The Washington times., 1912-09-12
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.


The Anacostia Citizens Association
proposes the extension of the line of the
Capital Traction Company to this
suburb as a remedy for what the as
ISOLATION represents as the inadequate
street car service now In effect. The
route for the proposed extension will be
determined by a committee from the as
sociation. This committee will first
call upon the managers of the Capital
Traction Company and explain to them
the advantages that would follow from
the extension of their line to Anacostia.
The citizens will be satisfied with the
Anacostia bridge route or one over the
Pennsylvania avenue bridge at Twining
City and the utilization OF Minnesota
avenue in making the loop.
Decision to appeal to the Capital Trac-
| tion Company to assist in solving Ana
costia's street car problem came after
a debate at the meeting of the citizens
association last evening. AS members
told of the service in effect on the line
of the Washington Railway and Elec-
tween the cars Of from fourteen to
twenty-nine minutes, bitter criticism
was made of the present system.
In the opinion Of President Charles r.
Burr, Maurice Otterback, William j.
Latimer,. and James ]. Glennan, as ex-
pressed in the discussion, the service Ia
the worst given in years. 1t was held
to be seriously detrimental to Anacostia
to permit the present conditions to con-
tinue. On motion of Mr. Otterback, a
committee of ten to carry forward plans
for the extension of the road of the
Capital Traction Company will be
Earnshaw, the chairman of the railroad
committee.
Rivalry May Hurt.
How rivalry between two towns-Ana-
costa and Congress Heights-to obtain
an all-night street car service. may re-
suit in eliminating the chances Of either
one for such service was the substance
of a report by President Charles r..
Burr. The president told Of the efforts
for an all-night car service for Ana
costa. Business people have written to
the District Railway Commission, pc
titions have been forwarded, and a
representative of the commission has
been in Anacostia investigating. Now,
continued President Burr, the people In
Congress Heights come forward and re-
quest an all-night service. Owing to
the aversion of the District Railway
Commission to order an ali-night serv-
Ice for the suburbs. 1t is feared, said
Mr.. Burr, that the demand of the Con-
gress Heights residents will interfere
with the prospects that Anacostia VIII
be granted the service. Therefore, he
pointed out. all efforts will be directed
in the situation view Anacostia not as
a suburb, but as a part of me city. He
declared the chances are good that the
service will be ordered Tor this town.
The chances for the Congress Heights
people in the same direction are not
good, 1t was thought.
The question of who Is going to care
for Anacostia's town flag and its big
staff came up again, and II was ex-
planned how the association had voted
some time ago to transfer this duty to
John A. Logan Post. No. IL, G. A. r.
Subsequent developments were that
Logan Post through Commander A. b.
Frisbie, wrote to the association, stating
that no funds are available for the pur-
pose The question arose then as to the
disposition to be made of the town nag
and the pole. which stand in Logan
Park.
Up to Presic- :.
Several expressed the view that GUS
! todian should be appointed by the as
| ISOLATION for safeguarding pole and flag