The morning times., 1896-08-12

The Glen Echo Electric Road is being
extended to Chevy Chase circle.
| The grading has been virtually completed
and withiu thirty days cars will be run
Mug on the liue. The new route will
come in a direct line from Chevy Chase
circle and will strike the Old route a the
River road. The distance is about Que
mile. From the River road to Glen Echo
the road as tits today will be followed.
New ties have been put on the line and
it has been ballasted until it is now one
OF the smoothest suburban lines around
| Washington. Cars will be run TO Cabin
John bridge. The road had the first
right OF way and this was sold to the
| Great Falls line with the understanding
that the Glen Echo cars could use the line
| from Glen Echo to Cabin John on equal
terms. BY this route people will be able
| TO get ride to Cabin John for two
car fares.
Eighteen new twelve-seated open cars
| have been ordered and some OF them have
been received They will be started when
| the road opens in September.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
All these changes are being made look
ing to the grea:improvements contemplated
| at Glen Echo. Architects are at work
now preparing plans which will make the
spot the great suburban resort OF this city
1t is the intention OF the company owning
the property TO let the contracts this fall
and begin work so soon that the place will
be ready to open next spring. Work will
be pushed right through the winter.
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are on a large scale. They contemplate
the use OF the old Chautauqua grounds and
ainphitheater, as well as the ground at
Glen Echo proper. Chautauqua will be
known in the future as the Glen Echo
Forum and National Exposition, located
ut Glen Echo on-the-P Potomac. fairgrounds
between the two points, nearly half mile
distant will be turned into a park. Beau
tiful paths will be built through the woods
and the entire place will be brilliantly
lighted by electricity. 1t is the intention
TO make the place family resort, and no
liquor OF any kind will be sold all through
Glen Echo.
1t is not expected to complete all the
plans for the opening in the spring. Work
will be commenced this fall on a stone
hotel and business block. This block,
for 1t will be u combination hotel and
storerooms, is to be built on the northeast
side of the railroad. A large part Of the
hill has been cut away and 1t is here the
block will be erected, facing the conduit
road on the south and the Glen Echo road
on the west. The first floor will bc de-
RIGHTEOUSNESS spurposes and large verandas
and a large reception hall. The upper
stories will be turned into suites of two
three and four rooms.
ON THE OLD GROUNDS.
Across the track and on the south side
of the Great Falls road improvements are
to be made on large scale. The site of
the present pavilion is to be turned into
a play ground for children. A thirty-foot
promenade is TO be built alongside the
electric line track and a similar promenade
is to be erected on the bluffs overlooking
the river. 1t will lie about 1900 feet
long.
On the site OF the Old cafe Il three story
stone bnilding is to be erected, the third
story of which can be entered from the
promenade. The first floors will be de-
voted to bowling alleys and billiard rooms.
The second floor will be utilized for shuttle
boards and similar games and the third
floor viii be dancing pavilion. Adioin-
ing this music hall Is to be erected, of
octagonal shape, eighty feet in diameter
The space between the two, seventy-five
feet. will be made into n reception hall
From this reception hall a gravity road
will run to Chautauqua and one
to the island in the river. The cars will be
draw back by an endless chain. In fact
all parts of the grounds will be reached from
this hall The slope of the ground is such
that passengers can leave the cars at the
music hall and reach it by descending
few steps or they can get Off al The dancing
hall and reach the music hall by covered
way.
Along the promenade on the bluffs a
family hotel is to be built. The first floors
Will be used for business purposes and the
upper for living This hotel will be built
in sections as the demand increases and
the plans propose that when finished it
should be one thousand feet long.
AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE.
In front of the hotel and between It
and the pavilion is deep ravinc, through
which a stream runs. This Is to be made
into a lake and utilized for electrical
eIteCtS. IL Will Ue spduneu Dy d SUSPENSION
bridge, the top being used for foot pas
sengers and the lower part by one of the
gravity roads.
At old Chautauqua the intention is to
establish an American Bayreuth. Ger
many's great tenor, Anton schott, has
undertaken this part of the plans. He
will open up this fall a school for the
training of singers. He Is in California
now. but has made all his arrangements
for residing at Glen Echo. He has secured
n number of members of the faculty and
has great many applications from schol-
ars. The amphitheater is to I've used
each year for great musical festival.
and it is estimated that thousa nds will
attend them.
Mr.. E. Baltzley. president of the com-
pany. in speaking OF the matter yes,cr-
day, said: I'VE huve only teen waiting
until we could handle thc people to go
ahead with our plans. We had TO shut
down the amphithcatcr in 1891 because
we could not take care of the crowds.
Now. with our line being finished to Chevy
Chase Circle, and the Great Falls Road
built. we can handle 10000 people in an
hour. So we are going ahead, and we
will be able to open in the spring.
wild Extravaganza.
Perry Patcttic-I see in the paper that