Evening star., 1935-10-19
CITIZENS PROPOSE
CUT IN BUS FARE
Glover Park Association
Asks Rate to Compare
With Chevy Chase.

! A city-Wide reduction in bus fare.
ton conform to that of the Chevy
Chase line was asked in a motor
passed last night by the Glover Park
Citizens Association. The motion
which provided for the sending of a
letter to the Public Utilities Commits
sion stating the associations views
asked that special attention be given
to fare reduction on the Burleith-
Glover Park line.
Raymond Ruebsan, who introduced
the motion, stated that on the Chevy
Chase line, the longest public trans
portation route in the District, the
fare for local service is only a 7l2-
cent token or a S100 weekly pass.
On the Burleith-Glover Park line, he
pointed out, the fare is an 81s-cent
token or s125 weekly pass. Some
other lines, he said, do not even have
the 8la-cent token, but a 10-cent
cash fare.
Oppose Change in Route.
The letter to the commission also
asked that no busses on the Glover
Park line be diverted over the Fox
hall Village or Potomac Heights route
as has been suggested by the Foxhall
Community Citizens Association. The
letter also stated the associations s
willingness to help the Foxhall asso-
citation get better bus service and re-
duced fare, but not by reducing the
number of busses on its line.
Another motion requesting better
street car service on Wisconsin ave-
nue. during rush hours was referred
to the associations Public Utilities
Committee with authority to act on
the matter.
The use of funds raised by a gaso-
line tax for other purposes than street
and highway building and repairs was
vigorously opposed in resolution in
troduced by William D. Harris. He
made comparison between the condi-
tion Of highways in Ohio, where the
gas tax is diverted to other channels,
and that of Pennsylvania, where the
gas tax is used exclusively for high
ways. He also stated that the Dis
trict is using money borrowed from
the P. w. A. and on which it must
pay interest for highway construction
and repairs while at the same time
there is a surplus from gas taxes.
Suggest Lower Rate.
1t was also suggested at the meet
ing that if the District continues to
have a surplus from gas taxes, that
the taxes be reduced rather than be-
ing used for other purposes.
Approval of letter written by
H. E. Juenneman to the Commission
ers asking for improvements on the
playground of the Benjan in Stoddert
School was voted. The letter asked
that ground on the west side of the
school facing Calvert street be graded
and developed for use as tennis courts
and as a school garden.
In the interests of safety the asso-
citation voted to request that more
readable traffic signs be installed at
beecher street and Tunlaw road.
Members of the association pointed
out that neither the stop sign on
Beecher street or the do not enter"
sign on Tunlaw road could be seen,
and that several accidents had been
narrowly averted at that point.
The elimination of parking on the
west side of Thirty-seventh street in
the morning. and on the east side in
the evening was also requested.
Adjt. Decker of the Salvation Army,
and Marshall Nichols, captain of the
Community Chest in Glover Park,
spoke briefly in behalf of the Com
munity Chest.