The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

his own protection.
ACTION INDoRsED.
Citizens Of the outskirts Of the city
who have been paying a heavy direct
tax and kind Of tribute to the common
carriers for years have indorsed the
actien as one Of the most beneficial that
can be suggested to relieve a large part
Of the population Of the city from most
unjust and unfair system of imposition,
as it is popularly considered.
An examination into the conditions
shows conclusively that things are worse
than was at first suspected. The num-
ber Of persons who are seriously af-
Iocted by the regulations IS much greater
than was generally supposed. and. now
that the movement has been started, the
greatest interest is being shown in the
successful working out Of the plans Of
relief.
Mr.. Gaddess said last night that he is
going to continue the work. and expected
to find the other companies as ready to
recognize the discrimination that is be-
ing made as was the Adams Express
Company. It Is not his purpose to seek
to impose any hardship on any Of the
think that any Of them would suffer
financially by following the example Of
the Adams.
He will include in his work the trans
fer, telegraph, and taxicab companies.
Mr.. Gaddess said that with the aid that
had been freely preferred him since the
announcement of his crusade, he felt
that the work was of the highest i'm
portance, and that with the forces that
are now getting behind it, uniform de-
livery by common carriers will be ex-
tended over the whole District in a very
short time
Senator Smoot's Views.
Senator Smoot, who lives just one
sfhare from the Rock Creek Bridge,
which forms the Ultima Thule Of the car
rier companies. said that he Is heartily
in favor of the establishment Of a uni
form charge for the delivery of pack
ages. trunks, and kilograms to all parts
Of the city.
Tine extra charges made by these COM
panies for deliveries to remote sections Of
the city is discrimination against the
resident and should not be tolerated"
said Senator Smoot. In my own expert
ence have known of cases where a
charge Of 40 cents was made for carrying
an express parcel only one square be-
yond the line fixed by the companies.
am glad to know that one express COM
pany has admitted the injustice Of the
practice and that it will stop the impo-
sition at once. I am going to do all that
! can to have the thing stopped and will
further the movement in every possible
way"
]. Nota McGill, president Of the Ca
thedral Heights Citizens Association,
referred to the drastic charges as one
Of the most annoying obstacles with
which the suburbanite has to contend in
Washington.
These companies do not keep abreast
Of the times" said Mr.. McGiIl, nor keep
pace with the growth of the city. It may
have been a hardship for them to have
delivered at one rate throughout the city
years ago when the suburbs were only
very thinly peopled, but now that the
city is growing in all directions more and
more every year, it has become an alb
solute necessity to adopt other systems
Of transportation than those afforded by
the express companies and baggage
transfers to-day.
Just because we live at Cathedral
Heights We have to pay the transfer
company 1our tlmes as much TO bring
trunk from the Union Station as the
city resident pays. It costs US 81 for
the first piece of baggage and 50 cents for
each additional piece, while, as 1 un-
derstand IL, the uniform rate in the city
is Is cents.
Not only are we obliged to put up
with these conditions, but there is alb
solutely no way in which we can get
express packages delivered to addresses
in this neighborhood unless we send for
them ourselves The express companies
refuse absolutely to deliver packages to
Cathedral Heights 1t is enough to stir