The Washington times., 1919-12-26
9EROUTE CARS
ON D. c. LINES
Public Service Commission Or
ders Changes Designed to I'm
prove Transportation Service.

Plans for rerouting several lines
, Of the Washington Railway and Elec-
tric Company. with a view to i'm
proving service, were announced to-
day by Walter G. Allen, executive
secretary. Public Utilities Commits
sion. The new plan will be put in
operation on March 1, 1920.
The plans, however, have been
adopted only as a tentative measure.
with the Idea Of giving the company
, an opportunity to improve its serv-
ice. Should the results of actual
operation OF the new rerouting show
the necessity for further changes O.
notifications, the commission will i'm
mediately take the necessary steps
to improve conditions.
Depot Passengers.
Financially the railway company
will be benefited by this new plan.
II provides for all Mt. Pleasant cars
to run past the Union Station. thus
giving this company a greater op-
portunity to care for depot passen-
gers
In the plans announced the Brook
land line Is changed. THESE cars now
run to Georgetown and Cabin John
Bridge. The new plan provides Tor
street line Brookland cars will r;Ia
west on G. street to Eleventh, north
on Eleventh to Monroe streets, ..n1
returning run south on Eleventh
street east on F street to Fifth, -IUrth
on Fifth one block, and then ut G.
street following the present plan.
Ii Is consolidation of rhrSa Two
lines and the Commission Ih'irlates
that this proposed change will not
Al -
they believe any objec-ions viii be
Offset by the better service 10 be
provided. AT present Brohkland rArs
run east and west on Z street from
Fifth to Fourteenth.
New Georgetown Route.
Georgetown cars, formerly running
on the BrocHland line, take this
route: Run from Georgetown via F
street, past the Courthouse and Cap
itol and proceed to Lincoln park
These cars will not pass the Union
Station. They will return from Lin
coin Park via the same route. This
also affects cars to Cabin John
Bridge which run past Georgetown.
The Mt Pleasant cars. which now
run partly to Lincoln Park via the
Courthouse, partly to Thirteenth and
ID streets northeast and to First and
e streets southeast, will all run via
the Union Station. half to Thirteenth
and d and half to First and e, the
latter being the point Of connection
between the Anacostia line and Union
station
Cars to run past Union Station will
Substantially alternate cars to ThIr-
teeun and D and First and e. 1hi-
provides for q seven and onehalr
minute service for ID street and r
stI eet cars. This will make the trans
fer to the Anacostia line more con-
venient than the present arrange
cars past Union Station by about 80
Per cent
Relieves Conge.tfon-
One Of the aims OF the commission
IA adopting this plan Is to relieve
congestion in the vicinity OF Ninth
and F and @ streets. and Fourteenth
and F streets. With Brook and Sars
running west on G street and running
for only several blocks on F, there Is
no doubt the congestion viii decrease
This new plan provides for takinP
all Eleventh. street cars from off
Ninth street, which is another factor
in relieving congestion During the
rush hours Eleventh street cars also
will run to Fourth and Missouri ave-
nue. to care for the several thousand
Government workers in that vicinity.
II Is provided that cars custom
arily running to North Capital and
W street, then returning, be run as
far as Michigan avenne and return,
establishing a new crosSover 1t
will relieve congestion at the pit at
W street and increase the volume of
service on the North Capital line
north of the pit
The LeDroit line will not be re-
routed at present II IL is considered
there Is a need for service during the
non-rush hours to Water street this
can be accomplished, the commission
says, by putting on a seven and a
half minute service on the LeDroit
park line instead the present ten
minute service, and having every
other car go to the wharves and
Water street respectively.
Meets Objections.
The routes rs proposed apply main
~ TO the base, or all day, schedules
of these lines, and II Is not proposed
to eliminate the through cars now
operated to and from certain inn
portant points, such as the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, during the
rush hours The service from Mt.
Pleasant to Potomac Park will con-
tinue as at present The preparation
OF the new schedules will be begun
Immediately.
THE changes involved I'm this re-
routing" says the statement OF the
commits sion, "are expected - relieve
congestion on certain sectrhJs "f th"t
company's street railway system and
TO enable the company TO operate its
cars with greater regularity and in
accordance with the present sched-
ules
The commission believes that the
proposed plan will result il the l"a>t
Inconvenience to the csr-riding public
and that IL will meet many OF the OBJ
5ections that have been made to some
OF the preesnt schedules"