Evening star., 1934-08-17
Sessions Before Public Utili.
ties Group Recessed Until
September 10.
1888 SUGGESTIONS FILED
IN COMMISSIONS OFFICE
Capital Transit, Beeler and SageI
Introduce Ten Major
Plans.

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was recessed today until September II
to allow the commission and its staff
time to make a competitive study o1
the 10 major plans offered.
Four of the plans were introduced
yesterday by the Capital Transit Co
Three others were put in by John A
Beeler, consultant engaged by the
commission, and the remaining three
by Fred A. Sager, chief engineer fol
the commission.
In addition to these, there are In
the commissions files 1873 suggestions
for changes offered by individual citi.
zens or citizens associations, all oi
which will be tabulated and consid-
cred in connection with the Other
plans.
On September 10 all Of the experts
who have offered rerouting plans viii
be available for cross-examination BY
any interested party.
Submits Four Plans.
w. B. Bennett, assistant to the
pT6SlucIlJ VI OAlC SoPAOdA IL dAAoAv W.
submitted four plans Of rerouting al
the hearing yesterday afternoon
Three of them were minor modiflca-
tions of plans already submitted by
commission experts. The company
favorite plan provides for new track
only in F street, where there will be
. a single track in F street between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets fol
westbound cars only.
This track, together with connec-
tions into the Fifteenth street and G
street. provides a downtown loop fol
cars entering the downtown district
from the east, such as the Maryland
and Brookland lines. This plan pro-
vides for additional double-Jrack
branch-offs at Fourteenth and H
streets and at Seventeenth and Il
streets.
The routing of the Rosslyn line re-
mains the same as at present, as does
one leg Of the service now coming
down Fourteenth street, which ter
inmates in Potomac Park. Another
leg of the Fourteenth street service Is
routed down Fourteenth street TO the
Bureau Of Engraving. A third Is
routed to Anacostia by way Of F
street, Fifth street, Indiana avenue
c street, First street southeast and z
street southeast.
The rest of the Fourteenth street
service (four cars an hour) also goes
through the downtown district by way
of F street and is turned back ir
front Of the Court House at loop to
be constructed there.
The line now operating to Takoms
Park from the end Of the Fourteenth
street line via Kennedy and Third
streets Is connected into Georgia ave-
nue. at Georgia avenue and Kennedy
streets. The routing schedule call'
for about "a cars per hour base serv-
ice as far north as Upshur street with
service north of that point spreading
out to the existing terminal at Sol.
diers' Home, Takoma Park, Fourth
and Butternut streets and Georgia
and Alaska avenues.
Chevy Chase Routing.
Part of the Chevy Chase service /.
routed downtown by way of Calvert
street, Columbia road, Connecticut
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sylvania avenue, and part by way oi
Eighteenth. U and Eleventh streets.
Three lines have their terminus
at the Rock Creek Bridge loop, one
operating to First and E streets south.
east by way of Florida and New Jer.
sey avenues, one to the Navy Yarc
by way of Florida avenue and Eighth
street east and the other to a down.
town loop by way of Eighteenth, I
and Eleventh streets.
The Columbia line is connected
through to the west to furnish service
to the Potomac Park area and to Pc.
tomac Park and Cabin John by way
of Pennsylvania avenue, M street anc
Wisconsin avenue. The Tenleytowr
line is operated to the turn arounc
Union Station by way of Wisconsin
avenue, M street, Pennsylvania ave.
nue., Fifteenth street, Pennsylvania
avenue, First and C streets.
The Eleventh street line loops ir
the downtown section as at present
The Mount Pleasant lines to East
Capitol and to Thirteenth and Z
streets northeast remain as at present
as does the Maryland Treasury line
The Brookland line is brought through
F street and looped back by way Of
Fifteenth and G streets.
Fred A. Sager, chief engineer o.
the commission, put into the recorc
a series of plans for changes in bu'
lines to accompany his suggested
changes in street car routes.
Seeks New Takoma Line.
He suggested a new line from Ta-
koma across Carroll and Cedar streets
to Fifth street and thence south or
Fifth to Madison street, west on Mad.
ison to Colorado avenue and thence
south on Colorado to Fourteenth anc
Kennedy streets to a terminal which
he suggested should be built by tht
company to accommodate transfer o.
passengers to the street car line.
The South Washington line should
be extended, he said, from Seven.
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave.
nue. southeast along x street and Pc.
tomac avenue to M street, west on N
street to Water street, north on Watel
street to Eleventh street, north or
Eleventh street to Virginia avenue
and north to Twelfth street and OF
to terminus at about H street
The Burleith bus line should b,
eliminated at least as a downtowl
route.
The Potomac Heights -Foxhall Vii
lage line should be terminated in tn
neighborhod of Foxhall Village, ant
that line extended easterly on Reser
voir road, Thirty-fifth street and {
street to Thirtv-firSt or Thirtietl
street, at which point it should diver
south on P street to Dupont Circl
and perhaps on downtown.
The present bus route servin
American University Heights, original
ing at Forty-First and Fessendel
r.ktreets and travelling by devious route