Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-08

and maintenance of the elevated structure
hereby authorized, nnd to secure the best
and sa fest highway facilities to the public,
IL VIII, in the opinion and judgment of the
commissioners of the Street and Sewer De-
pnrtment, be desirable and advantageous
that portions of the following existing
streets OF said city be vacated in the man
ner and to the extent hereinafter described,
to wit: ]lss 5s.5
The portion of Old, Marsh Rond berleath
the elevated structure and between the
property lines of said railroad company; the
portion OF Spruce street between Third and
hohlnson streets; the portion of Robinson
egreet between Spruce and Church streets ;
the portion of Pine street between Front
and Second streets.
That for the purpose of effectinR lawful
vacation OF said portions of streets enuner-
ated IN this section to the extent and in the
manner as described, said Street and Sewer
department will promptly inaugurate and
prosecute to conclusion ps speedily as prac-
tleable, ali legal proceedings necessary
therefor, and uDon authorization of such
VACATIONS as the result of said proceedings,
VIII. at the expense of said city, cause such
vacations to be fully ana finally effected.
When such vacations shall have been so
effected, said railroad company is hereby
authorized to substitute solid structure in
lieu OF any overhead bridge which may he
located above the portion of any street so
vacated provided, however, that upon va
cation of the hereinhefore described portion
Of Old Marsh Road, said railroad company
snail and will permit extension of Sixteenth
street through Its property and right of way,
ana without claim of any damages there
for, at depressed grade beneath its ele.
vated structure of three feet below the
present grade OF said street. and thut said
railroad company will, in connection there
with,' erect and maintain. at its own ex-
pense, substantial overhead bridge struct-
ure ot iron or steel with an actual clearance
between the under side thereof and the grade
OF said Sixteenth street, when so extended
ana depressed, three feet, az aforesaid, of
not less than IL feet. IL being conteIn-
plated and understood that said extension of
SiSteepth street suall be provided and sub
stltuted for the portion of said Old Marsh
hond SO vacated, in order that the public
may be provided with safe and convenient
highway facilities at this point.
sec. A. That all ordinances and resolu-
tions. or provisions thereof, inconsistent
herewith, are hereby superseded.
The resolution viii be taken ur for
final action at some subsequent meeting.
The company's plan, as set forth in
the resolution, contemplates the build
ing of an elevated railroad from a oint
lust below Edge Moor to point Just
beyond the west yard, which will do
away with all grade crossings in the
city. The route will follow the line of
the present tracks. except that it will
be alongside of the present tracks for
the greater part OF the distance. Some
OF the curves will be made more gradual
than in the present line. 1t is under
stood that the work of building the
elevated structure will be begun as
soon as the Street and Sewer Depart
ment gives the desired permission.
Although it has not been definitely
stated, there is an impression that the
new station, which will be oommodious,
vii be either on the site of the present
building, at Front and French streets,
or at Front and Market streets.