The times., 1899-01-12
ENLARGED RAILWAY PLAN
Proposed Scheme Of the Sub
urban Syndicate.
MANY LINES
General consolidation of Various
Ronds-Mr. o. r. Crosby the Nov
Ing Spirit-Thc Last of the Horse
Cars - The Latest Underground
Systcm-Work Now in Progress.

The elections of directors for the City
and Suburban Railway, the Georgetown
and Tenleytown Railway and the Ana
costa Railway for the coming year, all
made this week, indicate in very effec-
tive way, the far reaching plans of the
City and Suburban Railway syndicate.
which has recently begun its operations
in Washington and the District. The three
directorates all contain the name of o.
T. Crosby and several other names of well
known capitalists of Washington, New
York and Baltimore are found in two OF
the lists.
Other matters have developed within the
last few weeks that further show how i'm
mense is the scheme of the syndicate. 1t
will be remembered that a bill has been
introduced in Congress allowing the Sub
urban to run its line from North Capitol
Street and Street, through the latter
street to Twentyfourth and back in Z
Street to North Capitol. This was follow
ed on Tuesday by a bill to allow the Belt
Line to extend its tracks from Eleventh
and l. Streets to the Georgetown and
Tenleytown line in Georgetown. 1t will
also be remembered that Mr.. Crosby s
syndicate has within a few weeks secured
from Congress Heights to he Navy Yard.
The big syndicate now has possession
Of the City and Suburban road. the ina
costa road, the Belt Line, the Georgetown
and Tenleytown line, and the Capital Rail
way, and is endeavoriug TO secure con-
Meeting links between these various roads
where they are needful to complete Cne
great system. When the connecting links
are secured, as ii is reasonable to sup
bp q vii
control n perfect network OF street rail-
roads reaching to every part of the city
and much OF the suburbs. 1t will he by
far the greatest and most extensive sys-
TEN in the District.
Briefly. the City and Suburban reaches
large section OF the northeastern suburbs,
including BrOokland and lexington. 1t
traverses North capitol Street, a new field,
where a road is much needed. 1t traverses
New York Avenue from the boundary to
Seventh Street west and it runs from Fiji
tcenth Street west to Thirteenth east
along G. and c Streets north. The Ana
costa and Capital Railway lines reach the
southeastern suburbs, Anacostia and the
country beyond and thry traverse the en-
tire southeast part of the city from the
Navy Yard Bridge 10 the heart of the city
The Belt line now connects these two
lines and also runs through the south
western part of the city and q considerable
part of the northwest, including a cross
town road from Eleventh to Fourth Street
northwest. The Georgetown and Tenley-
town road runs through much of the best
part of the northwestern suburbs, and par
ticularly those parts in which the develop
ments of the next few years will be most
rapid. The connecting links which have
been asked OF Congress will thoroughly
join the city parts of the system with the
Tcnleytown. -
Mr. Crosby is president of the City and
Suburban road and also president of the
Tenleytown road. He is manager of the
syndicate for the Belt line, and is one of
the chief members as far as the Anacostia
and the Capital Railways are concerned.
Mr.. Stevens, who was elected president of
the AnacOstia line yesterday, is the other
member of the syndicate best known in
( Washington. He has been for several
years president OF the West End Bank,
and has lived in the city for many years.
1t is understood that he will be one of the
chief officers OF the syndicate when its
! plans are fully in operation. The inten-
tions of the Suburban syndicate, except in
so far as they are indicated by these facts,
are somewhat difficult TO learn. All the gen
| tlemen connected with the syndicate have
persistentiy refused 10 be interviewed re-
gaTding the details of its plans
| The work of installing the underground
electric system Oh the lexington line is
now well under way. Much OF the line
| is laid east of Delaware Avenue in e
| Street where the Metropolitan Railway
| tracks turn south. The work ON the west
| ern part OF this line toward Fifteenth and
| q Streets will begin in a few weeks Ac-
| cording to the law this line must be
| completed within a year from the passa &c
| Of the act last June. The Belt line as
required to have the underground system
within year from the ratification of the
| sale of the road which took place last
| month.
Another general law requires all horse
car lines to stop running theiT cars over
| the tracks of lines using the undergo ound
| electric system, This indicates that the
| syndicate intends to equip the Anacostji
| line with the new system in short tine.
or otherwise it would not have been pur =
| chased. II seems reasonably certain,
therefore, that during the year 1899 all
the many miles OF the City and Suburban
lines will be operated by the underground
system. At least, work on all of them
will be well under way and their COM
pletion within sight.
| The gentlemen who are interested in
! this gigantic street railway venture begin
| their work at the beginning OF what prom
| ises to be a revival OF coed times for the
city. The developments in their plans
| have been so rapid almost to be start
ling. They have entered the field not only
with much new and good territory. but
directly in competition with all the older
reads. In many directions the new sys-
TEN will parallel its competitors. The
| future Of the system is most interesting
to Washington business men