Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19
10 Be Operated by Electricity Before
January l.
PROPOSED MT. PLEASANT EXTENSION
President Dunlop Says the Com
pany is Wiling to Build 1t.
RAPID NSIT PLANS

The work on the 1ith street line of tho
Capital Traction railroad. in digging tho
trench between the tracks for the feed
wire ducts, to be used in connection with
the proposed underground electric system.
is making such progress that the contrac-
Tor is OF the opinion that by Saturday night
The workmen will be at New York avenue
ana 10th street, which is the end of tho
14th street line
when this point is reached the gang of
"orkmen Will continue west, digging a
trench between the tracks of that portion
OIL the line to Georgetown. II is proposed
10 follow up this feature of the work az
rapidly as possible with the installation of
the electrical equipment to be placed in the
ccnduits between each track III is ex-
pected that portion of the motor cars
for which a contract has been awarded.
Will be received in this city about the mid
die OF next month. and the expectation of
The managers of the road now is TO have
cars running by the new system on the
l4th street line by the end of next month
Will Hire "a Current.
IN order to accomplish this il will be
necessary to hire an electric current from
one OF the corporations in the city. 1t is
the purpose to push forward the equip
ment OF what is known the Georgetown
line, extending from 18th street TO West
Washington, and as soon as practicable
cars by the new motor power Will be run
over that section of the line. In the event
The power house is not finished by tnat
time, ii is proposed to rent a current. The
cars Will be run from the head of l4th
street TO 10th street, where the passengers
VIII be transferred, and then the cars will
run back over the line. The same system
Will be followed in operating the cars from
iolh street TO West Washington, and IL is
the expectation OF the management of the
road TO nave these sections of the system
operated by the underground current at as
early date as the work OF equipment can
be completed.
The Mt. Pleasant Extension.
The attention of those who have watched
the progress of the work has been drawn
10 the fact that the trench which contains
the feed wire ducts begins at the top of
tie 14th street hill, and while it is known
that the conductor bars can pe supplied
with a current from this point sufficient
TO operate the cars to the present terminus
OF the road on l4th street, IL Is thought
10y some that this indicates the company
fas made no provision for an extension Of
the road from its present northern ter
minus.
President Dunlop, in talking today 10 a
star reporter about this matter. said that
II at any time it was found necessary 10
puild an extension of the ROAD at the rorth-
elm terminus the trench could be easily
extended and the necessary feed wires
could be supplied. When asked Il there
was any extension proposed in the near
future, he said that the company was
both ready and willing to build an exten-
sion OF the line from the present northern
terminus west through Mt. Pleasant.
The Policy of the Company.
He said that if the company had author.
ity to do this now the work of building
the extension would now be made i'm con-
nectfon with the installation of tine pro-
posed underground system throughout the
entire route. He said that, of course, it
would be necessary to get the permission
of Congress, but he wanted il understood
that II il was the desire of the people in
Nit. Pleasant and vicinity to have such an
extension the road was willing 10 make it,
He said that Congress would lie asked to
authorize such extension at the COM
ing session, and IL the requisite per-
mission was granted promptly he be-
lieved that the entire road would be equip-
ped and ready for operation by the 1st Of
March next, including not only the present
route, but the proposed extension. This
statement Of President Dunlop bears out
what was said on this subject in The Star
recently in an article which gave an out
line of what the principal street railroads
of the city intended to ask of Congress at
the coming session in the way of new legis.
lation.