Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-04
EASTERN SECTION
BUS LINE CHANGES
ORDERED BY BOARD
City Heads Approve Rerout.
ing to Give Area Bet
ter Service.
BARNEY CIRCLE MADE
MAJOR CONTACT POINT
Hillcrest, Randle Highlands and
Washington Interurban Routes
Are Affected.

Revamping Of bus lines operating
In the Eastern section OF city, IN
a move to give better service and
better tie-ups in the rerouted trans
portation system was ordered today
by the Public Utilities Commission
and approved by the District Com
lnissioners.
Changes in routes of the Hillcrest,
Randle Highlands and Washington
interurban bus lines. all covered in
todays order, are to go into erect
June 49,
Only two major rerouting problems
now await action by the commission.
One is the proposal Of the Capital
Transit Co. for substitution OF bus
service for street cars on Connecti-
cut avenue from the new Calvert
Street Bridge to the end of the line.
The other is the plan. already tenta-
lively agreed to by the commission,
to make a change in the Anacostia-
Congress Heights bus line, which is
to be substituted for street car service
July /, to give these BUSES to the
downtown business section. The COM
mission is expected to order in the
next few days change which would
send these buses from Constitution
avenue north on Sixth street to Penn
sylvania avenue. then west to Eleventh
street and then north TO I street.
where a loop would be made for the
return trip.
Under today's order the Hillcrest
buses would have a half-hour head
way in non-rush hours and l5-minute
Roadway in rush hours. The new
route is to be from Barney Circle along
Pennsylvania avenue, Branch avenue,
Camden street. Thirty-second street,
Alabama avenue, Naylor road. Twenty
fifth street and back to Pennsylvania
avenue The direction followed by the
buses would be alternated.
Randle Highlands Route.
The new route for the Randle High
lands buses will be from Barney Circle
Seventeenth and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast) along Pennsylvania and
Minnesota avenues, Good Hope road,
Fourteenth street. u street. Nichols
avenue, Good Hope road and back to
Minnesota avenue. An alternate route
would be east on Pennsylvania avenue,
south on Twenty-fifth street and then
along Naylor road and Minnesota
avenue to Pennsylvania avenue.
A special service also was ordered
to take care of school children going
to and from Eastern High School.
These buses will 60 from Seventeenth
and East Capitol streets. south on
Seventeenth street, east on Massachu-
sets avenue. south on nineteenth
street, west on Potomac avenue, south
on Seventeenth street. east on Penn
sylvania avenue and then along Min
nesota avenue, Good Hope road, Four
teenth street, U street. north Nichols
avenue, east on Good Hope road and
along Minnesota avenue and back
PENNSYLVANIA avenue to Barney Circle
and thence to Eighteenth and East
Capitol streets.
The route of the Washington Inter-
urban line was ordered changed so as
to send these BUSES to Barney Circle
where they would reach the other East
Washington lines as we'll as the street
car system. The BUSES now go to
Eleventh street and South Carolina
avenue southeast. The new route will
be, inbound, along Bladensburg road.
Florida avenue. Thirteenth street. East
Capitol street, Seventeenth street.
Massachusetts, avenue. Nineteenth
street. Potomac avenue and Seven
tenth street to the circle.
Ex.>~s;or Withhold
The commission had tentatively
planned to extend the Benning bus
line from it's present terminus to Min
nesota and Deane avenues to afford
connection with Kenilworth street
cars and Chesapeake Junction bus
lines, but this was held in allegiance
and the present route is left standing.
The commission emphasized it has
definitely determined not to adopt a
proposal for abandoning operation of
street cars on Pennsylvania avenue
southeast between Eighth and Seven
tenth streets. Barney Circle has
been selected as a major transporta-
ton contact point as shown in to-
days orders. Recently the commits
sion ordered extension of the South
Washington bus line to Barney Circle
on the east so as to provide contact
with the street car service there.
The Public Utilities Commission will
withhold decision until next week on
the petition for substitution of buses
for street car service on Connecticut
avenue.
The commission said today the mat
ter cannot be deferred long because
of necessity of proceeding soon with
rebuilding of wornout tracks and con-
struction of tracks on the new Calvert
Street Bridge, If buses are not
adopted.
All interested parties are invited to
submit their views. Edwin S. Hege
of Chevy Chase Citizens Association
is canvassing sentiment of members
of that organization.