The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

| The fact was announced yesterday that
the owners OF the Washington. Annapolis
and Baltimore Electric Railroad Company
had employed ]. n. Shanahan as general
manager Of the company's line between
Baltimore and Annapolis. It was also
stated that the road between those points
would be in operation within ninety days
The fact is we'll known that branch Of
the same road will be put in operation,
soon after the opening Of the line be-
tween Baltimore and Annapolis. 10 this
city, entering the District over the exist
ling lines and traffic arrangements OF the
! Chesapeake Beach Railway. This branch
is now in process Of building between An
napolis Junction and Chesapeake june
ton. where it viii connect with the
Beach lines.
! VIII Use Chesapeake Beach Road.
The Washington. Annapolis and Balti-
more electric railroad is made UP Of Bal
timore and Western capitalists who are
building the road. Some of the same men
| are interested in the Chesapeake Beach
! Railroad. which is owned by a Western
company. 1t is the intention of the own
ers Of the Chesapeake Beach Railway to
equip il with electricity. after laying a
double track between Washington and
| Chesa peake Beach. The two roads viii
then be operated with traffic connections
which will enable cars OF one road TO run
upon the tracks Of the other In the end
there VIII be continuous lines between
Baltimore, Annapolis, Washington. and
Chesapeake Beach.
Plans to this end have been slowly un-
folding for the past three years. First,
Cleveland and Western capitalists bought
the Chesapeake Beach road. with the in
tention Of equpping It with electricity
and bringing the trains into the city over
the tracks of the Washington Railway
and Electric lines TO Fifteenth and H
| streets northeast. a terminal was pur-
chased and car sheds built with siding
and station on the land of the old
/ Graceland Cemetery. At that point the
plans were postponed, partly because the
/ electric power companies were not then in
! position 20 furnish the necessary current
for the running Of electric trains between
Fifteenth street and the District line.
How the Scheme Developed.
| About this time also the owners OF the
| Chesapeake Beach line and other West
/ ern capitalists worked out a plan TO con-
/ meet Chesapeake Beach with Baltimore,
in order TO make the resort a larger one
/ than it could be made depending on
| patronage from Washington alone. This
/ latter plan fitted into the scheme already
started in Baltimore of building an cleo
/ trio railroad 10 the capital Of Maryland
/ Later these three plans were brought to
working basis, and through franchises
/ obtained from the Maryland legislature
the work was started and is now rapidly
/ nearing completion.
! Meanwhile, the new power plant OF the
/ Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. at Benning. has been established,
and within a short time 1t viii be in a To-
sition to afford the necessary power to
| enable the Chesapeake line 20 equip with
| electricity and run its trains 10 the Fif-
| teenth street terminal
Chesapeake Beach Expects Business.
Meanwhile, also, Chesapeake Beach has
/ been put in readiness for the advent of
the larger patronage expected TO be at
/ tracted there by the opening Of the new
| lines Of communication.
It was statedS recently by Paul Y.
Waters. local manager Of the Chesapeake
Beach Railroad, that his company was
ready TO take up its postponed plans, and
he thought the equipping of the road to
Chesapeake Beach would be accomplished
during next winter, and everything put in
condition 10 open the resort next spring
with trolley lines running 10 Washington.
Baltimore. and Annapolis.
This system Of roads will enter Baiti-
more over the Westport line Of the United
Railways and Electric Company Of Balti-
more,