The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-08-18
CHANGES IN WEST PENN
SCHEDULE NOW IN EFFECT
Through Service From FairmOnt
To Mountain Lake Park.

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| Three-hour bus service has been in
augurated between Morgantown, w
Va, ard Mountain Lake Park, it was
announced yesterday by officials of the
Monongahela-West Penn Public Ser
vice Company. The announcement also
contained information that hourly
bus service between Richard and Nor
gantown had been started and that
only through buses would be oper-
ated between Morgantown and Fair
mont.
All of the changes are in accordance
with the plan of the West 1enn to
augment and improve its bus system
in this section of Maryland and West
Virginia.
Faster Running Time.
The running time between Fair
mont and Morgantown under the new
schedule is one hour and ten minutes,
or twenty minutes less than the time
required by street car and bus thru
the Rivesville terminal before.
All northbound buses, that is those
travelling toward Morgantown from
Fairmont, continue to Richard after
making a stop at the Court House to
discharge and take on passengers. In
stead of being only stop on the Nor
gantown to Kingwood, as was the
case, Richard is really a new terminal.
Because the patronage does not JUS
tify it the former two-hour schedule
between Morgantown and Kingwood
is discontinued and instead of being a
terminal, Kingwood has become stop
on the three-hour run between Nor
gantown and Mountain Lake Park.
Make Train Connections.
The early morning westbound bus
from Mountain Lake Park to Morgan
town meets B. & O. train No. 3 at
Terra Alta, thus affording travellers
from the east to Morgsntown saving
of two and half hours over present
railroad schedules. 1t will no longer
be necessary to make the trip from
the east by way of M. and K. juno
ton or Grafton and Fairmont. The
eastbound bus later in the day makes
connections in Terra Alta with train
No. IL to New York, offering another
large time saving for travellers out OF
Morgiantown.
New Buses In Service.
In order to provide this augmented
service, it was necessary for the West
Penn Company to purchase five new
International buses, which were put
into use yesterday.
These machines have capacity of
10 passengers, exclusive of the driver,
and are said to be superior to any COM
mercial vehicle employed on routes in
this section. They are finished in
bluebell with sand colored trimmings.
The interior of the buses is finished
in walnut with draped windows and
linoleum coverings on the floors. The
seats are of the bucket-type, Karpen
fiber chairs, upholstered in leather
with pitch of 26 degrees. The cush-
ions are of the spring type, padded
with curled hair.
Equipment of these machines in
cludes a special heater system, roof
ventilators, six dome lights, the Far
raday buzzer system, Westinghouse
airbrakes, dual tires on the rear wheels
and a tarpaulin covered baggage rack
on top.
The motors are of 4O.8 horse power
and the machines weigh 1880 pounds
when empty. Dimensions of the BUSES
are as follows: Overall length, %
feet, inches; wheelbase 1870 inches;
length inside body, 219 inches; width
inside body, S3 inches; heighth inside
body, 80 inches; width of entrance
door, "a inches.