Evening star., 1923-04-18
clayton DER|DES
| ONE-MAN CAR PLEA
Attorney inquiries, if System
Be Safe, Why Not Install
Throughout City?

Jf the Public Utilities Commission
belieyes the one-man car Is sale
enough to be operated on one or two
lines, it should discard every t"o-hiah
car In the city and give uniform one
man service, William Nick Clayton
representing the Federation OF eli-
zens' Associations, told the commls-
sion in brief filed today
"Brookland and Anacostia should
not enjoy a monopoly on speed ana
safety" the spokesman for the federa-
ton asserted. Pass on the best thlns
in railroading' to Chevy Chase ana
Briehtwood and take Mr.. Hanna at
his word and order these cars on the
<tb street and Pennsylvania avenue
linas of his company so that the Cap
ital Traction Company's rate OF re-
turn may be sufficient to Adequately
serve the public.
Fare Reduction Discussed.
Mr.. Ham testified that the suhst-
tuition of one-man cars Tor two-lnah
cars on his lines means no reductlon
in fares-that if all his lines oper-
atad exclusiyely with one-man cars
there could then lie no reduction Ia
fares.
"Under the commissions uniform
fare policy there conld Iollow iip
tuction in fare on the Capital Trac-
fion lines, even If one-man cars re-
placed all two-man cars of that com
pany. Therefore the economy IN
operation that comes from the use or
pne-man cars would go exclusively TO
swell the rates of return which the
commission say are now adequate 10
both companies
1t was learned from a reliable
source today that the forthcoming De
H.
sect will direct that no more one.man
'rars be installed on the lines OF the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company The Capital Traction COM
pany has only one one-ma car, and
that is being operated in Takoma
Park, Md.
Quotes From Testimony
Continuing. Mr. Clayton argued in
"A railway official testified at the
|. hearing to the use of one-man cars IN
New York. If Washington is to come
down 10 the level of New York and use
one-man cars because the railways
there that use them are either noi
paying operating expenses or are II
the hands of receivers, then give Us
with the New York one-lnan car the
New York one-man cars fare cents
Jet US play New York. If at all, a
both ends of the game
Don't make the Washington public
Q, -
cent car.
The car rider who pays Pullman
rates should at least be permitted tt
choose his berth. A passenger who
buys first cabin shouldn't be put in thu
steerage and the man in the theatel
gallery doesn't pay the orchestra rate
During the war the Washington
public was asked to accept skip stops
walking transfers. loading platforms
etc, to enable the railways to say,
SDepd
traffic-but fares went up.
Cites Another Plea of Railways.
Now they are asked to let the com
panies keep all their war babies an,
further add one-man cars, so the com
panies may further encourage combi
nation bus and car lines to keep fare
mp. Economy is always goo'
preachment and stands ever a wei
come advocate before the bar of thrift
and the commission deserves prais'
for all efforts put forth to bring abou
corporation economy when tina
economy does not impinge upon effici
| ency of service. Sometimes even serv
Ice must give way when railway il