Evening star., 1935-06-01
BUSES BEYOND
CALVERT SOUGHT.
Utilities Commission to Hear
Company Plan on
Monday.

Petition bv the Capital Transit Co.
for substitution of local and express
bus service for street cars on Con-
necticut avenue beyond Calvert street
will be considered by the Public Utili-
ties Commission at its session Monday.
A similar petition is to be filed with
the MARYLAND Public Service Commits
sion. affecting transportation from
Chevy Chase Circle to Chevy Chase
Lake
Oficials of the District Commission
today declined to forecast their de-
cision but observers predict approval
of the idea. They point out the COM
mission in its general street car order
Yesterday voiced sentiment favoring
larger use of busses in outlying areas.
Six Miles OF Track.
The change would mean abandon
ment of approximately 6 miles OF
track. saving the company large sum
needed for rebuilding sections OF worn
out track and the annual costs OF
maintaining the rails.
Between so and go busses would be
needed for the proposed bus service.
which would be operated in both rush
and non-rush periods. company OFF,
cials estimate. The company did not
fix a date for the requested change.
This would depend on how soon addi-
tional busses could be obtained,
among other things, if the commits
sion approves.
Three types of bus service were
proposed One would be an express
bus from Chevy Chase Circle to
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and Eleventh
street. Another would be through
local line between the same points.
The third would be local bus service
from the circle to the east end of the
Calvert Street Bridge. The first
named two lines would use Taft
Bridge instead of making the job over
Calvert street, the new bridge and
Adams Mill road.
Fare Scale Proposed.
For the two local bus services the
company proposes to charge the regu-
lar street car fares and provide free
transfers to other lines of the COM
pany, except the extra fare busses.
the Chevy Chase coach and the
Hains Point buses. For the express
busses the proposed fare would be 10
cents cash. or use of the SIPS weekly
passes On payment of l0-cent
cash fare there would be transfers
from the local busses to the express
line.
Fares for the service from the lake
to the circle the company has not
yet proposed. but officials say it likely
would be 5 cents cash or 3 cents on
the book ticket basis. AS to the
service beyond the District line, they
suggest informally operation Of some
of the local and express busses
through to the lake. Shuttle busses
would be run when the through busses
were not used. There would be
transfers from these to the through
busses at the circle.
The company recalled that 1t had
months ago proposed operation of
street cars over Taft Bridge instead
of the Calvert street span. so as to
save some time in trips to the down.
town area, but this was rejected by
the commission.
Route Outlined.
The route of the through buses
and the express line would be di-
rectly down Connecticut avenue to
Seventeenth street, then south to 1
street, east to Thirteenth, south to E
street, east to Eleventh and south to
Pennsylvania avenue. Outbound. the
buses would 60 west on Pennsylvania
avenue to Thirteenth, north to H, west
to Connecticut avenue, north to I
street, north on Seventeenth street
to X. west to Connecticut avenue
and then out to the circle.
The company asked permission to
cut street car service south of the
Rock Greek loop to the extent that
may be justified by diminution of
traffic caused by operation of the bus
lines. ...-
Necessity for large expenditures
for track reconstruction in the imme-
diate future, including expenditures
for new trackage that will be neces-
sary in connection with construction
of the new Calvert Street Bridge,
which expenditure would accomplish
nothing in the shape of more direct
travel for q large portion Of the pa.
irons Of the Capital Transit Co. in this
territory. makes it necessary that
determination be made In the i'm
mediate future with respect to the
type Of public transportation to be
furnished over this thoroughfare," the
company told the commission.