Evening star., 1935-06-21
Tracks to Be Abandoned
From Calvert to Chevy
Chase Circle.
REGULAR STREET CAR
FARE TO BE CHARGED
Public Utilities Commission Says
Majority Want Change
Made.

street to Chevy Chase Circle and sub
stitution of bus service, effective Sep
tember 1, was ordered today by the
Public Utilities Commission, with the
approval of the District Commission
erS.
Under terms of the order the new
bus lines will connect Chevy Chase
with downtown Washington, Anacostia
and the Potomac Park area.
Regular street car fare will be
charged on all except express busSes,
for which the charge will be 10 cents
cash or the SIPS weekly pass.
In announcing the order the COM
mission listed Is findings of fact
favoring substitution of busses for
street cars, and also said that the
public hearing on the matter last week
disclosed the majority of interested
persons want the change made.
New Buses to Be Ordered.
The Capital Transit Co., which had
requested permission to abandon its
tracks, already has obtained estimates
of the cost of requiring busses and
is expected to put in its order shortly
for sixty 80 and 40 passenger busses.
The base local service from Chevy
Chase will follow a route down Con-
necticut avenue to Eighteenth street,
south to I street, east to Thirteenth
street, south to E street, east to
Sixth street, south to c street south
west, east on C. Canal and z streets
to Fourth street southeast, south to
Virginia avenue, east on Virginia
avenue and K street to Eleventh
street. south on Eleventh street across
the Anacostia Bridge to Nichols ave-
nue., to HALEY place, east to First
Returning the buses would fol-
low the same route as far as Thir-
teenth and H streets, where they
would turn west to Seventeenth street
and then proceed north on Seven
teenth street and Connecticut avenue.
Express Route Different.
The express buses would travel
down Connecticut avenue from Chevy
Chase Circle and along the same route
as the local buses as far as Eighth
and E streets, where they would turn
south to Market Space. The return
route is west on Market Space and
Pennsylvania avenue to Thirteenth
street, north on Thirteenth to H, west
to Seventeenth street and north to
Connecticut avenue.
Special rush hour service will be
Heights, with terminals in Anacostia
and the downtown area. These busses
would travel routes east of Sixth
street and Constitution avenue, thence
west on Constitution avenue to Twen-
tieth; north on Twentieth street to
C, east on C to Virginia avenue and
continuing along Virginia avenue and
Constitution avenue return to Ana
costa.
Additional service would be fur
nished during the rush hours to and
from Chevy Chase on both the local
and express lines.
This would follow the route of the
Chevy Chase express service, inbound
to Thirteenth and E streets, then
south to Pennsylvania avenue, east to
Eighth street, north to E, west to Thir-
teenth, north on Thirteenth, and from
there over the regular outbound route.
During the afternoon rush period the
added buses would follow the regular
route of the Chevy Chase express
buSses.
More Rush Hour Service.
There will be an additional rush.
hour service connecting Chevy Chase
with the Potomac Park area. These
buses will travel downtown along
Connecticut avenue as far as Florida
avenue, turning of there and pro-
ceeding south on Twenty-first street
to Constitution avenue, and east on
Constitution to Eighteenth street. On
the return trip the busses will travel
north on Eighteenth to E street, west
on E to Twenty-first, thence north
via Twenty-f1rst street, Florida avenue
and Connecticut avenue to Chevy
Chase Circle.
During rush hours, passengers win
not be allowed to board southbound
buses south of Van Ness street, or to
board northbound busses north Of K
street. They also must leave busses
within the same areas.
The area for boarding and alight-
ing from express buses during nom
rush hours was extended south to
Calvert street, while K street was
maintained as the northern boundary
These limitations on points Of load
ing and unloading, doubtless will be
temporary" the commission stated,
adding that the ultimate loading and
discharge points can be determined
only after a reasonable trial.
PIow Pit 10 Go.
Along with its Connecticut avenue
to abandon its plow pit at
the east end If the Calvert Street
Bridge The company will be required
to have its plans and detailed esti-
mates for the work approved BY the
The suggestion made following the
public hearings t.1at removal of the
car tracks be deferred pending trial
bus operation was impractical the
commission said.
It added, however, that the con-
struction of the new Calvert Street
Bridge and the Klulgle Bridge is
such that tracks may be placed on
them later should there be future
need.
The Commission found that most of
the objections to the proposed bus
service "are traceable directly to the
fact that in recent years busses on the
Chevy Chase Coach Line have been
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