Evening star., 1951-03-30
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Dropped Runs
Will Serve Portions
Of Capital Tronsit's S
Y-3 and Go Routes

Y-3 and G-8 Routes
The Oriole Motor Coach Lines
Inc, Of Silver Spring was ready
today to take over two of tht
Maryland suburban buslines which
the Capital Transit Co. will aban.
don tomorrow at midnight.
Manuel j. Davis. vice president
OF Oriole, said the Interstate Com.
merce Commission has given the
firm temporary authority for l!
days to serve portions of Capita
Transit's Y-3 route along Piney
Branch road in Montgomery
County and the G-8 route tt
Greenbelt.
Mr.. Davis said authorization tt
operate on the two routes is ex.
pected today from the Maryland
Public Service Commission, which
yesterday granted permission to
Capital Transit to abandon serv.
ice on the seven buslines.
May Take Over 2 Other Lines.
The Oriole line, which now
operates in and beyond College
Park and several Montgomery
County communities as far north
as Gaithersburg, also is consider
ing taking over two other of the
lines to be abandoned. They are
o., covering Kenwood, Edge
moor and Bradley boulevard, and
N-8. to Glen Echo.
Joseph w. Clark, District super
visor for the ICC. said Oriole was
given the l5-day temporary per-
nit to operate On the two routes
because there was not time to is
sue the usual 180-day temporary
permit. Within the next few
days. he said, the ICC will give
the company a supplementary
temporary permit covering the
additional 165 days.
In permitting Capital Transit
to discontinue the seven suburban
routes, the Public Service Com
mission said it had no alterna-
tive. The lines lose money, the
commission found, and the Mary
land Court of Appeals has ruled
that a utility company cannot be
required to continue operating a
facility under such circumstances.
Cites 1949 Ruling.
The commission cited a 194e
Court of Appeals ruling which
said such service need be oper-
ated only on the condition that
the public will supply sufficient
traffic at a reasonable rate to
yield a fair return, the Associ-
ated Press reported.
The PSC said much had been
made at the public hearing in Sill
yer Spring last week of the fact
that the whole Capital Transit
system operated at profit in 1850.
Its loss on the seven lines, however,
was estimated at $125, 600.
"In view of the law as laid down
by the Court of Appeals" said the
commission, this commission is
required to permit the discontinue
ance of these lines."
Capital Transit originally asked
for permission to abandon an
eighth line. the T-4 service in Ia
koma Park. It advised the COM
mission Wednesday, however, that
1t would like to keep this service.
Oriole said it is ready to start
rush hour service between 6::3C
and $50 am. and $3.50 and 7::3C
pm. on the Y-3 and G-8 routes
Monday. 1t proposes to increase
its service if traffic needs so re-
quire, an announcement said.
Proposed Service.
Mr.. Davis said the proposed
Piney Branch road service will,
originate at -Four Corners, thence
over Old Bladensburg road te
Piney Branch road, over Piney
Branch road to Sixth street NV.
over Sixth street to Butternut
street, over Butternut street tt
Blair road, over Blair road tt
Eastern avenue. over Eastern
avenue to Kalmia road, thence te
Twelfth street NV. and the
Eastern avenue terminal.
The return route will be vis
Georgia avenue to Kalmia road
then to Eastern avenue, Blail
road, Butternut road, Sixth street
and Piney Branch road, turning
left at Piney Branch and Ole
Bladensburg road and thence te
-Four Corners.
The Greenbelt service will rur
from Greenbelt road to Edmonstor
road, to the Rhode Island avenue
car stop and to College Park
Service also will be available from
Edmonston road to the Rhode
Island avenue car stop on Green
belt road.
Commissions Findings.
This is the way the commission
summed UP it's findings on each
OF the seven lines to be aban-
doned:
Route G-s. Greenbelt-From tn,
Branchvtlle street car line, near the inter
section OF U. S. l and Greenbelt road t,
Greenbelt. Sparsely populated A Green
belt community bus which connects witt
the fare was doubled. The G-S line los
$36293 in 1850 This line cannot b,
operated profltably because there is no
suficient patronage now or in contempla
tion.
Route H-3. Riverdale -Eastpines-Fron
the Branchville street car line at River
dale road through East Riverdale to East
pines. Sparsely settled. Revenue in 1856
was $3.79S, loss Sill. Parts of tn
territory are are served by the Branchville ca
does not support the H-3 line to the ex
Route F-S, Hyattsville- Hyattsviii
from U. 8. ] over Colesville road to Rhod,
lslsnd as a. avenue near the District line. Los
also served by the G-6 and G-4 lines.
Route KS. Sheriff road-From the Dis
triot line and Eastern avenue to Yves
Brothers Brick Co. Sparsely settle excep
north OF Sheriff road near The Distric
line. Revenue In $50 was S1O,139, los
$14.s19. There is no indication this ter
duce greater number of passengers ant
the public convenience does not require
continuance.
Route Ms, Glen Echo--From Massachu