Evening star., 1942-07-31
Opposition Renewed
To Setting Up Second
Crosstown Bus Line
Transit Company Says
Proposal Would Add
To Route Mileage

Renewed opposition to the pro-
posed establishment of second
crosstown bus line was voiced
today by a spokesman for the
Capital Transit Co., in a further
outline OF the company's recon-
mendations on transportation
changes to save bus mileage.
During a discussion of the pro-
posals of Traffic Director william A.
Van Duzer as administrator of de-
fense transportation for the District,
Dean j. Locke, staff engineer for the
transit company, said most of the
opposition to changes in bus service
in the Northwest area arises from
the Van Duzer proposal to estab-
lish new cross-town line via Mill
tary road and proposals to alter
the Chevy Chase loop, Queens
Chapel road and the East Washing
ton suburban routes or service to
avoid Implications which would re-
suit from establishment of the new
crosstown line.
Company Opposes Line.
"The company has stated In
hearings before the Public Utilities
Commission that this new cross
town line would increase bus mile
age and inconvenience unnecessarily
patrons of established lines, the
routes of which would have to be
altered Mr.. Locke added.
The company spokesman said the
Van Duzer recommendation were
listed in four categories, so far as
they affected the Capital Transit Co.
operations. He said the company
is in entire accord with the first
recommendation, relating to midday
storage of buses downtown.
The company also approves the
second group relating to rush-hour
routings, including the use of Rock
Creek and Potomac Parkway, Mr..
Locke said. 1t is in the category
of base-day, short-route routings
and the all-day reroutings of bus
lines, he said, that the company
finds itself unable to agree with
some of the Van Duzer proposals
because of the fact that some of
these would materially and un-
necessarily reduce the quality of
service now rendered, would incon-
venience large numbers of patrons
without providing material savings
IN bus mileage and, in fact, would
not save the miles contemplated"
Favors Through" Service.
Mr.. Locke said the company is
not opposed to termination of a
portion of the Sixteenth street
Route S service at the Fourteenth
street loop, but that it believes
that some through" service should
be continued. The company finds
its greatest objections, he said, in
the proposals to discontinue opera
ton Of the base day service of Route
J-6 Takoma-Petworth Express, the
Petworth local and express lines,
the Chillum local and express lines
and the Connecticut avenue Route
La line south of the Park road
Columbia road area.
The spokesman said the company
Is IN general accord with the sug-
gestion to discontinue operation of
the Foxhall Village Potomac
Heights bus line west of Ashley
place. so as to eliminate duplica-
ton of the Cabin John street car
service; to discontinue the Six
teenth street route S-6 along East
ern avenue because of small patron
age, and to operate the Sergeant
road line, Route F-6, along Thir-
teenth street instead of Tenth
street as means of reducing dupH-
eating bus service.
The company said it believes the
treatment of the Massachusetts
avenue bus line, west of Wisconsin
avenue, should be undertaken, gen.
orally along the lines proposed by
Mr.. Van Duzer, but then restated
its opposition to the proposed new
crosstown bus line.