Evening star., 1913-02-10
Lateral Lines Necessary.

| Conditions on the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and 14th street lines Of the Capital
Traction Company cannot become entirely
satisfactory until new lateral lines Of
road are constructed so as to relieve the
congestion OF cars upon those thorough
fares.
| previous reports have emphasized the
| fact that the maximum number of cars
which can be efficiently operated on GER
tain lines i'm the District had been nearly.
| IL not quite reached during the daily peri
DDS Of heaviest traffic The traf1c on
these lines continues TO increase, and yet,
as far as the commission is adcvtsed. no
| steps have been taken by the local COM
panies to relieve these conditions by the
establishment OF new routes where they
are most needed. The commission repeats
its suggestion in its two last annual re-
ports that there should be legislation re-
quiring the construction OF additional
tracks in order that a sufficient number
| Of cars may be operated to properly ac-
1commodate the continually increasing
| traffic.
"During the month of March. 1913. the
Capital Traction Company. in response
to the urgent recommendations or TINS
commission will have completed track
connections at LIST and B streets sOut"-
east whereby the 14th street cars whose
route now terminates at list and
streets northeast. where the Senate once
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| list and B streets southeast. and thence
west on E street south. thereby giving
direct service between points on l4tti
street and the House office building also.
lowing to the loss by fire OF large
number of cars Of the Washington Rail-
| way and Electric Company. as hereto
| fore mentioned, and the subsequent delay
| I'm the delivery of new cars to replace
| those destroyed the order or the COM
mission prohibiting the operation of single
| truck trailers was amended and hnaIly
| became effective February j, 1913.
Capital Traction Company ceased oper-
ating trailers May -. 1872.
New and Improved Equipment.
"The Capital Traction Company has re-
ceived it's full complement of 80 new city
ears of the pay-within type, all of which
are now in service. and In addition has
| remodeled a number of its old cars to
| conform to this type. Five additional
| suburban pay-within ears have also been
placed in service on the Chevy Chase line
operated by this company. These pay
within cars are suitable for both summer
| and winter use The front, rear and side
| windows can be readily lowered, con-
| verting them into practically open cars
| with free circulation of air and without
the Objectionable and dangerous running
| boards of the ordinary type of open car
| can be closed. Experience shows that
| when these cars are properly heated and
| ventilated they are excellent equipment
for Kinter use.
| during the past year to equip al of its
| cars with air brakes, and will have the
| work completed not later than January
| J. 1914. This work Is now under way
| several of the cars now in operations be-
| ing equipped.
| During the past year the WASHINGTON
| Railway and Electric Company has places
| in service fifty new fourteen-bench cars
| has practically rebuilt twelve suburban
| cars operated on the Tenleytown line
| euuippng them with new trucks. fOu,
! motors in place of two. new seats. etc.
| and has converted several cars from the
| pay-as-you-cnter to the pay-w!thin type
| installing air brakes and cross seats In
| the place of longitudinal seats in the lat
ter.
This company has also placed I'm sery
| ice aoOut thirty new ears OF the center
entrance tyne. these being "A part OF ar
order of sixty five new cars of the same de
sign. all OF which are expected to be in
service in the course OF few Weeks
!, These cars are all equipped with al
brakes. are adapted to both summer ant
winter service and have several addi
tional features which are conducive to in
creased comfort and convenience.
1.-THE Washington and Old Dominion
railway has placed in service a number o
| new cars of the interurban type in con