The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-12-12
Sold to Trolley Syndicate.

Negotiations for the sale of the Anna
polls, Washington and Baltimore Rail
road, which have been pending for several
months, have been concluded, the Wash
ington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railroad Company being the purchaser.
James Christy, Jr., vice president OF
the latter company, when asked about
the matter recently, confirmed the report
of the sale, but declined to give any de-
tails Of the transactions, stating they
would be made public when the property
is transferred, which will be March 1,
1908.
The capital stock of the Annapolis,
Washington and Baltimore Railroad is
1858 900, the par value of which is 800
per share. 1t is reported that the purchas-
ing company will pay $75 per share for
the stock, which is at present owned by
the Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line
Railroad. Several capitalists of Cleve-
land, Ohio, are stockholders in the cleo
trio company, and it is said the sale is the
direct result of their suggestion.
The tracks of the Annapolis, Washing
ton and Baltimore Railroad Company run
from Annapolis Junction, on the Balti-
more and Ohio. Railroad, to Annapolis, a
distance of twenty and half miles. At
Odenton, which is fourteen miles from
Annapolis. they are crossed by the
line being built from Baltimore to
Washington by the Washington, An
napolis and Baltimore Electric Rail-
road Company. The object of acquiring
the property is to save building new
road to Annapolis by converting it from
a steam railroad to trolley line. Several
months ago the electric company pur-
chased two acres of land at HyattsviIle,
where it contemplates the erection of
a mammoth plant, to cost in the neigh
borhood of $35O,OOO. A franchise to en- :
ter Ahnapolis;with trolley road and run
over certain: streets was secured more
than year ago by the purchasing com
pany. ... r.
Entrance to Washington is secured
over the tracks of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company, and there
will be terminal station at Fifteenth
and H streets. No arrangement has been
made as yet with the United Railways
and Electric Company to run the cars
from Westport to the center of Baltimore.
1t is proposed to lay an inside rail along
direct route of the United Railways
from Westport to the City Hall if arrange
ment can be made with the company.
The cars of the Washington line will be
of standard railway gauge, which is mar
rover than the tracks of the United Rail
ways.
Active construction is now in progress
on the line being built between Baltimore
and Washington, and it is hoped to soon
begin track-laying. The work of grad
ing is being pushed by one force of men
from Westport, where the company will
have its Baltimore terminus, and where it
has bought property on which to erect a
terminal. Another force is working from
the District of Columbia end, and a third
is on the middle section. The line will
be thirty one miles long, and will be built
in most substantial way, eighty pound
steel rails being used: 1t is the purpose
to run fast trains, similar to the service
operated in the West by the CLEVELAND
interests who control this company. The
grading is for a doubletrack road, but for
the present single track line will be
built. 1t is hoped to open the line from
Baltimore to Washington by September,
1908