Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-15

moro and Ohio railroad. presented himself st
the room Of the Senate District committee this
morning with a formidable bundle which
proved TO be the proposed plans Of that railroad
company for erecting their overhead masonry
structure. which will do away with all grade
Crossings inside the limits of the city. as far a.
their line is concerned.
IL was the intention OF Vice President King
to bring the plans from Baltimore. but he Was
detained IN that city by important business.
Senators Mcmillan and Faulkner gave Mr..
Manning hearing at which he explained
thoroughly the intentions of the road and the
plans submitted
The District Commissioners we're requested
10 meet Senators cMillan aud Faulkner at the
District committee room at 2 O'Clock this
afternoon ana the plans were again explained
by hr. Manning for their benefit
IL the plans are entirely satisfactory 70 the
Commissioners Mr.. Cowan. the general counsel
of the Baltimore and Ohio, viii come 20 this
city tomorrow and q conference will be held
with Senators Mcmillan and Faux
ner and the Commissioner, at which
bill incorporating the plans will be drafted
AZ this work can be accomplished It ID the de-
sire of Mr.. Mcmillan to have the bill acted on
at the meeting OF the District committee on
Friday In this way the progress Of aboiishing
grade crossings in the District will be consider
ably advanced.
After an examination Of the plans this morn
ing both Mr.. Mcmillan and MIR Faulkner ex-
pressed themselves rs being satisfied with them
and believed the improvements proposed will
be satisfactory to the public and will he great
step IN the improvement OF the city.
THREE DIFFERENT IDEAS.
The plans submitted proposed three different
ideas for terminals which the road was willing
to adopt The first. and one which met with
approval. included structure for
a station which. in itself, win be
depot will tie in the same position which IL nov
occupies. but viii run another block along c
street The exits. which will be directly
on street, will be very large aud
suascient to accommodate almost any
crowd. The railroad shed will be an immense
affair. constructed entirely of iron, while the
depot proper viii be of pressed brick and stone
Ii is the intention. however. that the building
will be approved by the District Com
missloners before it's construction is
begun Eight tracks will be constructed in the
shed and different approach from the station
will be made TO each OF these. SO that no pas
sengers will be compelled to any track
The freight depot will join that of the pas
senger on the north side. This plan includes
the tunneling Of the terminal. SO that North
Capitol street will be opened in this way and no
streets that are now opened will be closed
THE SECOND TERMINAL PLAN.
A second terminal plan, and which is claimed
X. n
as accommodation and rapid transit are con-
cerned. is to make the depot in the form Of a
loop, that trans coming in would
only stop sufficiently long to allow
the passengers and freight 70 be dis
charged and would then continue on the
same track out into the yards. This world
obviate the necessity of having another
engine attached TO a train which had arrived
that would pull it out Of the depot This. il is
claimed, is new idea for railroad stations
The plan would necessitate the acquisition by
the road Of more property in the immediate
vicinity OF the road and would Close
street. For this il Was thought 20 be
objectionable, and n the committee is anxious
to hasten action on the bill if reported the
first plan was more favorably considered, a.
being the least liable to cause objections
The third terminal plan suggested the trans-
position OF the respective positions of the
freight and passenger depots 80 that the
former would be directly at the corner
of New Jersey avenue and G street
and the passenger station would front
on New Jersey avenue near ID street. This
plan was not fayorably considered, and at the
informal examination OF the plans this morning
il Was practically rejected.
THE APPROACH TO THE CITY.
Regarding the approach to the terminal from
the city limits bnt one plan is offered. The
route will be the same now occupied by
the Baltimore and Ohio, except that from
the New York avenue yard the line will
be duplicated SO 10 run down
Delaware avenue. The junction Of the Metro
politan branch and the main line viii
occur at the same place as at present.
L e.. at the intersection u Delaware
avenue between / and X streets. The over
head structure will begin nj the city limits. Tn
the Metropolitan branch Florida avenue, n aud
streets will be subwsys going below the an
cline to the elevated and i street will be the
same grade at present
On the main line the overhead structure be-
gins at the Boundary. The elevated line then
runs, with three tracks each, over their present
route TO the junction at Delaware avenue. I and
h streets, and from there II will contain four
tracks TO the terminal.
The masonry structure Is q solid one, sup
ported by stone piers at intervals OF thirty
feet, except where the streets are crossed, and
there the structure will be Of iron supported In
the center by solid iron piers. The masonry
will be covered with a layer OF concrete and
then by thick layer Of ashes. which viii act -
q road bed and at the same time, it IL clAimsd,
deaden the sound
THE COMMISSIONERS 90 ovER THE PLANs
At O'Clock Commissioners Ross and Rosslls
and Capt Febeger went over the plans st
some length When SIR. Manning hsd Soacludsd
his explanation il WAS understood that IN in
formal agreement had been made BY the Senate
committee and the Commissioners 10 adopt the
plans proposed including the hrst terminal prop
osltion-
Mr.. Cowen telegraphed that he would be un-
able to come here tomorrow, but notwithstAnd-
ing this fact bill viii be drafted ut once.
Ii is the intention Of the Baltimore and Ohio
road to ask for the temporary occupation Of
street between Delaware avenue and 6th
street while the masonry structure 10 being
built from the Boundary TO the 1uncturs e
Delaware avenue and X street.
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