The Washington times., 1934-09-05
CITIZENS ADOPT
N|NE-PO|NT
CAR PLAN
Central, LOgan-Thomas Circle
And Market Groups Join
With Mid-City
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Citizens Associations Editor
A nine-point plan for rerouting
street cars and busses was ap-
proved by delegates representing
Central Citizens, Logan-Thomas
Circle Citizens, Mid City Citizens,
and representatives from New
Center Market at joint meeting
called last night by the Mid City
association, at Thomson School,
with A. j. Driscoll, president Of
the Mid City association, presid-
ing, as follows:
/. Elimination of all street
car service on Ninth Street, be-
tween Pennsylvania Avenue and
U Street, to be superseded by
buses.
2. Rerouting part of cars of
Chevy Chase line, east to U
Street to Eleventh and south on
Eleventh.
Mt. Pleasant Line
8. Routing part of the Mt.
Pleasant line cars down Seven
teenth Street to Pennsylvania
Avenue, with eaSt-bound switches
at that point, to relieve conges-
ton on Fourteenth Street line
between H and F Streets.
4. Opposed laying tracks on
Fifteenth Street from H Street
to New York Avenue, on account
of congestion already there.
5. Favored removal Of one set
of tracks on Fourteenth Street
from H Street to New York Ave
nue., and on New York Avenue
from Fourteenth to Fifteenth
Street.
6. Favored elimination of the
lie Droit line and substitution Of
buses.
z. Urged elimination of car
service on the Fifth Street line
from G to New York Avenue.
8. Recommended extension Of
the New York Avenue line to
connect with the Seventh Street
line by extending trackage Fifth
to Seventh Streets, with a switch
at lexington Place, thereby pro-
viding more direct service to the
center, and business sections Of
the city from the northeast, also
a direct line to the wharves.
9. Recommended a cross town
bus line, from G orget town
through P Street to North Capt.
tol Street and Florida Avenue.
Taxicab Cruising Hit
Much congestion on the streets
in the business section it was
claimed, especially at the inter-
sections of Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth Streets and New York Ave-
nue. was caused by the useless
cruising of taxicabs.
Those attending the meeting
were M. A. Robbins, E. H. Young
and Horace M. Fulton from
Logan-Thomas Circle; DR.. w. P.
Knealy from Central Citizens AS.
ISOLATION; Wooton E. Young,
president of Convention Hall
Company; Fairfax Oyster, repre-.
senting New Center Market Deal.
ers Association, and Roger Mul.
len, superintendent of the market.
The resolutions will be pre-.
sented at the special meeting to
be held by the Public Utilities
Commission September 10, by Mr..
Driscoll and Frank B. Hoffman.
chairman of public utilities com
mittee Of Mid-City Association.
Meetings Tonight
Association of Oldest Inhabit.
ants will meet tonight in the old
engine house at Nineteenth and
H Streets. Capt. Dick Mansfield,
of No. 9 police precinct, will give
. chalk talk.
Representatives of Congress
Heights, Anacostia, Hill Crest,
Lincoln Park, Randle Highlands,
Bradbury Heights and East Wash.
nigton Heights associations will
meet tonight with Southeast
Citizens Association in Buchanan
School at 8 o'clock to discuss the
civic needs of Southeast Wash
tngton and to form a Southeast
conference.
Vernis Absher, chairman of the
civic committee, will open the
meeting.