Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
To Serve PopuIous Section in
Alexandria County.
SURVEYS BY ENGINEERS
Road Is Assured, But Route Not Yet
Selected.
SEEKING THE RIGHTS OF WAY
Actual Purchases to Begin at Early
Date-Working Out the
Details.

new trolley railroad through a sec
ton OF Alexandria county is practically
assured though the route to be followed
in still somewhat In doubt. The road will
branch from the Great Falls and Old Do
minion line, and in which ever direction
Il runs will tap territory with popu-
lation of fully 5000 persons. corps OF
engineers in the employ of the road IS in
the field, quartered at a farmhouse IN
upper Alexandria county, and these en-
gineers have been engaged for several
days in surveying the different routes
which are In contemplation.
incidentally several operators in real
estate in the county have been engaged
in securing options along the line OF the
several proposed routes and it Is un-
derstood they have almost everywhere
encountered a spirit of cooperation on
the part of the owners of the land, who
are anxious that the projected improve
ment shall become an actually.
Near Dominion Heights.
". c. Collins and Harry r. Thomas,
who are active in the realty field In the
vicinity Of Clarendon, have been work.
ing for several weeks securing options
along the route which has it's beginning
in the vicinity of Dominion Heights and
penetrates the territory adjacent to Glen
Carlyn and Clarendon. They also have
been working along the line of possible
branch. which may extend as far as
Torreyson.
1t is understood that several routes
in addition to these two are considered.
one of the most likely being that which
Heights and extends thence to Falls
Church. Officers and directors of the
Great Falls and Old Dominion road are
reticent concerning any definite plans
which they may have adopted, though
the actual buying Of the right of way
Is expected to begin in the very near
future.
All options which have been sought
for property to constitute the right OF
way have contemplated strip of land
sufficiently wide to permit the con-
struction of a double track road. and
according to preliminary estimates the
building OF the line Will cost not more
than $4,000 a mile. The extension
probably will he about three miles IN
length. so that the total additional m
vestrnent of the company. with all roll
ing stock and equipment taken INTO
consideration will he in the neighbor-
hood of 100000.
Line Probably Independent.
Rumors have been in circulation that
the proposed new line would be built with
view 20 CO, .nectirn with the Bltlemont
division of the Southern railway, but
most OF the work which has been prose
cutcd no TO the PRESENT time would inhi-
cate that the road will be an independent
branch of the Great Falls and Old DC
minion built with the sole >iea or al
fordire direct communication with Wash
ington for large and growing territory
in Alexandria and Fairfax counties, which
now have Inadequate transit facilities
When the options for the right of way
are obtained il is understood. active
work in the construction of the railroad
will he begun. that the line may be
ready for operation late in the present
year or early in 1872