want to be shown.
AS to comparing this suburban road
With others which 20 out of Washington
it would be a black eye to the Alexau.
dria road which It would hardly tole-
rate. Hardly day passes II anything
unusual happens, by virtue Of the ele-
ments, that the trains are not all late,
greatly inconveniencing the travelling
public In loss of time and money. It
is an unusual thing when the trains are
on time and 1t generally takes 40 min.
utes to make the trip. But change OF
position in life, like politics, make
strange bedfellows, DO matter whose in.
,erests may be sacrificed. In couclu.
sion the travelling public wonld like to
kncU mhafhaF whon fhoir inforaata aFa
at stske-not Mr.. Augelo-it Is neces.
ssry to write letter to Mr.. Angelo, who
may be $50 miles from home on
Southern Rsilwsy engiue-in order to
have meeung of The commuters asso-
cisdion or more particularly to have
meeting of those mist interested in reach
iog th-ir respective destinations, and 10
40 doirg protect The positions they now
hold. K.