Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-23

essary property and widen d street thirty
feet on the south side there between l2th
and 14th streets
Thirteenth and ID IL streets between l.
and e stree cts SouthW est.
And that street southeast and ii street
southe asst, where they cross the SAID ran
road, are hereby stricken from the city
plan of Washington.
Provided, That the legally constituted Or
ficers or agents Of the United States or the
District of Columbia shall have the right,
without charge CT any kind, to cross be-
meath any track or tracks or right OF way
OF the said Baltimore and Potomac Rall-
road Company within the District OF CoiuD-
ba with any public sewer, water main,
conduit or other underground construction
laid or proposed to be laid for the public
safety, comfort or health; and the said Bal
timore and Potomac Railroad Company, It's
successors and assigns, shall at all tunes,
freely and without charge or htndrance or
any kind, permit the legally constituted OIL
ficer or agents of the United States or the
District of Columbia to cross beneath the
said track or. tracks and right of way in
the District of Columbia wherever neces-
sary in the construction of any public sew
err water main, or other construction nee
essary for the public safety, comfort or
health.
Sec. 8. That the cost of the entire work,
so far as the depression of its read, con-
struction of abutmerts fer bridges ana OF
the bridges between said abutments, ana
any work upon the siXty-s1X 1eet covered
by it's right of way are concerned, shall pc
borne entirely by the said Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad Company; but so far as
the wing walls and approaches to the
bridges are concerned or any work beyond
it's own right of way, the work necessary
to be done and all damages arising from
the change of the grades of the streets or
otherwise shall be borne by the District of
Columbia The said railway company is
hereby required to do the work herein au-
thorized in sections one, two, three, hve and
eight to the satisfaction and approval OF
nf q
lumbia and the said Commissioners are
authorized to exercise such supervision
ever the same as may be necessary to Sc
cure the proper construction ana MAMIE
nance of the said work.
Sec o. That the said Baltimore and Po-
ton &C Railroad Company is hereby au-
thorzed, in order to carry into effect the
improvements aforesaid, to purchase the
following properties, use the same for rail-
road purposes, construct the necessary
tracks thereto and thereon, and make the
That portion of block Ago lying between
3 street southwest and Maryland avenue,
and between 9th street and a line drawn
parallel Herewith $50 feet west thereof,
and the whole Of blocks 46S, 463 south and
493.
That if the said Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company cannot agree with the
owner or owners for the purchase, use or
| occupation of the land aforesaid, the same
may be acquired by the said company In
| the manner provided by sections GAS to 663,
both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes re-
| lating to the District of Columbia.
Bridge Across the Potomac.
1t is further provided that the Secretary
| of War be- and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to cause to be constructed across
| the Virginia channel Of the Potomac river,
| near the site of the present Long bridge, a
new and substantial bridge of iron or steel,
resting on masonry piers and provided with
| suitable approaches, and with q draw suffi-
| cent for the accommodation of navigation
| so located that its longitudinal center line
| which the Virginia channel will have when
| the Potomac river improvement is COM
| pleted. The length OF said bridge shall NOT
| be less than $500 feet, and no span shall
| be less than $50 feet. The piers of said
| new bridge shall rest upon sufficient foun-
| dations at or near the present or proposed
| bed Of the river. The superstructure of
| said bridge shall have a clear head room of
| not less than % feet above mean low tide
| of the Potomac river, and the said bridge
| shall provide for double track railway,
| for a roadway for highway travel, not less
| than twenty feet wide, and sidewalk not
| less than eight feet wide, side by side, the
| railway and the roadway to be separated
| by a tight fence not less than sixteen feet
| high. Upon the completion of the new
| bridge herein authorized the present Long
| bridge, together with the piers, founda.
| lions, and riprap about them, shall be en-
| tirely removed: Provided, That one-half OF
/ the cost Of the said new bridge and one.
half Of the cost Of the removal Of the pres.