Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-27

TO By THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY INTRO
prcEp IL THE SENATE TODAY hr Mr.. x'NIL-
LAN-rHE TRACES on TIE MALL AND rHK
LONG BRIDGE
Senator Mcmillan came 10 the front today
with the bill whioh, il il becomes Law, will do
away with rosd-crossings on the lines OF the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad In this city.
BY the terms Of the bill the company IL au-
thorized and required to revise. change and i'm
prove its line by depressing its tracks
and constructing bridges over the same
SO as 10 do away with grade crossings,
SO called, all In accordance with
plans and profles attached, lit being the pur-
pose of this act that the rade Of the said
railroad shall be revised and readjusted. ~
shown upon the said plans in such
manner that New jersey avenue,
South Capitol street, Delaware avenue. South
I'd street. Al street, 9Th street, MARYLAND ave-
nue.. 9TH street. 9Th street and 18th street
shall be carried over the said railroad
on iron and steel bridges with stone abutments.
said bridges TO be the full width of and sub
stantially parts Of the streets named as to paw
ing and sidewalks; such bridges 20 have a
clearance of seventeen feet six inches
Also upon the line of both 10th and ilth streets
foot bridges each twelve feet in width shall be
constructed over the said railroad for the
accommodation Of pedestrians"
Sec. 2. That the aid Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company be and is hereby required
to remove its present western connection
between its tracks on 9th street and its line
on Virginia avenue. VIA MARYLAND avenue,
and TO change and revise the location Of
its tracks, a. shown upon the plan hereto at
tached (printed in The STAR some time ago.,
SO that they shall curve TO the northwest from
O itu 10, line. ss,es
east of the bridge, authorized by this bill TO
be constructed the line Of 9th
street, and shall run under the bridge TO be
built on the line OF Maryland avenue, along
side Of the two tracks that start from point
on the main line about 100 feet west OF 7th
street, and curve TO the north therefrom
the said four tracks TO continue north from said
Maryland avenue and TO occupy a strip of
ground not TO exceed the width of seventy-6ve
feet from street southwest to u street north
west.
TO REMOVE THE TRACKS FROM SIXTH STREET.
Section 8. That the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company be and is hereby required
10 remove entirely its tracks on 9Th street
north of Virginia avenue and to restore said
portion of said street TO the uses Of the public.
and upon the removal Of the tracks TO make
such repairs to the paving as shall be required
by the Commissioners of the District Of Column
bia in order TO conform the paving upon
the portion Of the street so relinquished
10 that of the remainder Of the street In lieu
of the use of said portion of 9th street and in
order to accommodate the increasing passenger.
mail and express traffic in the city Of Washing
ton, the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company is hereby authorized to occupy
and use on the conditions hereinafter
mentioned, that portion Of the mall living be-
tween street southwest and street north
west and between 9th street and a line drawn
parallel herewith and 225 feet west thereof.
WALL AND SCREEN.
Sec. T.. That along the entire line forming
the west boundary Of that portion of the
mall, the use Of which is granted as
aforesaid, the said Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company shall construct and
maintain suitable stone wall eight
feet high, and shall also build and main
tain behind the said wall an earthen screen,
the top Of which shall be sixteen feet
above the top Of the rails Of the
said railroad. The slope construction and
maintenance of said screen shall be satisfactory
to the engineer officer in charge Of public
buildings and grounds in the District OF Co
lumbia Also said railroad company is hereby
required TO construct and maintain, at such q
point the engineer officer aforesaid shall des-
ignate, bridge over the tracks Of said railroad
and also over sixth street. The said bridge
shall be OF a design and character suited TO q
park. and shall be SO built that the usual travel
shall be properly and reasonably protected from
accident arising from the Use of said railroad"
Other sections of the bill provide for the
necessary changes of street grades and for the
vacation by the public of certain streets and
crossings described in the plans pub
lished in The STAR. The cost Of abut-
ments and bridges and the depression Of
the tracks is to be borne by the railroad COM
pany. which is Slso authorized TO purchase
certain property necessary to carrying out the
plan.
THE LONG BRIDGE
The provision as to the Long bridge is as
follows:
THAT the said railroad company be and lie
hereby further required to construct double
track on the Long bridge over the Potomac
river and the island in the said
river. and to build on the Virginia side of the
said river two additional spans, each one hum
dred and forty feet long, in consideration
hereby freed and relieved from the
obligation to maintain the said railway
bridge in good condition for ordinary highway
travel, it being hereby understood aud agreed
that proper highway bridge shall
be provided at the expense Of the
United States or of The District Of
Columbia, between the foot of 18th street, in
the City of Washington. and the Virginia shore,
at such point may be determined upon a.
most suitable therefor by the Commissioners Of
the District of Columbia
The railroad company is authorized to extend
the same general plan east of I'd street east
city requires the abolition Of grade crossings
there.
Mr.. r. Ii. Hay Delivers an Address,