Evening star., 1922-09-28
TROLLEY SYSTEMS.
CLASH ON BUSES
Capital Traction I Opposes
w: R. & E. for Line
Into Potomac Park.

washington's two street railway
companies were arrayed against each
other at the District building today
when the Public Utilities Commission
held public hearing on the petition
of the Washington Railway ana
Electric Company to establish motor
bus line from 18th and 18th streets
into Potomac Park.
The company proposed to instah
busses in lieu Of through car service
now being operated from Wisconsin
avenue to Potomac Park.
service Held Ample.
John H. Hanna. vice president or
the CAPITAL Traction Company. TOOK
the stand to object to the estaolistho 81,
ment of a bus line either ny .ne
W. r. and d.; f. G,5S or 6y 1uS amy parallei o to
Capital Traction cars into Potol.ia ;at
Park. Mr. Hanna made the Point
that, car service into Potomac fark
is now more than ample. he sa.u
that the Capital Tracti9n 9ns,rs uo",p ~ the
W. r. and L. to abandon through
street car service from Wisconsin
avenue into the park.
Later in the hearing. Wllllam
filed objections to an application OF
the Washington Rapid Transit com
pany to run busses between the term.
nails of existing bus lines at Hrdnt
Circle and 14th and Buchanan streets.
Mr. Ham made eta the npt point nermit Inat fur- @
ther Bus line extensions Whcn
would result in unfair competition
with street railway lines.
Col. Keller. chairman OF tne COM
IL
tions he was raising against the
transit company would not likewise
hold true in the case of his own ap-
plication to run busses paralleiins
Capital Traction cars into the park.
Mr.. Ham explained that his com
pany was asking for that bus line TO
make up for the through street car
service to be abandoned. He added
that the Capital Traction Company
need not fear the amount OF business
that would be taken from Its cars oy
this new bus line.
Citizens Lined Up.
Residents Of Georgetown and cit-s
liens living farther out along WIS
consin avenue lined up in opposing
factions on the proposal of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric 70
abandon through service from Friend
ship Heights to Potomac Park.
The Georgetown Citizens Associa-
ton supported the Washington Rail
way and Electric in its request to
stop at Wisconsin avenue and NJ
street the cars which now go through
TO Potomac Park. Several members
of the Georgetown Citizens Associa-
tion testified.
The Cathedral Heights Citizens AS
socAtion led the fight for retention
Of the through service from Wiscon-
sin avenue to the city. and made the
further request that the company be
required to restore through service
from that section to the Union sta
ton.
Mr.. Ham explained that at the
present time there is only one car
an hour from Wisconsin avenue line to
Potomac Park. He said the COM
pany'S desire is to have all five cars
! terminate at Wisconsin avenue and
NJ street. The Georgetown citizens
advocated this plan.
Conrad II. Syme appeared for the
Washington Rapid Transit Company
to ask permission to abandon its bus
line on Massachusetts avenue from
Union station to Sheridan Circle. He
testified that a short period of opera
tion has shown that there is no need
for this service. When William 2.
killeen. president Of the transit COM
pany. took the stand to testify for
the new route from Grant Circle to
14th and Buchanan, Samuel r Bowen,
attorney LOT Ine w dSnlHStON fSdll-
way and Electric, put to him the
question:
"Mr. Killeen, If this proposed route
should prove noncompensatory, would
you have to abandon it as you are now
doing on Massachusetts avenue"
Mr.. Killeen replied that he would not.
a delegation of residents from Bloom
ingdale and lexington also appeared
in support OF the application of tn,
transit company to extend its Rhod,
Island avenue bus line from LIST stree
northwest to Summit place northeast