Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

sired TO get away 1IOlll nm N1iN1
Naturally, though, as the capital expanded
and population increased and business
grew, until Washington has numerous man
ufactories and streets lined with stores.
some Of them as fine and many Of them as
we'll stocked as may be seen in cities big
ger and more boastful Of enterprise than
Washington. Washington is the COM
mercial metropolis for large population in
northern Virginia and southern Maryland.
Ships bring to her docks lumber from
ports on the South Atlantic and Gulf
of Mexico, asphalt from Trinidad. ice
and laths from Maine and New Bruins
! wick. And from her docks sail ships
bearing heavy cargoes of coal Qn
normal tines to principal ports on the At
lantic seaboard. Improvement in progress
and projected in the Potomac will make
easier the access between Washington and
the sea.
Transportation Lines.
In the matter of steam railroads Wash
ington Is we'll served. Trunk lines radiate
north. east, south and west while num-
Der Of branch lines make a gridiron over
the ambient country. Fast trains at fire.
quent intervals give quick communication
between Washington and important cities,
and scores of way trains run in and out
OF the Guy lOT the Oi
dwellers in the territory within Washing
toms sphere of influence" The steam
roads entering Washington transport to
and from the city the largest crowds that
assemble on the American continent. Every
four years throng from all America
surges into the capital to attend the in
auguration of President. Twice within a
decade the G. A. r. encarnpment has been
held here, and the conclaves Of the Tenn
plars, Pythians and others have met here.
A national convention of some kind is a
daily happening in Washington. great
plan for the Improvement of railroad ter
minals is imminent Of authorization by Con-
gresS and certain preliminary work has
been entered upon by the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore and Ohio railroad companies.
This will give to Washington a railroad
station equal to any in the United States
The plan provides for the elimination of
crossings at grade, and this disposes of a
problem which vexes most cities of the
Union.
Street Railway System.
Washington has shown the way to all
other cities In the construction, equipment
and conduct of street railroads. The horse
car and the cable car disappeared so long
ago that ones memory of them grows faint
ployed on all lines in the city. The over
head trolley pole and wire have been ban
ished, and to the credit of the city be it
said, these crudities and Instructions never
gained any considerable foothold here
Washington is perhaps the only American
city-certainly the only city of Importance
on the western continent-where the citi-
zens were wise enough and strong enough
to prevent street railway corporation
marring the streets and avenues with an
unsightly tangle of trolley wires. It re-
Quired stern fight to do this, but the peo-
pie Of Washington did 1t. It Is only the
question of little time when every aerial
wire, telegraph and telephone in the city
will be neatly tucked away in a terra Gotta
conduit beneath the street. Washington's
cars are clean and COSTLY and are main
tanned painted and FURNISHED. At night they
are brightly lighted by incandescent lamps
and in. cold weather electric heaters furnish
warmth. Open cars are substituted for box
cars In summer. An electric bell is con-