Evening star., 1924-07-21
THIS AND THAT
BY c. f. TRACEWELL.


ter street, one takes up his stand on
| the southeast corner, waiting for the
privilege of paying another full fare
to ride out Wisconsin avenue.
The Public Utilities Commission, in
its assembled wisdom, as the result of
d public hearing, recently abolished
the transfer privilege, formerly cost
point
Truly. it is question OF waiting.
Minute after minute goes by. The
bank clock on the opposite corner
said ,:45 o'clock when the stand was
first taken. Now it is 8 o'clock, and
still no car has run either way. The
cars continue to whizz by on the
| other line.
There is william Tyler Page, clerk
/ OF the House. author Of that splendid
| bit Of work The Americans Creed"
Wonder how long he has been wait
ing?
While there is nothing else TO do,
let US run over those stirring words
OF his. that have been repeated now
| by countless millions of children and
their elders throughout the land:
II believe in the United states Of
| America, and the government of the
people. by the people. for the people,
whose Just powers are derived from
the consent Of the governed:
"A Democracy in Republic:
"A sovereign Nation Of many SOW
| ereign States:
"A perfect Union, one and inseper
| able. established upon those princi-
and Humanity. for which the Amer
! lean patriots sacrificed their lives and
! fortunes.
Il, therefore. believe il to be my
duty to my country to love 1t. to sup
| port its Constitution, to obey its laws,
to respect it's nag, and to defend it
against all enemies"
:: y Il -
| Over there is the man whose brain
| evolved that. Now he stands here,
/ with none to do him reverence, wait
| ing patiently as the hands of the
clock go round, waiting minute after
minute on busy corner in a great
! city.
! Another gray-haired man moves
| over.
How long have you been here" he
! is asked.
Il have been here almost an hour
! he replies. pa tientiy.
Three old cronies pass on-the side
walk. One OF them cries out to h
/ pas tDN. 1ellO, Bill.
Bill. little thin man, gray hair
! and noustache. in a light suit, turns
! at the salutation and joins his friends
They are walking. Maybe that is the
! best way to get any place. after all.
| Good exercise. and reliable.
| What steady old friends ones legs
| are. to be sure. They start any time
! desired. and never stop on the way.
| They run more than once an hour.
!: = Il
| A town on Saturday night has
! nothing better to offer than Wiscon-
! sin avenue and NJ street. 4 historic
I point in old Georgetown. this corner
| for years upon years has witnessed
! its Saturday night spectacle.
! Gen. George Washington rode along
| here in his great coach, undoubtedly,
/ when he was engaged in projects Of
various kinds involving opening up
the natural resources of the country
| wide. Wisconsin avenue was called
] High street then.
Now scores upon scores of automo-
| bi1es glide by. hundreds upon hun
! dreds of people OF this day and age
pass and pass again. The men go in
! their shirt sleeves over here, if they
| choose
BY the lamp post stand two per-
sons. the same old two" a man and
! a girl
She is pretty little thing. dressed
in pink sinSham. has bobbed hair
and 4 hashing smile. She informs
! the world that she made the dress
I herself
/ He takes blue poIka-dot neck1ie
from paper bag and proceeds 10
, tie it in d huge bow around her neck.
! = =
! A cat stops to be petted by a little
! boy.
How many street cars have passed
/ on NJ street" Taking test count of
five minutes. 1t is discovered that
seven cars go by, counting both di-
rections. Al this rate. in an hour
! loop is only a few blocks west, but
still some of the cars cross the Key
Bridge.
$50 o'clock-here comes car
south bound down Wisconsin avenue,
| Horray.
I Now all is hustle Women bearing
great sacks of proveuder break out
| Of stores, where they have been resting.
! The corner comes to life.
! William Tyler Page walks to the
| curb.
! no" 1onS nave you Deen waiting
! Mr.. Pager / ask.
Just an hour" he replies.
| In astonishment, l condemn myself
| to the hot regions.
NO, the company should" the au-
thor OF The Americans Creed re-
| plies, emphatically.
| All aboard for Toonerville.'
shouts a small boy, while the crowd
surges aboard the one car in an hour
|
| If there is a natural transfer point
in the District it is at Wisconsin
avenue and NJ street Down the lat
| ter thoroughfare, in the morning
come hundreds Of persons from out
the growing sections lying along it
Formerly, when all the cars rar
down NJ street. rider was enabled
J by paying l cent extra, to ride
straigt down Pennsylvania avenue
Then Somerset residents petition &c
for through cars.
This was granted. and at the same
! time the transfer privilege at Wis
consin avenue and NJ street was abol-
( lshed. A check made by the Utilities
| mission. it is declared, showed
| that so many persons went down to
| transfer at NJ street in the morning
but that a lesser number came back
| the same way in the evening. There
| fore, the Wisconsin avenue line was
losing money.
or course, if they are only going to
| run one car an hour on the Wisconsin
avenue line. transfer would do little
| good, unless one is willing to wait "A
minutes or AN hour for said car. But
before the privilege was cut out ii
| was not that bad. The service was
| good.
If d. merger is the only solution to
| this sort of service-or disservice-
then the companies should be merged
| 1 submit it to the world-ought q
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