Evening star., 1927-10-23

| the bus terminal in downtown wash
| ington to that point via Mount Rain
Ter. The Harry Hopkins Transporta-
ton Co. is the line in question, and Its
five busses make 23 trips daily. carry
| ing an average of about 22O persons.
Another line running out of Cheverly.
| Md, is operated by the Washington
| Suburban Realty Co, which has one
vehicle. making five daily trips and
carrying a daily average of 45 pas
| sengers. The Cheverly bus Is sta
toned at the Washington bus termi-
| nal.
The two busses running to Halls
! Hill. Va, leave from Thirty-fifth and
| NJ streets and make "a round trips
daily. serving an average of 265 per-
sons. The Washington, Virginia Il
Maryland Coach Co, whose busses also
| leave from Thirty.fifth and NJ streets.
| operates its 10 vehicles on very
active schedule, making 81 trips
! day to Cherrydale. Va; SO trips to
Ballston and 3S to Fort Myer. Every
other bus of the Cherrydale line goes
| to the Washington Golf and Country
! Club On the first mentioned runs. an
average of TAO persons are carried;
| 1910 is the estimated total between
here and Ballston. while 120 are car.
ried on the Fort Myer trips.
Virginia Lines.
A line known as the Virginia Tran
| sit Company runs its two busseS on
six trips a day to Fairfax by way Of
Falls Church and Tysons, and the
estimated number Of passengers car.
ried is So. There is still another
company, which operates under the
name Of Lee Highway Motor Coach,
| Uyhj m E11 u nd
Fairfax. According to late figures,
this line has six vehicles at it's dis
rosal, and with them runs 27 round
| trips a day to Falls Church and goes
| through to Fairfax for five trips. The
| figures on approximate number Of
passengers carried read 162 and 40,
| respectively. These busses are sta
toned at Twelfth street and Pennsyl.
vania avenue.
Apparently there is some demand
| for a bus line to Luray. Va, for the
Laurence Garage Company has two
busses in this service. They leave
from the regular terminal, and make
| the trip via Warrenton once a day.
The daily estimated average number
| OF persons using this bus is put at
| nine by authorities of the local Pub
| lie Utilities Commission. Quantico,
Va, is another destination of a bus
line out Of Washington. The Guam
washington line has one bus in
service that makes two trips a day
FOR the convenience of approximately
lS persons. The Quantico bus may
be boarded at its starting point, the
established bus terminal.
Returning to Luray. it is noted that
the Washington-Luray line makes two
trips a day to Luray and also two
trips to Winchester. The four busses
used carry II and 36 persons, respec-
lively, on the average
Extensive service is furnished by
the Washington, Marlboro & An
napolis line. which operates busses
to Capitol Heights. Marlboro and the
Maryland capital. To Capitol Heights,
this company, which owns six busses,
makes 81 trips day, carrying about
I20 passengers, rather siZable total.
The Marlboro bus of this company
makes six trips day, conveying SO
persons, while the Naval Academy
city is the destination on two trips.
An average of 21 passengers travel
the latter. The terminal at Little
Ninth, street is the starting point for
the W. M. & A. lines carriers.
The Baltimore bus so.called, is
operated by the Washington Motor
Coach Co.. Inc, which has. its stand
at Fourteenth street and Pennsyl.
vania avenue. A total of IA trips a
day are made to the Monumental
City by this organizations fleet. while
two round-trip runs are made be.
tween the National Capital and An
napolis. An average Of 228 persons
are carried on the Baltimore trips,
with an estimated total of As taking
the runs down to Annapolis. The
company owns IL busses.
A great many trips are made each
day by the interurban carriers of the
Washington Rapid Transit Co., which
leave from Fourteenth street and
Colorado avenue. For instance. Is
trips are made to Linden, Md, while
a total of 38 are registered each day
to Forest Glen and return. Twenty
two is the total number of round
trips between Fourteenth street and
Colorado avenue and Four Corners.
Other Suburban Lines.
Southern Maryland points are the
objectives OF the Tidewater Lines,
Inc, a company which owns four
busses. Two round trips are made
each day from Twelfth street and
New York avenue in Washington to
Leonardtown, two to Brandywine; and,
during the Summer, a trip is made
daily to Scotland Beach, which is a
considerable distance below Leonard
town. From October l to May "a
one trip is made to Rock Point, while
during the Summer the schedule is
stepped up to two trips a day. The
| same holds true for Coltons Point
| 1t is estiplated that on these runs
about As persons are served each day.
Sxyff fn11 oh ~ IL
to the lines already named as running
| to Annapolis Is the bus service of the
| Washington. Baltimore e Annapolis
Electric Railway. which makes three
round trips to the Maryland capital.
AS previously stated, these buses
| leave from the w. B. G AS station
| at Twelfth and New York avenue,
from whence it's trains depart. While
| the line runs trains to Baltimore, 1t
| concentrates its bus service on Annap-
oils alone.
Continuous service from $40 IN. to
| 12:45 am. is afforded by the interurban
busses of the Washington Railway
& Electric Co., which. leaving from
| Fifteenth and Fl streets northeast,
run out as far as Laurel. via Hyatts-
vile. The number of persons served
| by this line is quite large.
A line known as the Red Belt, and
| operating two busses from the Wash
| ington terminal. makes six round
| trips a day between the National
| Capital and Rockville, over the Rock
vile Pike. Twenty-Five is the esti
mated passenger list.
| The line operating busses to the
farthest point is the Peoples Transit
Co, subsidiary of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Co., which plies be.
tween Washington and Philadelphia.
This run is made regularly twice each
day. and the company has four busses
in this service. According to esti-
| mates, the average number Of pas
sengers carried each day is eight. The
| Philadelphia busses may be boarded at
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