The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23
FOR BRIDGE AT
TEFFT STREET.
Plan to Abolish the Acorn
Street Grade Crossing.
PROBABLY TO Be ADOPTED
Project Will Eventually Include New High.
waJ Frsm Harris Avenue TO The Smith
hlll District.
PROBABLY 10 Be ADOPTED

The special committee OF the city
council. which was appointed to consider
the question OF the abolishment OF the
grade crossing at Acorn street. consist
ing OF Mayor Granger. Councilman j.
William Moore, chairman OF the com
mittee on railroads, and Commissioners OF
Public Works Smith. IL In session I'm the
mayors office this afternoon.
With the members OF the committee ara
Attorney Buckland of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad COM
pany. and City Engineer Clapp.
From the present aspect OF the case, 1t
now looks as IN the dangerous crossing
at Acorn street would soon be thing of
the past, and those who are I'm position
TO judge are OF the opinion that an
agreement satisfactory 10 both the city
and the railroad company can be reached
without delay.
The plan In view is that already re-
ferred to- which includes the closing OF
Acorn street altogether as a crossing. and
the building on Tefft street. which is a
broad thoroughfare and one much bet
ter suited for travel than Acorn street.
and this will remove the present element
of danger.
QUITE a HEAVY EXPENSE.
According TO estimates that have so far
been made, the expense 10 the Consolida-
ted road by the proposed changes will
amount to about sl5O00O. This will in
clude the necessary purchase of land, the
cost OF setting back the tracks, building
the bridge abutments ana wing walls. re-
locating the tracks and the land dam
ages.
The expense to the city will be about
Sls00o and this will be sntailed by the
building OF the easterly and westerly ap-
proaches TO the bridge on Harris avenue,
there being quite lot of work to be
done, owing TO the great discrepancy in
the grade of Tefft street and Harris ave-
nue..
The westerly approach 10 the bridge
will commence on Acorn street on the
southeriy side OF Harris avenue while
the easierly approach will start about 400
feet east of Tefft street, also on the
southerly side OF Harris avenue.
This will greatly facilitate matters. and
those who have seen the plan proposed
say that a is one OF the simplest and
best that could be made. and IL also re-
duces the expense both for the city and
the railroad company.
IL Is generally believed that the plan
proposed will be adopted without any OPP
position. by all tie parties Interested.
10 MAKE SHORT CUT.
This IL will be readily seen, will be q
decided advantage for public travel, and
will remove all danger from pedestrians
and teams but IL is only part of the
plan that will eventually be carried out.
Whereby that section OF the city on Fed
eral Hill Is TO be brought into direct COM
munication with the Smiths hill district
and other northern sections OF the city.
The plan proposed calls for the build
ing of street which will start on Harris
avenue, almost opposite Brayton avenue,
and run 10 Calvery street, crossing the
woonasquatucket by means OF bridge.
This would bring easy access TO Smiths
Hill for all persons coming from Olney-
willie by way OF Broadway or Harris ave-
nue..
At present long detour has Ia be made
to reach Smiths Hill. but by bridging the
river and building the new street all in
convenience would disappear. OF course
this Improvement Is not contemplated for
the present, but the plan is already being
carefully considered.
Probably at the meeting today. the
committee will also consider the matter
Of the grade crossings at Grove and
Dixie streets, both of which are very dan
gerous.