The Washington times., 1915-06-05
Women of Washington to Place
Capitals New Municipal Markets
Points Out How Trolley
Freight Deliveries at Night
Would Offset Losses to
Traction Lines From Jit-
ney Bus Service.

home, and Of enormously lncreas-
ing the value of the municipal re-
tail market. BY trolley freight
the employment of the trolley
lines extending into the suburbs
in the capacity of a delivery sys-
tenn. products which are now
brought in at an avoidahle eN-
er to consumer at loss to prac-
tically both. could be delivered
very cheaply.
Might delivery Is the answer TO
the problem. Most people think.
when one mentions trolley freight
that everything would be carried
In the day time, but that is neither
wise nor necessary. The hours
from say II p. m. until a. m.
could be utilized at, profit to
dealer, consumer, and the trolley
company too.
AT the present time there are
several things i'm the way or such
plan. The trolley companies VIII per.
haps say that their charters DO not
permit the carrying Of freight, that
they are not equipped for that serv-
ice or they assume that the freight
is to be carried in the day time.
"Of course all those objections
can be overcome In different ways
provided the companies see lit TO
to utilize their lines for this purpose.
So II is up to the women and men
who are interested to see that they
do see At. And here Is conVincer.
To Offset Jitney Losses.
THE trolley companies can make
UP on the night freight delivery that
which they will lose by the oncom-
ing of the jitney, There are indeed
some who claim that the heyday or
the iitney is over. but they are not
reckoning upon the future. There Is
a natural reaction after every craze,
but some crazes stick and hang on
for SO long that they become institu-
tons and after a while one forgets
that they were ever crazes at ALL
I'm Rochester the jitneys took
away the profits of the trolley COM
panies Just as neatly as II they had
amputated them with a knife. In
other cities II was even worse, and
still is bad. The jitney is only a
step from organization on a big scale
and promises to be a permanent
competitor of the street railways,
II the jitney operators were forced TO
operate under the same laws as the
street car companies they would be
In a sad AK.
ut is true that in some cities the
jitneys win pass in a measure. and
the public will perhaps realize that
fixed system on a big scale Is the
dependable thing in the long run.
However. this does not do away with
the present state OF affairs. to wit
that the titney service must be COM
bated and that trolley freight Is an
excellent antidote.
'"The best example OF the useless
expense OF some daytime deliveries
is shown in the delivery of huge
pieces OF hardware at high noon.
'Why not at night? Milk Is de.
livered in the wee small hours, and
yet II is not often stolen. And g
bottle OF milk is a much more con.
venient article to carry away thar
refrigerator or set of porch
furniture.
But before we tackle the ques.
ton of delivery by trolley freight
at night we must have the first mar
ket of the new system placed.
II want to hear from the people
of this city, and be advised through
them as to which locality will bes'
support a new market