Evening star., 1952-01-10
Prince Georges
FoesGetH Hearing
On Bus Changes
Capitol Transit Says
Lundover Hills Line
Is Operated at Loss
By William A. Millen
StoY Staff Corresnondent

plan to drop the H6-8 DuS line IN
Prince Georges County were to
have their inning today before the
Maryland Public Service Com
mission.
The commission was advised
yesterday that If the move is
sanctioned, Landover Hills and
Kent Village would be left without
Capital Transit bus facilities. The
company places its annual loss on
this College Park community line
lat $65.000. and says it is dupli-
Gated by other lines.
Capital Transit closed its direct
case yesterday after informing the
commission that its Maryland
losses total $4,000.
One lone opponent, Attorney
Thomas H. Carolan, 612 East Le-
land street, Chevy Chase, took the
witness stand to protest rerouting
the L-6 Rollingwood- Rock Creek
Forest line.
Montgomery Hearing Set.
But the commission set Feb.
lruary 6, at 10:30 am, for Mont.
lgomery County protestants to say
why they oppose the company's
program to cut down Improbable
service in the Washington suburbs.
Commissioner Wilmer Fell Davis
told the audience the commission
wants to give full opportunity to
Montgomery County to be heard.
A suggestion that the February
6 hearing be moved to place
nearer Washington as a conven-
ience to witnesses was taken un-
der advisement by the commission.
Those desiring to be notified were
asked to leave their names with
the secretary.
Commissioner Davis said he
wanted to know the real reason
why the Maryland National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commits
sion has asked the company to
stop using Beach drive on March
10.
Order Is Delayed.
I Mr.. Carolan promised to try to
have the Planning Commission
write directly to the PSC on the
subject. Beach drive is a link in
the L-6 route. R. F. Green, Plan.
ming Commission vice chairman.
has notified the company by letter
its permit will not be extended
beyond March 10. He told the
company it would not be allowed
to operate buses over park roads
t owned or operated by the COM
i mission after today. But at the
company's request, this was ex-
, tended go days, due to the cur
rent hearing.
Attorney S. Harrison Kahn, rep
resenting the Oriole Coach Lines.
informed the PSC he will file with
the Interstate Commerce Com
} mission in IA to 16 days a petition
asking it to put Capital Transit's
interstate express service under
its jurisdiction.
Daryl A. Myse, Capital Transit
attorney, declared Mr.. Kahn's ac-
ton would take away from the
citizens of Maryland the express
bus service the transit company
now furnishes and proposes to
/ expand.
Dean j. Locke, staff engineer
for the company, testified it plans,
on the Y-2 line to Forest Glen, to
have four express trips in the
morning and four in the after
noon and more will be added il
warranted. The company also
proposes to increase express serv-
ice to -Four Corners, he said, with
an equal number Of trips.
| Cites Operating Loss.
Robert E. Harvey, Capital Tran.
sit vice president and controller.
told the commission the net OPP
Grating loss for Maryland regular
route bus operations for the IL
months ended October 81, 1851.
was $469 1896. He said the Districts
PUG gives no recognition to Mary
land losses in fixing District fares,
He said an item of $4,000 costs
was excluded both by the PUG and
the PSC, but this should be added
to Maryland losses, making them
$4,000.
Losses from Maryland opera.
Itions are increasing, he declared.
The company faces decreasing
revenues, while labor, electric
power and other operating costs.
including taxes, rise. He said saw
Iings effected by dropping seven
Improbable Maryland lines last
spring were wiped out by the wage
increase given the company's
union employees in July and other
infiationary trends. He placed
net operating loss on "a Silver
Spring community line at $29, 800:
the z line at $78.765 and T-s at
$39,163.
Entire Areas Protests.
II Mr.. Carolan said he appeared
on behalf Of the Rollingwood
Citizens Association. He presented
246 protests. saying all families
were represented-1,01I persons.
including 242 school children. He
said the company's rerouting plan
lwill result in drastic curtailment
of service and higher operating
costs. He said it will also permit
1.-THE carrier to eliminate service
after 8 pm. and on Sundays and
work a hardship on residents of
the area.
i Transit plans to reroute LIS.
one leg operating via Leland
street, Brookville road and East
West highway outbound and via
East-West highway and Connec-
ticut avenue inbound; another leg
to operate to Rollingwood via
Leland street and Rolling road.
Each leg would operate on a one
hour headway.
MIR. Myse said the firm is oper-
ating under an annual permit
expiring April /. He asked Mr..
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