The Washington times., 1910-07-09
Still Refuse to Explain Their
Refusal TO Use Open Cars
Known TO Be in Barns.
OPEN ONES CARRY
MORE PASSENGERS
Suggestion Made That Summer
Cars May Be Entirely
Abandoned.

In the absence Of statements from the
Us ashiuEtou Railway and Electric Com
pany and the Capital Traction regard
ing their motives In operating closed
cars during the summer months, IL Is
Impossible TO explain that policy in the
light Of the recent report made 10 the
lJ5strict Railway Commission by Secre-
tary Eddy. and also Eauged by the e1-
Teriences Of street railway companies
in other cities
Mr. Eddy-s report establishes beyond
ell doubt that both the Washington
traction companies have IN their barns
a larEe number Of open cars ready Tor
operation The Washington Railway
and Electric Company is the most grIev-
Gus offender in this respect An lnves-
tigat1on OF existing conditions and a
r.sI.ce at the conditions which would
exist Il the street car companies would
operate all their open car equipment dis
cIuses some interesting facts
In the hrst place the up-to-date pay
ss-g ou-eurer car has a seating capacils
OF from thi-ty-one 20 thirty-three- That
Is waen -Il-rr-rhree passengers enter
one OF me modern closed cars each and
every one gets a seat
Capacity Not Figured By Seats,
/ Is true that the street ca- c0upa-
MES do not figure the capacity of a
car 10y the luuL Pr Of passengers VINO
are fortunate enough to obtain seats as
q alid pro QUO Tor each fare IS q mat
ter Of fac- about as many passengers
are 5amued INFO The aIsIes OF The cars
a. are 10 be found on the seats
No one realizes better than the street
car companies that IN operating N
open car the patrons OF The roads are
absolutely certain of getting more COM
fort and stand LHa per cent better chance
or getting seat tIau when closed car
are operated open cars OF the type
operated ON the Georgetown tire Of IRE
fr1Sr7IfZ-ou Railway and E.iet-trac Com
psnE-tne type OF car known 10 lall-
way men as the IlirreeD-De0cn car
nave seating CGFarsty Of zeventS-slz-
Secretary E.dty.s report shows that the
JsUiraI Traction Company has twenty
one thlrteen-a7ncl cars, PEacllcal-S
every one of wllcl IS ready FOR opera
zion Eleven of tEem are on the road
ten are accomplishing dust and rust IN
the car barns
CouId Supply Seats for All
II the Capital Traction Company
1voIzd puf these ten oI'en cars on its
lines. IL could send tvVentE-three pay
zsz-zou-cutcr cars into the barns The
substitution OF t'1e ten open cars for
4hc t,venry-thTcc bench cars would
give every passenger n seat
In other words a closed paE-aS-L a-I-
enter ear has q seating capacity "
-r5rrv-rrree- rWeury-tETee cars Of rhzt
E-ue have s6arIuS capacity OF i1S- II
1rfrre-r-beuCE open car has seating
capacity OF SeEelty-sIE. ten thirteen
bench open cars have q seating ca
uaCl-y of laa
ma 65~Hc-Ity with the open street
car IS that il cannot ne crowded IN
tie manner that the closed cars arr
now crowded Standing on the run
u-~c boards IS dangerous for passengers
aud sometimes expensive for the com
rar5cs- IT, however the street car
Co-uzufes enforced q rule prohibiting
F-=-Tfuz on the running boards as
strictly as tEey enforce the rule pro
TTb5riu- passengers standing on the
Platforms OF ua--as-F9u- cars
there should Zee 10 dli1cTity on that
score
Financial Side TO Case
II one tyEe Of car can carry twice
s= many passengers as another type, 1t
IS auuarert that there Is a financial
side 10 IT, As has been stated here
1cfore. the street car companies o.
EEazEfu--ro1 decline to take the public