The Washington critic., 1886-11-04
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions of the
National Capital.


Fare for each person on all lines, cents.
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor OF
all cars 6 for 20 cents, good on any line.
Washington and Georgetown RailrOad-Starts
at Georgetown, corner of High street, down
dgC street, across Rock Creek, east along
Pennsylvania avenue, passing circle 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 (halt-
ing at Fiit' enth street, where transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De-
partment again down PENNSYLVANIA avenue
by Wizards and other hotels, and through
the principal business portion Of the city,
crossing seventh street west Mt 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
to baltimore and OHIO Railroad depot, as
cending south side Of Capitol Hill, COntln-
uing along street south TO Pennsylvania
avenue, turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks to Navy-Iard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourteenth.street Branch - Starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street TO Boundary, passing
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 at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postoiiices, Odd'Fel'
lows Hall, crossing PENNSYLVANIA avenue
at Genre Market and City Postotlice (where
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
line), continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum, to the wharyes of the Mount Vernon.
Norfolk and other steamers ana Alexandra
ferry. Returning, same route.
Metropolitan Rallway-Leaylng Georgetown,
where il makes u circuit of West, High,
Fayette, Second, Dumbarton and Mont
gomcry streets, passing near Georgetown
College, Academy of the Visitation, High
Service Reservoir, and oak Hi Cemetery,
over Rock Creek TO 7 street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pala-
tial residences of the West End, including
that of the British minister; along Seven
teenth street west to IL street north, Four
teenth street to +, passing Willard and the
Ebbitt House, crossing Ninth street (where
transfers are given to the Ninth,strcet
Branch), past the Patent and Post Offices,
to Fifth street, to Louisiana avenue, passing
judiciary Square, City Hall, and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue 10 G street, by
tie Baltimore and Ohio depot TO Delaware
avenue to b street north, to First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to Lin
coin Park Returning, same route gong
west, except along New Jersey avenue ana
b street instead of Indiana avenue.
Wurand Navy Departments at convenient
intervals connecting with above line ut
Seventeenth and II streets.
Ninth street Branch-Starts at northern ter
minus of Seventh street west twhcrc II CON
meets with Silver Springs Branch, diyarglng
10 Ninth street, thence south, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple,
Patent and POstOiiiCcS at II street lWhere
transfers are given to main line east OF
westl thence TO b street, passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot
Sixth street 10 Missouri avenue, TO Fonr
aud'ahalt street, thence TO the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharyos, Potomac
River, Returning by same route.
silver Springs Branch-Starts from northern
terminus of Nnthstreet Branch, following
seventh street road, past Howard Oniver
sity and SChuCtZcn Park, to entrance u
grounds Of soldiers Home. Returning
same route.
Columbia Rulwny-Starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department
along New York avenue 10 its intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts, avenue {,
II street north, past the Government Print
ing Onicc 10 boundary and beginning OF
Baltimore turnpike and Bcnnns's BrIdg,
road. Returning, same route,
North Capitol and o Street Tor BclN Railroa.
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
aud.G-hali street, thence cast tu First west
north 20 q treot, west ~ Fourth street
north TO L street, west TO Eleventh street
ktNII 10 I. street NNlII west lh lhhIN'tN.N "
street. south 10 Ohio avenue, east q
Twelfth street, south to Virginia aycnu,
and east 10 starting point, Returning, sam,
route, except passing east over O instead %
street
This line also has short connecting roads run
ming 10 the Centre Market Potomac rive
steamboat wEarye-, bureau ut Engraving
and Printing Washington Monument an,
Eleventh and boundary,
Auacostia Railroad Starting from foot %
seventh street along VI street south
past uayy-yurd gate t1 Twelfth street east
and over the Anaco,tiu Bridge to onion
town and the Government Hospital for th
Insane. Returning, same route, Transfer
To ana from Avenue Line or Soyenthstrce
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rail
road, 3 cents.