Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-01
STREET RAILWAYS.

Many and material improvements nave
hecn made during the year in the street
railway service even though all evils
causing complaint by the public may not
have been entirely renedled
One new line-that of the baltimore
and Washington Transit Company. WHICH
operates one storage battery car between
14th street and Piney Branch ROAD north-
west and Takoma Park, along ISL street
east and Kennedy street-was openeu'
The most important extension OF sers
ice perhaps was secured In the oouoie
tracking of the line between Anaeostia
and Congress Heights
Through service was established on .He
Chevy Chase line in the evenings uu;"e
the summer months and SUNDAY ~ meI
during the entire year from MN ara>
loon to 18th street and New YORK dre
nuc northwest Through service mas diSo
heen Established on the Anacostia ii,Ie
to and from Congress Helgnts; ol
Benning line, from 18th ana n Streets
northeast to Kenilworth and Chesapeake
irnction. on the 9th street line north
from Florida avenue and eth street noi u
west to the Soldiers Home Junction at
Georgia avenue and Cpshur street. aiiu vi
| the Brishtwood line south to the wharNes
an tho river front from Louisiana ave
nue. and 9th street northwest
| Schedules have been improved ana nnool-
| fed whenever the Investigations or the us,
! trict electric railway commission lou i'l'
| conditions requiring it. The more I'M
portant improvements, resulting cn,ems
| through orders of the interstate com
| merce commission, were mahe on ,,
Brightwood. F street. Mount fieasa.''
| Brookland. Maryland (Hyattsvllle!. ana
| costa. Columbia and Capital Arac''o''
| PENNSYLVANIA avenue) lines. . +.
| New equipment has been provided IN
the form Of about 10" pay-within cars ns
the Capital Traction COMPANY: zen az az
| similar to those already in use on tme
| Washington, Baltimore ana AhnaPolIs
! electric line, and four improved subur-
! han cars on the Great Falls ana Oio Do
| rninion line.
All trailers have been eliminated ex'
| cept some of the Capital Traction com
pany's on the eth street line and INC
| Washington Railway and Electro coll
pany's F street line. me oroef OF .il'
interstate commerce commission aboiish
ing the use of single-truck tralleTS pe
comes effective today. ,
The new cars which will replace the
trailers on the Capital Traction Com
| pany's line will be Of the same type a:
the new cars on Pennsylvania avenue
which are so designed as to be suitable
for summer as we'll as winter service
! A few cars of this type have been placee
on the New Jersey avenue and 'th stree
lines.
By arrangement with the interstate
commerce commission. the District Com
miSSiOnerS now directing tNe move
ment of street cars at crossings. as oc
casion may require, through the polc
department.
! An important order Of the year wa
! that of June II requiring street raliWa
! companies to submit schedules to the IN
| terstate commerce commission seven day
| in advance where reduction of servlc
e is proposed and also requiring the com
g panies to maintain schedules.
All of this information is shown b
Tho rrcords of the District electric rail-
Il way commission, the auxiliary body es
commission to assist the latter in tn
, regulation of the street railways of tn
=. District under the act of May %. 1908.
l The fight for a universal transfer sys
: tenn is still being waged. with the prOba
. biIity that Congress may he called upO
6 ! for LEGISLATION.
o Substantial improvements were mad
by the Capital Traction Company in tn
erection or reconstruction of car barn
: The barn at ~. and . streets sOuthwes
IS for the 9TH street line possesses facilitie
for the storage of all the new cars whic
house. too at the foot of '2d street mort!
west, is said to be model one in ever
= respect. 1t was made necessary by II
&c, installation of the large cars on the AN'
l. nue. line.
a New tracks have been laid blythe Was
:, ington Railway and Electric Company
" 9th street from G. to New York avenl
:, northwest and on Indiana avenue ar
p, - street. from LIST to 9TH street Whit
OIL materially help traffic conditions.