. The Street railway journal . ailway Company is about to extend its HallsSprings division to Lauraville, five miles. All of these projects are backed by responsible parties, who areactually preparing to complete them. They embrace, all told, abouteighty miles of electric road. In addition, two companies have been formed to build electricroads from Baltimore to Washington, the routes being thirty-eight andforty-two miles long. A HILL has been introduced in the Maryland legislature tocharter the Maryland & Columbia Railway Company. The billgives the company extended privileges, permitting it to
. The Street railway journal . ailway Company is about to extend its HallsSprings division to Lauraville, five miles. All of these projects are backed by responsible parties, who areactually preparing to complete them. They embrace, all told, abouteighty miles of electric road. In addition, two companies have been formed to build electricroads from Baltimore to Washington, the routes being thirty-eight andforty-two miles long. A HILL has been introduced in the Maryland legislature tocharter the Maryland & Columbia Railway Company. The billgives the company extended privileges, permitting it to construct anykind of a railway—steam, electric or a canal between the District ofColumbia and the Pennsylvania line, through the counties of PrinceGeorges, Montgomery, Howard, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Har-ford and Cecil. The scheme is said to be backed by Senators StephenB. Elkins, A. P. Gorman, Mathew S. Quay, Henry G. Davis and Hambleton. 298 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 5. Established Jas. H. McGraw, Managing Editor. C. B. Fairchild, Editor. H. W. Pool, Advertising Department. H. W. Blake, Associate Editor. PUBLISHED BY THE STREET RAILWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY,Havemeyer Building, 26 Cortlandt Street, New York, James H. McGraw President Curtis E. Whittlesey Treasurer Western Office, Monadnock Block, Chicago, H. Taylor, England Office, 620 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, R. Wattbrs, Office, 39 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, W. Blackwell, Representative. Subscription) i>er year. To Foreign Countries, $ per Prepaid. We heartily invite correspondence upon all subjects of interest tostreet railway men. Information regarding changes of officers, newequipment, extensions, etc., will be greatly appreciated for our officialdirectory and news columns. We especially invite the co-operation of allinterested to furnish us particulars that the directory may be correct and
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