Evening star., 1925-02-11
w. r. & E. co GETS LINE.

|. The Public Utilities Commission today
made public its decision authorizing the
| Washington Railway and Electric Co.
| to operate a motor bus line from Thirty
seventh and streets to Tenth and E
| streets.
The commission. at the same time,
denied the petition of the Washington
| Rapid Transit Co. to establish bus
route from Thirty seventh and s streets
to the downtown section. and thence
| eastward past Union Station to Fiji
teenth street and Maryland avenue
/ northeast. =.
! The Washington Railway and Electric
| Co. also is authorized to extend its
present Potomac Park bus route north
! on Eighteenth street from II to X street
to connect with the new crosstown
| buses. A free transfer will be issued
between the crosstown bus and the Poto-
mac Park bus of the Washington Rail
way and Electric.
Transfers at 2 Cents.
A 2-cent transfer will be sold be-
tween the cross-town busses and the
| intersecting street car lines of the
| Washington Railway and Electric Co.,
| but only to those passengers paying
the cash Scent fare. Tokens will be
| sold on the cross-town busses at the
same rate charged on street cars,
| namely, six for 40 cents.
The cross-town bus service will be-
gin not later than March /, and pos
sibly sooner The company already
has ordered five modern busses of the
six-wheel type, seating 81 passen-
gers. The company will begin opera
, ting on a 10 or IL minute headway.
1t is understood that If operation
of the line as far as Tenth and E
streets is successful. the commission
, may consider extending 1t to Union
Station and the Capitol. -.....
In a statement made public with
| the decision, Maj. w. E. r. Coveli,
assistant to the commission, declared
| that the success of the new cross
town line may induce the commits
/ sion to consider esta blishment of ad-
way companies and by the Washing
| ton Rapid Transit Co. He said:
Means New Departure.
THE operation of this bus line will
be a slight departure for the street
| railway companies. since heretofore
| their bus lines have been feeders to
| their street car lines. and In no case
have extended to the center of the
| city.
The operation of the proposed
w
terest. The success of this line will
undoubtedly influence favorably fur
ther extensions of bus transportation
by both the street car companies and
the Washington Rapid Transit Co.
ut is hoped that it will point the
way to securing a rapid increase in
the quality of transportation service
| in Washington without the necessity
| for an increased street car fare. On
| nt L. hol;
| every one concerned recognizes that
| the failure of this line to operate
satisfactorily may tend to increase
| the agitation against street car oper-
| alton of busses. 1t is needless to
say that If and when traffic warrants
| more frequent and later busses, they
will be run"
/ - Request Is Held Up.
| The commission postponed action
on the petition Of the Washington
Rapid Transit Co. to extend it's
bus line in Petworth, pointing out
| that some of the streets included in
| the extension are not now in suit
able condition to permit of bus opera
! ton This petition probably will be
taken up again at a later date.
The route Of the new Washington
Railway & Electric bus line fol-
| lows: Starting at Thirtyseventh and
| S streets, east on to Thirty-f fifth,
south to Q street, east on Q into
| Massachusetts avenue to Twentieth
| street, south to X street, east to
! Thirteenth street, south to E street
and east to Tenth sreet. Returning
! the buses will go north to Tenth
| and K, west on K to Twentieth and
thence over the same route to the
starting point.