Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-14
AFFAIRS AT LAUREL.
The Boulevard Railway From wsshinxtsn 70
Baltimore Said TO he Assured.

AFFAIRS AT LAUREL.
The Boulevard Railway From washinsssn to
Baltimore Said TO he Assured.
Correspondence Of The Evening sta.
LAuRrL, Nd, Nov. II, 1892.
A feeling Of satisfaction and hope possesses
our citizens now 1t is not caused BY the cleo |
ton, but by the indications that the boulevard |
from Baltimore to Washington is q fixed fact |
at once and pushed 10 completion as fast as
abundant capital can accomplish it.
Al stated in TIRE STAR, the charter granted
by the last legislature of Maryland has passed
from the hands Of the original corporators TO
the Traction Company Of Baltimore, and it now
transpires that this great corporation has made
an agreement with the City and Suburban Com
pany Of Baltimore city by which the former
becomes the owner OF all the lines and fran
chises Of the latter and all that remains to COM
plete the deal is the ratification of the transfer
by the stockholders Of the City and Suburban,
the papers for which are now being prepared in
the law Offices Of Morrison, Munickhuysen 4
Bond, Baltimore.
This purchase will give the Traction Com
pany control of over sixty miles Of single track
railway in and around Baltimore city and will
enable its outside connections to reach the
heart or any other part Of the city over its own
uucs, dHu AL llUoS uuOtT tuc management arc
to be run by electricity, which will be supplied
from the immense power house which is to be
erected in Baltimore at a cost Of over $500, 600.
BY this transfer the Traction Company will
be enabled to run the cars from Washington
over the boulevard line to any part Of the city,
and without 1t it would have been q great un-
dertaking to effect an entrance.
President T. Edward Hambleton Of the
Traction Company announces that company's
intention to proceed with the work of the con-
struction Of the boulevard without delay.
power house will, according to the present
program, be erected at Laurel. it being neces-
sary to have an auxiliary station at some point
about midway between Baltimore and Wash
ington in order that q current sufficiently
strong to run frequent and fast trains between
the two cities may be obtained at the least pos
sible cost.
The value Of real estate along the line is
advancing rapidly. and in Laurel the announce
ment that the boulevard is fixed fact and
that the town will be lighted By electricity
within sixty days from the 18th instant has
caused town property to jump up in price very
rapidly, and property of any kind in the town
is in great demand at advanced prices. 1t looks
now as II Laurel has entered upon o new era of
prosperity and improvement greater than all
her previous experiences in this direction.
THE DEMOCRATS TO CELEBRATE.
The democrats Of this place are to meet at
Flesler's Hall tonight TO make arrangements for
the celebration Of their great victory in the
state and nation. 1t is proposed by some that
the celebration shall include torchlight pa
rade. music, fireworks, cannon, speeches, coffee
sandwiches and cider. II the celebration is de-
termined upon the date will be fixed. the neces-
sary committees appointed and program pre-
pared. it is the intention of those now inter-
estinS themselves in the matter to invite the
democrats and democratic clubs from Savage,
Scaggs' Cross Roads. Burtonsville, Branchville
Bladensburg and all other points within reach
and to make the celebration comport with the
magnitude of the victory gained.
REPRESENTATIVE BARNES COMPTON RESTS.
Representative Barnes Compton, chairman
OF the state democratic central committee. has
closed his headquarters in Baltimore and after
remaining at his home here a day two left
with the intention of taking rest Of q couple
Of weeks 1T the springs, where he will be free
from the cares of Office.
Mr.. ComptOn's reelection to Congress was
very gratifying to both himself and his neigh
bors but it brings with it more worry and work
than fails to the lot Of any other Congressman
in the whole country. The election OF Mr..
Cleveland and the consequent change of ad-
ministraton fills the hearts OF a majority Of the
democrats in the counties adjacent to the Dis
trict of Columbia with the hope that when the
loaves and fishes are distributed they will all
get q share and it is safe to say that every re-
publican residing in this congressional district
and holding place undcr the government,
whether it be one to be filed by the President,
the civil service commission or the head of a
department or bureau, has at least half a tozen
anxious and hungry democrats working to
secure his removal.
Mr.. Compton's friends say no quarter was
given him and now he proposes to show none to
high or low, and that II he can secure the dis
charge of the republicans and the filling of
their places by democrats from his district be
will be supremely happy.
AZ. OF P. BANQUET.
Last Thursday night Laurel Lodge, No. AZ.
Knights Of Pythias meet for the exemplifica-
ton of the work of the third degree, and had as
visitors and assistants quite a number of the
members of the order from Washington. The
visitors were met at the depot by the reception
committee and. escorted by the Laurel Military
Band, marched up Main street to the hall.
After the work was closed the visitors and the
members of the lodge here and invited guests
who were not members of the order. in all to
| the number of 100 or more, partook of a BAN
quet at Flester's Hail. where the remainder of
the evening spent in feasting and social in
tercourse. Mr.. H. Pastel of Washington re-
turned the thanks of the visitors for the hospi-
tally extended. The following were the visitors
present: r. d. Crupper. H. Yenney, j. o.
Boggs, D. d. Daughton. H. Ports. II. Pastel,
H. Armstrong. G.. Gaileher, J. d. Leemnn. Ii.
F. Barnard, j. F. Moling r. H. Boswell. W. g.
Lodge, Washington. and W. Koch and Todd
Padgett of Syracuse Lodge, Georgetown.
NOTES.
Mr.. Joseph Robey of Philadelphia spent the
past week visiting his brother Mr.. b. F. Robey,
at this place.
number Of the members of Prof Corning
dancing class will give MADAM Jarley's Wax
Works at the Academy of Music Wednesday
evening. The proceeds are to be devoted to
the relief Of an aged and poor couple living in
this place.
Messrs. E. II. Jemmisou and Charles wetzell
OF Washington visited Laurel yesterday, and
this morning each became the purchaser of q
| residence lot on 4th street.
Under the new winter schedule Of trains on
the Baltimore and Ohio, which went into effect
yesterday, eighteen trains from Washington
| and nineteen from Baltimore stop here daily.
No material change has been made in the run
ming Of the trains on the Washington branch.
Z. P. B.