The Washington critic., 1886-11-30
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Roach All Portions of the
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-siarts
at Georgetown, corner of High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Greek, cast alung
Pennsylvania avenue, passing CrClo CON
tanning Mills statue Of Washington; Cor
coran Gallery, State, War and Navy Depart
ments; Presidents House, Lafayette Square,
containing Mills equestrian statue OF An
drew jackson; Department of Justice thalt-
ing ut Fife enth street, whore transfers are
given to Fourteenth street BrancD Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury Dc
partment; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Willard'sand other hotels and through
the principal business portion of the city,
crossing seventh street west at Center
Market where transfers are given TO the
Seventh Street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south TO Potomac RIVER,
past Botanical Gardens to Naval Monument
here transfers are given to branch running
TO Baltimore and Ohio liailropd depoU as
condng south side Of Capitol lIll, contln
uing along y street south 60 Pennsylvana
avenue, turning into Eighth street cast past
the Marine Barracks TO Navy-Yard gate
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourteenthstrcet Branch - starts Mt New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west out
Fourteenth street TO Boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomas statue. Re.
turning, same route. Transfers given toanl
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare, cents additional.
seventh.street Branch-starts at boundary
ard runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postofcos,. Odd'Fcl-
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Cen re Market and CITY PostOlliCc (wherc
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
llnel, continuing across the Mall, past The
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum 10 the wharyes OF the Mount Vernon
Norfolk and other steamers ami Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route.
Metropolitan Railway Leaving Georgetown,
where IL makes circuit of West, High,
Fayette, Second, Dumbarton and Mont
gonery streets, passing near Georgetown
College, Academy of tho Visitation, High
Service Reservoir, and OAK llill Cemetery,
over Rock Creek to T. street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the palu.
tial residences of the West End including
that of the British minister; along seven.
tecnth street west to II street north, Four
teenth street to Il, passing Willard's aud the
Ebbitt House, crossing Ninth street (whore
transfers are given to the Ninth,stroct
Branch), past the Patent and Post Offices,
to Fifth street to Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary Square, city Hall, and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue to street, by
the Baltimore and Ohio depot to Delaware
avenue, to 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 the west front of tho State
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| intervals, connecting with above limo ut
| Seventeenth and II streets.
| Ninth street Brancl--Starts ut northern ter
| minus of Seventh street west (where It con.
| meets with Silver Springs Branchl, diverging
to Ninth street. thence south, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple,
Patent and Postoiilcos at + street (whore
transfers are given TO main line east or
| west), thence to Il street, passing Centre
| Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot
Sixth street to Missouri avenue, to Four
| and-a.half street, thence. to the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharvos, Potomac
| River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Branch-Starts from northern
terminus of Ninth.street Branch, following
| Seventh street road, past Howard Univer-
| sty and Schuetzen PARK, to entrance to
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning,
| same route.
Columbia Ralway-starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department,
along New York avenue to Its intersection
| with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts, avenue to
| II street north, past the Government Print.
| ing Office to Boundary and beginning of
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridge
| road. Returning, same route,
North Capitol and Street (or BelD Railroad
| Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
and.a-half street, thence east TO First west,
| north to G street, west to Fourth street
| north to p street, west to Eleventh street,
south to street north, west to Fourteenth
| Twelfth street, south TO Virginia avenue
| and east to starting point. Returning, same
route except passing east over o instead OF
| street.
| This line also has short connecting roads run
| ming to the Centre Market, Potomac riyel
| steamboat wharves, Bureau Of Engraving
| and Printing, Washington Monument anC
| Eleventh and boundary
Anacosta misunderstanding from foot o
Seventh street, along NJ street south
| past navy-yard gate. to Twelfth street east
| and over the AnaCostia Bridge to Union
| town and the Government Hospital for th'
| Insane. Returning same route. Transfer
| {. and from Avenue Line or Seventhstree
Branch Washington and Georgetown ltai
| road, cents.
Herdic coaches are running from the Navy
| Yard via Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty
| second and q streets northwest. Fare,
| cents; six tickets for % cents. HOrse-cal
| tickets are also received as fare.
| Herdic cabs are run TO any part OF the city
Fare, 20 cents, within / mile; IS cents pei
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour tol
| more than one. Stands, East Capitol from
and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
| street northwest.
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