Streetcar Troubles on Sixth Avenue

Protests in regard to the street car service on the Sixth Avenue and cable lines have been so vigorous of late that a Times reporter today called on Manager William S. Dimmock of the Tacoma Railway and Power Company for an explanation of the poor service. In reply to the question as to why open cars were used on the Sixth Avenue line in all kinds of weather, Mr. Dimmock stated: 'The situation is this: The Sixth Avenue and the Old Town lines are the only lines in the city that have not been made standard gauge. Since we commenced the work changing the tracks, we have been overriding cars to the machine shop as fast as we could to have the trucks broadened, and that work has all been done now except on the few cars that we are obliged to use on the Sixth Avenue and Old Town lines. The open car which is used on Sixth Avenue is the only extra narrow gauge car that we have, and if we did not use it we would not be able to carry all the people who ride over that line in the evening. We expect to make the change on Sixth Avenue in one night, so that traffic will not be impeded.'