Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-23
GLEN ECHO ROAD SUCCEEDS.
Places Il Switch on Line of Great
Falls Electric Company.

The Glen Echo Railroad Company has
stolen another march on the Great Falls
electric railroad and succeeded in placing
switch the latter road which will give
the Glen Echo clear track from point
above lakewood to Cabin John bridge a
distance OF perhaps more than a quarter CT
a mile. The switch was successfully laid
early yesterday morning At midnight Sun
day when the Great Falls road closed down
for the night there was nothing observ-
able On the part of the rival road which
would in any manner lead to the belief
that such work was contemplated. Short
ly before B o'clock in the morning how
ever good deal of activity was displayed
at the power house OF the Glen Echo road
ana In short time large number of men
appeared, while cars were brought out to
maui the material to the scene in order to
make the switch connection. The work
was started by o'clock and before the
hrst car of the Great Falls road reached
the scene in the morning the work was
completed and the switch in working order
Ever since the opening of the present
season, 1t is said the Glen Echo road has
ben anxious to make through connections
TO Cabin John bridge. They secured the
right of way from the proprietors of the
hotel there for certain land east of Cabin
John run AT the point where it was pro-
posed to switch off the Great Falls track
and enter upon their own tracks there is a
rSVfne which is spanned by a tres.le, built
by the river road people. Objection was
made to switching off al this point because
Of the danger of throwing tine cars off the
track and plunging them to The bottom of
the ravine, which is perhaps thirty or forty
feet deep. Again the Great Falls people OBJ
jected to the connection of the switch dur
ing the day time threatening to bring
action because of the interruption to the
United States mails, the railroad having
the contract for carrying the mail to Glen
Echo and Cabin John post offices.
int
We're made Monday morning is not on the
trestle over the ravine, but at point about
thirty or forty feet east of the place The
Glen Echo road is going to build treste
across the ravine, and connect with their
tracks to Cabin John bridge. AS it is now,
the road has a set of tracks laid from the
west side of the ravine to Cabin john
bridge east entrance. When the trestle Is
completed it will rot take over 800 feet of
double-track rails to complete the track
age In making the connection with the
switch at the point they have the
Glen Echo road will have to make a short
cut across some government property.
While the road feels confident that no
trouble will be experienced in getting the
necessary permission, II is believed the
Great Falls road VIII do all in its power to
prevent it.
Not long ago, when the Glen Echo road
wanted to cross the Conduit road and con-
meet with the tracks of the Great Falls
road, in order to run to Glen Echo, consid-
cradle opposition was made. While the
latter road was using right of way, the
Glen Echo road is said to have the original
right of way. giving place to the river line.
The tracks were laid across the Conduit
road and the switch put in place in the
small hours of the morning. Anticipating
a similar move on the part of this road in
securing connections to Cabin John bridge,
the Great Falls road for some time MAIN
tained a watch upon the territory so 1t is
said. but evidently the watch must have
been relaxed or advantage taken of the
first opportunity presented to the Glen
Echo line.