. The Street railway journal . sses on to Scott Street, Baltimore, whereit runs over its own tracks for about three-quarters of amile. It then uses the tracks of the United Railways &Electric Company, of Baltimore, to its (jwn terminal build-ing. In Washington the tracks of the Washington, Balti-more & Annapolis Railway stop at the District of Columbiaboundary. From this point the cars operate to the cornerof 15th and H Streets, N. E., over the tracks jf the Co-lumbia line of the Washington Railway & Electric Com-pany, a distance of about 4 miles. They then enter aspecial terminal station, whe
. The Street railway journal . sses on to Scott Street, Baltimore, whereit runs over its own tracks for about three-quarters of amile. It then uses the tracks of the United Railways &Electric Company, of Baltimore, to its (jwn terminal build-ing. In Washington the tracks of the Washington, Balti-more & Annapolis Railway stop at the District of Columbiaboundary. From this point the cars operate to the cornerof 15th and H Streets, N. E., over the tracks jf the Co-lumbia line of the Washington Railway & Electric Com-pany, a distance of about 4 miles. They then enter aspecial terminal station, where passengers can transferto the conduit cars of the Washington Railway & ElectricCompany. The second portion of the Washington, Baltimore &Annapolis Railway consists of a single-track road locatedpractically at right angles to the main line and crossingit at Academy Junction, miles from the Baltimore terminus. This road is a converted steam line and wasformerly known under the name of the .napolis, Wash-. riWNELS KALTIMORE iiiglon & Baltimore Railroad. Incidentally this road is oneof the oldest railroads in the country, having been builtabout 1835. It has now been electrified between AnnapolisJunction and Annapolis with the single-phase system. Theroad connects at Laurel with the Berwyn & Laurel ElectricRailway, a direct-current line, by which passengers cantravel hy the Washington Railway & Electric Companyscars to the Treasury Building in Washington. The Wash-ington, Baltimore & Annapolis Railway proposes in thefuture to complete the system by equipping all of the An-napolis, Washington & Baltimore Railway, including thesection shown by dotted lines in the map, so as to give analternate route from Academy Junction to Washington. The total mileage of the system, measured as single track,is miles, divided as follows; Alain Line miles A. W. & B miles Berwyn «& Laurel 9. miles Total miles This is exclusive of the Washingto
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