Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-22
Commuters Appoint Com
mittee to Attend Hearing
in Washington Friday
REPORT OF ATTORNEY
Request All Who Can to be Present at
Hearing-Name Committee to Soil
cit Members and Funds

Final preparations for the fight to
be made next Friday morning before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in an effort to resist the increase fare
asked by the Observation-Disclosures
Railway Company were made last
night at meeting Of patrons of he
road held in the chamoer OF commerce
under the auspices Of the Mount Ne"-
non Division Commuters Association.
Attorney Conrad syme, former cor
poratiun counsel Of Washington, who
represents the commuters on this end
Of the line, attended the meeting and
outlined some cf his plans for the
work
The meeting was presided over BY
D. r. Stansbury, president Of the as
sociation. A committee to solicit mem
bcrs for the association was named
and it follows: Harr:e White, chair
man; Walter NJ. Piser, Edwin F. Bir-
krell, T. Clifton Howard, J. Robert Tom
| In and Miss Lucy Graves.
\ These named to represent the city,
commuters and others at the hearing
Friday follow: II. r. Burke, D. 4.
Stansbury, -Asllby B!aden, F. c. Good
no0y. Julian i. Williams, Capt George
II. Evans, F. 2. Marbury, William N.
King, Edwin F. Birrell. 7. Clifton
Howard, Harrie White ard J. w.
Krerttuer.
In opening the meeting short ad-
dress was made 5y D. r. Stans5ury.
president of the association, who SAID
tina. his reason for net attending the
recent meeting when certain officials
Of tie road came TO Alexandria to give
their end Of the proposition was that
he did not think he any authority to
ersea, into. any contract. Mr. thinner
man of the road, he said he did not
think knew any more about the ROAD
than many Of the cuHlmuters.
He did no. think the commuters
shorkf be inflicted with an increase
in rate he said, and he concluded his
remarks by expressing the hope thas
the commuters would be victorious.
Edwin F. Birrell urged all who
could to attend the hearing Friday, as
| he said Alexandria should be well rep
resented at the hearing. It was ex-
planned that the building where the
| hearing will take place is at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Eighteenth street,
northwest, Washington.
This road ne said had been ioul!t
up By promises of cheap fare. Mr..
Zimmerman he said brutally told those
who attended the recent meeting "a
the chamber of commerce that the
/ road needed the money. The tendency
! in Washington he said is to reduce
fare. Commuters he asserted are in
no manner responsible for she road
management.
The splendid treatment accorded
the commuters in former years BY the
lNreprescntatives of the steamboats, and
steam railroads was told oy Mr.. Biz
! relI who aG}vd that they even ar
ranged their schedules to suit the
convenience Of the commuters. During
the past twenty years Mr.. B;crel! sa;d
but little improvements hld been
made on the road.
i. j. Paff discussed the Importance
Of getting Al OF the commuters to join
the association ana give what they
could financially 70 help def!ay the
expenses Of the commuters in their
efforts to resist the Increase.
Al who car attend are urged to at
tend the hearing ii Washington F.
day morning.