Evening star., 1934-10-24
FINAL DECISIONS
. ON ROUTING PLAN
BEING PREPARED
Street Car and Bus Line
Changes Are Begun by
Commission.
YEAR TO BE REQUIRED
TO COMPLETE PROJECT
Sager Outlines Suggestions on Bus
Transportation-Any Group
May File Petition.

The Public Utilities Commission
prepared today to make its final de-
cision on rerouting plans for the
street car and bus system, having
closed the record of the public hear
ings late yesterday. The day had been
spent in testimony by Fred A. Sager,
commission chief engineer, in which
he outlined suggestions for changes in
the bus routes which would be made
necessary or desirable by the coming
rerouting of the street car lines.
President John H. Hanna of the
Capital Transit Co. said it would take
at least year to put into effect the
changes in the rail system which may
be ordered by the commission. and
asked that the entire question of
busses be left until after the rail
changes were complete. The commits
sion did not formally agree to do this,
but decided to allow two-Week
period for the filing of statements
by any interested parties before pro-
ceeding to issue any orders.
Suggests New Bus Lines.
Among the suggestions offered by
Mr.. Sager was one for a bus line to
give the service to be abandoned
when tracks are taken off P street
west of Dupont Circle. This line,
starting at Wisconsin avenue, goes
over Dunbarton avenue, Twenty
eighth street, p street, Twentieth
street, I street, Twelfth street, Vir-
ginia avenue southwest. Eleventh
street. Water street, M street, Poto-
mac avenue, K street to Pennsylvania
avenue at Barney Circle southeast.
Another line serving Takoma Park
would start at the District Line and
go to the car terminal at Fourteenth
street and Colorado avenue by way
of Laurel avenue, Fifth street. Madi-
son street and Colorado avenue.
There passengers would transfer to
the street cars.
A new cross-town line was sug-
gested, starting at Nebraska and
Wisconsin avenues and thence going
by way of Yuma, Thirty and
Van Ness streets to Connecticut ave-
nue., south on Connecticut avenue
to Porter street, across Rock Creek
Park on Park road and thence south
of the Soldiers Home and out to
Catholic University.
Change in Routine Planned.
He changed the Burleith-
line by making it go east on @ street
to Rhode Island avenue and thence on
Rhode Island avenue to Mckinley
High School. This line now comes
downtown to Twelfth and E streets,
and considerable opposition has been
expressed at the hearings to taking
this line away from the central down.
town district.
A new Chevy Chase loop line would
operate by a circuitous route starting
at Nebraska and Wisconsin avenues,
and going over Military road to serve
the thirty-first street area, past the
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School.
The Woodley road bus line. which
now goes to Nineteenth street and Co.
lumbia road, would be cut off, under
Sager's plan, at Connecticut and Ca
theoral avenues.
The Wesley Heights line remains
unchanged
Change Potomac Heights Line.
A plan for future use, involving the
Potomac Heights line, would change
its course so that starting at Thirty
fifth street and Wisconsin avenue, it
would operate south on Thirty-flfth
street, west on Reservoir road to Fox
hall road. and along Foxhall road to
Conduit road.
new bus line was suggested ope-
rating from the Lincoln Memorial
along Constitution avenue making a
downtown loop around Seventh G and
Ninth streets and back along Con-
stitution avenue to the point of be-
ginning.
The eastern half of the present
Burleith-Trinidad line would be cut
of at Union Station.
East and south Of the Anacostia
River the bus system would be re-
vamped so as to provide four lines,
two of them very short. All the lines
would operate across the Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge.
One short line would operate south
on Minnesota avenue to Good Hope
road. with loop around Good Hope
road and U street.
Another would go south on Branch
avenue to loop at Suitland road and
Bangor street.
One long line would 60 south on
Twenty-fifth street. Naylor road and
Alabama avenue to Stanton road.
thence east on Stanton road to Sheri-
dan road.
The fourth line would 60 north by
way Of Minnesota avenue. N street,
Thirty-third street and Anacostia road
to Benning road.