Evening star., 1942-07-11
Fight on Bus
Transfers al
Ross|yn Pushed
Arlington c. Of c.
Executive Committee
AssoiIs Plon

passengers on the Arnold operated
lines of the Washington, Virginia 81
MARYLAND Coach Co. to transfer to
streetcars at Rosslyn Plaza, was OPP
posed by another nearby Virginia
group TODAY as plans were made 10
Law the program before the Airing
ton County Public Utilities Comm6-
sion Monday night.
An estimated $4,000 Virginia pas
sengers would be required to trans
fer at the Virginia end OF Key
Bridge under the plan OF Mr.. van
Duzer, who submitted the program
as Once of Defense Transportation
administrator for the District as
means of conserving gasoline ana
tires.
His report was made In response
to@a resolution of the Transporta-
ton Co-ordinating Committee OF
the National Capital Park and Plan~
ming Commission, which has ap-
proved it in principle and recon-
mended approval by the park and
planning commission and the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commission.
Utilities Board to Meet.
Following action by the Arling-
ton County Board yesterday OPP
posing the suggestions with respect
to treatment of Washington. Vir-
ginia and Maryland Coach Co. lines.
the Arlington Chamber of Com
merce Executive Committee took
similar action.
Milton E. Diehl, special assistant
to ODT Director Joseph B. East
man, and a member of the Arling-
ton County Public Utilities Com
mission said today he will bring
the matter before the county
utilities group at meeting Monday
night in the courthouse.
| Mr.. Diehl, who also has been
appointed by Gov. Darden as
Northern Virginia co-ordinator OF
defense transportation, said he will
discuss the Virginia plan when
meeting of the Washington Re-
gional Committee of Defense Trans
portation Administrators is called
next week. The other members OF
this committee are Mr.. Van Duzer
and Ben G. Wilkinson. transpor-
tation co-ordinator for nearby
Maryland. .--~-
Detailed Surveys Made.
At the time Mr.. Van Duzer was
making his studies, the District
Commissioners, the District Public
Utilities Commission and the Cap
ital Transit Co. we're known to be
making detailed surveys to improve
| transportation facilities and Mr..
Van Duzer consulted representatives
of all these groups.
AS far as could be determined,
however. neither Virginia bus lines
nor Arlington County government
agencies. including the county Pub
lie Utilities Commission, were con-
suited in preparation of the report.
Copies of the report have been sent
to the bus lines by the Park and
Planning Commissions Transporta-
ton Co-ordinating Committee:
Mr.. Diehl said he was neither
member of the Arlington County
Public Utilities Commission nor had
he been named Northern Virginia
| transportation co-ordinator at the
time of Mr.. Van Duzer's studies and
had no comment on failure to con.
suit affected Virginia interests.
Each Virginia bus line has been
asked by Mr. Diehl to give him their
views on the plan for submission to
the County Public Utilities Com
mission Monday.
The only feature of the report
which Mr.. Diehl would comment on
at this time was Mr. Van Duzer's
final recommendation:
This program should be sub
mitted to the Public Utilities Com
mission with a request that it be
adopted at once and without public
hearing. 1t is recognized that this
is contrary to the usual policy of
the commission, but it is felt that
such procedure Is justified in view
of the emergency character of the
program"
To this, the Virginia transporta-
ton co-ordinator remarked, That
is not a very wise thing to do"
At the meeting of the Arlington
Chamber OF Commerce Executive
Committee. Eugene deHegh intro
duced the resolution, unanimously
passed, describing the plan as being
conducive to serious traffic conges-
ton with considerable loss of time
to several thousand Arlington resi-
dents, in addition to increasing this
costs of transportation through the
payment of two fares.
Paul A. Hill, chamber secretary,
said appeals will be made to the
ODT directly and to the Interstate
Commerce Commission to uphold
DreSept schedules