Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-07
", B. & A. TO SPEND
BIG sum THIS YEAR
Terminals IN Baltimore And In
Washington Will Cost The
Company 81 $50. 1000.
TO SEEK FERRY TRAFFIC

ness viii not be seriously diminished
by the reduction OF the number Of sol
iiiers at Camp Meade ID indicated IN
the most practical way by the steps
the management Of the Washington,
baltimore aud Annapolis Electric
Railroad company Il taking and will
take to improve IT'S terminal faciii-
ties. add TO lis equipment and reach
4out for additional business,
The sum of million and q half
dollars will le expended during the
season in passenger and freight ter
minals In Baltimore and Washington
and in additional equipment For the
different terminals alone the sum Of
& $1 $50. 900 is TO be spent. the balance
going for additional equipment, IN 2
large part passenger coaches
4 Already the. company has awarded
contracts for 10 modern passenger
cars. OF which i've have been deliv-
cred and are now IN service The
cars cost $4,000 each. or $ls0,000 for
the 10. The business. both freight
and passenger, lis growing 50 rapidly
that President George 7. Bishop and
Il vice President ]. u Doyle are fearful
that more rolling stock will have to
ne bought before the year is much
farther advanced
Road Work Has Been Resumed.
The company has resumed road
work lii earnest The track force has
been more than trebled, and the shop
force has been increased % per cent
since January i Every branch Of the
service II carrying more men on its
i payrolls than ever before.
The contract for the Washington
terminal will be awarded this summer,
and 1t Ii expected the structure will be
completed In the late fall or early vim
ter. This improvement Will Involve an
outlay OF $500. goo The terminal VIII
be located on New York avenue, be-
tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets
Work on the Baltimore terminal will
he delayed because certain leases on
property which the company has Rc-
1uuired Will not expire until near the
end of the year This terminal will
OCCUPY the greater part of the block
bounded BY Pratt. Eutaw. Lombard
4and Howard streets. IL will be used
for both passenger and freight bnsi-
ness, and the upper floors, of an inn
posing building which Will be erected
on the site will serve Az general head
quarters. The ground and improve
ments will cost S750,000. When the
new terminal Is finished the Liberty
street station will be abandoned and
Eventually sold
Tentative Building Plans.
Tentative plans provide for two
buildings, one Tor passenger and the
other for freight traffic The main
building, which will serve 40 general
offices and passenger station, will be
4 located at the corner of Howard and
Lombard streets Its dimensions will
be approximately SO feet on Howard
street and $40 feet on Lombard street
The structure will be two stoEies
above the level The track will form
loop. trains entering and departing
/ by way of Pratt street. The waiting
room in appointments Will compare
4 favorably with the most modern rais-
way terminals. The building will be
thoroughly fireproof with an ornanlen-
tai front.
The freight station will front SO feet
on Pratt street and run back 200 feet
ION Eutaw street This building will
he Of brick with steel trussed roof.
The front part or this building will be
two stories, the freight department oc-
cnpying the upper story. The re-
mainder cf the building will be one
story anG will be provided with every
facility for handling shipments
Want Eastern Shore Business.
The Washington. Baltimore and An
lnapoIis railroad intends TO contest
& with the Pennsylvania railroad for the
ltraffic of the Eastern Shore with q de-
termination that augurs iI Tor the
supremacy Of Philadelphia in that ter
ritory. On May the new ferry serv-
Tee between Annapolis and Claiborne
\ Ii expected to be inaugufMted, and the
electric line IL hurfying arrange
luients 10 extend It's tracks at Anna
polls right up to the ferry wharf 80 as
to handle the trafac as expeditiousiy
tas possible.
The effort 10 cooperate with
the steamboat service Id handling this
business. Is one which Will receive de-
served support in Annapolis. It has
been felt that~she great hindrance 70
the commercial development Df the
city Eas been that Il is not aituated on
any through trasss sc line of any charac-
tier. There il no doubt that tbs sssc-
cessfuI conduct of the ferry will be y
Tremendous advantage 10 Annapolis.
i and the .nSss men 3slc ~: rettiye
lcitixens generally Og Ann1D ~ are
disposed t0 smrther II ID eveTy way
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