Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-23
|D|FFER AS TO CARS
Views Vary on Through Serv-
ice to TenIeytoWn.
LOCK HORNS AT HEARING
Georgetown Gas Light Company
Willing to Build Waiting Room.
SURPRISE AT ANNOUNCEMENT
More Opinions on Proposed Route
Will Be Heard Afternoon
Of May 81.
SURPRISE AT ANNOUNCEMENT

Of May 81.
| Merchants of Georgetown and residents
OF Tenleytown, Cleveland Park and other
sections along the route of the Wisconsin
avenue branch Of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company locked horns
| before the District electric railway COM
mission yesterday afternoon when the
matter OF the proposed through car serv-
Ice from the suburban points to Union
station came up for the second hearing in
| the offices of the commission in the
Glover building.
The merchants and others said the sery-
ice is now all that can be desired, while
others. introduced by Attorney r. II. Nc
Neil. who is prosecuting the hearing for
the Cleveland Park petitioners. declared
that there is great need for some sort Of
through service.
| The hearing opened promptly at 2
O'Clock. with Attorneys George w. Of
futt, jr.; s. McComas Hawken and E. H.
Bogley intervening for the Georgetown
noasd ~ Association and those who op
nounced at the opening that they could
see no good reason for the proposed
change. as 1t had been tried once years
ago Tor about three weeks and the resi-
dents OF Georgetown still had memories
| OF the most unsatisfactory car service
that had ever been afforded the section.
Plan for Waiting Room.
r. L. Middleton, manager Of the
Georgetown Gas Light Company, inject
ed g. surprise into the ranks of the pro-
testants by declaring that the company
propose to provide q suitable waiting
room about forty by sixty feet in its new
building being erected at Wisconsin and
Dumbarton avenues, so that transferring
passengers of the railway system would
have comfortable housing in bad weather
while waiting for their cars.
This statement aroused Attorney Nc
! Neil. for the protestants, and he inter-
| rogated with some feeling. "Since when
did you begin establishing waiting rooms
for the railway companies?"
/ He attempted to bring out that there
| was some collision between the gas light
| company and the railway company, or
| some one else interested in preventing
| the proposed through service, but Mr..
i Middleton insisted that the move was
purely philanthropic on the part of the
directors Of his company, they desiring
to do all they can to provide for the COM
fort of the travelling public in George,
town, many of whom are numbered
| among their patrons.
/ Can you guarantee that no future
board of directors will close this proposed
waiting room," asked Mr.: Mcneil.
II cannot" was the reply.
/ Mr. Mcneil asked moment later, Are
you to get rent for this placer" But his
| query drew only answer In the mega
tive as Mr. Middleton left the stand.
Thomas W. Sidwell. principal of the
Friends School, near 18th and l streets
| northwest, explained that his school has
| a playground for the pupils at 1901 Wis
consin avenue, and he said many more
/ of them would take advantage of it if the
/ proposed through car service we're in
1 stalled He also said that teacher at
| the school was injured at or near the
| transfer point some time ago.