Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-16
FIFTY YEARS ago In.
THE STAR,

Nowadays when the street cars OF the
city are overcrowded the power may
give out and all
Traction Power" the earn are STALL
o,-, ed. Half q CEN
street cars were occasionally halted AS
result Of overcrowding. but not from
precisely the same cause. In The Star
Of January ., 1871. is q news item ASP
follows:
Yesterday Mr.. Gatchel. president OF
the society for the prevention Of cruelty
to animals. arrested William Eckstein.
driver on the Washington and George
town street cars. for cruelty to his
horses. He was taken before Justice
Mills, who imposed a fine Of IS and
costs. Two others. said to be impii-
Gated. made their escape. Mr.. Catchel
procured warrants for their arrest today.
He was busy al work all day and during
the evening. Seven arrests were made.
In each case the overloaded cars were
emptied, and at one time, about
clock, he had nine cars backed UP be-
tween It'll and 9th streets. refusing to!
allow them to proceed with SUCH he4vy
loads The conductor and driver OF car
No 3 were arrested about 8 O'Clock. near
10th street, and the car, with paSsen-
gers. was kept there. much to the dis
satisfaction Of tho inmates. The course
pursued certainly causes great tempo.
rary Inconvenience to passengers. but u
it only forces the company to provide
such accommodations for the people As
will prevent the outrageous packing OF
the street cars at all hours IL Will De
public benefit. In one case Mr.: Catcher
himself paid the fine imposed on the
driver. stating that his object only was
in making the arrest to set the ball IN
motion and show that they had power !.
to stop the cars and relieve them when
ever they are overloaded"
- o..
Fifty years ago the women Of the
United States were beginning to ask. in
insistent terms. for
Women Demand the right to vote.
Suffrage Right. practice Of coming
| to Washington to hold conventions and
to present their arguments before con-
gressional committees. January IL. 1871,
according to The Star of that date. the
House judiciary committee granted .
hearing to a number Of advocates o.
woman suffrage-then called womens
rights" Among those who spoke in
behalf of the claim that the women OF
the country were actually enfranchised
nv the fourteenth and hfteenth amend
ments to the Constitution were Miss
susan B. Anthony. Mrs. Victoria Z.
woodruff, Mrs. Beecher Hooker, Mrs.
Paulina " Davis, Miss Tennie c. Claim
and Mrs. Josephine S. Griffing.
Passengers from Washington for
the west were unable up to the winter
Of 1871, to travel
Through Route without change OF
cars at Relay. The
to the west. Baltimore & Ohio
was the only route westward from
this city. and the change was an awk-
ward and inconvenient break in the
tourney. Fifty years ago. however.
this condition was improved, as m
dictated by the following in The star
of January IL, 1871:
.'The B. & o. Railroad Company
have at last concluded to do what
they should have done years and years
ago. viz, to commence the carrying OF
passengers between Washington ana
the west without compelling them TO
make the unpleasant and unnecessary
change of cars at the Relay House
The first car will leave here for GIN
cinnati on Sunday evening and go
through to that city direct via the
Parkersburg branch. We are glad TO
be able to add that the celebrated
Pullman palace car. Of the excellence
of which we have often had occasion
to speak heretofore, is to be used