The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-22
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Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the city council chamber, Man
ager Louis Bean of the T. r. &
P. will apepar before the commit
tee of 25 citizens appointed re-
Gently to go into the street car
situation, and tell the committee
just how and why it is the street
car service of Tacoma is made
quate.
He will be cross-examined by
City Attorney Harmon, who is at
tending the meetings on behalf of
the city, and also by members of
the committee. 1t is thought that
his testimony will be largely in
strumental in helping the COM
mittee in their task of solving
what the city council regards as
one of the most serious problems
confronting the city today.
This procedure was decided on
Friday afternoon at the first reg
ular meeting of the committee of
25.
Printed copies of the financial
report of the street car company
will be in the hands Of every
member of the committee Mon
day.
On the motion of r. C. Barrett,
secretary of the Metal Trades
union, Y. NJ. Parsons of the Build
ing Trades Council was elected on
the committee to succeed Ed Gar
ceau, while II. f. Simpson will
act in place Of Ralph Shaffer, his
business partner, who is in the
east.
Muny Line Is Up.
A number of sub-committees
have been named by the committee
on procedure, and these will re-
port their findings to the sub-com-
mittee, which in turn will report
to the parent committee at its
open meetings.
In the course of Fridays pro-
ceedings, the question of con-
struction work on the city car line
was mentioned. There had been
reports that all work had been
suspended, and Commissioner Pet
tit told the committee that this
only meant new construction
work, the city being out of funds
and unable to go ahead.
The double-tracking of the line
over on the tideflats, however,
will go ahead, Petit said, and Is
near completion now.
A ripple of humor entered into
the proceedings when the ques-
ton of obtaining some accurate
data on the street car company's
franchise, its mileage, etc., came
up for discussion. Chairman
Scott Henderson agreed it would
be necessary for the committee to
have large map OF the city before
1t In investigating. Someone sug-
gested ii would be all right II
Manager Bean was to furnish the
map.
Government at Work.
my company will be very glad
to furnish you with such a map"
said Bean with a smile, "if you
gentlemen will accept its accuracy,
which | can assure you is beyond
question
After a few seconds of deep
meditation, Chairman Scott Hen
derson said that the committee
might take one chance in the
course OF its proceedings"
The committee voted to lay
aside the matter of the steam
railway question, Judge Ellis urg-
ing that this question was beside
the program the committee had
been formed to investigate. Man
ager Bean told the committee that
representative of the govern
ment has been working on the
matter here, and said he believed
the situation would be relieved in
about a few weeks.
Those in attendance at yester-
days meeting were: Chairman
Scott Y. Henderson, Havelock c.
Boyle, Frank Day, J. II. Brewer.
r. A. Ludwig, John Gilchrist, f.
f. Messenger, Joseph Lyons, A. V.
Love, w. e. Davis, o. G. Ellis,
Mrs. Jas. A. Hays. Mrs. w. II.
Johnston. VIM. Nelson. c. e. Bar
rett, d. Phelps, A. G. Prichard, j.
III. Holmes, J. s. Kemp, J. s.
Whitah0uso