The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-02-14
Eoeal anb 4ersunal.
New Trolley Line Open.

Unmarked by elaborate ceremony,
tn e Washington, Baltimore and Anna
polls Electric Railway Company put its
line into operation last Monday between
Warrington and Annapolis. At the
same time 1t was announced that the
section lying between Baltimore and
Naval Academy Junction, formerly
Odentsn, will be ready for operation in
about q month.
As guests of the officials of the com
pany q number Of railroad men and
representative Baltimoreans made an
inspection trip over the line. The par
ty went by trolley to Scott street and
there entered coach which was pulled
by LOGON olive to Academy Junction.
where the road has its shops.
There the members boarded one OF
the company's cars, upholstered in
leather and furnished much like Pull
man car, and the trip to Annapolis was
begun. Fourteen miles, the distance
to the company's station in Annapolis,
was covered in tho remarkably brief
space of 10 minutes. The party went
Caryel Hall, where the guests were
enter tanned at luncheon by eompany's
officers.
About $50 p. m. the trip back to
Academy Junction was begun. There
an inspection was made Of the shops.
For tho edifcatioa of the visitors a
moving crane picked up loaded
freight car and carried it almost the
entire length of the building. The
visitors appeared to be deeply Impress
ed by the care and psinstaking effort
made to provide every facility for an
up-to date in,srcity electric railway.
After leaving Academy Junction the
party was taken to Warrington, dis
lance Of 80 miles. Frequent stops were
made in order that the facilities of the
road or the difficulties that had been
surmountsd might be explained.
ne CaT LII W ulSu VIC GAiP Woo klooO
was operated by Mr.. T. N. Childs, of
the General Electric Company, who has
acted as superinten dent of construction
in electrifying the road. He was assist
ed by Mr.. Harry Farquar.
ANNAPOLIS awoks in the morning to
realization that it was entering upon
era, At 6 a. m. the first car left for
Washington and it carried fair num-
Der of residents Of the town to the ma
tion's capital. From that time on the
cars left at intervals of two hours,
although the working out of details of
the schedule has not been completed.
The cars are of the multiple unit con-
troll type, one being able to haul train
of FIVE at great rate Of speed. In all
there are 25 cars, either delivered or
soon to be ready, Of which 81 have four
175 horsepo wer motors, arranged two
te each truck. The other four have
only two motors each, and will be used
for accomm odation service. There are
two electric locomotives.
On all sides surprise was expressed
ut the luxuriousness of the equipment.
The cars cost $4,000 each. They are
upholstered in leather Of fine grade,
lighted and heated by electricity, and
even the vestibules are heated.
1t has been announced that the round
trip between Baltimore and Washing
ton will be 81 IS, and that the fare one
way will be IS eents-a considerable
saving over the rates on the reads
operated by steam.
The officers Of the company are:
President-George T. Bishop; Vice
President-John Sherwin; Second Vice
President and General Manager. N
snannahan; Secretary and Assistant
Treasuler-W. A. Happier; Treasurer
and Assistant Seeretary-C. F.. Glad
felter; General Traffic Manager-W. <.
Slaughter; Purchasing Agent-William
Stewart; Superintendent Of Transper-
tation-J. O'Hara; Superintendent of
Track and Overhead-J. J. Doyle;
Master Mechan ic-Henry Donovan.