Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
UNION BUS DEPOT
PLAN Suffered
Structure to Replace Old
Hudson Hotel Is Suggest
ed for Terminal. -

An offer to provide ample facilities
for the proposed union motor bus ter
n1inai In a new business building plan
ned for the site Of the old Hudson Hotel
132p-l331 H street, was made TO the
Public Utilities Commission today by
Dewey 81 Co, Inc, with of1ces In the
Southern Building.
The firm pointed out In letter to
the commission that 1t would construct
the new building with provisions for the
bus terminal II given assurance that
all or a greater part of the buses en-
gagged In Interstate transportation would
use It,.
The Commission also received from
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan, commander
of the District militia, a promise to con-
slider the use of the upper floors as an
armory of any building that may be
erected as q terminal for the Is DIFF
ferent interstate bus lines operating into
and out Of washington. Gen. Stephan
explained that the militia has q certain
sum which it may use to lease arrnory
quarters.
Tufts Offers Aid.
Both of these offers as we'll as a letter
from Warner Tufts Of the national
motor bus division of the American
Automobile Association, volunteering the
services of its committee on schedules
and information in the development of
plans for terminal. were considered
by the Commission at its regular semi
weekly meeting today.
Tufts wrote to John w. childress,
chairman Of the commission, who has
for several years advocated the estab-
lishment of q union bus terminal, CEN
| trally located, in order to eliminate the
IS different sidewalk terminals Of the
interstate lines.
Though the national motor bus d.
vision is a trade association whose ac-
tivities are primarily concerned with the
common interests OF bus operators all
over the country" he said. I'VE never
theless have been compelled through
our location In Washington and our
| can Automobile Association to provide
| information to travellers regarding bus
| departures, ETC., from the city Of Wash
| ington. Our work has been harnpered
not little by the multiplicity Of ter
| mina stands which these irtercity OPP
| orators have selected for the carrying
! on Of their business.
THE difficulties that the average
| traveller must encounter are very much
more acute, simply because he Is at
50 much greater q disadvantage by not
| HAVING LIE SOuICc VI AuAOiHokIOh tiob
we have. This point, I notice, Is par
| ticularly stressed by you. 1t was the
| outstanding objection that those Of us
who were heartily interested In bus
operation had to the multiple street
stand methods that we're used In New
York City prior to the police commits
sioner's requirement that the intercity
buses there provide off-the-street ter
| minals for themselves"
Board Of Trade Acts.
The commission viii have an ally in
It's effort to solve the bus terminal prob
| lem. The Washington Board Of Trade
announced today that its public utilities
committee will consider this question at
luncheon meeting ct the City Club
| wednesday afternoon ct 1880 o'clock,
Chairman Childress Of the commission
and Earl " Fisher, It's executive secre-
, tary, have been invited to explain the
conditions created by the lack Of terni-
nal facilities for the interstate bussesl
Jesse c. Adkins. past president Of the
District Bar Association and chair-srf
Of the committee, will preside.