Evening star., 1924-12-20
PROPOSES LINKING
STREET CAR LINES
Bell Suggests New Trans
portation Route to Wis
Consin Avenue.

There were two new developments
today in the discussion of rearrang-
ing transportation service to the
vicinity of Wisconsin avenue and
Rockville.
one was a suggestion from Engi-
neer Commissioner Bell that a rail
connection be made between the Con-
necticut avenue line of the Capital
Traction Co. and the Rockville
tracks of the Washington Railway
and Electric system near the District
line, with busses substituted for the
car tracks on Wisconsin avenue south
of the District line to Georgetown.
The other was the filing OF an appli-
cation by the Washington Rapid
transit Co. for permission to run
busses on Wisconsin avenue and
Massachusetts avenue in the event
street car service is done away with
on Wisconsin avenue
Not Considering Discontinuance.
The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Co. system, however, has given
no indication of an intention Of doing
away with street car service on Wis
cousin avenue.
The suggestion that consideration
be given to the substitution of buses
for street cars on the Wisconsin ave.
nue. line by the Washington Railway
& Electric Co. was put forward yes
terday by Maj. Covell. who pointed
out that since the existing rails on
the avenue would have to be rebuilt
In the Spring this was the logical
time to discuss the advisability of
bus substitution.
Maj. Coyell also stated yesterday
that the suggestion had been made
to him by citizens that consideration
be given to a. plan of having the
Capital Traction Co. acquire the Wis
consin avenue line, which is a sub
sidiary of the Washington Railway &
Electric Co. system.
Not Interested in Purchase,
This suggestion was brought prac-
tfcaliy to an end today, however,
when George E. Hamilton. president,
and John H. Hanna, general man
ager, of the Capital Traction Co, both
stated that they have never given
thought to the purchase of the
Georgetown and Tenleytown lines
Both officials indicated that they
would not be interested in such a
plan.
As to Col Bells suggestion for a
connecting link Of car track between
the Chevy Chase line OF the Capital
Traction and the Rockville line of the
Washington Railway and Electric,
officials of both companies said they
had not studied the proposal suffi-
ciently to express a definite opinion
on 1t.
Bus Lines Ask Permit.
In it's application today for bus
lines on Wisconsin and Massachu-
setts avenue the Rapid Transit Co.
states that its position is condi-
tional upon the granting also Of it's
previous application for cross-town
bus line from Thirty-seventh and T
streets northwest to Fifteenth street
and Maryland avenue northeast.
Maj. Covell today received a letter
from G. A. Weber of Wesley Heights
indorsing the suggestion of yesterday
that busses be substituted for street
cars on Wisconsin avenue and that
another bus route be established on
Massachusetts, avenue from Wiscon-
sin avenue to Dupont Circle.
President Ham of the Washington
Railway and Electric stated yester-
day that he had always deemed the
Wisconsin avenue section as one that
should be served by street car lines,
but that he would be willing to give
consideration to the suggestion that
busses be substituted for street cars
when the repaving OF Wisconsin ave-
pue occurred.