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

one, is that running from Mount Oil
vet road and Montello avenue north
east to Eleventh and G streets south
east, via Montello avenue, Oats street,
Trinidad avenue, Fifteenth street, Ten
nessee avenue, Fourteenth street. East
Capitol street, Eighteenth street, A
street, Fourteenth street. South Caro-
lima avenue, Twelfth street. and G
street, returning via Twelfth street,
South Carolina avenue, Fourteentn
street, A street, Eighteenth street,
East Capitol street, Fourteenth street,
MARYLAND avenue, Fifteenth street.
Florida avenue, Trinidad avenue, Oats
street and Montello avenue. Operated
on a Roadway of 20 minutes. this
route is covered in 81 minutes by the
powerful vehicles running on 1t.
Bus to Northeast.
The Nichols avenue and Good Hope
road bus, which runs to Alabama and
Nichols avenues, goes by way or Gooo
Hope road and Alabama avenue. ana
goes through Good Hope, Garfield and
Congress Heights.
Running from Twenty second ana
Monroe streets northeast to Nine
teenth and II streets northwest, a w.
r. and E. bus goes by way of Monroe
street. Twelfth street northeast, max
ing a loop via Fourth street and Cham
ming street, thence to Rhode Island
avenue, Vermont avenue, street,
Fourteenth street, vermont avenue
X street, west side of Mcpherson
Square, Vermont avenue, II street 10
Nineteenth street, returning via Nine
r ctr aq ar
Pherson Square, Vermont avenue,
Fourteenth street, n street, Vermont
avenue, Rhode Island avenue, Fourth
street to Central avenue northeast.
There is bus every 20 minutes 10
Twenty-second and Monroe, and the
same holds true for q bus to Fourth
and Central avenue, making q 1O-min-
ute Roadway for the entire line. The
full trip occupies Sc minutes.
Operating on S0.minute headway
and covering the round trip in min
utes, brown bus runs from Thirty
fifth and Reservoir streets to Reser.
voir and Foxall road via Reservoir
road. returning by the same route to
Thirty-fifth street and Reservoir road,
thence making a loop from Thirty
fifth street to Thirty-fourth street TO
Thirty-fifth street and to point Of be.
ginning.
This. then, completes the list of bus
routes run by the Washington Hail"
way and Electric Co. within the Dis
trict of Columbia. This company op.
crates O. number of lines out Of the
city. but they were covered in q sur.
vey published in The Star on June IL,
which detailed all bus systems going
to points outside Washington.
WI RI, Routes Outlined.
The washington Rapid Transit's
routes, which operate through some
of the downtown section and in thick
ly settled residential regions, next VIII
be outlined. The streets traverseo py
this organizations massive single and
double deeked buses will be shown,
together with the Roadway and run
ming time maintained, thus giving q
clear view of operations.
One of the most popular bus trips
in the National Capital begins at Six
teenth and Kennedy streets and runs
to Eighth and Pennsylvania avenue
via Sixteenth street, Massachusetts,
avenue. Thirteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue, returning by way or
Pennsylvania avenue, Twelfth street,
ssachusetts avenue, Sixteenth
street, Colorado avenue and kennedy
street. Numerous buses are run on
this line during the course of q. day,
as its 71h-minute Roadway will indt-
cate. A total of 56 minutes is re.
quired to make the complete round
trip tour.
The Sixteenth and Harvard streets
to Lincoln Memorial line proves at
attractive to many, the buses moving
| to their destination by way Of his
toric Sixteenth street, II street. Madi-
son place. east Executive avenue,
south of White House, State place,
| Seventeenth street, B street and
| Twenty-third street, and returning via
| the same route. 1t takes 40 minutes
| for these handsome vehicles to make
| the full trip, and the 10-minute head
way makes them convenient at all
| times during the day.
Approximately 35 minutes Is con-
sumed in making the Eighth and Penn
| sylvania avenue to Lincoln Memorial
| trip, while a l5-minute schedule is
maintained on this route. The ma
| chimes go by way of Pennsylvania
| avenue, Twelfth street, K street, Fiji
| teenth street, Vermont avenue. II
street, Pennsylvania avenue, TWEEN
{ tieth street, New York avenue and
! Twenty-third street, returning via Me-
mortal driveway B street, Seventeenth
| street, Pennsylvania avenue, Madison
place, Vermont avenue, street, Thir-
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave.
nue..
Buchanan Line Longest.
| Probably the longest regular trip
| over the Washington Rapid Transit
| line is furnished by what is known as
route H. This runs from Fourteenth
| and Buchanan streets to Eighth and
| Pennsylvania avenue, via Buchanan
! street, Iowa avenue, Allison street
| Illinois avenue, Grant Circle, New
| Hampshire avenue, Park road. Thir.
| teenth street, Columbia road, Six.
teenth street, / street, Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, re-
| turning by way of Pennsylvania ave
nue., Twelfth street, X street. Six
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