Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-06

Quoted the business alone. He retired in
1890.
For several years Mr. dunlop had been
director in the Washington and George
| town Railway Company, and from the
date of retirement from his warehouse
business he took much greater interest
in the railway company. He was electeu
vice president and manager of the COM
president Under Mr.. Dunlop's supervis-
ion the cable system of the Washington
and Georgetown railroad was extended
and he built up the underground system
of electric transportation. whic., has given
Washington what is classed as one of
the finest street railroads in the country.
Two Roads Amalgamated.
The Rock Creek railroad. suburban
trolley line running into the then sparsely
settled section of the northwest, was one
of the neighbors of the Washington and
Georgetown line and by act Of Congress.
in 1885 this little company acquired the
right to purchase any intersecting line
and to change it's name to the Capital
Traction Company. Mr.. Dunlop obtained
the consent of the stockholders of both
companies to an amalgamatiOn and stock
to the amount of SIC. 100000 was issued,
with which all of the stock and bonds of
both companies were taken up.
George Thomas Dunlop was elected
president of the new company. and this
position he filled with uninterrupted sue
cess TO the time of his death. The cable
system was operated until 1897, when the
disastrous fire of September %, one of the
most spectacular in the history of the
city, destroyed the central power station
which stood upon the site OF the present
new municipal building. Naturally this
confederation paralyzed the entire system.
but only for brief period. Mr.. Dunlop
achieved a seeming miracle by having
cars operating again at 6 o'clock the fol-
lowing morning. This he did by the pur-
chase Of great numbers of horses, and as
a horse system the lines of the Capt.
tai Traction Company were operated until
the completion of the present under
ground electric plant and the equipment
OF a modern power house.
Other Business Interests.
Besides his connection with the Capital
Traction Company. Mr.. Dunlop was prom
inently identified with many corporations
in the city. He was director in the
American Security and Trust Company,
the Union Trust Company, the Fire
mems Insurance Company and the
Washington Gas Light Company. and he
was also a stakeholder in many Of the
local banks. among them the Farmers and
Mechanics National Bank of Georgetown
and the Riggs National Bank. Mr.. Dun
lop was also member OF the Board of
Trade.
December is. 1867. George Thomas Dun
lop was married to Emily Redin Kirk of
st. Mary, Md. Six children from this
union survive. as follows: George Thomas
|. Dunlop. jr., a graduate of Princeton and
Columbia Universities and an attorney
for the Capital Traction Company; Mrs.
Emily Redin Simms, Mrs. helen Urqu-
hart of Baltimore. John Dunlop, a grad
uate of Johns Hopkins and Princeton
universities: Mrs. Grace Ecker and Walter
Grafton Dunlop.
The name Of Dunlop has for many years
been prominently identified with public
: and private affairs in Maryland and the
District of Columbia. lanes Dunlop
pioneer of the family in this country.
. came from Garnkirk, near Glasgow,
Scotland. and settled in Georgetown, then
Frederick county, Nd. about the year
l772. The family can trace It's ancestry
in Scotland back to the year 1897 Col.
Henry Dunlop, father of George r. Dun
lop, was a prominent farmer in western
Maryland and had the honor of command
ing the troops of horse that escorted the
Marquis de Lafayette on his triumphal
visit to Washington in 1924. Francis
Thomas. an uncle of George T. Dunlop,
was governor of Maryland in 1871. was for
twenty years a member of Congress and
was appointed minister to Peru by Pres
ident Grant.