The Washington critic., 1886-10-16
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions of the
National Capital.


National Capital.
Fare for each person on all lines, 3 cents.
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor OF
all cars for % cents, rood ON any line.
Washington and Georgetown Rai'rOad-Starts
at Georgetown, corner of High street. down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, east along
Icnnsylyanla avenue, passing circle con
tanning Mills statue Of Washington; Cor.
coran Gallery, stat :, War and Navy Depart
monts; Presidents House. Lafayette square,
containing Mills equestrian statue of An
drew jackson; Department Of Justice (halt-
ing at fiitt enth street, whore transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De
partment; again down Pennsylvania avonuc
by Willard's and other hotels, and through
the principal business portion of tho city,
crossing seventh street west at Center
Market (where transfers are given TO the
Seventh Street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south 10 Potomac River,
past Botanical Gardens to Naval Monument
(hCrc transfers are given TO branch running
to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, as
Cendng south side Of Capitol Hill, contin
uing along II street south To- Pennsylvania
avenue turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks to Navy-Yard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourteenth.strcet 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 AMI
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare, . cents additional
Seventh.streot Branch-Starts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west. passing Mount Vernon
Squere, Patent and POstoilices Odd Eel.
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Cen IRE Market and City Postollice (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 ste lmers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning same route.
Metropolitan Railway Leaving Georgetown,
where IL makes q circuit of West, High,
Fayotta, Second, DumbartOn and Mont
gomcry streets, passing nenr Georgetown
College, Academy of the Visitation, High
Service Reservoir. and oak llill Cemetery,
over Rock Creek to = street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pnla-
tial residences of the West End including
that of the British ministers; along seven
tcenth street west TO II street north, Four
tecnth street TO Il, passing Willard's and the
Ebbitt House, crossing Mint street (where
transfers are given to the Ninth-strcet
Branch), past the Patent and Post offices,
10 Fifth street, to Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary square, city Hall, and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue to C. street, by
avenue, to II 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
u 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 ut
Seventeenth and II Streets
Ninth street Branch-Starts at northern ter
minus Of Seventh street west (where 1t con
meets with Silver Springs Branchl, diverglng
to Ninth street, thence south, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple,
Patent and PostOilices at + street (wtcro
transfers are given to main line east or
weSt, thence to b 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 wharves, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Branch-Starts from northern
terminus of Nnth.street Branch, following
sity and Schuet2en Park, to entrance to
grounds OF Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route.
Columbia Railway-Starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department,
along New York avenue to It's intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts, avenue 10
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 o Street (or BelD Railroad
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
and.a-half street, thence east TO First west,
north to q street, west to Fourth street.
north to Z street, west to Eleventh street,
south to Il street north, west to Fourteenth
street, south to Ohio avenue, east to
Twelfth street. south to Virginia avenue
and east to starting point. Returning, same
route, except passing east over o instead ol
= street.
| This line also has short connecting roads run
ming to the Centre Market, Potomac river
steamboat wharves Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, Washington Monument and
Eleventh and Boundary.
| Anacostla misunderstanding from foot o.
Seventh street, along, NJ street south
past navy.yard gate. TO Twelfth street cast
| and over the Anacostia Bridge to Union
town and the Government Hospital for th'
| Insane. Returning, same route. Transfer
to and from Avenue Line or Seventh'stree
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rall
road, 3 cents.
| Hcrdic coaches arc running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue TO Twenty
second and q streets northwest. Fare,
| cents; six tickets for 25 cents. Horse-caI
tickets are also received as fare.
| Herdlc cabs are run to any part of the city
| Fare, % cents, within 1 mile; IS cents pc
| hour for one passenger: 81 per hour 70
| more than one. Stands, East Capitol from
| and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street northwest.
| The Cemeteries.
| Washington contains several beautiful an,
| historic cemeteries well worth visit. Old
| est of these Is
Rock Creek Just north of the old Soldiers
| hOlnc' IL WIS OpCntV doOul lilc, SchI ,i,vo;
| The Congressional Burial Ground, or Wash
| ington Cemetery, lies at the east end o
| Pennsylvania avenue, on the banks of tn
| Anacostia. II contains cvnotaphs to tn
memory of many Of the Members of Con
gress who have died wilhelm office. Two Vic
Presidents of the United States are buret
here, George Clinton of New York and III
bridge Gerry of Massachusetts, The ccmeter
was opened in 1901, and Is a very handsom
one. Reached by carriage.
Oak Hin is in Georgetown, on the banks o
Rock Creek, reached by street cars or cal
1t is the most picturesque burial place u
the United states, and Is famous for II
| handsome monuments. 1t contains the grav
of John Howard Payne, author of Home
| Sweet Home.n