The evening times., 1899-07-27

II current report is correct the great.
smokestack, standing majestically as a.
monument or relic of cable railways in
Washington, is to be torn down to make
way for a superb union railway station.
This conspicuous landmark is midway the
block bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue on
the north, Thirteen -and-a-half Street ON
the east, Fourteenth Street on the west, and
d Street on the south. The Capital Trac--
tion Company has been negotiating with
the Southern and other railroad corpora
tions who want this important terminus.
The Capital Traction Company has no
further use for the square. This is because
there is no further mission in Washing
ton for cable railways, which were crushed
out of existence with the great fire that
destroyed the Capital Traction powerhouse..
The proposition to the Capital Traction
Company by the parties interested In the
deal is to give them $4,000 for the square.
1t is proposed to run the Southern Railway
tracks up Fourteenth Street to Ohio Ave-
nue.; thence between Thirteen and a-half
Street to the front of Pennsylvania Ave-
nue..
A handsome station, patterned after the
Broad Street Station in Philadelphia, has
been designed for the space $etween Penn
sylvania Avenue and d Streel-rS
The territory proposed to be occupied az
a union depot, however. is to include all
the ground and squares from .fennsyiva-
MIA Avenue to Ohio Avenue on the south.
whence the cars of the Southern Railway
Company will run, bringing them close to
the headquarters of the Southern Railway
Company. now situated at the southwest
corner Of Thirteenth Street and Pernsy:-
vania Avenue. -
The Pennsylvania Railroah conpanY is
the prime mover in this important seheme
The object is to acquire adj the property
of the squares bounded by fennsytyanla
Avenue, Ohio Avenue, and Thirteen and.
a-half and Fourteenth Streets for union
depot. Thereinto the Pennsylvania, the
Southern, the Chesapeake and Ohio. and
the Mt Vernon electric lines expect TO
run.
"a grand depot will be completed within
| the next two years, il is said. 1t Is 10
front on Pennsylvania Avenue between
| Thirteen and half and Fourteenth
Streets 1t is also proposed that the l. OFT
age Of this great edifce shall be OF white
Italian marble, worthy of the Nat'onai
| Capital The board Of directors OF the
| feOnSyINdQld SoAAPdhy SoAS'N
cred this scheme at their late meeting in
| July and appointed a committee to advise
with the other companies interested and
report a meeting of the directors 10 be
held in August on the plan for establish
ing this union depot at Washington.
A bill will be introduced in Congress on
| its reassembling which will change the
| routes of the several steam railroads en-
| tering this city to conform with this plan.
This will give legal effect to the improve
| ments projected, as above outlined.
This scheme will compel the Baltimore
and Ohio Company TO abandon its present
| route into the city of Washington, and
| force its way into the union depot TO be
established and this phase of the matter
| will come before the next session of Con-
gress strong effort will be made, II is
said to thus settle the railroad problem
which has long perplexed the residents oi
the District. 1t is understood that the Bal
timore and Ohio Company is willing TO ae-
cept this proposition of change of route
for the sake of terminus in the centre oi
the city.
The plan for utilizing the powerhoust
about for a year or more, but until re-
Gently ii is understood no definite step!
have been taken by the parties interested
For several years the project of InioI
station in this vicinity has been undel
consideration.
Marine Band Concert This Exening q
The following is the programme for thu