The Washington times., 1910-11-30
How Conductors Dress Not
Leading Issue With Suffer
ing Public, Says ivan"
HAS EXPERIENCE
IN PLATFORM JAN
Contributor Thinks People Should
Not Be Crowded Like Cattle
on Tiresome Trips.

To the EditoE Of The Washington Times:
AproDos 20 letters recently published
in The Times with reference to existing
conditions Of the car service between
the city and suburbs Of Brightwood and
Forest Glen. I would esteem Il a favor
10 be allowed 20 add my own personal
opinions and latest experience.
After most excruciating jauut re-
Gently on the rear platform OF one Of
the cars Of the Brigi1twood line, during
which I was damned with a number of
others, including two weIl-dressed young
ladies, into the corners Of the platform
in swaying. writing, heterogeneous
mass, and during which scrambing my
toes were trOdden on and my clothes
badly sOiled through violent and forci-
bic contact with the griny wearing ap-
parel Of two negroes Of the lower class.
Ito say nothing Of the foul odOr gen
Grated by the packing together Of such
people when they bear silent evidence
Of having been imbibing some vile
brand Of whisky, the very first thing
on which my eye alighted after ! had
had a bath and had almost FORGOTTEN
the experience through which I had
passed was the literary effort of the
gentleman who signs himself Another
Citizen
Why We Complain
Now. it may happen that Another
Citizen" Is one Of those sunny souls
who hate to hear people kicking against
the existing state Of affairs and, Ike
cur Oriental friends Of queue fame.
would have things the same in pro
Gressive Washington IN 1850 as they
are at present time; or-No.
Shame on the idea.
The gentleman has no personal AZ
10 grind IN so warmly euloEizinE the
street car officials.
still he seems fairly well acquainte6
with the people who run things" and
who really must be responsible for pres
eut conditions on the cars on which I
ride with many other sufferers evenings.
hut which rides might really be en-
t'yed IN football paraphernalia.
What We Want.
Lot the conductor alone. Il is not
the concern for the present Of outsiders
whether he put1 UP an appearance
simila- 20 Rip van Wrinkle after his
memorable sleep in the mountains. You
don't nave 10 look at him. Again. we
are not a whit concerned with what the
E street car olElEAdiS Q4Q IflTe5 OF four
years since, or what IS going on IN
Baltimore Philadelphia, or Timbuctoo.
We are directly concerned with the
conditions affecting our own environ
ments.
Those people whose movements have
, for their primary objective the mItIga-
ton Of the stats OF affairs which 7
have endeavored 20 describe in this let
ter, VIII have the hearty approval and
support Of every seIf-respectinz man
and woman VINO has objection 10 being
he-ded- Ike 50 U.-ny cattle for the time
they are obliged to remain on a street
car during their evening houe-goinz
trip. The conditions as they are at
present are nothing short OF scandaIouz.
and nothing but the cordial support
extended by the press-and The Tines
IS generously among the foremost IN
ventilating the opinions Of the public
in the matter-can bring our over-work-
ed car officials 70 a realization OF the
duty they owe 70. and must peNorn
for. the public VAN.