Evening star., 1934-08-10

morning rush half hour and under
the proposed rerouting this number
would be reduced TO 295.
In plan III the intersections con-
sidered are Seventeenth and l; Six
teenth and H; Pennsylvania, Seven
teenth and Fifteenth; Pennsylvania
avenue, Sixteenth to Seventeenth;
Fourteenth. G to F; Fifteenth, New
York to F; Thirteenth and F, and
Tenth and Pennsylvania. At pres
ent 443 street cars pass these points
in the rush period, and under the
proposed rerouting this number would
be reduced to 39l.
Estimated Costs.
On the subject of costs, the report
estimates the cost of new track to be
installed under plan l at $l,l00,000;
new track for plan 2 would cost $780,
900 and for plan $915,000. Such
part of the new track as is constructed
under traffic, however, would have
to be put in at an increased cost. esti-
mated at 20 to 80 per cent higher
than the base figures quoted.
As to the preference for plan 3, the
report says:
''As previously stated, plans 1 and
3 are basically similar Plan 2 dit-
fers from them materially in that it
removes car tracks from Fifteenth
street, except in the vicinity of G.
street, New York and Pennsylvania
avenues, and calls for new tracks on
H street east of Fourteenth street and
on Thirteenth street between H and
F streets. Plan neceSSitateS routings
which will alter materially the pickup
and delivery areas in the downtown
section, to which many patrons have
long been accustomed.
"The car mileage required to op-
crate the base service in each plan,
comparative measure of the cost of
operation, varies only slightly with the
three plans. The estimated cost OF
track changes required is almost iden-
tical for plans 2 and 3, but that Tor
plan l is some 20 per cent higher.
Opportunity for Expansion.
plan !, because of routing the
Chevy Chase cars over Eleventh street,
affords somewhat more opportunity
for expansion than the other plans.
Considered as a whole, however. plan
8, in our opinion, is the most de-
sirable. It retains more of the present
routing, utilizes more of the existing
track, requires the least expenditure
for new track facilities, provides more
service to the triangle section and
confines one-man car operations to
the lines where it now exists"
With each plan, is presented a
schedule showing the number Of street
cars now passing the busiest inter-
sections in town during the morning
rush period, and compares the number
of cars which would pass under the
proposed rerouting.
With plan the intersections selected
are Seventeenth and streets, Sixteenth
and H streets, Pennsylvania avenue,
Fifteenth to Seventeenth street,
Pennsylvania avenue, Seventeenth to
Fifteenth street; Fifteenth street,
New York avenue to F street; Four
teenth, F to G sect; Fourteenth and
I streets; Thirteenth and F streets.
At present, from $50 to 9 am,
444 cars pass these locations Under
plan l the number of cars passing
would be 354.
Move Explained.
This is explained by Mr.. Beeler
as representing taking the cars taken
away from these intersections by
routing elsewhere, particularly the
Chevy Chase cars, which are taken
away from the Treasury and routed
down Eleventh street, not now a
street with aheavy street car traffic.
In part also this reduction is
achieved by the substitution Of bus
service for the street car service now
afforded on the Fourteenth street
line beyond Colorado avenue.