Evening star., 1935-10-27
CHEVY CHASE BUS
REROUT|NG PLANS
BEING CONSIDERED
Changes Along Connecticut
Avenue Pondered-Taq
ParIey Tomorrow.
SERVICE IMPROVEMENT
BEYOND CIRCLE SEEN
Congestion at "Lay-0ver" Is De-
clared Caused by Improper
Scheduling.

Possibilities of rerouting Connecti-
cut avenue buSses to give better service
to areas on each side of the avenue
while avoiding congestion at Chevy
Chase Circle were advanced yester-
day as officials of the Capital Transit
Co. pondered threats Of legal action
for failure to purchase Maryland IL
cenSe tags for District busSes to per-
nit them to turn around at the circle.
At the same time, Miss Beatrice A.
Clephane, chairman of the Citizens
Committee of Section 2. Chevy Chase,
Nd, announced transit officials had
promised improved service in Mary
land north Of Chevy Chase Circle.
Another development was a Dis
trict officials charge that much Of
the congestion of buses using Chevy
Chase Circle as 'layover" point was
due to improper scheduling and fall
ure Of company officials to force bus
drivers to adhere to schedules.
Fraternizing Charged.
This official declared some drivers
running ahead of schedule halt at the
circle to take a smoke" before start
ing the return trip to town.
If the buses we're kept on sched-
uled time" he declared, there would
be no more busses or congestion at
Chevy Chase Circle than was the case
when service was provided by street
cars" At present as many as seven
busseS are sometimes parked at the
circle.
Members of the Public Utilities
Commission yesterday declined COM
ment on the situation, saying: The
problem as yet is not on our door
step. We are watching the matter
closely and await the decision at the
conference of the Capital Transit Co.
with the Maryland Public Service
Commission tomorrow"
The District Commission promised
to act promptly when the question
officially came to their attention.
Members declined to comment at the
time on suggestions for running the
regular Connecticut avenue buses to
Chevy Chase Lake and making a
terminal there Of the old street car
barns. Likewise they withheld COM
ment on company hopes for creation
of some sort Of a bus terminal on the
District side of Chevy Chase Circle or
on some nearby District highway.
Joining of Lines Urged.
Suggestions will be submitted soon
others said, for Joining the Chevy
Chase loop line with the regular Con-
necticut avenue busses. Such move,
it was said. would take many of the
busses off Chevy Chase Circle in stop
overs and at the same time improve
service to areas near the District line
on both sides Of Connecticut avenue.
The Chevy Chase loop line now runs
both ways along Nebraska avenue, Mil
itary road, Thirtieth place. Utah ave-
nue., Tennyson street, Western avenue,
Broad Branch road, Mckinley street
and Forty-flrst street For rides On
this line the fare is cents. without
transfers. With payment of the reg
ular street car fare of one token (seil-
ing at four for 80 cents free transfers
are given to the local Chevy Chase
buSses. With payment Of 10 cents
cash, transfers are gives to the Chevy
Chase express buses.
The suggestion is that some Con-
/ nectlcut avenue buses be routed over
this loop, the route of which might he
changed somewhat.
Miss Clephane reported after con-
ference with company officials yester-
day that they had promised to add two
buses per hour to the service north If
the circle. This would mean a To-
minute service instead of the pres
ent Is.
Hanna said the company was pre-
pairing to go before the District Public
Utilities Commission with a new sched-
ule designed to eliminate some Of tie
lay-overs at the circle.