The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Syme Only Man in Capital
Fit to Fight Pepco, Says
East Washington Leader

Conrad SyTne is the only man in
Washington who can prevent such a
gross extortion of money from the
citizens of the District as the cleo
trio power company is now attempt
ing" said e. p. Hazleton, president
of the East Washington Heights
Citizens Association, yesterdays
There Is absolutely no need for
charging 10 cents per kilowatt hour
for electric power" he continued.
IF the company was able to show
its reported margin of profit under
the former rate, 1t does not need to
increase that profit.
II will personally support any
movement to retain Mr.. Syme as
counsel and / am certain that the
association will stand behind me in
this matter. / am glad to see The
Herald and Times take up sucn a
worthy cause"
RESIDENT 20 YEARS.
Mr.. Hazleton, who is sixty years
old, was born in Hudson, ". Y, and
came to this city in 1895. He is the
proprietor and manager of the E. P.
Hazleton bicycle and motorcycle
store.
Poor living conditions in East
Washington, Heights and the lack of
public utilities there caused him to
enter citizen association work three
years ago. At that time he was
elected president of the association
and has held that office ever since.
Since he entered the work of the
association many improvements have
been secured for East Washington
Heights. Formerly devoid Of any of
the conveniences of the average local
communities, it now has electric
lighting facilities, paved streets and
police protection.
Better fire protection, more
schools and sewerage are the things
that the community needs, accord
ing to Mr.. Hazleton. The nearest
fire house is the volunteer horse
drawn apparatus at Twining City.
It is the desire of the association to
have this equipment motorized SO
that 1t could reach a fire before too
much damage had been wrought.
When these improvements have
been secured the East Washington
chief believes that his section of the
District will be the ideal location to
live in. He says that it is now the
most healthy because of it's high ele-
walton and sanitary surroundings.
ASSOCIATION AS POWER.
Citizens associations afford the
opportunity for concerted effort on
the part of the people of Washing.
ton and consequently great improve
ments in public utilities are possible
to accomplish" Mr.. Hazleton said.
There are many things to be done
yet" he continued. 1--WE need bet
ter car service. I do not know of
any reason why the car companies
could not operate on q scent fare.
They complain that they will have to
discontinue certain suburban lines
because those lines are not produc-
ing a sufficient profit to justify their
continuance.
This all indicates that municipal
ownership of street car lines would
rbe advantageous. Such a change
would put all the lines under one
MANAGEMENT and, money lost on one
line could be made up on another.
''I think that Washington should
he given suffrage. l do not mean
statehood, but this city should have
the same status as a Territory. We
should have delegate in Congress-.
WOULD ELECT SCHOOL BOARD.
"This brings up the question Of the
advisability of electing the school
hoard. am of the opinion that such
a change would benefit the school
system. Favoritism would be inlpos-