Evening star., 1934-08-11
BROAD NETWORK
Of BUSES URGED
BeeIer Suggests Change 10
Avoid Repairs OF Troll
ley Tracks.
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pAVSS schNACc ptNNecu the circle and
Its downtown terminus. The route
recommended is from Chevy Chase
Lake via Connecticut avenue, Twen-
tieth street. K street. Twelfth street.
Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth
street 70 stand on Thirteenth street
south OF street: returning via Thir-
teenth street, K street. Connecticut
avenue. Eighteenth street, r street
and Connecticut avenue. Between
Chevy Chase Circle and Massachu-
sets avenue II would stop only al
Mckinley. Van Ness. Sedgwick. Porter
and Devonshire streets, Cathedral ave
nue., Woodley road, Calvert street and
Kalorama road.
South of Massachusetts avenue it
would stop southbound to deliver pas
sengers and northbound TO pick them
up. The scent fare would be re-
tanned between Chevy Chase Lake
and the circle as at present In the
District the fare would be 10 cents
straight. A patron in Maryland. how
ever. would have the option of trans
ferring to a street car at the circle
and paying the regular street car
token, thus riding AZ cents cheaper
than by the express route.
Takom& Lines Routes
The first OF ths Takoma lines start
at Laurel avenus south of Carroll
street via Laurel avenue, Cedar and
Fifth streets, New Hampshire, Sher-
man and Florida avenues, Ninth. d.
Eighth and G streets 10 a stand on
street east of Ninth street: return
ing via Ninth street, Florida, Sherman
and New Hampshire avenues, Fifth,
Cedar and Carroll streets, Eastern
avenue and Laurel avenue 10 a stand
on Laurel avenue south OF Carroll
street.
The second Takoma line would
start ut a. stand on North Capitol
street north of Kennedy street and
operate on North Capitol. Longfellow
and Fifth street and thence over the
same route as the FIRST returning via
Fifth, Kennedy and North Capitol
streets.
North Of the intersection of Geor-
gia and New Hampshire avenues both
OF these lines would offer local service
and south Of that point express serv-
ice. For local rides the fare would DO
the regular street car fare. For rides
on the express section of the lines the
fare would be 10 cents straight. A
passenger originating in the local ter
ritory, however, would have the priv
uege OF q free transfer at the trans
fer point to the street cars, thus max
ing his entire trip downtown for the
regular street car fare. II he wished
TO continue on the express line, he
would pay the 212-cent differential
above his token fare.
Still another line would originate in
Alta Vista, Md, and operate over
Wisconsin avenue to the downtown
section. Street car service on Wis
consin avenue. north of the District
line, would be abandoned. The busses
would operate express south of the
District line. No mention is made Of
what fare is to be charged. either for
the local or the express service on
this line, nor Is the route or down.
town terminal given.
New Line Recommended.
A new line is proposed starting at
Twenty-third street and Constitution
avenue and operating along Constitu-
tion avenue to Eleventh, II and Tenth
streets and Constitution avenue and
thence back to Twenty-third street.
The regular rate of street car fare is
recommended for this line.
To replace the lie Droit Park street
car line, which is to be abandoned. a
new bus line Is recommended, with
the following route: From q stand on
P street west Of Four-and-a-half
street southwest via p and Four-and-
a-half streets, Maryland avenue, Sixth
street, Constitution avenue, Ninth, II,
Sixth and K streets, New Jersey ave-
nue., Third street, Florida avenue,
Third street, Elm, Fourth and w
streets, Georgia avenue to a stand on
Georgia avenue south of Trlmbull
street, returning via Georgia avenue,
Trumbull street, Sixth. w, Fourth,
Elm and Third streets, Florida ave-
nue., Third street, New Jersey avenue,
K, Sixth, H and Ninth streets, Con-
stitution avenue, Sixth street, Mary
land avenue, Four-and-a-half street,
o, Water and p streets to stand on
P street west Of Four r-and-a-half
street. The regular street car fare
Is recommended for this line.
Changes Suggested.
In addition to the new lines, there
are several changes recommended in
existing lines. These are:
Reroute the Burleith- Trinidad line
over street instead OF . street be
tween Dupont Circle and Wisconsin
avenue. Extend the South Washing
ton bus line easterly, one-half of it
to the Hillcrest section and the other
half TO Anacostia via Minnesota
avenue.
The South Washington line Is ex-
tended northerly. Instead Of looping
on G, Fourteenth and B streets, as at
present, it would continue north on
Twelfth street TO Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. Its route would then be from a
stand on Pennsylvania avenue east of
Twelfth street via Pennsylvania ave-
nue., Tenth street, Constitution avenue,
Twelfth. Water and NJ streets South
weSt), Potomac avenue, X and Four
teenth streets, Pennsylvania avenue,
street (southeast), Good
Hope road, Alabama and Branch ave-
nues TO Branch avenue and Camden
street: returning via Camden, Thirty
second street, Alabama avenue, Good
Hope road, Twenty-f1fth street. Penn
sylvania avenue, X street, Potomac
avenue, Eleventh street, NJ, Water and
Twelfth streets TO stand at Pennsyl-
vania avenue east Of Twelfth street.
The Minnesota avenue branch would
leave the foregoing route at Pennsyl-
vania and Minnesota avenues south
east and operate via Minnesota ave-
nue., Good Hope road, Thirteenth and
u streets to a stand at Nichols ave-
nue. and u street; returning via Mich
DIS avenue, Good Hope road and Min
neSota avenue.
East Washington Line.
The East Washington interurban
line is rerouted south Of Florida ave-
1ue as follows: Via Florida avenue,
East Capitol and Seven
,ee1th streets, Massachusetts, avenue,
street, Potomac avenue
md Seventeenth street to a terminal