Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30
OVER BRENTWOOD ROAD
Cars IN Operation Today From Florida
Avenue to District Line
Inauguration of New Service Pro-
Branches of the System.

Cars are being run today the Bright
wood street railroad from the District line
to Florida avenue and It'll street, thus
regularly inaugurating the service on the
newly equipped road, a beginning having
been made yesterday: For some time past
one of the new tracks has been in use
while the work on certain sections of the
other track was being carried on, and there
were number of cross-overs, which oc-
casioned delay in transportation. Now,
however. the service is complete through
the District, and soon the special
work can be obtained for changing from
the overhead to the underground systems
at Florida avenue, and 18th street the cars
will be run down over the 9th street line
into the business section of the city, and
by the use of one of the loops which the
system of the company makes possible
they will be returned over the same course.
There are some details to be looked after
on each side of the tracks, but the roadbed
itself is completed This work has been
done in the face of a good many difficulties,
and the delays have been irritating alike
to the officials of the company and to the
people who are dependent on the road for
transportation between that section of the
suburbs and the city. 1t is believed now
that the service which will be possible on
this newly-equipped and up-to-date road
Will be satisfactory to all concerned.
TenieytOwn Branch.
About the middle of next month the work
Of re-equipping the Tenleytown road, which
is being done by the same company will be
completed, and unless some unforeseen diff
ficulty arises cars will be running from
Bethesda Park over this line to George
town. 1t is also the purpose of the COM
pany to carry out the same policy on this
line as on all the suburban lines under its
control. and bring the cars from OUTLYING
points directly into the heart of the city
The equipment of this line like that of
the Brfghtwood and other suburban lines
owned by the company. which have been
recently built, will be thoroughly modern
in every particular.
The extension of the line north from
Bethesda Park to Rockville is DELAYED
somewhat by questions of right of way,
put as soon as these can be adjusted 1t is
expected the work on this section of the
road will be pushed to completion. Consid-
cradle progress has also been made under
the same auspices in double tracking the
Great Falls railroad
The Eleventh Street Line.
The rebuilding of the 18th street line of
the Anacostia and Potomac railroads is
progressing, and 1t is expected that, barring
accidents, the road will be finished in the
course of the next two weeks as far south
as New York avenue. AS 1t is impossible
to obtain the special iron work which will
De needed at the various crossings south of
this point, the plan has been adopted in
order to bring this road into use at an
earlier date than would otherwise be pos
sible. of providing a switch at 18th street
ana New York avenue. so that the cars
can be run over the tracks of the New
York avenue road with transfer privileges
to the other lines.
In this way, it is hoped, street railroad
facilities will be supplied to residents in
that section of the city in the course of the
next two weeks.
1t Is also the purpose to begin in about a
week, or as soon as a sufficient amount of
material is received, the building Of the
southern section of the Anacostia railroad
from the Anacostia bridge to AZ street
where connection will be made with the
metropolitan road. AS soon as that section
OF the system is equipped with the under
ground electric motor power cars will be
run from the Anacostia bridge to: the Met
ropolitan road and thence over the latter
road to the business center of the city. The
intermediate section of the road, lying be-
tween 11th street and New York avenue
and Missouri avenue and AZ street, will be
rebuilt as soon as the iron mills will fur
nish the necessary material. However by
this expedient the two ends of the Anacos-
tia and Potomac street railroad will be in
operation several weeks before 1t will be
possible to complete the entire line.