The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
GTRDLED BY IRON RAILS
The Street Car Lines Proposed for
the District.
FOURTEEN ENTERPRISES.
Nearly $t5,OOO,OOO Capital TO be
Invested in the Undertakings.

Invested III thc tnucrtaKtngS'
Bills have been introduced in the
House and Senate this session asking
the incorporation of fourteen cable,
electric and elevated railroads in the
District of Columbia. The incor-
rorators include the names of some
of the most prominent business men
and capitalists Of this city. The out
side limit Of capital stock of the eleven
companies aggregates 14,s00,000. If
the bills pass, the companies organize
and carry out their plans, the city
will be girdled, encircled and cris-
crossed with perfect network of
iron rails, and the rumble of the cars
will be heard on outlying streets, the
auietness of which is now broken
only by the mellifluous voice Of the
occasional huckster and the rattle of
the grocer's wagon. The shady lanes
and leafy drives of the suburbs will
be invaded by the cable lines and the
gaudy cars going TO and fro between
busy Washington and the thriving
suburban villages which the sanguine
spectators expect to spring up from
the lonely crow-iuhabited cornfelds
of the county. The projectors of the
proposed cable enterprises have
mapped out their routes, which, in
many cases, conflict with each other
and with existing lines of street rail-
ways, but IL is considerably stated in
the bills that in case the companies
should object to having their lines
used by other companies the Supreme
Court of the District may settle the
question and name the consideration
to be paid for use of said lines.
The first bill introduced was for
The
WASHINGTON CENTRAL ELECTRIC RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
The incorporators are Samuel P.
Brown, John G.. Moore, Noah j.
Jeffries, J. f. Olmsted, William
Gladding, Charles Il. Peck, George c.
Gorham, T. n. Vail, G. A. Eldridge
and James F. Dexter.
The capital stock is S500,000, and
two miles of track with electricity for
motive power must be laid within nine
months from passage of bill. The
= route follows;
beginning near Tenleytown thence TO High
stre6r, Georgetown, thence to NJ and westerly
To- TNeAIgth, thence TO Pennsylvania avenue
to FffteenfnsF Fifteenth 70 q, thence to New
'Jersev sven,cN thence down TO E. along Il TO
Mhsescbusetta Nonue, thence southeasterly
to stanton place Spd Lincoln Park, down
Seventeenth TO lis Rtersection with Ken.
lucky and Pennsylyania-s,Ie @' t s,assi ois
the new bridge when comf tor ,s w. Ag ~ AgassiS ,,d
Park. Commencing at the fiSS.otH -, eiiY ny
northwest, up g to Ito seyentstseItn' 70 ,,, u,
casterly TO boundary. to intersectioift tS,StI
JcSsey and Rhode Island avenues and~I y A. W
street, to Louisiana avenue, TO FouranCiH
half, to q, TO sixth, to Water, to l.. to sixth
street. From the intersection Of New Hamp-
TO 7 street, along p TO Boundary and Prospe,n
HILL Commencing at the intersectioJnue
second street east and Massachusetftn South
Carolina % avenue to fhsSc'3pI Thsd II to t,ve SEVENTH
Virginia avenue, 10 Eighth tncing at the in
to Virginia avenue. Corand Massachusetts,
avenues at si3de northeastly TO BOUNDARY
Maryland igton and Baltimore turnpike.
THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN RAILWAY
incorporators are K. Henry Philips,
Louis Il. Philips, James Fl. Embry,
Asa o. Adds, James b. Lambie,
Howard G. Cady, o. c. Staples, NJ.
nj. Parker, L. X. Johnson and G. A.
M. Mc1lhenny. The limit of capital
is S2,000,000, and the route is as fol-
lows:
Commencing on b, between sixth and Sew
enth northwest, then westward on an eleva-
ted yiaduct to Twenty-third street, curving
thence to the corner. of II and Twenty. eighth,
sssssi,s passing 'Ssass anasr tahp ne ysllsx SeE
. eis.lss., stfeet and Street, and crossing
,91p other highways either below grade or
above grade 70 the Junction OF Piney Branch
and and, Rock @ Greek; thence, up the valley OF
Beginning also at the corner of Twenty.
eighth aud and running along the south side
valley of Foundry Branch to Tenleytown.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUBURBAN
RAILWAY COMPANY
names as its incorporators l.. G.. Hine,
j. G. Waters, C. f. Creecy, w. w.
Curtis, J. T. Mitchell, j. w. Denver,
Green b. Raum, Frank Page, Gilbert
Meyers, T. ]. Myers, NJ. Shaugh-
messy, j. w. Childress and d. w.
Classic. The limit of capital is ST ,000,-
600, and the motive power may be
any other than steam. The route is
as follows:
Beginning near the intersection of Mary.
land avenue aud First street east, along said
avenue to, Boundary, along the Bladensbgre
wood; thence to Rock Creek; along the val
Icy of Rock Creek to street bridge, with a
branch railroad from same point along. Rock
Creek to point near Teneytown; thence
To the Potomac River, In the vicinity of Little
Falls OF che Potomac.
THE WASHINGTON CABLE ELECTRIC
RAILWAYS
incorporators are A. 4. Britton, C. ].
Bell, w. w. Dudley, A. II, Herr,
Geo. Il. Lemon, Il. X. Johnson, o,
g. Staples, II. d. Cooke, M. Nj. Par.
ker, j. l.. Barbour, q. w. Cochran
and Il. w. Jackson. The limit OF
stock is $1,000, 900, and the route over
which the cable or electric motive
power cars travel is as follows:
Commencing at the corner of G. and Twen
ty-iourth streets with single track, to X, 70
Water street, 70 Thrtieth, to Stoddard, to
iiigh, to X, TO Thirtytourth, to N, TO Thirty
first, to Water, to X, TO Twenty-sixth, TO q, tC
the place of beginning,
Also commencing az G and Twentyfourtl
with double track to Seventeenth, to Penn
sylvania avenue, 10 Fifteenth. to Fourteenth
10 q, 10 Massachusetts avenue. TO North Cap
itol 10 y street northeast, to Eleventh. alone
Eleventh nortlaast and southeast TO NJ south
east, 10 Tenth, to Georgia avenue, tC
Eleventh.
Also commencing at sixth and Boundary
northwest, with double track, along Slxtl
TO the Potomac River
Also commencing at the corner of Twenty
first and Boundary with a double track. alonl
Twentyiirst TO g. there to connect with the
main line east and west
Also commencing at the corner of Twenty
first .and s. with a single track, along S t.
Sixth, 10 Il, TO Boundary, and TO place of be
ginning.
THE ROCK CREEK RAILWAY CoMPANY's
incorpoIators are G. G.. Hubbard
George Truesdell, S. W. Woodward
o. f. Presbrey, John +. Waggaman