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only to complaints?" demanded John
H. Hanna, president of the transit
company, who was seated near Phil
lips. Are witnesses to be barred from
speaking favorably of our service?"
''Unfair," Shouts Roberts.
Roberts leaped to his feet. THAT
statement Is most unfair" he shouted
Twice now have permitted witnesses
to testify out Of turn in behalf Of the
company"
Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan. representing
the Progressive Citizens Association
of Georgetown, started the second
days procession Of civic leaders. COM
planning about failure Of the company
to synchronize the time of arrival OF
buses and cars at transfer points.
She also cited instances where con-
ductors failed to have transfers OF
tokens.
Rerouting Of the Burleith- Trinidad
busses down Nineteenth street from
Dupont Circle was urged By Milo H
Brinkley of the Georgetown Citizens
Association. He also listed series OF
complaints about rail and bus service
Opposes Pass System.
First, he said, overlooking Of both
cars and busses is due to the pass
system. and suggested a uniform fare
might remedy the situation. Next, be
declared, odors from the exhaust
pipes on some Of the old busSeS seeped
through the floor boards, and referred
to one instance when he was forced
to put his head out of a window to
get a breath of fresh air.
Brinkley also said some of the tran
sit company employees are discourteous
especially conductors on the street
cars. A moment later, however. he
declared some of the bus drivers are
too affable and talk to passengers
without looking where they are
driving.
Brinkley's final criticism concerned
the narrow aisles in some of the
buses. In this connection he said:
I'VE have different kinds of people
in our section. It's not homogeneous
group, like Chevy Chase The people
don't like to rub against one another
Some are rough and rowdy, and don't
care how they bump into people who
want to keep their clothes in condi-
ton"
$50 Criticize Service.
The parade of $50 civic representa-
tives bearing specific complaint,
against street car and bus service
started late yesterday after the COM
missions chief engineer, Fred A. Sager
completed his testimony. 1t probably
will continue throughout the week.
A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid.
City Citizens Association, opened tht
barrage. He aimed his criticism par
ticularly at the service on the new
Chevy Chase bus line. He also de.
clared that business interests on Sev.
enth street are losing the trade oi
some residents in the Connecticut ave-
nue. section because none Of the Chevy
Chase busses are routed through the
Seventh street shopping district
Partly to remedy the situation, he sug-
gested a bus line on Ninth street wher
the present rail line there Is aban.
doned.
The most serious complaints came
from Harry s. Wender, representing
the Southwest Citizens Association
who leveled q series Of charges against
Capital Transit service. Briefly, hi
declared transportation facilities ir
that section are "indiscribably poor
and that the Southwest Is discrimi-
mated against in transit equipment
He said none Of the new streamlinec
bzusses is operating In that section.
THE people of Washington are en-
titled to q fair deal In transporta-
tion," declared Wender. "They hoped
to get 1t with q merger. But condi-
tions are getting worse. II something
isn't done by the commission the
people will have to take the problem
to other agencies"
Says Cars Look Like Caskets.
DR.. Elizabeth Bateman Of the 1906
block OF N street described how heI
clothing was caught in the automatic
exit doors Of one of the transit COM
pany's new stream-lined street cars
She told the commission, however
she didn't like the appearance Of these
cars anyhow, because they look toe
much like a large casket to suit me. =
Mrs. J. Earlston Thropp, jr, 4oo
Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md, filed
several protests with the commission
She complained because the Edge
moor buses failed to make connec-
tions with the Chevy Chase bus line
She also declared 20-ceft charge
on the de luxe busses on the Chevy
Chase line Is too high and the fart
should be reduced to is cents.
John H Hanna, president Of the
transit company, disclosed that serioul
consideration is being given plans tc
divide the Connecticiit avenue hul