Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-16
URGE THROUGH CARS
Patrons of TenIeytoWn Line
Before Railway Commission.
PROTEST AGAINST SERVICE.
Long Waits at o Street Junction
Among the Objections.
SCHOOL FORCED TO USE BUS
National Cathedral Put to Large
Expense in Conveying Day
Pupils, Says Principal.
SCHOOL FORCED TO USE. BUS

declaring that the Washington Railway
and Electric Company should run
through cars over the Wisconsin avenue
hne ana thence to a terminal point at
the Union station, large number of
residents OF the northwest suburbs, in
Guiding Cleveland Park and Tenleytown.
appeared before the District electric
railway commission yesterday afternoon
| IN support Of the petition recently filed by
Attorney r. H. Mcneil, asking that the
railway company be required to furnish
this service. Mrs. Barbour Walker,
principal of the National Cathedral
School for Girls at Mount st. Alban; n.
l. Stone. chief statistcian of the tariff
board and representing the Cleveland
Park School Association: Prof. Mitchell
Carroll of the George Washington Uni
versity; Warren Biggs. president of the
Biggs Heating Company, and others
were included in the list of protestants.
Thomas w. Smith. member Of the rail-
way commission, and John H. Marble,
secretary OF the Interstate commerce COM
mission, conducted the hearing, while
Secretary Bowen and Treasurer Ham of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company and w. II. Talbot Of Rock
vile appeared for the railway company.
The latter is attorney of the Washing
| ton and Rockville Railway Company, a
| subsidiary corporation Of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company.
Long. Wait for Cars.
When suburban cars arrive at o street
the witnesses declared, patrons have to
wait at times five minutes for city car
to carry them up to Dupont Circle and
into the central part of the city. It
was also stated that the motormen Of
| the P street line seem to take a par
ticRar delight in running away from
suburbanites who are leaving the Wiscon-
| sin avenue cars and attempting to get
on the car going to the central part of
| the city.
They even give us big 'Ha. Ha. as
they leave US at the corner" said Mr..
Stone.
In attesting to the crowded condition Of
the cars, Mr.. Stone declared at one point
| in his testimony, Il never saw a car on
the line that was not filled above its seat
ing capacity"
Mrs. Walker said that the National Ca
thedral School is now put to large ex-
pense to keep in service a bus to convey
pupils of the school who reside at their
homes in the city from Dupont Circle to
the school She said that If through car
system were installed the pupils of the
school who use the cars to any great ex-
tent would be materilly benefited as well
as the boarding pupils, who, when going
car.
Says Officials Would Have Acted.
Soon after the hearing opened Presi-
dent King of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company made statement
in which he declared that If the pro-
testants had come TO the officials OF the
company with the data they were pre-
senting to the commission he was sure
the officials would have done all in their
power to rectify conditions without
the necessity Of having the commits
sion hear the case. He said he regretted
they had not taken this action and thus
given the railway company the considera-
ton he thought should be accorded to it
as a common carrier trying to do its duty
by the patrons residing along it's lines.
w. H. Lamar, who resides at Rockville
also made short statement to the COM
mission in which he declared he does
not favor any change in the schedule IL
it will affect the present schedule for
through cars from the Maryland town to
the M street terminal Of the line.
After being in session all afternoon Mr..
Marble announced at o'clock that other
compliments would be heard by the com
mission next Wednesday afternoon at =
o clock.