Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1926, Page 16

i 16 REAL BUS LINES RADIATE TO VARIOUS POINTS FROM CAPITAL CITY (Continued from Thirteenth Page.) Already in the highlands, from that olnt he can secure rapid connection with a bus climbing the mountains which enshroud Cumberland. Bach Washington bus terminal has vharacteristics which stamp it as a Unfon Station on a smaller scale, with travelers awaiting incoming coaches, iuggage placed here and there and the same attitude of subdued bustle and rxcitement among attendants, parting wuests and well-wishing hosts and host- wosses. Upon the arrival of the huge, well proportioned monarch of the high- ways, immediate preparations made for another trip. Baggage placed aboard in speclally built com- partments or made fast upon a top varefully equipped for the purpose, and passengers settle themselves fora swift, clean and vibrationless journey over roads flanked by growing fields, deep, shaded woods and languid Iages steeped in the lore and the tra- dition of the countryside. Smonod bus travelers make the pofa$ that the modern motor coach, bestdes furnishing rapid, sure and safe transportation, also enables those who to_get close to the region through which they are traveling, to absorb the peculiar atmosphere of the territory, to observe unique habits and customs—and, a very joy to the city person, to breathe the fragrance of the wild rose and honeysuckle en route. ashington bus lines afford the rapidity, the pleasure, the comfort and the safety herin indicated, and each month brings further extension of each one of these varied and signifi- cant phases. Alexandria Lines Cited. Alexandria, Va., second oldest town in the United States, rich in tradition and having a history which dates back into shadowy centuries, and today a thriving and prosperous community, now is connected with the Capital by 1wo representative bus systems, run by the Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington line. Some idea of the type of service now being rendered by gusoline-powered public conveyances everywhere may be gained from the fact that busses ply betwéen Wash- ington and the Virginia town 116 times a day, and that there is no ces- sation of®service at any time of the day or night. A bare 30 minutes are consumed in making a one-way trip. The all-night service maintained by the bus lines to Alexandria indicates that the spirit of progress, of which the motor coach itself is such an out- standing example, is being carried out 10 the last detail by those within this great indust nd that no stone is being left unturned to make the bus of the greatest possible benefit to its ever-growing clientele. As a result of the motor coach the people of Alexan- dria and the people of Washington never are without a common means of transportation; the two centers never are isolated, no matter what hour the hands of the clock may show. ‘While this survey does not contem- plate purely local bus lines, sight. seeing vehicles to Mount Vernon and Arlington nor conmecting systems, it is of too much general interest locally 1o fail to state that there is an impor- tant bus line operated from Alexan- dria to Camp Humphreys, which con- nects with the coaches from Wash- ington. Two lines of sure-footed, sleek giants of the road traverse the historic and ¥ territory between the National Capital and Philadelphia, taking the Bladensburg road to Hyattsville, thence to Laurel and Baltimore, from there through Aberdeen, Md., and on 10 the metropolis of Pennsylvania by way of Havre de Grace. Operated by the Red Star Line and Peoples Transit 0., these busses, among the finest and inost complef equipped to be seen on the roads today, make the one-way trip in 420 minutes—7 hours. The mo- torist knows what remarkable time this is. Each of these two lines makes two trips a day, another indication of the march of progress and a straw in the wind relative to what the traveler may reasonably expect within the next few years. The Peoples line starts at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue and the Red Star busses leave from the same point. New York in Eleven Hours. | The New York jump is the longest undertaken by any bus line operating out of the city, and the busses run- ning between the two points are really beautiful examples of the best the modern bus builder has to offer in the way of safety, comfort, speed and con- | venience. -avelers making this trip | comment upon the-swiftness and the | sureness of the flight, the complete lack of trouble experienced, the ap- parent ease with which the huge, broad-bottomed vehicle cuts down the scores of miles which separate Capitol Hill from City Hall Park. This line is operated by the Palace