Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
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Street Car Company Points
to Loss of $14,700 in
Five Seasons.

AZ ORE than a few harsh
I'M words are being leveled
1 ' L in the general direction
Of the transportation
minded gents who have seriously
curtailed the facilities for trans
porting golfers from the city down
to the wind-Swept reaches Of East
Potomac Park, where they may
play golf If they are able after
the long walk from the nearest
street car.
It used to be that bus ran from the
south end Of the Treasury, operated by
one of the street car companies, but
with the dawn Of the New Year that
service was discontinued on week days
and patrons were notified that bus
service to the East Potomac Park golf
courses will be available only on Satur-
days, Sundays and holidays.
Which Is the reason for the afore-
said harsh words. How do we," the
former patrons Of the bus lines ask,
get to the doggoned golf course with
out bus service? Not many of us have
automobiles, and the field house is q
long way away from q street car. Walk
ing on golf course Is all right, but
when you have TO walk flock Of para
sangs TO get to the course, that Is not
50 good"
Bus Doesn't Pay.
The reason for discontinuance Of the
bus Is failure to make operating ex-
penses, accoRding to the Capital Trac-
ton Co., which has operated the bus
service for several years. But at the
same time the notice was posted 1t was
noted that the fare had been reduced
from is to 10 cents, Nand Sam Henry,
who officiates as starter at the golf
courses, tells US that arrangements have
been made with the operators of the
Hams Point buses to carry golfers, N
addition to sightseers.
But that viii necessitate trip around
the point before the golfers can get 10
their golf. However, mouthful is bet
ter than nothing, even II the nlouthful
isn't so palatable. Meanwhile the pa
irons of the bus company are wonder
ing what Is TO be done in the Spring,
when public links golf assumes the
stature of a major sport. It would seem
to be to the benefit Of 8. q. LeofIier,
the golf concessionnaire, to put In some
kind Of bus arrangement Of his own,
for it cannot be doubted that much of
his business comes 10 his establishment
by bus.
Meanwhile the Capital Traction Co.,
a corporation operating for profit, tells
us that in the five years of operation
of the golf course bus service, 1t has
sustained net loss Of $14,700 and q
few cents, and that ~ per cent Of the
business Of the bus line during those
years was done on week ends and hol-
idays. So there you are. II you can
take your golf or leave 1t alone, walk.
And II you like to ride, wait until some
Saturday or Sunday or holiday comes
along.
New Layout In May.
Loeffler expects to open up in May
the new nine-hole course he has con-
structed along the east side of the
Speedway and it looks like bang-up
good golf layout. It appears TO be bunk.
cred more heavily than any Of the other
mines, particularly around the putting
green's, which should make it a fine
test of golf.
Something by way Of a record for a
days play In January was set at the,
Columbia Country Club last Sunday,
when 1873 persons started from the first
tee. Darcy Banagan, the light-hearted
statisticiar, said that this nearS the top
mark for any Winter Sunday, adding
that 106 persons left the first tee Sat-
urday, which was nearly as mild g day
as Sunday.
The record number of persons play
ing the Columbia course during jan
uary and February In any Winter went
over the layout in January, 1927, when
a total of 1910 players used the course.
OF course all the other club courses
were crowded. last Sunday, but only one
or two of them kept accurate count of
the play, and none reached as high a
figure as Columbia.