The morning times., 1897-03-02

Ninth street line, which has its southern
terminus at the Potomac River wharves,
and its northern terminus at the boundary
This line is about six miles long. At
the northern termini OF the Ninth and Sew
enth street lines is also the Brightwood
line, which transfers to the Soldiers Home.
the new Catholic University and Tacom2
Park. There are no transfers given to
this latter line. The lexington line
starting at Fifth street and New York
avenue northwest ca horse car line until it
passes beyond the boundary, after which
IL IS trolley), is the most direct route
to the Catholic University and the Sol
dierS Home. The Ninth street electric
line transfers with the street line at f
and Ninth streets, and with the Columbia
cable line at Ninth and New York avenue
This line starts on New York avenue. at
the Treasury, and runs to the extreme
northeastern portion of the city, passing
the Public Printing Office, where are
printed all the government publications
and that esteemed contemporary of all
journalists, the Congressional Record.
The Belt Line is a line of horse cars,
which encircles the central part of the
merous.
The Washington and Alexandria electric
cars start from Thirteen-and- a half street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. in
front of the large siX-story brick bull ling,
the power station for the cable cars. and
runs direct to Alexandria and Mount Ver-
non, the home of Washington. 1t has a
branch line runningto Arlington. The round
trip from Washington to Mount Vernon nd
return, with admission to the grounds. is
rs cents. The round trip from Washin gton
to Arlington is 20 cents. Mount Vernon is
also reached by the steamer Charles Mac
alester, from the foot of Seventh street.
The fare for the round trip is so cents
Visitors can go down by steamer and re-
turn by rail. or vice versa as the tickets
are interchangeable.
There are two fine systems of electric
railways diverging from Georgetown to
Bethesda Park aud up the Palisades of the
Potomac, extending up the river on both
sides into Virginia and Maryland, passing
Cabin John Hotel and running near the IA
nous bridge at that point? Ever see this
bridge? 1t was built in the administration
of Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War His
name was carved III one OF Une stones a
short distance above the arch, but after he
became president of the Confederacy some
enthusiastic friend of the Union took it
upon himself TO obliterate it with the use
of mallet and chisel.
The price Of tickets for the stands
erected along Pennsylvania avenue vary
according to location. Good seats can be
procured where the entire parade can be
seen, as low as 81. 1t is useless to try to
enter the reviewing stand located immedi-
ately in front of the White House. 1t will be
occupied by the new President the invited
guests of the President S family, the Dip
lomatic corps, the officers of the army and
the navy, the judges of the Supreme Court,
and the old and the new Cabinet officers.
all with the ladies of their families
Windows In the buildings on the line of
march command various prices 1t has so
happened that in a majority of the inaug-
urations OF the past the inclemency of the
weather has added to the premium on win
dow views. Persons renting windows are
compelled to pay for the room as well;
and there have been a number of cases
where single room with tw or more win
dows has been rented for as high as $780,
Lunches are usually served during the hours