Evening star., 1935-07-21
CHANGE IN ROUTE
OF BUSES ASKED
Praise of New Transporta'
ton in Southeast Comes
! From Other Quarters.

The new bus service between the
Congress Heights -Anacostis area and
the downtown section, inaugurated
less than q week ago, is receiving both
high praise and severe criticism from
residents there For the most part,
criticism is directed at the bus route,
particularly in the downtown area,
rather than at the change from street
cars to busses
The complaints are coming from
residents of st. GATHERINGS, an insti-
tuition for Catholic women and girls
employed In the District. located at
10l North Carolina avenue southeast.
The principal objection seems to be
the lack Of any facilities to and from
Union Station, the Government Print
ing once and the General Accounting
once, unless the individual walks
several blocks uphill to street cars
on Pennsylvania avenue.
Former Street Car Route.
Before the change to busses, street
cars we're operated down First street
southeast to E street, making a turn
on z and continuing to Anacostia or
Congress Heights. Since the installa-
ton of buses, street cars now operate
from Tenleytown via Wisconsin ave-
nue., M street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. only as far as the Peace Monu-
ment.
The residents contend it would be
Just as easy to continue the service
by way of Union Station and First
street and solve their problem, as 1t is
to stop at the Peace Monument, which
seems to be a mecca for street cars,
particularly during the rush hours.
A contemplated change in trackage
ut Fifteenth and G streets, the con-
tinuation of G street tracks into Fiji
teenth street and then out Pennsyl-
vania avenue to Georgetown, would be
ideal, in the opinion of the complain
ants. The cars then could run from
First and E streets southeast to Union
Station, out G street to Fifteenth and
then continue on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to Wisconsin avenue and on out to
Tenleytown as at present.
Petition Drawn Up.
A petition, sent to the Public Utili-
ties Commission and the Capital Tran
sit Co. and signed by S6 members of
the approximately 100 residents OF
the institution, said in part that
they desired better transportation in
their section of the city. The bus
service, on the whole, they said, would
be satisfactory If enough buses were
put into operation and If connecting
link were made at First and E streets
southeast whereby a person could get
to the station or place of business in
the same direction without walking
four blocks uphill to obtain a street
car.
These two facts seem to be the only
objections to an otherwise satisfactory
service, as the route and the schedule
that is now in operation are function
ing as well as can be expected for a
new service.
On the other hand residents in
Washington Highlands, who were
prime factors in obtaining the busses,
are highly elated over the new deal''
that has invaded their neighborhood.
AS a matter Of fact. at times more
buses are at the terminus at First
and Livingston road southeast than
there are passengers.
w. Earl Nair, president of the
Washington Highlands Citizens Asso-
citation, expressed himself as very well
pleased with the new service and sugI
gested that in order to give residents
Of Congress Heights more busses or
better service, about every third bus
could turn back at Fifth street and
Alabama avenue southeast. This was
formerly done at times by the street
cars. This, Nair said, might tend to
eliminate any overcrowding that might
result from a lack of buses or tardi-
ness in running time.