Evening star., 1922-07-29
URGES KENS|NGT0N
THROUGH SERVICE
Secretary Phillips Asserts
Plan Feasible Under
Reasonable Terms.
AGAIN ASKS ROAD PROBE
Letter to Public Service Ccmmis-
sion Insists That Heavier
Steel Must Be Laid.

between this city and kensington,
Md. under just ard reasonable terms,
II. II. Phillips. secretary of the Ken
sington Railway Company, said in a
letter to the public service commits
sion of Maryland q copy of which was
made public here TO-DAY. Mr.. Phillips
included in his 'etter a request that
the commission again order thorough
Investigation Of the track. ioadbed
and equipment of tie company to-
gether with the maintenance ana
operation of it.
The Letter, in part, follows:
''ln reply to your favor of July &C.
as to operation Of kersington railway
by Capital Tra.tion Company, with a
complaint of committee Cf citizens
attached thereto. | wish to state:
THAT about March last your COM
mission. after Ions investigation.
found. ard SO advised this co! tpany,
that its car service was as Sit.Sfac-
any other line IN Maryland similarly
situated. or To Il at effect.
Not to Answer "Slur>."
cit is. perhaps. unnecessary for me
to detail Il I-~E - - s.-.u'J a.'u
various criticisms. slurS and un-
July 21,- 1922, and generally in reply
US.I
mission again order minute, careful
and thorough investigation of the
track, roadEed. equipment of this ut
lie line of railway and of the main
terance and operation thereof.
The gentlemen of the co!ami ttee de
sire through car service. and think
every one will agree that a through
car service from the city OF Washing
ton. II. g. to the town OF henSins-
ton. Md. can be arranged under Just
and reasonable terms and conditions
and Il is much to be desired.
"Thrrefore do not wish to un-
justly criticize the gentlemen who
have. in the face Of the commission s
recent report. written such letter
To the commission. and | also invite
the attention of the commission to a
publication inStigated. | presume by
some one in connection with this re-
port. that reminds me something or
the old proverb that it is not a very
considerate bird THAI will besmirch
its own nest.
1T is of course. reasonable that the
Capital Traction Company would de-
sire to extend its ear service over this
little line of railway without any ex-
penSe or liability TO its own corpora
tion and without assuming to pay
any compensation whatever to the
little railway over which the car serv-
ice is extended. unless at least and
until there should be an ample mar
gin of earnings above any and all
possible maintenance and operating
expenses.
Il think the negotiations thus far
have led us to one conclusion, and
that is that new and heavier rails
should be laid on the Kensington rail-
way before the through service is es-
tahlished.
The following questions, however,
are still uncertain:
ITO what precise point is the
through service TO be extended?
What will be paid to the small
corporation for the use of the rail-
way?
What rate of fare is to be charged?
charged?
How shall the remainder of the
railway beyond the point of the limit
of the through service to the end of
the line be operated-that is. at what
rate of fare-and what transfers to
and from the shuttle service neces-
sary at the end of the line?
= My present view is that in order to
expedite a conclusion as to the just
and reasonable terms OF the lease and
the various conditions incident to and
in connection Herewith should be
fully considered by the commission,
and that the commission should enter
an order directing the through serv-
ice. or the lease or an operating
agreement or some reasonable rule
and regulation for the through serv-
ice.
so far as the subscription list ar
ranged by the citizens of Kensington
for purchasing bonds of the smaller
corporation to provide the new rails.
partially provide for the same,
such bond subscription are entirely
welcome by the little railway COM
pany. but If any of these subscribers
feel as though they are jeopardizing
their funds by making such a sub
scription. l would suggest that the
matter of fair treatment for such sub
scriber is the cancellation of all such
subscriptions.
II think there should be no great
difficulty in the way of providing the
new rails II the leasing or operating
agreement is just and reasonable to-
ward the smaller corporation