Coach Co.. and the one trip daily is made in 11 hours of enjoyable touring. The start- ing place is the Annapolis Hotel. Bladensburg, Md., apparently 18 the favored spot of motor busses, inas- much as six different lines run to or through the little town famed in ESTATE, American history as 4 battleground of the War of 1812. Among the lines which serve to make Bladensburg a “bus city” are the two Philadelphia systems, one Baltimore line, one New York bus, one Laurel line and a bus to East Riverdale and Bladensburg School. From the W. R. & E. starting point at Fifteenth and H streets northeast the run to the Bladensburg School is made in 13 minutes, with 66 trips a day, while the other run, through Bla- densburg to East Riverdale, is accom- plished in 19 minutes, with 38 trips a day. From Washington out the Bladens- burg road the bus situation comprises six lines from the Capital, five from Blanedsburg to Laurel, four from Lau- rel to Baltimore, two to Philadelphia and one on through to New York City. ‘The Bladensburg road is, therefore, the most traversed by busses emanat- ing from the Capital and has become the leading artery by which this city is connected with the larger cities of the North by motor coach transpor- tation. leading out of Washington to are becoming more and more crowded with the fast-moving, ¢! limbed adjuncts of the already. exiat. ing transportation systems, and from the Capital to Cherrydale and through to Fairfax are found four lines. From Washington to Fairfax Court House, a qualntly charming old Virginia town, the busses of the Lee Highway Co. maintain a schedule which calls for six trips a day, allowing 62 min- utes one way for each trip. The Fair- fax busses leave from Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Over the same route this company operates busses to Falls Church, making trips a day. The time is 40 minute: The justly famous caverns of Luray attract thousands of visitors eacl year, and a large number of them are carried by the Washington-Luray Co., which operates from Eighth street and Louisiana avenue. Two trips are made each day, four hours being con- sumed in making the one-way passage through some of the most strikingly beautiful scenery to be found in this section of the country. The town of Warrenton, Va., and the territory surrounding it is within a figurati stone’s throw of Wash- ington, with the Warrenton-Washing- ton line leaving Eleventh street and |( New York avenue daily and cemplet- ing the one-way trip through fertila country in 2 hours and 20 min THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE utes. Leaving Eighth street and Loui- slana avenue, busses of the Virginia Transit Co. journey to Falrfax 11 times a day by way of Chain Bridge, through McLean and Vienna, taking 80 minutes to make the trip one way. This line’s Winchester coach makes one trip a day, accomplishing the run in four hours. One Line to Baltimore. At present there is but one line mak- ing the rum #from Washington to Bal- timore exclwnively, and that is the Washington Motor Coach Company, which maintains a _terminal at Four: teenth street and Pennsylvania a nue, and makes 16 trips dally. The mile one-way passage from station to station s made in one hour and three-quarters, an average which the Washington motorist will concede 1s 2 thoroughly excellent one. Perhaps no other bus trip i3 better known to a greater proportion of mo. tovists and others than the one to Baltimore, and it is freely acknowl- edged among those who muke the Journey in private machines that all ; gladly and even pridefully when the motor mastodons of the road vhiz by to their destinations. And, it be added, those who do not de- sire to give the right of way to these busses often are compelled to do so wheri their cars will go no faster, safely, while the busses pass them, engine humming, with the utmost comfort and safety to passeng: The Washington Motor Coach Com- pany, in addition to running the Bal- timore line, also operates a Washing. ton-Annapolis system. made daily, and the same time is re- quired as for the Baltimore run. The Washington, Marlboro and Annapolis Company also operates a line to the Maryland capital, making two-trips a day and accomplishing the one-way run in one hour and three-quarters. From Washington to Marlboro the time consumed by busses of the last- named company is 45 minutes, with e each day. The same organization runs a line to Capl- tol Heights, Md., making 24 journeys a 1t takes 30 minutes for the one- 1 bus to the Washington nd Country Club, located be- vdale, Va., is run by the Virginla' and Maryland an organization which lines to Ballston and The Washington Country 30 minutes from operates Fort Mver. Club trip is made