Evening star., 1959-12-01
Buses Due January3
On 3 Trolley Lines
3 Rush Routes
To Be Dropped
At Same Time


convert from streetcar to bus
operations on three main car
lines on January 3, and will
at the same time discontinue
three rush hour routes.
The Public Utilities Commits
sion agreed to the changes
after a meeting with D. C.
Transit officials yesterday. The
company had named January
3 as the date for the CONVEX
sion to buses on the three main
lines at a rate hearing last
week. The P. U. c. had re-
quested details on the move.
Buses will be operated on the
Friendship Heights line and
the Seventh street Georgia
avenue line.
Inc CaDln John streetcar
line will be replaced by two sep
arate bus routes. One route
will operate from the vicinity
of Cabin John along Mac
Arthur boulevard to Macomb
street NV. There it will con-
meet with the present Glover
Park line which serves George
town and terminates down.
town. .. ..
New Bus Line
A new bus line will be oper.
ated between Rosslyn circle
and Union Station.
A rush hour bus route be-
tween Mount Pleasant and Po-
tomac Park terminal at the
Interior Department will be
started. The buses probably
VIII run on Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets south of Du-
pont circle for this route.
To be eliminated will be
streetcar rush hour service
from Lincoln park to Poto-
mac park, Fourteenth street
and Colorado avenue NV. to
Third and c streets S.W. and
Eleventh and Monroe streets
NV. to Third and C streets
S.W. These routes involve a
total Of l3 one-way trips q
day.
Meanwhile. Engineer Com
missioner A. C. yelling said
today that he has directed the
Highway Department to give
priority attention" to removal
OF loading platforms when the
streetcar lines are abandoned,
Gen. yelling said he has
ordered that the platforms be
removed by the end of January.
Prompt action is necessary, he
SAID, because the platforms
constitute a traffic hazard and
impede traffic flow.
Silver Spring Shift Asked
Meanwhile, the Traffic Conn
mlttee of the Silver Spring
Board of Trade has advanced
a plan for transfer of the d. c.
Transit Systems terminal from
Georgia and Alaska avenues
to the heart of the Silver Spring
business district.
Abandonment of the ter
mlnal is tied in with the sys.
TENS scheduled closing of the
Georgia avenue streetcar line
IN January. The committee
wants a terminal established
at Pershing drive, Fenton
street and Wayne avenue
alongside the Silver Spring
Armory.
The plan calls for erection
If canopies but not a terminal
building.
The plan would cut the num-
ber Of transfers required by
persons travelling back and
forth from downtown WASH
lngton to Silver Spring. The
committee plan proposes lines
TO link the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase area and the Langley
ark-Takoma Park region op-
Grating from the terminal. The
plan of the committee, headed
oy Bernard Bulkley, has been
presented to County Manager
M. L. Reese and his public
works, traffic and public safety
chiefs.
Civic Group Opposed
The Mohican Hills Civic AS
ISOLATION, which already has
protested the change from
trolleys to buses, reiterated it's
stand last night, Stanton M,
Strawson, jr., president. said.
Mr.. Strawson said members
feel bus service on the D-4
route is not as efficient as
present streetcar service. He
said the area residents would
be required to make two trans
fers to reach destinations on
Pennsylvania avenue, the route
Used by Cabin John and Glen
Echo trolleys.
Other groups that Mr.. Straw
son said either have protested
or plan to protest include the
Fairway Hills Civic Association,
;he Glen Echo Heights Civic
Association in nearby Mary
and and the Palisades Citizens
Association in the Macarthur
boulevard area.