The evening times., 1899-07-12
STREET RAILWAY PLANS
Inability to Secure Rails Delay
the Improvements.
Reconstruction of the Belt and Ana
costia Lines Soon to BE Conn
Arrangements Completed for Re-
building the TenIeytown Branch.

The work of reconstructing the local
street railway lines is progressing, and, al
though considerable trouble is experienced
in getting rails and other necessary sup
plies, 1t is now thought by the officials of
the combined roads that the entire system
will be in first-class condition about the
1st of January, 1900.
AS result of this delay. the work will
not be completed as soon as was antici-
| pated last spring, when the plans OF re-
| building were formulated.
The installation of the underground sys-
tenn on the Belt and Anacostia lines has
| been delayed considerably from the same
cause. The order for rails was given to
the manufacturer about a month and a
half ago, and at that time the company
was informed that it would be impossible
to ship all of them before the expiration of
three months. In all probability, an install
ment of the rails will be delivered within
the next six weeks, when the work OF con-
struction will be begun The iron supports
for the rails are already on the ground
and have been distributed all along the
line. Workmen have been engaged by the
company ioI sOulS ltIttt past NiS5ih5 SP
and changing the water and gas pipes, SO
that when the necessary supplies '-rriye
there will be nothing to hinder the rapid
completion Of the lines TO be reconstruct
ed.
The company, in conjunction with the
! commissioners CT Montgomery county, Md,
are grading the old Rockville Turnpike,
getting ii in readiness for constructing the
line from Bethesda 10 Rockville. The
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grading the turnpike for several years and
would have carried out the work without
the aid of the railway company. The COM
pany however, agreed to aid the county in
the work and by this arrangement ii will
not be necessary to tear up the road sec
ond time when everything is in readiness
to lay the track. The railroad will be
built on the west side of the road, twenty
feet of the east side to be used for a wag-
on traffic. The rails for that section Of
the line have arrived and a force of work
men will be employed to put them in place
within the next week or Two.
Arrangements for rebuilding the old
Georgetown and Tenleytown road have
been completed, and operations will be
commenced in a few days.
The materials for the reconstruction of
the Brightwood Railway have reached the
city, and the work of tearing up the old
TdllS ana IHem WIFI new Will De
commenced some time this week. The syn
dicate has a gang of men employed on the
reconstruction of the Washington, Wood
side, and Forest Glen Railway, an exten-
sion of the Brightwood line, and the ground
work is now nearly completed. The same
gang of men, when they reach the Dis
trict line, will work on into the city, re-
building the Brightwood line. 1t is
thought that the reconstruction of the
Brightwood road will be completed by the
1st of October, when the practice OF run
ming the cars from Takoma Park and the
District line to the heart OF the city for
one fare will be inaugurated. Two new cars
to be run over the Washington, Woodside,
and Forest Glen section OF the road, have
reached the city, and are being equipped
with their motors, so that they can be
operated within few days. The remain
der of the new rolling stock is contracted
for, but as yet has not been delivered.
Considerable delay has been experienced
in getting the Columbia Road in shape for
operating cars by the new underground
electric system, but Times reporter was
informed by one of the officials of the
company this morning that the road would
be run by electricity some time this week.
Cars will probably be running through to
Berwyn and lexington from the Treasury
in few days when the horse car service
now used from North Capitol and New
York Avenue to lexington will be aban-
dOned