Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-29
TCoMMUNICATED.
COMMUTERS PROTECTIVE AS
ISOLATION.

ISOLATION.
I would like to ask those who know,
not Mr.. o. P. Angelo, what constitutes
the above association ? For the hsst
time in three years see that II bas
secretary, and be says all complaints
should be made in writing to him. Who
is MI. o. P. Augelo7 Is he all right?
Is be q eommuterP Is he now directly
interested in the welfare of the trading
pubIicf Mr.. Angelo is an engineer on
the Southern Railway, always has q
warm berth in bis cab, and knows, and
perhaps cares, as little about the condi-
ton existing on the Washington, Alex.
andria and Mount Vernon Railway as Q
Second ward councilman knows the last
piece of game added to the ex-presidents
lsurels in "Darkest Africa" Let him
get up early some frosty morning and
take trip on the road he DOW lauds to
the skies and see what change will
come over The spirit of his dreams. Let
him see the windows, like self-raisiDg
buckRheat, ascend from the bottom and
snow, wind, rain and sleet enter unin-
vited. When the commuter enters the
door, from the stepmother breath that
greets him, be naturally imagines he Is
with Pesry OF Cook In search OF the
north pole. As far as the dirt and filth
is concerned, even If it is the fault OF the
,raveler-not the company-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 he been
granted special privileges which makes
htm forget bis own pssl2 About three
years ago when he was employed in
ouresu OF the Agricultural Department
10 Washington he was the biggest
"knocker," among tho travellers on
toe railroad aod greatly assisted 10 or.
gsnizing the Commuters Association, at
which time be Was made secretary. Con-
ditions have not changed even II Mr..
Angelo-by virtue of being an employe
of a railrosd-has. The same people
who Travelled then, with the exception of
the writtz of the article in yesterdays
Gaz:tte, travel now, and suffer the same
iucoovsniences experienced tben-if not
worse, Notwithstanding Eogineer An.
gelo's effusion to the contrary.
No one wishes to attack Mr.. Percy
E Olif,. the superintendent, for be s a
,npenisl gentleman and an up-tc-date
man; but as mill will not grind with
water tha. has passed, neither will q
rsilrosd run satisfactorily with wornout
aud old time machinery. Those who
travel will not be made believe that
things are satisfactory, even il told 30
oy the secretary" of defunct organiza.
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 surburbsn road
with others which 90 out Of Washington
it would be black eye to the Alexan'
dria road which It would hardly toIe.
rate. Hardly day passes If anything
unusual happens, by virtue of the ele-
ments, that the trains are not all late,
greatly ,nconvenieneing the travelling
public In loss of time and money. It
is an unusual thing when the trains are
on time aud 1t generally takes 40 min.
ates to make the trip. But change OF
position in life, like politics, make
strange bedfellows, no matter whose in.
'erests may be sacrificed. In couclu-
sion the travelling public would like to
know whether, when their interests are
at s,ake-uot Mr.. Augelo-it is neces.
ssry to write letter to Mr.. Angelo, who
may be $50 miles from home on
Southern Railway engiue-iu order to
have mrenng of the commuters' ssso-
.,sion or mere particularly to have 3
meeting of those % 81 Interested 10 reach
,ag th-ir respective destinations, and 10
40 doirg protect lhe positions they now
hold. z.