The Washington herald., 1906-10-15
RIVAL BALTIMORE LINE
Second Electric Road May Be
Built Between Two Cities.
MONEY TO BACK THE PROJECT
Maryland Electric Railway Has
Franchise Through All Counties
ON Route-Now Seeking 10 Effect
Needed Entrances-Expeet 10 Over
come Every Obstacle.

come Every Obstacle.
washington and Baltimore may. in q
few years. be connected by two electric
railway lines instead Of one. if the plans
new being talked about are pushed %
success Already steps have been taken
20 this end
According to a well-founded rumOr, the
new road has the backing Of Western cap
italists, and may be run as a competitor
TO the one now nearing completion. the
Baltimore and Annapolis.
One end of tne new corporation is try
ing TO get into Washington, while another
end IS making an effort 10 break into
The former corporation is the
Halethorpe and Elkridge Rail-
way. It already has a charter from the
Maryland legislature, but its promoters
have never waged an aggressive enough
campaign to win success Much prelim-
mary survey work has been done.
The charter Of this 9MalIer concern has
been taken over by thebaryland Eleetric
Railway Company. or by interests friendly
70 the company.
Maryland Electric Charter.
The charter Of the Maryland Electric
Railway Company is broad No legal OBJ
stacles could be successfully thrown in
its way 20 reach Washington, If it desired
10 do So
Il has fun right to condemn land. lay
tracks. and operate transportation lines
by other power than steam in six c0un-
ties o. Maryland Included in these are
Anne Arundel Howard, and
Prince George counties. which are thC
only sections needed in reaching Balti-
more II also has the right to connect
or to acquire any connecting line or lines
operated by electricity or authorized "a
use this current as q motive power Il
was this privilege probably that led "a
the acquisition OF the Baltimore, Hale
thorpe and ElkTidge franchise.
once al the District line il j. said, lit
he difficulty would be- encountered IN se-
curing an inlet 10 this city over the ex-
isting lines. Such course would prob
ably be- mere desirable than the attempt
~ obtain from Congress the right TO build
new roads within that territory
With its connections in Baltimore Over
tire United system, ali parts OF thi.
city and its suburbs could lee readily
reached With satisfactory traffic agree
Inents this city could certainly be Gov
cred with the traffic the new line would
develop. Annapolis could be reached owe;
the Short Line road which has already
been made part OF the system. and which
its promoters control
Route Along the u. & o.
a dispatch from Baltimore says:
The proposed road is In "a direct line to-
ward Washington, following the route OF
the Baltimore and ONO Washington
branch Beyond Elkridgc there is only d
fairly well-settlcd section until point
within the vicinity Of Jcssup and Annap-
oils Junction is reached Here there il 4
settlement with many canning fact0rie.
and trucking farms The road might be
diverted toward Ellieott City. which, is Of
the Baltimore and Ohio main line. it wa.
suggested bat such diversion would serv,
no good purpose, as the United RailWa,
Electric Company, a local trolley cor
porati0n. already has road from thil
city 10 Eilicott city by a more direc
route
The Halethorpe road viii make "a direc
connection in this city with tile Wilken
Avenue line of the United system at som.
point i'm Southwest BALTIMORE
The first construction it Is saij vii
ouiy be- for about five or six miles O.
track This viii hardly carry the road {,
Elkridge. which is beyond the Relay
Taking this IN connection with the un
qualified statement that the construction
IS not al THAI is intended. and anOthe
suggestion. is was pointed out immedi
ately suggests itself
The HalethorPe tract is bounded by tn
Pennsylvania Railroad. Is well as th,
Baltimore and Ohio, on their routes &
Washington. II the promoters of the sec
ond road 10 Washington should diver
southwark at Halethorpe. they wouk
strike the lOwlands through which th,
Pennsylvania runs rather than the high
lands followed by the Baltimore and Ohio
Should this be determined upon. il Woul,
shut of ElkTidge This is above Relay
although only d short distance In reach
iDs this point, as WIS said by an enginee
familiar with the territory. tile new cleo
trio lire should il follow the Baltim9r,
and Ohio route. would be compelled +,
cross the PaJapsco River and the low
lands adjacent Just as the Baltimore an,
Ohio crosses il by the Relay visduct One.
ar Elkridge. il will be cOmparativel.
plain sailing from there "a Washington
1IRy Overcome Objections.
How the Baltimore and Ohio woulc
stand toward such a proposition is prob
lematical The line. it carried through
would undoubtedly affect their local pas
~5s.gar business between the two cities
and the management might discourse g
rather than aid the project.
on TIE other hand. the suggestion Wa,
made t5at Alexander Brown who is un
doubtedlv the financial backing OF Tn,
Maryland Electric. stands close 10 III,
Baltimore and Ohio management. He re
Gently secured. IN sharp competition witt
national banking houses, the issue Of So
0a0.0D bonds of The new washington
terminals backed by the Baltimore an,
Ohio and Pennsylvania corporations
If the steam roads are to have competi
tiou by electric lines 20 Washington, j
was argued. il might be to their interes
to create further competitions. IF tn
Baltimore and Ohio can nelp the Mary
land Railway Company along in thi
direction it might not be aveTse to doinr
so.
The Maryland Electric Railway Com
pany will in time have 100000. or nearl,
SO. 10 back it for its rS3ausions and en-
terprises. This viii - derived from
The sale Of its bond issue alone It doe
not include future sales of stock or 81
surplus revenue resulting from the oper
.ti0nS Of its pr0DcrtV when couDIpte a.