. Electric railway journal . Baltimore, and some 6000 from Wash-ington and Annapolis. This is in addition to the travelof the soldiers themselves, which is of course in theother direction, and is about the same magnitude. Theaccompanying table gives the mileage and fares chargedbetween Baltimore, Washington and Camp Meade, thefares in Washington including a transfer to the localsystem of the Washington Railway & Electric Company. To haul this traffic the company soon found that its Distancein Miles Baltimore—Washington 40 54 Baltimore—Camp Meade 16 56 Washington—Camp Meade One-Way Fare$0
. Electric railway journal . Baltimore, and some 6000 from Wash-ington and Annapolis. This is in addition to the travelof the soldiers themselves, which is of course in theother direction, and is about the same magnitude. Theaccompanying table gives the mileage and fares chargedbetween Baltimore, Washington and Camp Meade, thefares in Washington including a transfer to the localsystem of the Washington Railway & Electric Company. To haul this traffic the company soon found that its Distancein Miles Baltimore—Washington 40 54 Baltimore—Camp Meade 16 56 Washington—Camp Meade One-Way Fare$0 50 RoundTrip Fare$ 1098 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 23 former single-car schedule was inadequate. Conse-quently it purchased last year eight modern high-speedelectric locomotives built by the Westinghouse Electric& Manufacturing Company and fifty-four modernlyequipped trail cars. This enables the company to run during the week anhourly schedule to the camp of trains with four or five. ELECTRIC RAILWAY LOOP AND OTHER RAILROADCONNECTIONS AT CAMP MEADE cars. On Saturdays and Sundays this headway is cutin half. To care for the frequent traffic the company hasequipped its entire line from Baltimore to Camp Meadewith block signals, supplied by the Union Switch &Signal Company, and has installed a $10,000 interlock-ing system, built by the General Railway Signal Com-pany, at Naval Academy Junction. The company has also constructed two large and com-modious stations. The principal one, known as LoopStation, is located half-way between this civic centerand Admiral, Md. The belief that the government will continue the occu-
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