within the county number about 20. A large proportion of the men liv- 

 ing within the districts where suburban development has gone on have 

 their work in Washington. A complete industrial classification for 

 the whole county was not attempted. 



SOCIAL MIND 

 I — Means of Transportation and Communication 



The problem of rural isolation is an important one from many ])()ints 

 of view, but particularly from the point of view of the de\elopment of 

 the social life of a community. The typical rural community still has 

 the units composing it relatively isolated and hence has an altogether 

 inadequate social life, due, usually, in large part to inadequate means 

 of inter-communication. Adequate means of communication are of 

 the same primary importance socially that adequate means of trans- 

 portation are economically. 



Railroad and Trolleys. As has been said, the Metropolitan Branch of 

 the B. & 0. runs diagonally through the county and is available, more 

 or less, to most of the county. For the upper end of the county, the B. 

 & 0. is also accessible at Mt. Airy, and for the eastern end of the county, 

 at Laurel, in Prince George's County. 



There are six trolley roads operating in the county, all in the southern 

 end, providing easy communication with Washington for those adjacent 

 to them. They are as follows: 



The Georgetown Electric, running from Washington to Rockville 

 through the Bethesda and Rockville Districts. This is one of the best 

 equipped trolley lines in the vicinity of Washington, giving efl&cient 

 service on a convenient schedule. 



Capital Traction Company; running a line from Washington through 

 the eastern part of the Bethesda District to Chevy Chase Lake. 



Kensington to Chevy Chase Lake connecting there for Washington. 



Forest Glen to Washington, through Woodside, and Silver Spring. 



Takoma Park to Washington; short run and convenient schedule. 



"Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway," from Washington 

 to Cabin John via Glen Echo, chiefly important for the crowds that it 

 carries out from Washington in summer to the amusement park at 

 Glen Echo. 



Another line is projected to run from Chevy Chase Lake to the Great 

 Falls in connection with the Bradley Hills Development. 



Stage Lines. There are two stage lines in the county operated on a 

 regular schedule of two trips each way per day. One of these connects 

 Poolesville and Barnesville Station on the B. & O., a distance of 6 miles. 

 The other connects Ashton, in the Olney District, and Laurel, a distance 

 of 11 miles. 



34 



