Evening star., 1934-10-23
PLANS OF ROUTING
BUSSESARE READY
Commission Resumes Study
of Needs Brought Up by
Three Track Schemes.

Plans for rerouting the buses Of
the Capital Transit Co. will be placed
before the Public Utilities Commission
when its hearings are resumed this
afternoon. Fred A. Sager, the COM
lsission's chief engineer, will outline
the plans for what he considers neces-
sary in view of the many track
changes already proposed.
One of the new bus routes TO be
offered by Mr. Sager, it is understood,
Is q line from Seventeenth and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, following M
street to Water street southwest, thence
north on Twelfth to K street north
west, west on K street and to Dupont
Circle and then west on P street, the
western half OF the line replacing
street-car service. which is to be sban-
doned on P street, west of Dupont
Circle.
Another new route to be suggested
is a cross-town line from Catholic
University by way of Park road,
Klingle road, Porter street and Con-
necticut avenue to Chevy Chase.
Third Route Would Be Feeder.
Still another new departure will be
feeder line wholly in the section
west of Rock Creek Park to connect
with the two Street-car services now
in that territory on Connecticut ave-
nue. and Wisconsin avenue.
The hearings resumed yesterday
after several weeks recess and three
track rerouting plans were advanced.
Two of these were presented By John
A. Beeler as the joint work OF his
organization and the engineering
bureau of the commission.
At the afternoon session. however,
Mr.. Sager presented third plan de-
veloped by the engineering bureau.
The Sager plan seeks to avoid the
objections which have been raised by
Washington bankers to building track
in Fifteenth street between H street
and New York avenue, and also OBJ
avenue Presbyterian Church and the
George Washington University Hos
pital to building any new track in
H street from Fourteenth to Thir-
teenth streets.
Would Use Double Trackage.
This third plan does neither, and
thereby differs from all previous plans.
1t proposes to build double track in
F street between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth streets, connected with the
Fifteenth street trackage. Then cars
would be routed from Seventeenth
street east on Pennsylvania avenue,
some Of them going east on New
York avenue to Kenilworth and other
points by way of New York avenue.
K street. Massachusetts, avenue and H
street, and some Of the cars would be
routed south on Fifteenth street,
thence east on F street
This plan leaves as its most con-
gested section during the rush hours
the track on Fourteenth street be-
tween G street and New York avenue,
over which A cars must pass in the
busiest Is minutes. Sager said that
he had actually observed 80 cars pass
ing similarly busy intersection. so
that the A cars was not an impossible
load. President John H. Hanna said
the 44-car load was not impossible,
but that II anything went wrong with
the rush-hour traffic, such a load
would tie up Fourteenth street for
| blocks.
Would Keep Vehicles Clear.
Sager suggested that the tracks on
| Fourteenth street be kept clear of
vehicles other than street cars, per-
haps by the construction of additional
! loading platforms. or else by the con-
struction of post and wire distractions
| wherever possible to keep automobiles
I off the tracks If this were done, he
said, 1t would be much easier for
the street cars to maintain their
! schedules.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission filed an objec-
ton to one piece Of rerouting already
| ordered by the Utilities Commission
the creation Of Potomac Park loop
by single tracks in Eighteenth, Nine
| teenth streets and Virginia avenue.
The Planning Commission did not
want any tracks on Eighteenth street
and instead suggested double track
on Nineteenth street with small loop
at the bottom of Nineteenth street.
Their objection was based on the COM
ing construction of the new Interior
Department Building, which is to
have space for 400 automobiles in its
basement. These will emerge on
Eighteenth street in the afternoons at
the point of peak street car traffic,
and hence the Planning Commission
wants Eighteenth street clear of car
| tracks. Whether the Utilities Com
mission will withdraw its order in
view of the late objection is not
known.