i; Charming New Home n Massachusetts Avenue Heights *A new residence of Modified Spanish architecture ‘located on a high eleva- tion and surrounded by beautiful homes. This home is most practical in plan, finished in un- usually good taste and is complete with copper screens for all windows and doors. On the first floor is a wide reception hall, cloak closet and attractive colonial stair- case, large living and dining rooms, each with French doors to concrete side porch, breakfast room with Pull- man diner, and a most complete kitchen with electric refrigeration. There are 4 big bedrooms, large, screened sleeping porch, and two completely appointed tile baths. Also servant’s quarters with entered from a wide paved alley. and the price, too, bath. The built-in garage is You will like this home Open All Day Sunday Hedges & Middleton, Inc. 1412 Eye St. NW. REALTORS Franklin 9503 This Attractive and Exceptionally Well Planned Tapestry Brick Corner Residence Located in That Fashienable Section of the Northwest Just North of Wyoming Avenue Overlooking Beautiful Rock Creek V alley and Connecticut Avenue Bridge PRICED RIGHT FOR A QUICK SALE 2359 ASHMEAD PLACE N.W. 62-foot Front on Ashmead Place by 68 Feet on 20th Street This handsome CE: located at the INT! BATHS and ONE SER’ WO00D FLOORS, I&hCLOSI"D CONSERVATORY, GAR UILT-IN GARAGE. N and a B! THRO( HOU Salesmen on Prem SRSECTI Place, contains ALL \lflDhR “ lllTL A\l) NTER HALL entrance home of BRICK CONSTRUCTION, THREE STREETS, nl.mel\.'i 20th, Belmmlt and Ashmead ON OF IVIPRO\ EMENTS, and has BU which is ROOMS, T lhe MANY § S(I;E(‘IAL FMTUR K ATOR, The House ls \V ATHER STRIPPED A\D SCBEENED This House Must Be Inspected to Be Fully Appreciated s Sunday From 10 to 12:30 O’Clock and From 3:30 to 6 O’Clock JOHN F. MAURY 1011 Connecticut Avenue Realtor Main 4080 the terminal, at Thirty-sixth and M streets, in Georgetown. This bus runs 77 times a day, exceeded only by the same line's 85 trips to Ballston—20 minutes each way—and the Alexan- dria, Barcroft and Washington's !flpl to Alexandria. ‘The Washington, ginia and Maryland Company'’ l5 trips to Fort Myer are accomplished in 156 minutes one way each. This already sizable list of intiner- aries and schedules is further aug- mented by a number of other, and highly important, motor coach lines which join the National Capital with points in neighboring States. The Blue Bldge Transportation Company, for instance, operutes between here and Frederick, Md., the leading town of one of the richest farming counties in the entire United States. Three trips are scheduled every day, and the fleet, substantially constructed and andsomely appointed vehicles, tra- verse the one-way journey in an hour and 45 minutes,” running over glass- smooth roads through a territory na- tionally known for its fertility and famed as the land of Whittler's “Bar- bara Frietchie.” Steep Route to Hagerstown. Running through Frederick and on to Iagerstown, nestling in mountains which give promise of peaks, in Cum berland and Frostburg. is the Ilagers. town-Washington line, operating three trips u dey and making the journe: = up into the hills in two hours and 45 minutes. This trip to Hagerstown is & tribute to the makers of modern motor bus equipment, since it proves a most severe test in the climbing of hills encountered en route. Laden with passengers and luggage, these busses have little difficulty in over- coming the steep grades, and maintain accurate schedule against considerable natural odds. The Hagerstown bus terminal is at Thirteenth and E streets. Runs_of considerable length are made dafly by the Tidewater line, whose busses go as far down into southern Maryland as Leonardtown and Rock Point, the latter an especial favorite of local fishermen. Two trips a day are mad each to Leonardtown and Rock Point, the former one-way run being accomplished In three hours and five minutes, while the Rock Point trip requires three hours and 20 minutes. Leavipg the Tidewater ter minal at Lleventh street and New York avenue, the Brandywine bus makes two trips a day and does the one-way journey in an hour and 30 minutes. Going north from Washington into Maryland, the traveler may take the Burns motor line from strests to Ashton-—a town the east of Olney—and arrive at his destination two hours and five min- utes later. The Burns line runs this trip twice dafly. Also running north into Maryland are busses of the Wash- IDEAL LOCATION Takoma Park Near the Corner of 6819 8th Open Sunday £l “Location”’ We first call attention to this because of its relation to future values. There is no moderate priced Homes being offered to the buying public with better environ- ments. 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