Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-17
Bus Terminal
Relocation
Hit al Hearing
Affected Businesses
Criticize Move on
Eleventh Street

Proposed relocation Of the
terminal Of the WMdsA Motor
Lines, Inc. from the 400 block
OF Eleventh street NV. to the
300 block Of D street NV, was
opposed in a hearing yesterday
by businessmen Of both streets.
Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp said he will make rec
concentration on the proposal
tomorrow to Brig. Gen. Louis w.
Prentiss, Engineer Commissioner.
MIR. Keneipp's Office suggested
the change as a means of elimi-
mating congestion on Eleventh
street between Pennsylvania
avenue and E street NV. He
said the change also would facil-
1tate the traffic flow at the inter-
section of Pennsylvania avenue,
D and Eleventh streets.
D street merchants opposed
the change. saying it would add
to a traffic problem in front of
their stores. Eleventh street
merchants said they feared the
move would seriously curtail the
transient business brought to
them because Of the bus terminal.
Company Protests Change.
Bus company President L. L.
Altman opposed the change as a
backward move" He said the
D street area sis not a desirable
location after dark" from the
standpoint Of bus patrons.
Alternate proposals of the bus
company. which would provide
for new terminals at Fifteenth
and K streets NV. and Seven
tenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, were revealed. but
Mr.. Keneipp declined to allow
detailed discussion of the plans
as being unrelated to the D street
question. Mr.. Altman said his
alternate proposals will not be
presented officially until Mr..
Keneipp's recommendation is
known.
Samuel H. Kaufman, presi-
dent Of The Evening Star News
paper Co.. located opposite the
present bus terminal, said the
newspapers daily operations ARE
admittedly primarily RESPONSE
BILE" for conditions in the 400
block Of Eleventh street NV.
He said the traffic problem
has grown with the newspaper.
pointing out that the company
was moved to its present loca-
ton in the 1870s when there
were no buses or other motor
vehicles to cause a traffic
problem.
Mr.. Kaufman revealed for the
first time that The Star is
actively engaged in a relocation
plan Of its own. A site for q
proposed new Star Building has
not yet been selected however
he said.
1--WE are going to move just as
fast as we can find a site, make
our plans and construct the
building" he declared. FulfM-
ment of the plan will take al
least three years, he estimated
Mr.. Kaufman said he'favored
moving the bus terminal from
Eleventh street but opposed the
proposal to locate it on D street
Keneipp's Plan.
Mr.. Keneipp's plan calls for
the buses to make a right turn
on Ninth street off Pennsylvania
avenue, q left turn onto D street
from Ninth and elimination OF
the bottleneck at the intersec-
ton of Pennsylvania avenue. e
and Eleventh streets by these
steps: y,, -:
l. Cutting a new traffic lane
through the island formed by
Pennsylvania avenue, Tenth and
D streets. to enable p street
traffic to enter Pennsylvania
avenue. This traffic now must
move to the corner Of Eleventh
and D where 1t becomes tangled
with traffic turning right Oh
Pennsylvania avenue.
2. Channeling traffic around
the corner- Of p and Eleventh Sc
it will not have to merge with
traffic turning right of Pennsyl-
vania avenue at this point.
The plan would make D street
between Ninth and Tenth one
way westbound. A left-turn
light would be provided at Ninth
and D street to prevent traffic
problem there when the buses
make their turn into the D street
terminal.
Among opponents Of the
change were:
Oliver Atlas, president Of Atlas
Sport Store, 927 D street NV:
80 street is very narrow and a
left turn at Ninth and D will
create a bad situation there.
think the 900 block of D street Is
not the proper place for q bus
terminal"
Philip Goldstein, representing
the Surplus Sales Store which
has a delivery entrance in thu
900 block Of D street: There ar,
narrow sidewalks on both side
of D street and it will create {
problem for the bus patrons. WI
oppose the change for a bus stoI
there and we also oppose tn,
change that would make D stree
one-way."
Jack Tender, operator Of ,
general merchandise business q
.913 D street: IT agree with Mi
Atlas. Remember also that Their
are two alleys and q parking 10
entrance on D street that vii
cut down the amount Of spac
for buses to park"
Gilbert Hahn, jr.. representa-
Merchants Transfer 81 Storag
Co., of the 900 block e street
Company trucks enter an ale
of D street to get to the storag