The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-12
new RULES FOR
OPERATINGCARS
Code Of Regulations Issued
by the Public Utilities
Commission.
TRAHERS MAY BE USED
Requirements Is to Sanitation Are
Stiet-No Mention Of Height
Of Steps Is Made.

new code of regulations governing
the equipment and operation of street
railway cars in the District of Columbia
has been adopted by the Public Utilities
Commission and will go into effect at
once. These regulations have been issued
In booklet form.
The new regulations are largely re-
codification of those formulated by the
old District Electric Railway Commits
sion. although there are one or two de-
cided changes and many lesser amend
ments.
Trailers may be employed by the street
railway companies. in accordance with
the new rules. This. is probably the most
important departure from the old codifi-
cation. The only reference to the opera
ton of trailers in the new regulations Is
that there must be "a separate conductor
or an employe acting as such for each
car of the train"
EMPLOYMENT of single-truck trailers
was abolished by the old commission.
Many Of this type of trailer are lying use
less in the barns of the companies. and
these may again be put into use. 1t Is
believed, however, that their use will not
become general
Maximum Speed of Cars.
City and suburban sections. as ira
versed by the street railway lines, are
clearly defined by the new regulations
On all sections of track designated as
city lines the cars may not be operated
at a greater speed than fifteen miles an
hour: on the sections designated as SUBJ
urban the speed may not exceed twenty
miles an hour.
The requirements for the sanitary con-
dition of cars are strict. There is no
mention of the height of car steps. a
question that was agitated by the women
of the District while the old commission
still lived. Good provisions are made
for taking care of waiting passengers
after a blockade, and for the avoidance
of collisions al intersecting streets. There
also are additional requirements in re-
spect to wheel guards. so that there will
be less danger of being run over to per-
sons knocked down.
An order allowing certain cars to be
operated as express cars was issued
by the commission yesterday. The per-
mission to operate express cars is given
to the following lines:
/ All cars operated by the Washington
Utilities Company within the District of
Columbia.
= All cars OF the w asnlngton, Balu-
more and Annapolis Electrical Railway
Company operated over the lines of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany.
3. Cars of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company operating as follows:
South-bound cars on the Georgetown
Tennallytown line leaving the District
line between the hours of 7:45 a. m. and
$50 a. m; north-bound cars on the
Georgetown-Tennallyt line leaving
Wisconsin Avenue and NJ Street between
the hours of 4:30 p. m. and p. m:
south-bound cars on the Tennallytown-F
Street line leaving the District line be-
tween the hours of 7:45 a. m. and A. m:
west-bound cars of the Tennallytown-F
Street line leaving Fifth and F Streets
Northwest, between the hours of 3:45
p. m. and 6:15 p. m: west-bound cars of
the Maryland line leaving the District
line between the hours of 6:i5 a. m. and
s:45 a m: east-bound cars of the Mary
land line leaving Fifteenth and G Streets
Northwest between the hours OF 3:i5
p. m. and 6:15 p. m.