Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
NEW STATION OPENING PAY FRANCE TO QUIT
Union Depot in Use by Next MuIa Had Wants French Out
Month. of Morocco.
TUESDAY, OCT. |, THE DAY TWO PLANT TOM ARMIES MOVE
Will There Reported Circulating
That Date. the Interior.
PENNSYLVANIA LINES LATER AS
Druid. Would
Make More in
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TUESDAY, OCT. |, THE DAY
B. and o. Will Run Its Trains There
on That Date.
PENNSYLVANIA LINES LATER
Probably Within Week or Two.
Boardwalks to Be Laid-Trolley
Service Not Ready.

The handsome new union station which
has been under course of construction for
more than four years will be thrown open
to the public Tuesday morning, October 1
next. official word to this effect was re-
ceived by the Commissioners yesterday aft
ernoon in the form of letter from d. d.
Carothers, chief engineer Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad.
Mr.. Carothers said that in view of this
early opening, the railroad officials are
anxious for the Commissioners to do all in
their power to clean up the grounds sur
rounding and the walks and streets leading
from the station to the car lines. The let
ter was referred to c. B. Hunt, engineer Of
highways, with Instructions to carry out
the request as far as Is practicable Early
this morning Mr.. Hunt had a gang of la
borers at work around the approaches to
the station.
Ready to Move In.
Mr. Carothers also said that the Balti-
more and Ohio railway will occupy It's por-
uon of the station on the date mentioned.
ana the other railways entering Washington
ford OF the Pennsylvania road notified the
commissioners several months ago that his
company would abandon the 9th street sta
ton about October 1, which would mean
that all of the railroads running into that
station would move over to the union sta
ton
. Thes roads include. besides the Pennsyl-
vania. the Southern. Atlantic Coast line, Sea-
Board Air Line. Chesapeake and Ohio and
Richmond and Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac.
officials at the 9th street station. when
asked this morning when they would aban-
don that station. said about the first or seq
oud week In October.
Among some of the work the District
highway department has been called unon
to execute between now and the time the
union station is used by the travelling pub
NC Will be the laying of temporary board
walks and macadamized roads from the
station entrance to adjacent streets
Because of the filling in of several of the
Slreets running to the station entrance the
Dlstr!ct cannot carry out the plans of paw.
ing ana otherwise improving them because
tne niled ground has not settled and will
take several more months before the ground
is through sinking. As it Is now 1t would
be almost impossible, without board walks
TO walk from the car lines to the station
entrance In rainy weather because of the
work to be done is on the Baltimore and
ONO railroad and the District property in
front or the big structure on Massachu-
SETS avenue side. According to Engineer
HUNT, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad en-
gineers have been at work on their portion
OF the terminal and grounds for some time
and their work will be completed in another
week. Mr.. Hunt said today that he feels
satisfied that he can finish up the Districts
share of the work by the date set for the
opening
Trolley Service Not Ready.
The trolley facilities will not be of the
best for several months after the opening
of this station. This defect in the plans
will not be corrected until Congress con-
venes and grants the necessary franchises
to build their lines into the grounds of the
new station.
When the station opens in October 1t will
be necessary for the patrons of the sta
ton to use either the Capital Traction or
Washington Railway and Electric cars
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