Evening star., 1942-03-27
Hearing Slated
On Cross-Town
Bus Extension
New Feeder Lines
Also to Be Weighed
At April J Session

Extension OF the cross-town bus
line from Catholic University to
South Dakota avenue and Bladens-
burg road NE. and establishment
OF new feeder lines in other north
east areas will be considered by the
Public Utilities Commission at a
public hearing at 10 am. April 7.
Plans for these steps were an
nounced late yesterday by the COM
mission after it had watched for
some weeks the operation of the
new cross-town line. Commission
Chairman Gregory Hankin has
stated he anticipates the commits
sion later will order a second cross
town bus line, serving the Military
road area.
The present plan is for extension
OF the existing cross town bus line
from Seventh street and Michigan
avenue NE. east along Monroe street,
South Dakota avenue, Franklin
street to Bladensburg road, with
loop at the end.
Protests Anticipated.
The public hearing was scheduled
because some protests are expected
from patrons of sections of existing
lines which would be abandoned to
avoid duplication of bus service, but
attention was directed by Mr.. Han
kin to feeder lines which are pro-
posed to be established
II the plan carries, the COM
mission would order discontinuance
OF the operation of the Rhode Island
Avenue bus line on Twenty-second
street NE. from Bunker Hill road to
Monroe street, on Monroe street
from Twenty-second to Twelfth
streets, !on Twelfth street from
Monroe to Franklin, on Franklin
from Twelfth to Fourth streets, and
the westerly end of the line from
Sixteenth and I streets to Eighteenth
street and Pennsylvania Avenue
NV. Also to be discontinued would
be the operation of the Hyattsville-
College Park line from the inter-
section Of Rhode Island avenue and
Ninth street to the present terminal
at Seventh street and Constitution
avenue NV.
There would be instituted three
new feeder bus lines, as follows:
From the intersection of Twenty
second street and Eastern avenue
NE. south on Eastern avenue, west
on Varnum street, south on Twenty
second street, west on Otis street,
Franklin street, south on Twenty
fourth street, west on Evarts street,
and northerly over the southbound
route to Varnum street and north
to Eastern avenue.
From 18th and South Dakota.
From the intersection of Twelfth
street and South Dakota avenue
NE. south on South Dakota ave-
nue.. south on Sargent road, west on
Varnum street, south on Tenth
street, east on Perry street. north
on Michigan avenue. east on Quincy
street, south on Twelfth street, east
on Franklin street. south on Four
teenth street and Montana avenue
NE. then around a loop to be de-
signated and return northbound
over the described southbound
route.
Along Rhode Island avenue. in
regard to the eastern portion of
Rhode Island avenue line, over the
present Hyattsville College Park
routes, one having. the eastern
terminus at Queens Chapel road and
Eastern avenue NE. and the other
section having its terminus at
Eastern avenue and Randolph street,
both of these routes to operate
westerly over the existing Hyatts-
vile e-College Park route as far as
the intersection of Rhode Island
avenue and Ninth street, then west
on Rhode Island avenue to Fifteenth
street, south on Fifteenth street,
west on I street, north on Sixteenth
street and east on Rhode Island ave-
nue. over the existing route.