Evening star., 1919-12-26
GEORGETOWN CARS
AGAIN TO Be RUN
TOL|NC0LNPARK
11th Street and BrookIand
Lines Tied Under Plans
of Utilities Board.
ALL ON MOUNT PLEASANT
ROUTE TO PASS STATION
w. R. E. Changes Effective March
l Expected to Relieve Con-
gestion Downtown.

i EApeCUeQ 10 nelleVe COu-
gestion Downtown.
The Public Utilities Commission to-
day announced new routes to be fol-
lowed by several lines of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company.
beginning March l.
The commission believes the pro-
posed changes viii relieve some con-
sestion of cars on F. and G. streets be
tween 9Th and 1ith streets. The prin-
! cipal changes ordered follow.
Georgetown and Cabin John cars.
which now serve North Capitol street
and Brookland, will resume their for
! mer route to Lincoln Park. via the
courthouse and East Capitol street.
Lines Tied Together.
The 11th street and the Brookland
lines Will be tied together. The Brook
land cars which now go to Georgetown
will go from North Capitol street west
on g street to 1lth street and thence
north to 11th and Monroe streets. on
the return trip they Will go south on
l1th to +, east to 5th, north to g and
thence on the present route to Brook
| land.
The cross-over at North Capitol and
w streets. where part of the cars on
the Brookland division are switched
back downtown. will be moved out to
North Capitol street and Michigan
avenue
Under the new routing all Mount
! Pleasant cars will pass the Union
station. At present some of the
Mount Pleasant cars run to Lincoln
Park via the courthouse.
Details of Plan.
! Details of the proposed rerouting
/ are given in the following statement
! from the commission:
Georgetown to Lincoln Park.
! Georgetown to Lincoln Park via
courthouse-George cars are
now routed to Brookland and Nosth
Capitol street. The proposed rout-
! ing restores the original direct east
and west line of the company. The
| Brookland cars will be operated in
| connection with the 1lth street line.
as indicated below. This is the sim
pleSt routing possible. insures great
er regularity on the Georgetown end
than at present. and gives greatly
improved service past the court
house. The congestion of cars AT
certain points at present precludes
the possibility of operating the cars
| through the busy section of the city
rapidly enough to provide adequate
service.
''The worst conditions under the
| present system of routing of the
| Washington Railway and Electric
Companys cars are found at 9th and
proposed plan will greatly reduce the
congestion at these points. thereby
beneflting not only the lines which
it is proposed to reroute. but all other
! lines passing those points as well.
The Georgetown and Cabin John cars.
which are now operated through the
entire cengested area between 14th
street and Union station. Will be run
via F street and by way of the court
house and the Capitol to East Capitol
street and Lincoln Park.
As to Mount Pleasant Cars.
Mount Pleasant line-The Mount
Pleasant cars. which now run partly
to Lincoln Park via courthouse, part
ly to 18th and ID streets northeast and
to lSt and + streets southeast. via the
Union station, will all run via the
Union station, half to 18th and IL
streets and half to LIST and + streets
southeast the latter being the point
of connection between the Anacostia
line and Union station. cars To run
past Union station viii substantially
alternate cars to 18th and ID streets
northeast and lst and T. streets SOUTH
east. Assuming three and three
quarter minute headway on the Mount
Pleasant end. as at present gives
sever and a half minute service to
18th and ID and "A seven and "A half-
minute service to LIST and +. The lat
ter particularly is great improve
ment. and will make the transfer TO
the AnacoStia line at list and T. much
more attractive and convenient. This
will also insure a regular service past
Union station in both directions and
increase the number of ears past Union
station approximately 33 per cent
IIth street and BrookIand-
Eleventh street and North Capitol
street lines-These two lines are to be
tied together. running west on q
street from North Capitol to nth and
I, str iIfl a ,fh
thence north on 5th and east on q. 10
North Capitol The Brooklaud cars,
now being run in connection with the
Georgetown line, viii follow thctr
usual route as far as 9Th and g streets
northwest. and from there viii run
west on q street to llth street. and
from that point north on Ilth street
to Monroe street. the end OF the llth
street line. On the return trip they
will run south on nth street, turning
into F. street east on + street to 5th
street, and through 9Th street 10 the
present route on G street.
This is simpified routing and
will greatly improve the regularity OF
headway on the North Capitol end. Ii
will also relieve the congestion on 9th
street by the removal of nth street
ears of of said line During the rush
hours there would bc a limited
amount of service run on IN" lith
street line to the bureau and i street
and Missouri avenue, and likewise
some service on the North capitol
line to 14th and q streets This rout-
ing gives patrons on the llth street
line service near the Union station
and TO the government printing office.
which have ON frequent occasions
been requested by them
1t is contemplated 10 move the
crossoyer from North Capitol and W
streets to a poir, north on North
Capitol street near MichlGan aNc=uc,
which will increase the volume OF
service on the North Capitol line
north of the pit. viii tend to reduce
The crowding OF Brookland cars and
greatly simplify conditions AT the
Eorth Capitol street pit where much
congestion is caused by turning ears
hack at the same point where the pit
is located Any objections OF the pa
IRONS of the North capitol line who
viii not be brought TO Il point west
of nth street IL is believed VIII be
ofYset by the greatly improved Serv-
ice that can be rendered with the
above routing.
Line. Repain the Same.
.r.e Droit Park line-To be run as
.t present II II is considered thsra
DC need of service during the IA,
rush hours to Water street this
he accomplished by putting or
s.ven- and a half minute service "a
N u