Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-05
Capital Transit
Submits New
Bus Routings
Citizens Federation
Counsel Approves
Notifications

Organized citizens today won at
least partial victory in their de-
mands for revision of orders re-
routing vraious Capital Transit Co.
bus lines when company spokesman
suggested notifications in re-rout-
ings which met approval of counsel
for the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations.
Re-routing orders had been issued
by the Public Utilities Commission,
effective as of February %, to carry
out requests from the Office of De-
Tense Transportation for savings in
bus mileage, tires and gasoline, but
the order was stayed by the Fedora
tons petition for reconsideration.
Notifications proposed for the
company by Dean j. Locke, staff en-
gineer of the company, did not
meet with all objections raised by
representatives of citizens associa-
tons. For instance, George A.
Corbln, speaking for Manor Park,
protested the proposed extension of
the express limits on some buses
from New Hampshire and Georgia
avenues north to Grant Circle. One
of the detectives of the change was
to require bus patrons in the af-
fected area to use Georgia avenue
streetcars instead of express buses.
Kept From Passing School.
A result of Intervention by the
Federation of Citizens Associations
was proposal for revised rerout-
ings which would keep buses from
going past the Barnard Elementary
School at Fifth and Decatur streets
NV.
On this point, John H. Connaugh-
ton. representing the Federation,
declared the saving of small
amount of bus mileage might cost
the lives of school children and that
the plan would not be worth the
risk. Mr.. Locke assured the COM
mission the revised routings he pro-
posed would mean that no buses
would go past the school, He pointed
out, however, that bus lines pass by
dozens of other elementary schools.
In reply to this, Mr.. Connaughton
said he did not know about that. but
he did know Fifth street is very
narrow and bus traffic over it would
be dangerous to small children.
Mr.. Connaughton said the public
was not asking changes to con-
tlnue the P-2 or the K-2 buses.
since it could see distinct mileage
savings in the proposed re-routings
However, he added, there is no use
in being like the Hindu walking on
broken glass with bare feet, or
beating himself on the head. The
Lord knows we are giving up enough
because OF war necessities, and
there is no reason why we should
give up things unnecessarily. If
deprivations are necessary that is
something else"
Suggested Notifications.
Mr.. Locke suggested notifications
OF the Commissions order as fol-
lows: That the portion of the al
ready scheduled all-day route J-6
service which would operate inbound
In the morning rush period and
outbound in the afternoon rush Pc
riod between the Takoma area and
Gallatin street be designated as
route il service and be operated
from and to Fifth and Dahlia
streets terminal as heretofore, in
stead of from and to the terminal
at Laurel and Eastern avenues.
That the redesignated route il
operate over Fifth street between
Dahlia street and Kansas avenue,
over Kansas avenue and Sherman
Circle, between Fifth street and
Thirteenth street and via Thir-
teenth street between Kansas ave-
nue. and the downtown terminal at
Thirteenth and D streets NV, with
limited stop limit at Fifth and Gal
latin streets;
That route Us, as modified
above; route J-3 and the new route
PA be routed along Kansas avenue
between Fifth street and Sherman
Circle and then along Illinois ave-
nue. between Sherman Circle and
Grant Circle.
Thus, he said, operation on Fifth
street past the Barnard School
would be avoided and the new
schedules still would mean no seri-
Gus loss of mileage,