The Washington times., 1918-01-20

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Department allows the shipment Of
these rails As q priority matter. In
this latter instance Il would be- ons
year.
So it appears to me that It would
not Be practical to look for any more
tracks or more street car lines jus1
at present.
Government control Of these stTess
railways Is now being exercised
through public utilities commis-
sion.
You see what II amounts to.
Government control, as / under
stand It, Of the kind the railroads
now experience. means q sort ot
guarantees that the property will not
Be eaten up BY expenses.
W. S. COLLINS, Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, volunteers 10
aid the fuel administrator by giving
thirty hours q week to checking up
on coal dealers deliveries, to Sc
who Is getting the coal and who 10
not.
JOSEPH II. HURLEY, president
of the District Of Columbia branch
Of the Federal Employee Union,
tells me that Bcores Of men on the
District pay roll have TO work four
70 five hours q night in private en-
ployment in order. to make ends
meet.
The average laborer at the Dis
trict building receives about $3.50 .
day.
However, Congress has the matter
squarely before II, and II Congress
does not improve the condition Of
the employees Of the Nations Capital
Il viii be because we have no vote
and Congress has no heart.
at Is harder to get a parcel from
the checking room at the Union Sta
ton than It would be TO get q barrel
Of beer from Baltimore Thus
speaks q welI-known Washing gtonian,
Mr.. L. WHITE BUSBY.
He knows whereof he speaks, as
far as the parcel checking room Is
II stood in line" he says. @for
twenty minutes, waiting for my bag,
which was within reach Of my own
hand7 Il was eonspieuously marked
with my name and the check num-
Der displayed 50 It could be read
across the room. ! could not per-
suade any Of the four idle employees
70 hand that bag over and accept my
check"
Thsy said their business Scas to
take bo0s m. not to hand them ont.
'Tn fact two of them stood guard
over that bag to prevent my reach
Ing over the ran and picking It up.
Finally I went to the superintsnd-
snt's Office and explained my pre-
1ieamept. He went with me. looked
over the rail, saw that my check
was the same as that on the bag
and did what could have done.
picked it mp. Many people lost their
rains that day because Of this sys-
teni."
went to the same place with
FRANK 0LLER to get q bag he had
eft there. None Of the employees
seemed to take the slightest interest
n Us. One girl who acted as II she
was about to slap some one in the
face finally grabbed the check. made
! eursory examination and said It
wasn't there"
"T remember checking it here"
,aid Mr.. OLLER.
"You got q swell memory" said
he girl.
GEORGE MARTIN says it is all
right for letter to take q month to
:ravel from Princeton, N. j., to
Washington.
"The President himself will tes-
.ify that It takes q little while to
ret from Princeton to Washington"
'ays George
s. NJ. SIMPSON, of 24S9 Ontario
road, sent me letter few days ago
which has another indictment against
he side-door car on the w. R. & Z.
Co. He says:
Il read with interest and pleasure
7our very interesting article in The
Times q few days ago in regard to
he cars on the Ninth and F street
ines that have side doors for pas
,engers to come in and get out o..
The article was true and to the
point, but in my opinion it did not
,over all the ground. so to speak,
FOR it seems to me those cars are
positively dangerous to ride in. for
should another car collide with those
to hit one of them in
he center while crossing Seventh or
Ninth streets-the passengers would
have absolutely no means Of escape,
and should q panic occur, there Is no
ioubt many passengers would be
killed or seriously injured, especially
should one of the cars happen to get
On fire. So, keep up the good work
against these dangerous cars"