The Washington critic., 1888-02-11

Harvey Durand, n. W. Bowe and
John A, Coke. The capital is $780,
600, the motive power any other than
steam. The route is as follows:
From the Potomac river, near High street,
to the Tenleytown road, to the District line,
and track from corner of High and Bridge
to Thirtyfourth, and thence To the junction
with Tenlcytown road.
THE ECRINGToN AND SOLDIERS HOME
Company is incorporated by i. f.
Beale, T.. c. Dean, A. l.. Barbour,
George Truesbell, j. l.. Barbgur, G..
T.. Moore, G. G. Duncanson, NJ. Con-
nor and Joseph Paul. The limit of
capital is S500,000, the motive power
horse, cable or electric, and the route
as follows:
From seventh street, along New York ave-
nue. to Third northeast, TO Il, to Fourth street,
provided that In order TO avoid crossing the
Baltimore and Ohio Rallroud, the District
commissioners may require the company to
acquire by purchase the right Of way along
the west side Of railroad from New York ave-
nue to Third street east; also, branch from
New York avenue and First street to the
Soldiers Home; also, with the privilege of
extending main line to Ivy City within one
year after New York avenue Is opened and
graded to Ivy city,
THE CAPITAL RAPID TRANSIT STREET
RAILWAY
Company's incorporators are T. j.
Mayall, G.. b. Loring, G.. l.. Ordway,
f. Tenney, p. $. Smith, Elijah
Coffin, IL. c. Vanderbilt, J. G. War
rem and f.. Il. Tinker. This COM
pany proposes to construct an cleo
trio railway on the Mayall system of
iron and steel, to be operated by
cable or electric power The limit of
stock is $1,000, 600 and the route is as
follows
From Bridge and Thirty.sixth streets, along
Bridge, to Pennsylvania avenue, to l., to Fif-
isSah Snh to to B. to sIHiS HISen'@ To- i% louisiana 81 sS
avenue, to Indiana. avenue, TO First, thence
northeast; down Seventh TO NJ southeast to
Eleventh to the Anacostia Bridge.
Also branch lines from sixth and u north.
west to Water street, to southwest, 70
SIXTH from Louisiana avenue and Fifth
street 70 Boundary, to Seventh street and to
the Soldiers Home.
From Seventeenth aud l. to Boundary,
along ontario avenue to Columbia road, and
wood.
THE WASHINGTON AND sUGTLAND STREET
RAILWAY
Company is incorporated by Frank
Hume, S. Taylor Suit, William A.
Gordon, John A. Baker, NJ, l. Weller,
Fred. A. Lehman, Harry Nailor,
William b. Bowie, II. A. Linger,
Richard Smith and Charles L. Haven
ner. The limit of capital is $3.50, 900, the
motive any other than steam, and the
route as follows:
n.
nue. TO the Eastern Branch; thence over the
bridge to point where the Suit road enters
the District OF Columbia.
THE WASHINGTON AND HIGHLANDS
Street Railway Company's incorpora-
tors are Frank Hume, s. Taylor Suit,
William A. Gordon, l.. G. Hine and
John f. Waggaman. The limit of
capital is 100000 and the route as
follows:
From the intersection of Boundary, 7,
street, Maryland avenue, Fifteenth strn.s anu
Bennings road thence eastwaraye 0veT Syi, the the
Bd%dtensPnrg %t gSc rSad 90 she thereon drawn
hy horse or other cover except steam.
THE PFOPLE's ELECTRIC AND CABLE
RAILWAY COMPANY
NAMES A. G. Curtin, G. NJ. Roads,
William Chapman, John A. Woods,
Il. b. Youmans, James Kane, Will
liam Dickson, A. w. Fletcher, G.. NJ.
Lockwood, W. A. Hanway and II. f.
Page. The limit of the stock is
81 800, 900; the power cable or electric,
and theroute as follows:
From and Nineteenth street southeast,
along Nineteenth 10 Massachusetts avenue,
to u, TO Maryland avenue, TO Sixth street. TO
q street northwest, TO Market Space, TO
Eighth; to D, to Tenth, to q to Fifteenth, to
NJ TO High street, to Q, TO Thlrty'ffth, to NJ,
Also with privilege of extending a double.
track line from Sixth street northwest to
First, to 3, to Maryland avenue northeast,
track from c street northwest too southwest
to Water, TO L, TO Sixth. 70 lie place of be
ginning. Also with the Privilege OF connect
ing ne MaryIand<ayenue branch with the
n1ou.o ,Ila,m ~, street by double track on
EIeESShtii street northeast and southeast.
- THE CENTRAL CABLE RAILWAY
Company's incorporators are as fol.
lows: f.. Il. White, w. L. Clark, w,
II. Selden, III. Browning, j. l.. Nor.
ris, John Paul Jones, G. G. Ball, ]. Il.
Hubbard, P. NJ. Millspaugh, A. J.
Mayer, J.. Levy, j. +. Sadler, ID. r.
Morse and X. b. Carpenter. The
limit of capital is $500, 900, and they
propose to run cable or electric cars
over the following route:
From foot of Twenty-seventh street north
west, along G to Seventeenth, to Pennsyya
vanla avenue TO Fifteenth, to G, TO New Jer
sey avenue to D, TO Seventh northeast, along
Eleventh, to the Nayy-Yard Bridge, return
ing over the same route to the place Of begin
ming.
Also, commencing at Pennsylvania avenu,
and Madison place alonO Madison Place ).
Vermont avenue, to Fifteenth street, TO Gran
street. to Sixteenth extended; thenc'
TO Mount Pleasant Village, returning
over the same route.
Also, commencingat Twentyseventh and {
northwest, along Twenty-seventh to X, alonl
X and Water streets to Thirtysecond, L
Tenleytown Turnpike road
The Washington and Sandy Sprin!
Narrow Gauge Railroad and Stree
Railway Company names as its incor
porators Henry NJ. Baker, A. G.. Nj
Provost, j. l.. Husband, G. G. Kim
ball, II. Maurice Talbot, o. p. III
Clark, G.. O. b. Cissell and E. j
Evans. The capital stock is $3.50, 00(
and the route is as follows;
From New York avenue and Boundary il
a northeasterly direction to the northeastern
boundary line of the District of Columbia
In the city the track Is double one alonl
New York avenue TO Seventh street. Th
motive power may be horse, cable or elec
triclty.
THE SHERWOOD, NORTH AND EAST WASH
INGToN
Railway Of the District Of Columbia
is incorporated by Nathaniel Carusi
Simon Wolf, Robert Boyd, John L
Vogt, w. j. Newton, Alfred G.. Uhler
+. N Windsor, and Charles w
Handy. The route is from Nine
teenth and Il southeast to sherwood
returning to Fifth and Louisiana ave
nue. northwest,
OF the bills introduced, Favorable
reports have been made from the com
mittees on the lexington and Soldiers
Home, the Washington Cable, and tn
Rock Creek roads.