Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
PROSECUTION TOBEG|A
Street Car 0vercrowding Now
to Be Dealt With.
EVIDENCE OF RIGHT SORT
District Attorneys Office Notifies
Railway Commission.
OF P. A. Y. E. CARS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Asked if Subordinate Body Has
Power to Order Changes.
AUTHORITY OF P. A. Y. E. CARS

Despite denias elsewhere II was an
nounced at the conclusion Of the session
Of the District electric railway commits
sion in the Westory building yesterday
afternoon that a letter has been received
from the district attorneys Office stating
That prosecutions for overcrowdinG
street railway cars will soon be. installed:
That Secretary Eddy of the commission
has had several conferences with Assist
ant District Attorney Ralph Given. and
he character of the evidence necessary
to a successful prosecution has now been
agreed upon, and
That the data already obtained by the
commission and submitted to the district
attorney is satisfactory and will be made
the basis of future investigations.
1t was explained that the evidence
heretofore submitted to the district at
torney was unsatisfactory only as to fte
form, and that now that the require
ments of the district attorneys ONCE were
better understood they would be more
chose compiled with in future.
Report on p. A. Y. e. Cars.
Secretary Eddy's report on pay-as-you.
enter cars was submitted and. after dis
cussion, referred to the Interstate com.
merce commission and its attention called
to certain recommendations. especially
that with reference to seats in these cars.
for an opinion as to whether the commits
sion has the power to zeal VIII inal SUI
ject.
What the commission regards as strik.
ing instance of the unreasonableness OF
the rule of the railway companies, that
transfers shall not be issued to passen-
gers whose fares have been paid with
transfers was shown in a communication
from the Northeast Washington Cttixens
Association, which complains OF the ex-
action of two fares Tor passengers wiz
board the Columbia line cars in the enort
TO get to the Union station. The Columbia
line transfers to the No tn Capitol street
line. When he second transfer Is made
at Massachusetts, avenue 10 get 10 ING
station a second fare Is demanded
Report on p. A. 7. E. Cars.
With seats crosswise, instead of iongi-
tudinally as at present. larger platforms.
sliding doors at each end and the use OF
the rear. door as means Oh exit "heh
occasion requires, the new pay-as-you-
enter cars which the Washington punHc
has been nammering in the newspapers
and in communications to the Dlstrict
since Their intr0uuc.lon ao
TALLY is the opinion of Secretary n: =.
Eddy, expressed in a report submitted 70
the commission at its session Yesterday
afternoon in the Westory buiiolns.
the new cars used in this city nave peen
received at the offices of the commission.
Nineteen are regarded as untavordpie.
seven of them absolutely, to the type OF
car. but practically all of them are OPP
nosed to the longitudinal seats ana In
favor of the croSswise seats USED IN the
yellow cars which nave TOT
some time been operated on tne LAIN
street line. ,.. g.,
The report names number OF cues In
which. the p A. Y. F. type OF car is USED
and found satisfactory, and describes the
variation in seating ARRANGEMENTS IN some
of the cities A traction expert TOT tne
city of Chicago strongly aoVocaeese IN. .he
Ise of the new type of car because OF the
fact that since its use in Chicago the
number of boarding and aliehting acci.
dents have materially decreased, ana TINS
he considers a great advantage TO the
nnhlic as well as TO the street car COM
panies.
Complaints to the Commission.
a communication was received by the
from the Northeast Citizens'
asking all-night service on the
Columbia line Another communication
registered objection to the practice OF the
18th street cars stopping before rounding
the curve at New York avenue and 18th
street A complaint came from announcer.
who said that while he could go from "a
and G. streets northwest to Brightwood
for one fare. he was required 10 pay TWO
ia res over the same route for the return
trim The comm esion considered that II
had no Jurisdiction in this case. and re-
ferred the comp amt about the l4tn street
line II the inter tate C m ner commlS.
SION. The plea for all-ni ht Sc vice on the
{ Columbia line viii receive later cons'd-