Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
A NEW RAILWAY COMPANY
The East Warrington Heights Company
Eleets Directions
Route OF the Proposed Road-A
Bridge to BE Erected Over the
EASTERN Branch.

A meeting Of stockholders of the East
Washir. gton Heights Traction Railway
Company was held yesterday at the Office
of Blair & Thorn. and an organization was
effected by the election of the following as
members of the board of directors: A. NJ.
Bliss, T. J. Brown, Chauncey Marshall, G.
A. Barker. David C. Fountain. Geo. II.
Judd, Horace Crosier, James A. Mahoney,
e. c.. Carpenter.
This company was given franchise by
act Of Congress. approved June Is, 1885,
and is authorized tc build street railway
beginning at the western approach to the
Pennsylvania avenue bridge. thence across
the Eastern branch on a bridge, to lie
built by the compal y. in accordance with
plans to be approved by the Secretary of
War. The road is then to be built along
Pennsylvania avenue extended to Branch
avenue. to the Bowen road and to the set
Element of Good Hope. A line is also au-
I thorized to be built from the intersection of
Branch avenue and the Bowen road to the
District line by a route to be approved by
the District Commissioners.
On the AnacOstia Road.
Another branch can be constructed from
the intersection of Minnesota avenue with
Pennsylvania avenue extended, along the
former to Harrison street, and also another
line from Pennsylvania avenue extended
and 2sth street northward to the Anacosgia
road and thence along the latter road to
point to be fixed by the District Com
missioners opposite the settlement known
as East Washington Park
The new company is to use the overhead
electric system, or such other electric or
mechanical system as the District Commits
sioners may approve, but steam power Is
not to be used. Each car is to be provided
with the double trolley. The company is
authorized to fSSae capital stock to an
amount not to eXcaad the estimated cost of
the construction and the equipment of the
load The rate of fare is not to exceed
cents per passenger, and six tickets are to
be sold for % cents.
The act requires the new company and
the Capital Traction Company to Issue free
ira ne fers, and it further stipulated that
when the route of the proposed road coin
c:des with that of a country road of less
width than sfxty-six feet, the railway shall
be constructed entirely outside of the road.
A Penalty Provided.
The law provides that the railroad shall
be commenced within one year and COM
pleted within two years from the passage
Of the act, and in sixty days from the date
of the approval of the act the company Is
required to deposit with the collector of
taxes $1,000 to guarantee the construction
of the railway within the prescribed lima.
At the time this bill was pending in Con-
g1eSS, there was also a bill before that
body authorizing the Capital Traction COM
pany to extend its road along Pennsyi-
vania avenue extended to the bridge, but
Il is latter bill failed to become a law, and
as result the two roads ara not now con-
necting. 1t is stated by those interested In
the new company that the road is to be
built, it is needed to develop the prop
erty in that locality as well as to accommo-
date tine travel in that direction.