Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Easy Riding Is Feature.

ACT as DuSy lScuelS AoA tio oiSoeAN~
1 systems.
Easy Riding Is Feature.
Washington's buses make hundreds
! of trips a day, some of them long,
some OF them short, some from one
end of the city to q distant and
! tucked-away corner, some OF them be-
tween points seemingly just stones
! throw from each other. These trips
are made in buses distinguished by
| their riding qualities and by their
| ability to he at their starting points
on time and arrive at their destina-
| tons precisely on the dot. These
| coaches, most of them. are not as
| large as the intercity machines, being
| built specifically for intra-community
| work, but they are Graded quite as
well and seem just as free from ordi-
| nary automotiye ills.
Each year has seen vast improve
ment in the actual construction OF
| these buses until today they appear
| quite perfect in every mechanical
way. The motors do not bark but, on
! the contrary, hum like those of high
| priced passenger cars; the seats are
cushioned scientifically; head room
arrangements are thoughtful, and the
| drivers comfort has been well con-
| Sidered
There are three names to be borne
in mind in considering Washington's
| bus transportation system-Washing.
ton Railway & Electric Co., Washing
! ton Rapid Transit Co. and Capital
! Traction Co. The Washington Rapid
! Transit Co is owned by the North
American Co., the huge public utility
| organization which controls con-
siderable stock of the washington
/! Railway e. Electric Co.
Klotz Aids Survey.
The Washington Railway &
Electric Co.'S Rock Creek Church
road line is as good a place as any. to
begin this survey which will include
| all the National Capitals bus sys-
| TENS and all their various routes. In
making the survey, The Star has had
| the active, hearty and full-spirited
cooperation of Capt. Robert C. Klotz,
| bus engineer of the District of Co
| lumbia Public Utilities Commission
and a leading authority on auto
| motive common carriers.
| The line mentioned above runs
| from Rock Cretek Church road and
| Randolph street to Seventeenth street
| and Park road via Rock Creek Church
| road, New Hampshire avenue, PARK
road, Mount Pleasant street, Newton
| street, Nineteenth street, Lamont
| street and Seventeenth street, return
| ing via Seventeenth street, New
| Hampshire avenue and Rock Creek
| Church road. These buses operate
on a nine minute Roadway through
| out the day and take "a minutes to
| complete one round trip. An ex-
! tension west on Park road into Rock
Creek Park picnic grounds is OPP
| Grated Saturdays, Sundays and holi-
| days in Summer.
Another important Washington
Railway and Electric line, one which
has proved an important stimulus to
| development in a portion of the sec.
| ton it traverses, is the so-called
Woodley road branch. This line runs
| from Wisconsin avenue and Ordway
street to Columbia road and Cali.
fornia street, via Wisconsin avenue,
| Ordway street, Thirty-fourth street
Woodley road, Cathedral avenue
| Twenty-seventh street, Woodley ROAD
Connecticut avenue, Wy m n g
| avenue, Columbia road and Call
fornia street to Connecticut avenue
and returning via Connecticut
avenue, Woodley road, Twenty.
seventh street. Cathedral avenue
| Woodley road and Wisconsin avenue
| to Ordway street. These buses run
on To- minute Roadway and the trip
they make takes 81 minutes, includ.
Ing going and coming.
Another line leaves Seventeenth and
X streets for the Lincoln Memorial
moving along through Seventeenth
street Pennsylvania avenue. Nine
teenth street, B street and Memorial
Driveway, and returning via Drive
way, B street, Eighteenth street and
Is street. Buses operating on the lat
ter line keep to a schedule calling fol
lO-minute Roadway and Commute run
ming time.
/ Long Run to Georgetown.
Quite a run is made by the bussas
which leave Tenth and Pennsylvania
avenue and run to Thirty-seyenth anG
I, returning by way of Thirty-seventf
street, street, Thirty-fifth street, c
street, Massachusetts avenue, Tween
tieth street, K street, Thirteenth
street to Pennsylvania avenue ant
Tenth street. Operating on a 12-min
ute Roadway, it takes these huge
BUSES a scant AZ minutes to make the
round trip.
Another run Of considerable length
and q line of great Importance to 6
lGrge number of persons, Is that run
ming from Dupont Circle to Forty
fifth and Fessenden streets and return
via Massachusetts avenue, Cathedra
avenue, New Mexico avenue tTunlav
road, Nebraska avenue, Massachu
sets avenue, Murdoch Mill road
Forty-ninth street, Chesapeake street
Forty-tlfth street, Ellicott street
FtHt y-seventh street and Fessender
street. 1t is provided that duriny
morning and evening run hours buses
operated over this route shall be-
DETECTED at Massachusetts avenue ant
Twentieth street and run thence tt
Seventeenth and l streets and return
via Twentieth street, K street, Seven
tenth street, / street, Eighteenth
street, X street and Twentieth street
These buses work on a 60.minut,
Roadway and the time consumed il
completing one round trip is Sc min
utes.
Still another w. r. e. bus line Il
operated out from Fifteenth and +
streets northeast which runs to Blad
ensburg road and the District lin
and return via Bladensburg road. 4
15-minute Roadway Is maintained b,
these buses, which make the rount
"trip In 16 minutes.
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