Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-06
ONE DOLLAR TO BALTIMORE
Is the Promise of the Projectors of the
Proposed Electric Road.
The President of the Company states
That the Road VIII BE in Opera.
tfOn Next September.

The project of building an electric road
between this city and Baltimore has been
much discussed and steps have been taken
IN the way of making surveys with the
view of determining the precise route. 1t
Is stated by the Baltimore Sun of today that
the promoters of the new road met in BATH
more on Thursday and discussed their plans.
Those at the meeting were President New
bold, Messrs L. Edward Hambleton and
Howard Munnikhuysen of Baltimore, Peter
T.. IL. Ntdener. W. l.. Elkins and Tno0as
Dolan of Philadelphia, directors.
The president of the Baltimore and WASH
ington Electric Railway Company, as the
corporation which proposes to carry out
this enterprise Is known, was reported in
the course of an interview in the Baltimore
Sun of today to have said that every thing
connected with the route Of our railroad
is settled except the entrance into Balti-
moro The, engineering corps is now at
work making surveys to Baltimore, and IN
I'll its report is received nothing can be de-
ctded IN this matter. Fifteen or sixteen sur
yeys have been made. and it remains for
the directors OF the company to select the
most practice Bile and feasible route.
Il expect the report OF the engineers to be
made Saturday or Monday After this has
been considered the company will select the
route 1t Will adopt, and contracts for build
Ing the line Will De awarded. we expect
to give out all the contracts within the next
ten days"
Their Line In This City.
Continuing. Mr.. Newbold is quoted as
saying: Our company controls the Eek
ington and Belt street railway systems in
Washing ton. and IL Is over these lines that
We will get an entrance into that city. \
law of Congress compcis street railways in
the District of Columbia to adopt stand
ard gauge of four feet eight inches This
-
similar gauge throughout our entire line.
The street railway tracks in Baltimore
have gauge of five feet four inches.
which will preclude our using any of them
1T can be safely stated that the road
will be built and in operation by September
!, 1894. The length of the line between
Baltimo re and Washington will be a frac-
tion over twenty-eight miles. The run will
be made between the two cities in one
hour. The charge for a round trip will be
81. and tickets issued will contain coupons
emitting the holder to free ride on any
will give passengers an opportunity to
reach any Section of Baltimore or Wash
ington without extra charge.
Model Cars.
THE plans for our cars are now In the
hands of the ]. G. Brill Company of Phila-
delphia. The cars will be modelled after the
Pullman palace cars and will contain every
CONVENIENCE IOr tne comfort or passengers.
Regular express and accommodation serv-
Ice will be given. The express trains will
be run between the hours of and 10
o'clock in the morning and and o'clock
In the evening. The accommodation trains
will be run at other times
AS soon as the right to enter Baltimore
Is obtained four gangs Of workmen will be
in constructing the line-one out
OF Washington toward Laurel one each
from Laurel to Washington and Laurel to
baltimore. and one on the Baltimore end
toward Laurel"
The Probable Route.
In regard to the probable route the Sun
has the following: TT is said that the
route most favorabiy considered by the
company Is by way of the Washington
road and through Relay station on the
Baltimore and Ohio. The plan is to build
the electric road from a point near the Mt
Glare shops along McHenry street to RAM
sey street. The line is to follow Ramsey
street to Gwynn's Falls. which Is to be
oridged. The tracks are to extend from
Gwynn's falls parallel to Wilkens avenue
This avenue is expected to be followed to
a point near st. Marys Industrial School,
from which the road will continue in
direct line to the Washington road"