The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-14
SENATE TO TAKE UP
STREET CAR STRIKE
May Summon King and Mems
Leaders In Case Of Probe
BY Subcommittee.
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cars were operated during this morn
ing's rush hour (the normal Is z52).
We are constantly building up our
permanent force through applicants
who are being taken on daily and
who are put through an intensive
course of training.
Service will again be operated to-
night on all city lines and II is expect
ed that the schedules tonight can be
with much greater regu-
larity than last night, when opera
tion was subject to many Interrupt
tons"
Traffic suffered considerably during
rush hours through tie-ups. One or
these resulted from a horse falling
into a railway excavation at Fifth and
G streets and another occurred when
a Maryland line car took the wrong
switch at Fourth street and Rhode
Island avenue northeast.
The F street, Mt. Pleasant. and
lines were held up more
than half an hour by the fallen horse
and the cars from Riverdale, Hyatts-
willie and Berwyn were tied up for
more than an hour.
More Than They Could Handle.
During the rush hours the lines Of
both railway companies had more pas
segens than they could handle.
Crowds OF early morning riders wait
ed on corners rather than walk In the
weather. but many braved
the drizzle and walked to work.
During the middle of the day the
service on practically all the midcity
lines seemed to be as good as usual
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that no strike was on.
Despite the rainy weather. however,
few passengers were
seen on the cars of the Washington
Railway Company, and car after car
passed with only one or two passen-
gers.
A number OF minor tie-ups were
adjusted, but very few of the
strike breaking motormen seemed
able TO keep up the schedules on
which the striking car men formerly
operated. Runs from terminals in
the residential district to the center
OF the city took anywhere from four
to ten minutes longer than under the
former schedules.
Wrecking crews that worked late
last night and early this morning
picked up several hundred pounds of
junk which they claimed had been
thrown into the tracks by union men.
The junk is being stored In a division
room of the railway company at
Ninth and G. streets. II consists OF all
manper OF metal parts OF cars, wire
pickets, chains and other material.
Three Hundred Trips.
Supervisor OF Tracks ii. Jackson
claimed he had made more than 300
trips in the last two days to points
where junk had been thrown into
rails and slots.
A number OF galvanized park pick
cts thrown on the tracks near the
Capitol grounds. he claimed, had been
taken from the flower beds in the
Capitol parks. a river drag found in
the tracks on the Anacostia bridge
was claimed to have been stolen from
the police boat
Service on the Eleventh street-Ana-
costa line seemed to be less salts
factory than that given yesterday.
This was one of the best lines in
point OF service yesterday, but fewer
cars. it was estimated. were running
on this line than any other today.
The Columbia line. running from
the Treasury to. Fifteenth and II
streets northeast and Kenilworth.
was the same this morning as yester-
day, and il was estimated at a little
better than normal after the morn
ing rush period was over.