Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-22
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The Philadelphia Ledger to-day says
In Select Council yesterday afternoon
two ordinances we're presented and re-
ferred to the Committee ON Railroads.
authorizing The " Baltimore and Phila.
delphia" and the Schuylkill River
East Side Railroad Company, to enter
upon and occupy certain portions of
the city for railroad purposes.
The line, as laid down in the - Balti.
more and Philadelphia" ordinance, en-
Lers at the western limit of the cit, i,
near the intersection of Cobb's creek
and Church lane, and, running in d
northeastwardly direction, crosses
WoOdiand avenue AT Sixtieth street;
thence crossing overhead the Philadel.
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail-
road near Fifty eighth street; thence
crossing the Chester branch of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
near fIfty-fourth street. and the East.
wlcH property. Here the connection il
made with The Schuy lkill River East
side Railroad, the latter line being the
subject OF description in an ordinance
separate from tue Baltimore and Phila-
delphia ordinance. Between Cobb's
creek and the Schnylkill River there
are but few open streets or roads
NANpooN bJ thC hCW lADt
Is crossed overhead, while Sixty-eighth
street, which ID unopened, is 10 be
crossed underground.
The unopened streets known az Six.
tieth ana sixty first are to be- crossed at
grade, as also Woodland avenue and
Fifty eighth street. All those named
are nnpaved, and 10 is claim I'd that the
grade may oe changed without damage
to adjacent property. The necessity of
crossing the Philadelphia, Wilmington
Ant Baltimore overhead is said to com
pei the crossing OF Woodland avenue at
grade, the elevations of the overhead
crossing Of the railroad and of the
avenue being about the came, with the
intervening distance but few hundred
yards.
Cfos-ing Inc Schuylkill river to a
puint abcut 2O00 feet south of Gray's
FerIy Cae rev line reaches the east
side "n the Harman property thence
following nertheastwardly course
crc7fing unuer Wharton street thePhila-
uelphla, Wilmington and Baltimore
| Rail road and the Gray's Ferry road
near Thirty fourth street thence along
| the easI side OF the river at the foot OF
the various streets approaching it, and
| winch streets are not opened or used
except on the line of South, Chestnu,
and Market streets, ali three of which
have bridges over them. Under these
bridges the railroad passes thence
| under the Filbert street branch of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at the foot of the
street named, and continued along the
river front to the intersection q,
lTwenty-fourth and Vine streets.
The line OF the elevated part of the
| road begins at Filbert street, and all
streets north of Race, inclusive, are
crossed overhead. Thence continuing
by the elevated railroad along Twenty
fourth street to junction with the
Reading and Pennsylvania avenne By
the route selected 1t is claimed that the
main line ofthe Schuylkill River East
Side Railroad crosses no streets at
, grade.
| Tue freight line branch of the road
named crinnences at the intersection OF
! Mrk1nson street with Schuylkill ave.
nus, on thr EAST side of the Schuy kill
river; thence runs along the projected
line o1 Dickinson street to Twenty third
streeii thence along the projected line
of Twenty third street to Oregon ave-
nue. To the Delaware river near the
Pennsylvania Salt Works, and thence
along the projected line of Meadow
street to tue north side of Reed street
A large part OF The new road passes
through what isknown as " The mead-
ows," IN the First and Twenty sixth
wards, and it is by this route the Goa
and other depor% of the Baltimore and
OHIO Railroad on the Delaware river
will be reached, the company having
already acquired by purchase large and
valuable properties there.
The Rench SNOW.
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