New Jersey Avenue Line
The Capital Traction Company was the smaller of the two major street railway companies in Washington, D.C., in the early 20th century. It was formed in 1895 through a merger of the Rock Creek Railway and the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. The company's streetcars connected the Washington, D.C., neighborhoods of Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown, Capitol Hill, the Armory, and Mount Pleasant (Washington, D.C.), Mount Pleasant; and the suburb of Chevy Chase, Maryland. In 1933, it merged with its major competitor, the Washington Railway and Electric Company, to form the Capital Transit Company. Origins In the mid-1890s, numerous streetcar companies operated in the District. Congress tried to deal with this fractured transit system by requiring them to accept Transfer (public transit), transfers and set standard pricing, and by allowing them to use one another's track. But eventually it became clear that Consolidation (business), consolidation was the best solution. ...
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