Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13
IN UNION STATION
SUNDAY, OCT. q
Baltimore and Ohio Company
to Abandon Old Depot.
DATE DEFINITELY SETTLED
Official Order Promulgated Late
Yesterday Afternoon.
PLANS POLICE SUPERVISION
Force Not Large Enough to Meet
All the quirements-Efec.
on Real Estate.
DATE DEFINITELY SETTLED
PLANS POLICE SUPERVISION

An absolute date has finally been de-
termned upon when the new union rail-
| road station in this city will be opened
for traffic and travel The official order
| naming Sunday, October q, 1907, as the
day for the formal opening of the big
white marble structure was promulgated
Yesterday afternoon by Mr.. Samuel B.
Hege, division passenger agent of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. 1t read:
ION and after Sunday October q. all
passenger trains of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad through and local, will ar
rive at and depart from the union sta
| ton, at the intersection of Massachu-
sets and Delaware avenues. Washing
| ton, D. c., two blocks from the present
| station at New Jersey avenue and C
street,
The order Is signed by c. W. Bassett,
| general passenger agent at Baltimore,
| and by B. N. Austin, general passenger
| agent of the lines running west, whose
| headquarters are in Chicago. 1t is ap
proved by B. B. Martin, general manager
Of passenger traffic, who is located at
Baltimore.
| While there was no mention in the or
| der of the fate of the old and historic
| station now used by the Baltimore and
Ohio 1T is understood the venerable
structure will be demolished at an early
date and the space it occupies be added
| to the proposed picturesque approach to
the union station.
The transfer from the old depot at New
Jersey avenue and G street will begin at
midnight Saturday, October 26. it Is said
| Byrnes of the sixth precinct will be di-
rected by Maj. Sylvester to have a detail
| Of officers at the depot to protect the
property of the railroad company during
| no fran old
| the new.
| number of citizens in the vicinity OF
the union station expressed their gratifi-
cation last evening when informed that
the opening of the big building was so
| soon to be an assured fact. Several of
| them had heard of the order designating
Sunday after next as the day Of open
! ing, the welcome inormatlon having
| spread as If on wings.
Comment Of Citizens.
In connection with the opening several
matters were discussed by the northeast
business men in the vicinity of the sta
| ton
1T will be a big thing for the north
east section said one, land will make
Capt. Daley's police precinct, the ninth.
one of the most important in the Dis
| trict for the new station is included in
| it's boundaries
Maj. Sylvester may redistrict the pre-
cincts, - said another but he will scarce
ly do that. the ninth precinct and
Northeast Washington are one and in
| separable.
Mr.. B. F. Rover. the grocer. at North
Capitol and H streets, said he had re-
| Gently inspected the new station and
found that, like the jamestown exposition,
there would still be much work to be done
| after the opening day. He called atten-
ton to the plaza in front of the building,
and said it still is of the earthiest sort of
earth, and that board walks would be
necessary upon which passengers and
others could walk to and from the build
ing. The main entrance, he added, will
| be at Delaware avenue and street, and
for the present at least the three electric
car lines that pass Delaware avenue and
| c street.-the Capital traction yellow cars,
the Metropolitan and the 18th and d
streets northeast line-will get the jor
portion of the traffic.
Owing to the distance of the station
from the ear lines, it is also believed the
cabs and carriages will do Land office
business until the street car tracks are
extended to points nearer the union depot.
Several of the residents and business
| men on all sides of the new station were
asked whether the near approach of the
opening of the building to traffic had
tended to increase real estate values in
that vicinity. To this one merchant re-
sponded:
"Only speculatively."
He added that the recommendation of
the Postmaster General that the city
post Office be located in the immediate
neighborhood of the station had resulted
In a number of real estate spectators
visiting the property owners Whereabouts
and attempting to launch real estate
boom. Some of these spectators. it was
stated. had picked out at least six "eligi-
BILE and desirable sites for the proposed
new post office" One of these was at
the coroner of North Capitol and H
! streets: another was near I'd and Fl
| streets northeast, and still another was
on the site of the mailbag repair shops.
But One Hotel.
AS yet. it is said. there is but one hote
in prospect in the vicinity of the new
. union station. 1t is understood a per-
, nit for its, erection has been Issued. The
! structure is to be fashioned after the
Flatiron( building in New York city, but
is to be but four stories in height and
located on the triangular square corner
: of Nfrth Capitol aud f streets and Mas
sachksetts avenue, on what Is known as
lth4 Costinett property. 1t is proposed &c