Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-17
REROUT|NG Of CARS
STUDIED BY BOARD.
Program to Aid City Trans
portation Put Before Plan
ming Commission.

A far-reaChing scheme of recruiting
that could he carried out to improve
transportation in Washington under
I unified street railway system was
laid before the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission today Ivy
Earl o. Mills. expert eonsutant. who
has devoted several months to n study
ct the street ear problem.
While the commission will not
undertake to act on the plan at this
meeting. certain features of the re
port were made public this afternoon
lowing some of the Improvements in
'"rviCe the experts believe would lie
possible with n united car system.
. Among the tons are:
. Elimination Of tracks entirely
from Fifteenth street between Penn
Sylvania and New York avenues
Elimination of tracks from Penn
@ylvania avenue between Fourteenth
ard Fifteenth streets and from New
York avenue between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets.
Would Eliminate Turns.
These track removals would fit in
with the general aim OF the proposed
plan to create as many direct car lines
running north and south or east and
west. as possible. thereby eliminating
a large percentage of the turns neces-
sary by existing routes.
In connection with these elmna-
tions. Mr. Mills advised the commits
sion that ii seems inevitable that the
track which now ends on & street at
Fifteenth should extend diaSonally to
connect with the tracks on PennSyl-
vania avenue running west from
Fifteenth street. Thi, connection
however. would necess.,ate a slight
encroachmcnt on one corner Of the
grounds Of the Treasury Department.
and it is proposed to submit this par
ticular recommendation To the Fine
Arts Commission for ST udy.
These eliminations also would be
designed tn simplify the sO-callcd
street car bottle neck" at the inter
section of Fifteenth street. New York
and Pennsylvania avenues.
The regular sessions of the COM
mission Yesterday were followed by Il
dinner at the Cosmos Club last night.
attended by representatives of the
trade bodies and other civic groups,
for the purpose of getting the view
point Of these civic workers on the
several pieces of legislation which the
commission has under considera ton
fro the coming session of Congress.
Technical Changes Suggested.
There was rather general agree
mont on the principles of the proposed
| legislation. although quite number
Of changes in the technical wording
of the bills we're suggested" Lieut..
Col. t. s. Grant. Sd. executive officer
Of the commission, said today in dis
GUESSING the results of the dinner con-
iCicnce.
Col. Grant pointed out that the
Park Commission itself has not yet
adopted any of the proposed bills
and will weigh. all the suggestions
made last night before taking final
action. The most important of the
several Legislative proposals is that
which seeks to- make 10000. 900 avail
able for purchase of park sites at the
rate of S2.000,000 annually for five
years. in order to enable the commits
sion to acquire essential park projects
before they are used for other pur-
poses or before they increase in price.
Officials of the commission are trying
to devise plan under which 81 .000.-
600 year could be. made available
without adding that sum to the an
nual tax burden. One suggestion being
discussed tentatively is that Congress
advance that amount annually. to be
paid back at the rate of about $500 900
a year. which would not increas Sc the
present allotment of money for park
purchases.
Bridge Approach Discussed.
Do VII cciN nd
the Fine Arts Commission did not de-
eide Yesterday afternoon on plan
for treating the approach to the new
Arlington Memorial Bridge, it
was generally agreed that the ap-
proach should be laid out in such a
way as to permit the building Of an
underpass if one should seem desirable
in later years to prevent traffic con-
gestion at the bridge.
The suggest ion for an underpaSs
grows out of the fact that traffic
coming down the connecting parkway
from Rock Creek Park to Potomac
Park will pass the approach to the
Arlington Bridge.
The two commissions had before
them working models of proposed APP
proaches both with and without an I'M
derpass. but it was decided to have
those in charge of building the bridge
study the question further.
Committee Appointed.
The Park Commission appointed a
subcommittee yesterday to submit def
mite recommendations later as to the
proposed park areas that should lie
acquired if some financial plan can be
devised for obtaining advances of ap-
preparations for that purpose.
The system of proposed major thor
oughfares also will be studied by
committee during the next two months
and taken up again at the November
meeting.