The Washington times., 1919-06-12
CARS
DISCONTINUED.
IS ALLEGATION
Employees Say Through" SerV-
ice Was Stopped When Pay
Transfer System Started.

Did the Washington Railway and
Electric Company remove all through
! cars to the Bureau of Printing and
! Engraving when the 2-cent transfer
privilege was given them that an adj
! ditionaI cents could be exacted from
1900 employees at the bureau?
This question was raised today by
| the Joint conference board OF the
! bureau employees which appeared be-
| fore Chairman Carl f. Mapes, OF the
House District of Columbia Commit
! tee, and appealed for relief.
Edward II. Williams, chairman OF
| the board, which is made up OF a
| representative Of each of the twenty
one organizations in the bureau. as
spokesman for the. big committee,
told Mr.. Mapes that "as soon as the
company was given the right to
charge cents for transfer, the
through cars that we had been using
were taken off. and we were forced
to pay additional for transfers"
THE result was that there was de-
moralization," he said. There was
such confusion as to which car to
take, and in making connections that
many Of us have been late to work.
IT has got us in bad with our supe-
riors and has hurt the bureau"
Asks About Remedy.
Mr.. Mapes asked what remedy he
would suggest. Mr.. Williams said
that Government ownership appeared
to be the only solution. but Mr.. Mapes
said that there appeared little likeli-
hood of getting such legislation
through Congress at this time
Il would personally like to see q
move Of some kind made to force
consolidation of the two lines and
universal transfers" Mr. Mapes said.
Mr.. williams and other members
of the board said that some relief
could be had by having the Capital
Traction Company build a spur track
to the Bureau.
D. J. O'Leary. representative on
the conference board, and president
of the Firemen's and oilers Union,
declared that FOR the past few
years it has appeared that the city
of Washington was incorporated for
the benefit of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company, instead
Of the railway company being in
corporated for the beneht Of the
people Of Washington"
BrOwnIOw on Phone.
Mr.. Mapes suggested that the
committee lay its grievances before
the Public Utilities commission.
He called Commissioner Louis
BrownIow on the telephone and ask
ed about the removal OF the through
cars.
Mr. Brownlow said that il the cars
had been taken off. such a move was
without the knowledge of the com
mission. In fact, the Commissioner
said, one Of the conditions on which
the 2-cent transfer charge was AL
lowed was that the railway company
make no changes in existing sched-
ules unless first taking the question
Of changes before the commission.
The commission, through Mr.
Mapes, invited the bureau employees
TO appear before the commission and
make their complaints.
Members OF Board.
The members Of the joint confer
ence board, which appeared before
Chairman Mapes. follows: Bank No.e
Engravers. No. =, John T GuilfoyIe.
NJ. Sharpe; brotherhood Of Painters,
Decorators and Paperhangers. Elton
O. Pillow; compositors. Dr.. John
Grove; Federal Employees Union. No
1O5, Nora r. James. Gertrude McNal-
ley, Matilda Lindsay. Federal En-
ployes' Union. No. . G. J. Beck. y.
Beach. I'D McReady, Federal FIN
ployes' Union. No. II. George W. Car
ter. George Reynolds. Federal Guard
and Watchmen's Union. H. A. Raines
] y. Nelson; International ASsoC:a-
ton OF Machinists. G. G Dovlc. a
Merchaud, International Brotherhood
of Electric Workers. -. = Miller, r
;. Benham. International Union OF
Steam and Operating Engineers. J A.
Williams, @. FarQuhar. International
Association Of Transfers and Chauf-
feUrs, Thomas Armstead. r w
Weyms; International brotherhood
Of Stationary Firemen and Oilers. r.
J. O'Leary. +. Martin. Journevmon
Bookbinders. No. 4, Charles Irvine. J
W Sullivan; Laundry Workers. No.
10. John German. Charles Kerr: Plate
Finishers. 9. De Binders. James NJ
Butler. Plate Printers, George Her
man. G. J. Beck. W. u. Clark. PrIn.-
ing Pressmen, No. ]. {. H. Harwolu.
Doyle and White. Steel Plate Trans
ferers. John Perry. .. Harlocker:
United Association Of Plumbers. No.
COZ, Preston shannon, United ASso- |
citation Of Plumbers. No. o. Fred
ZuIch, Charles HainswOrth. Unit-i |
Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Join
ers. No. 1874, W. Angelo, Edward |
Menzies
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