The Washington critic., 1886-06-25
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions of the
National Capital.

Fare for each person on all lines, 5 cents.
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor of
all cars. 9 for % cents, good on any line.
Washington and Georgetown iailroad-Starts
at Georgetown, corner of High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, east along
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, passing circle con-
taining 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 Fifteenth street, where transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De-
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
(hero 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.
Fourteenth.street Branch = starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, ont
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.
Seventhstreet Branch-Starts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postotilces, Odd'Fel-
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Centre Market and City Postofiice (whero
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
line. continuing across the Mall, past tho
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum, TO the wharves Of the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route.
of Rn L GnDrunf M /.
where 1t makes n circuit of West High,
Fayettc, Second, Dumbarton and Mont
gomery streets, passing near Georgetown
College, Academy of the Visitation, High
Service Reservoir, and Oak Hill Cemetery,
over Rock Creek TO L 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 II street north Four
tcenth street to +, passing Willard and the
Ebbtt House, crossing Ninth street (Where
transfers are gwen to the Hlnth,street
to Fifth street, to Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary Square, city Hail. and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue to Q street, by
the 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 going
west except along New Jersey avenue and
ID street instead of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave the west front of the State,
War and Navy Departments at convenient
intervals, connecting with above line at
Seventeenth and ii streets.
Ninth street Branch-Starts at northern ter
minus of Seventh street west (where II con-
meets with Silver Springs Branchl, diyerglng
10 Ninth street, thence south, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple,
Patent and Postoitlces at II street (wherc
transfers are given 10 main line east or
west, thence TO Ii street, passing Centre
Market and Baltimore aud Potomac Depot,
Sixth street 20 Missouri avenue, to Four,
and.a.haf street, thence to the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharyoS Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
silver Springs Branch-Starts from northern
terminus of NinthStroet Branch, following
Seventh street road past Howard Univor
sity 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, ayenue C
II street north. past the Government Print
ing Office TO boundary and beginning OF
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridge
road. Returning, same route