Evening star., 1926-06-12

Already in the highlands. from that
point he can secure rapid connection
with a bus climbing the mountains
which enshroud Cumberland.
Each Washington bus terminal has
characteristics which stamp 1t as
Union Station on a smaller scale, with
travellers awaiting incoming coaches,
]uggage placed here and there and the
same attitude of Subdued hustle and
excitement among attendants, parting
guests and well-wishing hosts and host
esses. Upon the arrival of the huge,
we'll proportioned monarch of the high
ways, immediate preparations are
made for another trip. Baggage is
placed aboard in specially built COM
partmentS or made fast upon top
carefully equipped for the purpose,
and passengers settle themselves for a
swift, clean and vibrationless journey
over roads f1anked by growing fields,
deep, shaded woods and languid vii
lagos stepped in the lore and the ira
lition of the countryside.
Seasoned bus travellers make the
pofns that the modern motor coach,
besides furnishing rapid, sure and safe
transportation, also enables those who
use 1t to get close to the region
through which they are travelling, to
territory, to observe unique habits
and customs-and, a very joy to the
city person, to breathe the fragrance
Of the wild rose and honeysuckle EN-
route.
Washington bus lines afford the
rapidity, the pleasure. the comfort and
the safety herin indicated, and each
month brings further extension of
each one Of these varied and signifi-
cant phases.
Alexandria Lines Cited.
Alexandria, Va, second oldest town
in the United States, rich in tradition
and having IA history which dates back
into shadowy centuries. and today a
thriving and prosperous community,
now is connected with the Capital by
two representative bus systems, run
by the Alexandria. Bancroft and
Washington line. Some idea Of the
type of service now being rendered by
susoline powered public conveyances
everywhere may be gained from the
fact that busses ply between Wash
ington and the Virginia town 116
times a day, and that there is no ces-
sation of' service at any time Of the
day or night. A bare 80 minutes are
consumed in making a one-way trip.
The all-night service maintained by
the bus lines to Alexandria indicates
that the spirit of progress, of which
the motor coach itself is such an out
standing example, is being carried out
TO the last detail by those within this
great industry. and that no stone is
being left unturned to make the bus
of the greatest possible benefit to its
ever-g growing clientele. AS a result Of
the motor coach the people of Alexan-
S~;o Nd In nf
never are without a common means or
transportation; the two centers never
are isolated, no matter what hour the
hands Of the clock may show.
While this survey does not contem-
plate purely local bus lines, sight
seeing vehicles to Mount Vernon and
Arlington nor connecting systems, 1t
is of too much general interest locally
to fail to state that there is an impor-
tant bus line operated from Alexan-
dria to Camp Humphreys. which con-
meets with the coaches from Wash
ington.
Two lines of sure.footed, sleek giants
of the road traverse the historic and
busy territory between the National
Capital and Philadelphia, taking the
Bladensburg road to Hyattsville,
thence to Laurel and Baltimore, from
there through Aberdeen. Nd, and on
TO the metropolis of Pennsylvania by
way Of Havre de Grace. Operated by
the Red Star Line and Peoples Transit
Co., these busses, among the finest and
most completely equipped to be seen
on the roads today, make the oneWay
trip in 420 minutes hours. The mo.
torist knows what remarkable time
this is. Each of these two lines makes
two trips a day, another indication of
the march of progress and straw In
the wind relative to what the traveller
may reasonably expect within the next
few years. The Peoples line starts at
Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue and the Red Star busses leave
from the same point.
New York in Eleven Hours.
The New York jump is the longest
undertaken by any bus line operating
out of the city, and the buses run
ming between the two points are really
beautiful examples Of the best the
modern bus builder has to offer in the
way of safety, comfort, speed and con-
venience. Travellers making this trip
comment upon the -swiftnesS and the
sureness of the flight, the complete
lack Of trouble experienced. the APP
parent ease with which the huge
broad-bottomed vehicle cuts down the
scores Of miles which separate Capitol
Hill from City Hall Park. This line
is operated by the Palace Coach Co.
and the one trip daily is made in IL
hours of enjoyable touring. The start
ing place Is the Annapolis Hotel.
Bladensburg, Md, apparently Is the
favored spot of motor busses, mas
much as six different lines run to or
through the little town famed in