Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-03
CAPITAL TRACTION POWER
New System 10 Be Established Early in the
Coming Year.
The Company Preparing by Intro
emotion NJ Powerful Machinery to
Extend Existink Lines.

In the power house. where the electric
current will be generated which will op-
crate the cars on the Pennsylvania avenue
and 14th street lines of the CAPITAL Trac-
ton railroad. when the underground cleo
trio system Is installed, will be a crane
weighing fifteen tons. which will be used
to handle the machinery in the engine
room. The building committee in charge
of the installation of the new system has
awarded the contract for furnishing this
crane to the Case Manufacturing Com
pany of Columbus. Ohio.
As far as making arrangements to secure
the material which will be needed in the
reconstruction of the road the building
committee has now practically finished its
work. There are few articles which are
yet to be contracted for. but IN general #
may be said that this part of the work is
finished.
In order to accomplish this work. the
committee has held sessions at the Office
of the company, in the Union station at
Georgetown. every day since its appoint
ment, which was on the Sth of October.
Examining Devices.
As a rule the committee has been in ses-
sion from 10 o'clock in the morning until
O'Clock in the afternoon. and the time has
been spent in examining the various de-
vices which have been proposed and in en-
deavoring to make the new equipments
as complete as possible.
1t is expected that the actual street work
to make the necessary changes in order to
use the proposed new motive power will
be begun next week, and IL everything goes
on as smoothly as now contemplated 1: Is
hoped by the management that cars will
be run by the new power the early part of
the coming year.
1t was stated today by one of the d.
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be made for an electric power 100 per cent
greater than 1t Is estimated will be needed
to operate the Pennsylvania avenue and the
18th street lines as they now exist. The
purpose is to be able to make extensions
within what is regarded as the territory
of the road when the necessity arises in
the future.
Some time ago the company made an APP
plicaticn to Congress, while 1t was still
operating this portion OF the road by cable.
for authority to construct line from 18th
street along G street to oath. and thence
northward to Washington Heights.
Extension ON Pennsylvania Avenue.
1t has also been proposed that the COM
pany should seek from Congress permission
to construct a road along Pennsylvania
avenue east to the bridge which crosses
the Eastern branch on the line of the ave-
nue.. One of the directors Of the road
said today that tine company expected
to be able to meet all the requirements Tor
additional service which the growth of the
city demanded, and that 1t would be pre-
pared in the future to supply such extern
sions Of the present system as might be
needed.
The permanent headquarters of the COM
pany are to be located in the building
which is erected for use as union station,
and which is located at the foot of NJ street,
Georgetown, near the entrance to the Aque-
duct bridge. The rooms for the conductors
and drivers and for some of the officers of
the company are located on the first floor.
and on the second floor are the offices of
the president and the treasurer, general
manager and other officers.
Engineering Offices.
The engineering offices are on the third
floor. These rooms were in an unfinished
condition when the company was driven
there at the time the power house on Penn
sylvania avenue was destroyed by fire. The
walls are now being plastered and neces-
sary partitions are being erected, and while
these changes are being made the presi-
dents office, where the building committee
holds daily sessions, is in the large hallway
where the main stairway is located.