Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
A RAILWAY IN The
NATIONAL CAPITOL
All Underground, But Only for
Members of the Senate
and House.
From the Washington star.

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"-All aboard 70, the Senate limited.
This way for the House accommodate
Ition, Step lively, please
LII is two minutes to L. O'Clock noon.
and there is a crowd in the waiting
room underground. Tho trains of two
cars each, tbe cars about ten feet long
.and without roofs. ill rapidly. There
is u sharp tiing of the bells: more
cries OF "All aboard" ring out. the
gates of the cars swing shut, and AL
most simultaneously the TWO electric
trains dash off rouu the curves of the
brightly l!shted tunnels. a dozen SEN
,ators reach the 5, nate chamber. and
several score representatives reach tho
House, just half II minute before the
Irrespective s,aVeiS uT the vice president
land the speaker pound their desks.
II is the midday express of the Con
isolidatcd Capitol iaili Dad. which never
secs the light of day, but whose trains
wind throIgn Capitol hill like moics
I~HcutTying through their holes.
1t is the United Statcs governments
first experience in II government owned
aud operated railroad.
A Star reporter was conducted
through the tunnels from the capitol 10
the House and Senate office buildings
by IL representative of Superintendent
Elliott Woods. OF the capitol. so that
'fhe could see that ever. thing is ready
to install, tine railroad systems, and that
some;-'ng like the foregoing will be
more Nnan ~ dream i'm the very near
future. 1t is understood to be part of
the plan to ultimately extend the tun-
mel system across the front of the
capitol beneath the plaza to connect
the two office buildings.
1t is pretty generally conceded that
Mr.. Woods can he elected president, OF
ter of fact, Mr.. Woods does want the
job on ono condition. He wants to
be the real president of the road, with
the power OF employment and dismissal
ut sub~ordinates, and unless he can be
the real thing" it is understood that
he does not want to be anything.
Various plans for making the subway
attractive AVE been presented to Mr.
Woods. who has charge of the con
%struction, now practically complete, blu.
no sordid details have yet been def
nttely determined. One glorious scheme
provides for Il sort of Bishop Potter
tavern aus Il halfway house" but
while this is said to have met with AL
most universal approval around thu
capitol. it is not apparent that it will
he provided.
Nice Concrete P~romenades.
There are nice concrete promenades
from tho capitol to the office buildings,
They wind gracefully, following the
curves of the tunnels. and with the
brilliant glare Of many electric lights
and a summer breeze furnished by uI
TO date methods at all seasons of tht
year. they ought to be very attractive
for an afternoons stroll. Hanging gar
dens an occasional fountain. and per-
haps some statunry or al appropriate
! panorama. arc. some of the things that
have been suggested to enhance the
natural beauty Of the passages.
Whatever may be lone to the tunnels
no matter whether they are left in
their present condition Of simple
though sever attractivcness or turned
into Arabian Nights corridors-ons
thing is certain. which is that they and
the railroad they will contain are likely
to play a prominent part in the nation.
al politics of the future.