The Washington herald., 1922-10-10
Three to Nothing.

up hot;
They said he was through. but you
never can tell:
So McGraw sent him in. and John
gave the Ysnks-nothing.
There seems 10 be more or less
OF traric in the paperss. Inspector
HeadIey can help traffic a great
deal in this town IL he will issue
an order against trucks backing
in lengthwise at the curb. The
drivers seem to think they own
the streets. They back in length
wise no matter wha:' me Of day
il is On Eighteenth street. be-
tween and X. the other afternoon.
two trucks backed in this way at
different apartment houses on
Eighteenth street. This immedi-
ately made a letter IS" out Of that
block at the busiest time Of the
afternoon. The street was blocked
the Powhatan Hotel with motor
ISIS trying 10 get nome.
The truck men laughed at the
situation. They had unlosded and
the boss was In the apartment
house somewhere placing furniture.
They had saved one step from
the end of their wagons up 20 the
curb. This practice simply gummeu
up a main getaway street for
home for more than two hours. Fur
ther down Eighteenth street trucks
do the same thing in front OF
grocery store for an hour every
morning just as the crowd is going
to work have seen Laughing
truck crews sit on the end OF a
I truck for twenty minutes waiting
for the driver in charge TO come
out and pull away. Here is some
thing that should be very easy
/. to fix. How about il, Inspector?
What is that p. L. c. YOU note
so often in the headlines?" queries
Graham Nichols Glad TO see you
come to headquarters for info.
Nick" thus "scooping" the Friend
Of the People" Those letters stand
for people use coal"
That was a fine editorial The
Herald had the other morning on
| the street car lines" said @. NJ.
! Harrison, Of Cleveland. In the lobby
CT the Washington Hotel. 81 guess
/ everybody knows about the street
| car lines in Cleveland since the
days Of Tom Johnson" continued
| the Clevelander. The day OF the
/ bus Is coming: rather. IL Is at hand.
as The Herald said. This town.
| from what ] have seen of fits street
car lines. should send for Peter
| Witt, that expect physician 20 sick
street car lines. Let him look the
! situation over. as he has done IN
! Toronto. Trenton, n. J., and other
| places as far west as Seattle. The
| trouble is the street car companies
| in most cities are entrenched deep
er than their third rails. and all the
hest families hold stock. and all
| that sort of thing. To make anv
changes you have as big a sob
as moving the city hall"
NEWS NOTES THERE AND HERE.
note with comfort that the
snow plows have all been busted OF
and are ready for action this year,
Two OF our leading banks have
Pooled their business
Don't stand and Mark Time" at
Fourteenth and G streets when you
get the go" sign from the cop.
In answer to many inquiries will
say that the old sinner" missed
Sunday School last Sunday by
thirty-eight miles. and II was not
golf either.
n. McI.oud 10 threatening to go
down to East Potomac Golf Course.
! have warned Manager Loeffler.
The following was not written
about our fair city. but there is
| just a chance that perhaps maybe
it-wsll anyhow here IL 70:
TOO MUCH TALK.
The Old Town needs
q would not knockl
More folks whose deeds
Come mp to talk.
Canton News,
And II could use.
Let me beseeeh,
Men who practice
All that theY preach.
Warren Tribune.