. Railway age . has but a lighttraffic. From Academy Junction to Annapolis, 14 miles, the lineIs equipped with Blake electric signals, there being six meetingpoints. At Academy Junction the switches and signals are Inter-locked by apparatus furnished by the General Railway Signal Rochester, N. Y. The line between the District of Columbia and Laurel—theWashington, Berwyn & Laurel—Is one which was bought by thepresent company, along with other properties, but It Is operatedby Itself, having no traffic connection with the main line. The capital stock of the W., B. A A. Is J5,250.(JOO. all
. Railway age . has but a lighttraffic. From Academy Junction to Annapolis, 14 miles, the lineIs equipped with Blake electric signals, there being six meetingpoints. At Academy Junction the switches and signals are Inter-locked by apparatus furnished by the General Railway Signal Rochester, N. Y. The line between the District of Columbia and Laurel—theWashington, Berwyn & Laurel—Is one which was bought by thepresent company, along with other properties, but It Is operatedby Itself, having no traffic connection with the main line. The capital stock of the W., B. A A. Is J5,250.(JOO. all ownedin Cleveland, Ohio. The first mortgage l>onds amount to |(> the second mortgage bonds to $1,000,000. The President of thecompany is George T. Bisho|), and the Vice-President and fJeneralManager is J. W. Shannahan. Mr. Shannahans office Is at Balti-more, where the company built a terminal station. This station,with offices In the second story, is at Lil)erty and Marlon Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railway. the business does not demand more than two tiains an houreach way. the company proposes to continue ti-liiterval and flagging system as at present; but the officers have inview the equipment of the line with automatic block signals, recog-nizing the necessity of using the space Interval tor dense traffic. The fare between Baltimore and Washington Is 75 cents oneway and | round trip. By the two existing steam railroads,the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania, the oneway fare is$ and the round trij) $ except on Saturday and Sunday,when it is $ It is proposed to run the limited trains omean hour throughout the day. With such a service maintained withpunctuality, and the freedom from smoke and cinders which con-stitutes such a strong card for electric lines In summer, thenew line should bo able soon to show what power It possesses tocreate new business and to take competitive busin
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