Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-19
GARRISON ROAD BUS
HEARING CONTINUED
Proposal of Railway to Augment
Service Is Argued at
Richmond.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, January 19.-Ad-
vocates and opponents of the proposal
in the petition of the Arlington and
Fairfax Railway to operate bus line
from the corner of Glebe road and
Garrison road in Arlington County to
Clarendon. Hatfield and across the
Highway Bridge into Washington were
heard before the State Corporation
Commission in a long session yesterday
which did not adjourn until night,
when the case was continued until
January Is at IL am.
DR.. Julius H Parmelee, president OF
the railway, stated that the bus line
was to be subsidiary to the latter. The
company expected to run 10 buses, he
said, and the proposed service would
give satisfactory outlet into the heart
of the city of Washington. The ter
minal was to be located at 1913 D
street northwest. A large part Of Fair
fax County is not served by any other
carrier except this railroad, he ex-
plained. and declared that it was vital
to that section that this transportation
be continued. Unless the bus service
could be operated by the company, he
said, the revenues would not be suffl-
Gent to maintain the railroad and 1t
would have to be abandoned
Franklin Williams, farmer and fruit
grower, and a former member OF the
General Assembly, testified that the
railway had been operating 80 years
satisfactorily. There was no other
| Transportation service, he said. and the
town of lakewood would be wiped off
| the map" if this service should be dis
continued. His neighborhood regarded
it as. a public necessity.
Mentioning the Westinghouse High
School as one reason for establishing
| the bus line, Mrs. Harry Bray, 5 North
| Plymouth avenue, said that the senti-
ment of her neighborhood was very
much in favor of operating BUSES on
| Garrison road. She lived across the
street from the high school, which she
described as a public center without
any transportation facilities.
Counsel for the railway sought tc
bring out in the testimony OF William
E. Gilmore, Government employe, testi-
mony to show that the Washington
| Virginia g. Maryland Coach Co. a par
allel line, was not giving service thai
met the demands of that section. Rep
resentatives of this parallel line are
opposing the petition. Mr.. Gilmore
who gave his residence as one BLOCK
north of Garrison road on Main street
said that the other bus line had never
been satisfactory" to him. I'VE don'i
want to have to transfer to get to Wash.
ington," he said. THE new line will bt
a great convenience over the transfer a
Arlington Junction"
S. P. Vanderslice, 2o5 Beach street
Clarendon, who is the principal OF tn,
Westinghouse High School, was tn,
first witness called for the DIRECTORS
He said that the present line-alway
referred to at the hearing as the AR
mold busses"-had been ready to max
satisfactory schedule of special bu
service for the accommodation of tn
school, He said he could think of n,
reason for granting permission" to tn
proposed new line. But questioning
brought from him the statement tina
there would be no particular disad
vantage, unless 1t would be dangerou
on Garrison road" The new bus lin
- would operate far enough from tn
school, he admitted, not to interior
with its activities. He also comedies