The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
The Full Board Spent Three Hours, Yes
terday, In Its Considerations. It Will
Be Presented to City Council To-
morrow Evening. Greatest
Secrecy Was Main
tanned.

difficulty of placing sidings if the tracks
We're depressed.
The third part of the report concerns
the plan of elevating the tracks, which
is the plan that will be recommended.
Although great secrecy has been MAIN
tanned in regard to this plan, The Spy
is able to give it in full
| The first change will be made at tho
Garden street crossing, north of Lin
coin square. This street will be car
ried over the railroad tracks at
height Of 20 feet, which is a new deci-
sion of the commission. 1t has been
the general belief that the elevation
would begin north of Garden street, so
/ that 1t would run under the tracks. But
Instead. the road will run over the
! railroad BY this arrangement the
use of the freight houses north of
Garden street will not be disturbed.
The beginning of the rise in tracks will
take place south of Garden street. At
Lincoln square there Will be a metal
bridge, II being impossible to make a
stone bridge there on account OF the
great width There will be no change
in the grade of the street at Lincoln
square. The streets between Lincoln
square and the Union station win not
suffer change of grade. Exchange
street viii be discontinued. The COM
mission can see no way to do Others
wise.
There will be no damages to be paid
| by the city on account Of the discontin-
| uance Of that street The portion of
the street which will be discontinued is
wholly within the location of the rail-
road so that the city has no claim ON
the street Property owners can get
no damages because the law requires
/ only that they have egress and ingress
from the street. BY the diseontinuanee
OF Exchange street, the spur tracks
which now run to the Holyoke Ma
chine Company shop and the lumber
yards in that vicinity VIII not be in
lured. The Fitchburg freight house
can also be used and connected with
| the main line by a spur track.
A stone arch viii be placed over sum-
mer street but the bridge over shrews
bury street will be of metal. One reason
for this is on account of the angle at
which the tracks cross the street. An
other is that the commissioners believe
in the possibility Of Shrewsbury street
being widened, and a stone arch u,o,,1d
preclude such possibility The grade of
the street from Washington square will
be lowered slightly in order to improve
the street
Grafton street viii be lowered about
six feet in order to do away with the
hump which now exists there. The
tracks in the Union station will be 70
feet above the present level. AT Grafton
street they will be IA feet above the
present level, so that there will be 20
feet from the new grade of the roadbed
to the rails. The street will be widened
to so feet. The arch will be of stone and
will be somewhat over 100 feet through.
At Fran kiln street substantial raise
In the street can be made and VIII
greatly improved it.
AT Green street the tracks win be eIe-
waited 16 feet above their present loca-
ton. The street grade will be cut down
about Is inches which VIII do away with
the slight grade which exists on the
southern approach. There win be a
stone arch there. The changes at Wash
ington and Plymouth streets will be
made without disturbing the present
grade of the streets and there wiz be
stone arches at both streets.
Madison street will be extended under
the railroad There viii be no change in
its grade. 1t is proposed to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY Of extending Salem street
from Southbridge street under the rail-
road The commission feels that It has
no power to extend Hermon street.
The greatest change in the altera-
tons yesterday was in reference to
southbridge street. The bridge over the
road II that place win be of metal ON
account Of the angle at which the rail-
road crosses the street.
The "know-nothing' crossing which
exists between the Southbridge street
bridge and the junction station, will
be done away with. The commissions
plan will allow the tracks which lead
to the Norwich and Worcester yard on
Madison street TO pass under the tracks
of the Boston and Albany
That leaves a grade crossing at Jack
son street. That crossing is outside the
jurisdiction Of tina commission. but IL