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The Washington Railway and Electric Company was the larger of the two major Street Railway companies in Washington, D.C. , the capital of the United States , until 1933. At that time, it was merged with its main competitor, the Capital Traction Company , to form the Capital Transit Company . The WR&E's core was the '''Metropolitan Railroad''', the second street railway in Washington, which had a main line zigzagging north of Pennsylvania Avenue on streets including F Street North , and it included many other lines in the city and into Maryland suburbs. HISTORY , 1896, pp. 121-145 An amendment, approved March 3 , 1865 , allowed certain branches and extensions, including among them a branch from D Street North south on Fourth Street West to Fort McNair (then the Arsenal), and an extension from New Jersey Avenue and A Street North east on A Street, south on First Street East , and east on East Capitol Street to Ninth Street East . However, instead of building on Fourth Street north to D Street, the company turned the line northwest on Missouri Avenue , north on Sixth Street West, and west on B Street North to reach the south end of the Ninth Street branch. This was not authorized by any laws, but several company officers were on the city Board Of Public Works , which did not object. North American Company |
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