Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-15
ELECTRIC RAILROADS.
New Lines Opening Up the Rural Dis
tricts Of Maryland.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The building of electric railroads in vari-
Gus parts Of Maryland bids fair to effect a
great Improvement in the rural portions OF
this state. This work of construction has
been going on quietly for some years with
out attracting any general notice It was
announced the other day that the line be-
tween washington city and Laurel in
Prince Georges county, was completed and
the cars about to start. This road Is eigh-
teen miles long and passes through a num-
Der OF suburban villages 1t will soon be
extended to connect with the Baltimore
roads and then to Annapolis The
city railroad system of Baltimore already
stretches to Ellicott City, which Is only ten
or twelve miles from Laurel. From Wash
lnston an electric road extends up through
montgomery county to Rockville, the coun-
ty seat, distance Of about seventeen
miles. 1t passes through a highly elevated
and most beautiful country, admiral
adapted for suburban residences, and which
Is already thickly populated. Another road
from Washington extends a short distance
into Maryland up the bank Of the Potomac
river.
From Baltimore the city system, as all
ready said, reaches to Ellicott City about
ten miles through a highly improved and
beautiful residence country. Westward the
electric line extends to Emory Grove about
twenty miles, from which place it will even-
tually be built to Westminster the county
system also reaches out in various direc-
tfons In lines from five to ten miles long
Among the suburban lines are those to Mt
washington, to Powhatan. to Towson, to
Middle River. on the Belair road, and to
Curtis Bay, in Anne Arundel.
In Cecil county much electric railroad
construction Is contemplated, and Eakton
VIII be the center of considerable system
IN Garrett county trolley road connecting
oakland, Mountain Lake Park and Deer
Park Is contemplated. Cumberland has a
street railway which traverses the city and
extends into the suburbs. From Cumber-
land road through Frostburg has been
built and is to be extended to Homecoming,
a town on the Potomac river opposite Pied
mont. This road will be, when completed,
over twenty miles long, and it's route Is
through the valley of Georges creek, the
most thickly populated portion of Mary
land outside of Baltimore city. The Hagers-
town electric railway traverses the streets
of that town and is extending into the coun-
try. On one side 1t has a line to Williams
port, On the Potomac six miles from
Hagerstown and on the other a line to
Boonsboro, at the foot of South Mountain,
ten miles away. From Boonsboro' the road
Will cross the mountain and connect with
the MyersVille and Mddletown road, which
the Hagerstown company already controls.
This will bring the Hagerstown road to
Middletown, where it will connect with the
road to Frederick city, eight miles off.
There is no more beautiful and fertile farm
ing country in the United States than that
which the Frederick and Middletown road
traverses. A road from Frederick to Balti-
more, between fifty and sixty miles long,
has been charted. and will, it is said, be
constructed shortly.
This construction OF trolley lines through
out the state will make great change.
Except in the matter of suburban travel, 1t
Is believed that it will not interfere with
the steam roads. but on the contrary will
| in all probability promote their prosperity.
1t will accomplish this by increasing the
population of the state, increasing the pro-
ductlon of the farms, and by affording ia
cilities for getting about and exchanging
visits will make country life altogether
more attract