A brief history of Alexandria County, Virginia; . Heights, BonAir, Farlee, Clarendon, Lyons Addition to Clarendon, Moores Addi-tion to Clarendon, Woodmont, Clifton, Ingleside, Aurora Heights,Colonial Heights, Ft. Myer Heights, Rosslyn, Corbett, Arlington, ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 27 Nauck, Addison Heights, Waterloo, St. Elmo, Del Ray, BraddockHeights, Cottage Park, Spring Park. Transportation Facilities Every portion of the county is reached by electric car lines fromWashington City. The Great Falls and Old Dominion ElectricRailway, the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Electric Rail-way and the
A brief history of Alexandria County, Virginia; . Heights, BonAir, Farlee, Clarendon, Lyons Addition to Clarendon, Moores Addi-tion to Clarendon, Woodmont, Clifton, Ingleside, Aurora Heights,Colonial Heights, Ft. Myer Heights, Rosslyn, Corbett, Arlington, ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 27 Nauck, Addison Heights, Waterloo, St. Elmo, Del Ray, BraddockHeights, Cottage Park, Spring Park. Transportation Facilities Every portion of the county is reached by electric car lines fromWashington City. The Great Falls and Old Dominion ElectricRailway, the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Electric Rail-way and the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Rail-way cover every portion of Alexandria County with their main linesand branches. All the electric railways named are in prosperouscondition, the smallest having carried twelve hundred thousand pas-sengers last year. In addition to the above named electric railwaysthe following railroads deliver freight and have freight and passen-ger stations in the county, viz.: Pennsylvania Railroad; Southern. Residence of Mr. Nathan Banks, East Falls Church 28 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Railroad; Washington Southern; Atlantic Coast Line; SeaboardAir Line ; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; Chesa-peake and Ohio; Baltimore and Ohio; Philadelphia, Wilmingtonand Baltimore Railroad. These roads have established vast freightYards in Alexandria County, known in railroad circles as PotomacYards, connecting the great trunk lines of the north and south, andsaid to be the most extensive transfer grounds in the United Statesif not in the world. This gigantic enterprise, together with theextensive railroad shops there located, give employment to an armyof busy workers, and also pays a large proportion of the countytaxes. In this county is also located Luna Park, the largest andmost attractive pleasure resort in the vicinity of Washington, offer-ing a place of recreation and innocent amusement to thousandsdaily. It also employs a large number of citi
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