Evening star., 1909-06-05
Track to Be Laid From Ia
k0ma Park.
PERMIT TO BUILD ISSUED
Terminal Facilities for B. & W.
Transit Company.
WORK TO BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
Cars to Be Run to 18th Street and
Piney Branch Road, Where
Transfers Will Be Given.

The District Commissioners today issued
a permit to the Baltimore and Washing
ton Transit Company to construct the ex-
tension of its lines within the District.
The permit was obtained by William A.
Mellen. vice president and general mama
ger Of the road. and w. II. Allen, con-
tractor.
The Baltimore and Washington Transit
Company has state charter to construct
line not only to Baltimore, but also to
Gettysburg. The present construction
work is with view to obtaining Wash
ington terminal for the road With the
completion of this road the residents of
Takoma Park, who have been for years
seeking an improved street car service.
will be enabled to transfer without extra
cost to the Capital Traction Company
and enter the city over that line. The
act of Congress granting the franchise Is
void after May, 1910. if the road is not
completed by that time.
Work to Begin Monday.
Ground will be broken early Monday
morning in Takoma Park at the District
line, in front of the Log Cabin, and the
actual construction of the road begun
The contract has been awarded to AL
len & kefauver of this city, who built
the Great Falls road, the Brightwood
line and recently completed the new
Connecticut avenue bridge across ROCK
creek. Mr.. Allen also reconstructed the
Metropolitan branch Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad a few years ago. The
teams will arrive at Takoma Park this
afternoon and will be ready for be-
ginning work Monday. The rails and
ties have been bought and will arrive
in few days at Lamond, just south OF
Takoma Park and within a short dis
tance of the construction work.
The route of the new road will be
from Takoma Park south on Laurel ave
nue. to Pine avenue, to Sd street, passing
under the tracks of the Baltimore and
south on Sd street to Kennedy street
and west on Kennedy street to the ter
minus Of the 14th street extension OF
the Capital Traction Company at Piney
Branch road and the Brightwood Driv-
ing Park. The contract calls for the
road to be completed within four
months, with the road ready for the
operation of cars The cars will be OF
the latest improved type with cross
wise seats, for the comfort of the pas
the Capital Traction line at Piney
Branch road, only one fare being charged
to the city.
Management of New Road.
The officers and board of directors OF
the new road are as follows: President
Henry w. Williams, Baltimore, Md; Will
liam A. Mellen Washington. D. c., vice
president and general manager; George j.
Schadel Baltimore, Md, secretary; Nor
ton NJ. Little, Washington, D. c., treas
urer; Charles Selden, jr., syndicate man
ager; board of directors, Henry w. VIII
liams George J. Schadel of Baltimore,
Md; William A. Mellen. Norton NJ. Lit
tie, Howard Fisk, w. NJ. Terrell, Wash
ineton, d. c.. and DR.. E. H. Leff1er,
Milersburg, Pa.
The road is being financed by Balti-
more and Washington capitalists. includ-
ing Henry W. Williams. Alexander Brown
of Alexander Brown & Sons, Maryland
Trust Company of Baltimore. Md; n
Winslow Williams, secretary of state OF
Maryland; Dr. f. H. Letter. president OF
the Federal Realty Company of this city
Messrs. Norton NJ. Little and w. NJ. Ter
rell of the real estate firm of Terrell &
Little of this city.
Dwellings to Be Built.
In connection with the construc-
ton of the road comes the announce
ment that the Federal Realty Company OF
this city, which has acquired in the neigh
borhood of three hundred thousand dol
lars worth of ground along the line OF
the railroad, and the keystone Realty
Company of Pennsylvania will start the