The Washington critic., 1886-08-07
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions of the
NutIouuI CnpIfnI.

National Capital
Fare for each person on all lines cents.
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor Of
| all cars, for % cents, good ON any line
| Washington and Georgetown Railroad starts
ut Georgetown, corner Of High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, cast along
Pennsylvania avenue, passing circle con.
tanning Mills statue OF Washington; Cor
Corun Gallery, State Warand Navy Depart
ments; Presidents House, Lafayette Square,
containing Mills equestrian statue of An
drew Jackson: Department of Justice (hnlt-
Ing at Fifteenth street, where transfers arc
given to Fourteenth street Branchl Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De-
partmcnt again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Wizards and other hotels, and through
the principal business portion Of the city,
crossing Seventh street west at Center
Market (whcre transfers are given 90 the
seventh Street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south to Potomac Rlvcr),
past Botanical Gardens 10 Naval Monument
(here transfers are given to branch running
TO Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, as
cending south side Of Capitol Hill, Contin.
uing along B street south TO Pennsylvania
avenue. turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks To Navy-Yard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourteenthstroct Branch - Starts Mt New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Franklin Square and Thomas statue. Re-
turning, same route. Transfers given TO and
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare, cents additional.
Seventh.street Branch-Starts ut Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and PostO1ices, Old Fell
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Centre Market and City Postotlice (whero
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
line), continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum to the wharves of the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route.
where 1t makes a circuit of Wcst, High,
Fayctte, Second, Dumbarton and Mont
gomcry streets, passing near Georgetown
College, Academy of the Visitation, High
over Rock Creek to = street nOrth thence
| along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pala-
tial residences of the West End, Including
that of the British minister; along Seven
tccnth street west to II street north Four
tecnth street TO f. passing Willard and the
Ebbitt House, crossing Ninth street twhcrc
transfers are given to the Ninth.strcct
Branch), past tho Patent and Post Oticcs,
to Fifth street, TO Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary Square, City Hall, and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue to Q street, by
| the Baltimore and Ohio depot TO Delaware
| avenue, TO u street north, to First street
| east, thence along East Capitol street to Lin
| coin Park. Returning, same route going
west except along New Jersey avenue and
| D street instead Of Indiana avenue.
| Cars also leave tllc west front Of the state
| War and Navy Departments ut convenient
| intervals, connecting with above line at
| Seventeenth and Ii streets.
| Ninth street Branch-Starts at northern ter
minus 81 seventh street Wet .Where ~ con con
| meets with Silver Springs Branchl, diyerging
| 70 Nihln street, tnence soutih, ,ptsSi,is
Patent and Postoliices at T. street lwhere
transfers are gwen 10 ihaili ui.c uasL nr
Wesp tnehce 10 u s,rTeI' @ Ptsslg nG,o noIt
| Market anu Bait,inore anu Iotolhac DSPou'
| sIN,h street 70 M'ssiptrt aNoluJ, " ,,i rOu.
nt a, boryns .' pnt3nac
| Sivc, pet,irnins Lv me rnutc
,,i''I.' -. ,, Co., - u,,.,,
| clNor cprhRs bIduCH-Sta u liotli HV' tIlSl I
terminus ol Nllth's'reeJ bTTatiGll, ioi1oMims @
| seNenIn street road' ,paSt HoWarn uhlNor, "
sity anu SChgoiiIftn hiIf idTh, 10 oi.luivJ oWl,u} "
gp0ui'us gn uS,t oi soiuiers hon'o' No'urH''s'
same route,
Columbia Rallway-Starts at Fifteenth street
west, SOutheast oil treasury Departm!G,ht,
| along New 1ork avenue 10 lts llitersecIl99ih
| with Massachusetts avenue at seventh
street; thence on MASSACHUSETTS, avenue 70
| II street horth; past the Goyernmont irlhts
mG 3niGo TO- boundary ana R2sinnRSi Ma ob
road. Returning, same route.
North Capitol and Street Tor Belt Railroad
| starts from Maryland avenue anu fOut-
| andn-halt street, thence east 70 flrst west
horth W suctt, VIZ. -, w ~ N.t ~
s2mu 10 stpeet noTIn n "oSI No nast tn
| Twelfth street. south to Virginia avenue
| and east TO starting point Returning, same
| route, EXCEPT passing east over u instead OF
| = street.
| This line also has short connecting roads run
| ming 10 the Centre Market Potomac river
steamboat wharves, Bureau Of Engraving
| and Printing, Washington Monument and
Eleventh and Boundary.
| lordic coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue TO FWenty-
| second ana q stteetS nortlWeSJ rarc' .
teHts; siM tIchvts % doT ~ 0 eeFss, Us iioES''ou'
ticAots "lG "!So ''i's" "9 i"tu' -. ,
Anacostia kaIlroadIStartlnS from toot Qi
| seventh street, along NJ street soulIl
| past naVy,yard gate. 70 TWelith street cast
nu I'M, V0yr ,I to ,ho arore WSsntl fnr thr
| iusoro "N' Rnturnins sn,na routn ,Tran sfers
~ o,,S rrt,,, H,nn77n, ne or S.yantL street
prSncb Wnsbinpt"n aud Geor,rtown Rail.
| rn"d 2 cents ''N'
r,,It' ,, .,,,, g., ,,,,- ,,or, 81 tio o,+
Eorc SS cents within / milo. 75 cents per
| hSnr for one messenger. 81 per hour fOr
more than one Stands East Capitol front
| aud Tcnnsyiynnia avenue and Seventh
| Street nnrthyycst
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