Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-20


y -F-ia'i' coast,
Cl RUNNING ON THE ELECTRIC
Pt.-'The ch0riotS shall rage IN the
they shall .iostle one against an
in the broad highways: they
saen like torches, they shall run
IKE ghc l:gh ningS." Thus spoke &
Hebrew seer {Nahun) rs years before
Tie Christian era, or over two thousand
SIX luadrcd years AGO. and about eight
O'Clock last night. when Two coaches f
tl recently constructed Washington.
ta..,75ri54.. ana! Mount Vernon Railway
Down Cameron street. then INFO
C.l.,i,,},,,s f|ier into King CHARMS, with
c,el..,;..i fv the ilu;d fasting from roofs
- ,.5s,'.;.r,6 syer and anon casting
80 ..be4t. g.l,ito li.-p;. like the c,na-
,,sI;.,. ots.,n tI.,l,s, ,.ycnina cloud n
- " ~ II ,i,s ,(a-a;,fion had
-; -, a., I;,o,-,I r7l;irrtsrt ,r he
-, l1a.,o, esrai,-s pasimas,ei ~.
So. a,,.lito,. ;,,,;,.. Tarnes 2. Cation
-.lne,;,,t. o,,,i,.,,- l,ae5 o,i,erof,;ccrs
or 10 g.o,,,,,o,.,, .apd . few invited
e1,ests yy,.re ,bo3T,l. and as The car
rI;icd down the street ali immense
f5r0ug of PEOPLE followed Yelling.
cheering and making every other effort
IN sboy their enthusiasm. The CIV.
Tine electric cars are coming. brought
ararv branch OF business on The
,l,oI,,,obftre 10 sfaudstill. Both
.i,,,,,i-se.,q.,,s I'D fhair customers
balled i5r tbe doors. auction rooms
,,.era vacated and in less time tl!aA il
- to fell # King street was the
sr.,,,s ot, = moyin.s tide Of human beings.
;5.tli-.r colliliDr lycaaine on each
ot6er .5es. sareirg. pushing. s4ueez-
M and iamning in order 10 reach
- of observation where tha piano.
r.,,o4 could he scanned for ali il was
,,.,r,t The second car following
-. =. tbc v..le OF }ne first. eyi-.
,.g1ti,, I3d for lis motto PRO Bono
-, aud was .acl,ca as closely
vim human freight as ii was possible
10 he every sea5 was full, and each
ooo,,nant seemed 10 have two or three
oti IN ,,osscn1rcrs in his Ian. while every
- r. tbc f,ot-hoar1 ON both sides
800 occ1niad hy the foot Of some en-
, ~ f,aa-,i,ler who huna on with
~ tG.,al;,,. of c,sfa,yavs ON raft
- r,-e 49," 80, ,,,cl.od in solid mass
- ',,,.. ,,,c,,sd .,lona the crowd
'l.i'' 90 ~ ~ i was i,,,Ioss;blc
- ~ AMI, .,'afit to do anvthjno save
~ ~; !, I,;sayes and the mass ciung on
;' nm, t',.I reminding one Of huge
hnrcb of bananas I'm q few minutes
the cars had shot into Fairfax street,
opd the whole thing being somewhat
ofo surnrise Though the GAZETTE had
e,iven q broad hint as to what might be
evnected} The cry. Here she comes,"
,yas raised bv hundreds of boys
and ueople rushed pell nell
from all quarters ofthe compass. Prince,
Duke. Wolfe. Wilkes. Gibbon, Frank
lin and ROYAL streets were successfully
1,ossed amid cheers. hurrahs. wells. etc.
after which the cars darted into old
..I-atos's Garden through the willows
o,,6 ,Iono the banks Of the old swamp,
,be ..nof-fail'' and snake den of Il few
,,aors 600 where no LIGHT save that
..oia,t;oI e,'cr o,ln,med before. and OH
INST the valley made nearly fifty wears
a~o Inv the delnnct Manassas Gap Rail
road. then mounting the north bank Of
40 crc,l- tbrouoh cornfelds' and over
1it.hps until >. stop was finally made
some distance out on the bridge on
which some minor wor!, has vet to be
accomplished. in less than half an
hours time the intense glare Of the
headlights were seen moving into Far
fax street aea;n as the cars made their
retira trips. and throughout their run
back 10 Cameron street the same scenes
were rc-enaetcd as on the downward
RIM Everything seemed 10 worl; to q
nicrt,, and The officers Of The road and
l.,f,:,,tor. were an iuhilapt over the
silr'9l snccess Of the trial trip. After
- - NO = ,ivcd ~ the bridge if was
he eessary to put Oh most OF
me crowd tIc closely packed car, rs
il was fonn difficult to work the cleo
tric anparat in such rabbie. This
eynspcrated some of the upruiy boys,
and = few threw stones some of which
struck one Of the operators on the head
and Injured hlm. To-day the cry mas
1eeH .dF.A ~ iii nv, y'.'I hen IIsF;nG mn
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