The evening times., 1899-04-07
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
TO Be EXTENDED
Progress of the Georgetown
and Tenleytown Line.
To Be Equipped With New Rolling
Stock.
Important Matters to Come Before
the Citixens' AnsOciatiOa-The
Baseball Team.

The Georgetown and Tenleytown Electric
Railway Company now styled the Tenley
town and Rockville Electric Railway Com
pany, which has been endeaSoring to Sc
cure the right of way through the streets
OF Rockville for the past four months, has
secured the desired franchise from the
mayor and common council of that town.
The company has for some time had the
right OF way from Bethesda, the present
terminus. to the corporate limits of Rock
vile and work on the line has been under
way for several months. During the early
part of the winter the company's survey
ors staked out the line and workmen are
now engaged in grading at a point a short
distance beyond Bethesda. An official of
the road recently made the statement that
rails for the equipment Of the section Of
the road now under construction and for
the part extending from Georgetown to
Bethesda have been ordered and the work
Of laying them will be commenced as soon
as they can be delivered.
AS soon as the new rails are placed in
position the entire road will require at
least six months to complete the improve
ments contemplated. When the present
plans are carried out. the road will be one
of the best equipped in the District.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Georgetown Citizens Association which
was to have beeen held tonight at the Office
Of the First Cooperative Building Asso-
ciation, has been postponed on account Of
the absence from town Of President jan
ney and several prominent members of
COMMITTEES WIN "a 30 m their Enctor
vacation. The meeting will probably be
held next Friday night. The question of
abolishing the old Presbyterian graveyard,
which came up at the last meeting in a
resolution framed by J. Barton Miller, viii
be considered at the coming session. The
public improvements committee is making
arrangements 10 secure conference with
the trustees OF the graveyard. with the
view of adjusting the matter in a man
ner satisfactory to the citizens and the
trustees.
The public health committee within the
past month has been engaged in investi-
eating the health conditions of George
town and has compiled statistics bearing
upon the matter. Its report. together with
appropriate recommendations. will be pre-
sented to the meeting. The committee is
made up of prominent Georgetown phyGI-
clans including Mrs. Ritchie and Choatc.
ly engaged in investigating the CONNER
cial conditions of the town and il is prob
able that the report will set forth the con-
ditions as they exist with recommended
tions as to the best methods of improving
them. II is thought that there will also
be some action taken relative to the I'M
provement of some of the streets west Of
Rock Creek which are in bad condition.
The Georgetown boys were out for prac-
tice yesterday afternoon preparatory TO
meeting the University OF Virginia. The
practice hour was given over to going
through the signals and team combination
work. Cranston was drilled in throwing TO
bases and base running was attended to.
The team will probably leave for Char
lottesvlle tonight while a large party OF
students will leave tomorrow morning at
$50 o'clock. Virginia has called upon
Nick Young to furnish an umpire. This
meets the full approval of
Georgetown.