The Washington times., 1902-03-17

| nue. being unobstructed one leaves the
station. The ground to be occupied by
| the station will extend on Massachusetts
Avenue 900 feet on each side of Delaware
Avenue. With this width it will extend
back LOO feet. The section to be occu-
pied by the terminal tracks outside of the
building will extend along Delaware Ave-
nue., 200 feet wide at first and then
gradually tapering until l. Street is
reached. where the width will have di-
minished to that OF the main tracks of the
railways.
The plaza in front of the station will bo
] 200 feet wide and 600 feet deep, as large
as the plaza in front OF the Capitol.
The bill provides that the station build
ing shall cost not less than SO, 900, ,0OC
and shall be monumental in character"
The railways and the District Commits
sioners are each empowered to acquire all
the land necessary for the carrying out
Of the project. A large section in Ecking-
ton. already owned by the railway large
iy. is designated for the freight yards and
warehouses of the railways. 1t is pro-
vided that practically no freight shall be
hauled into the city.
All grade crossings are to be eliminated
throughout the city and no street here
after opened by the Commissioners shall
be on grade.
1t is provided that the entire plan for the
grade crossings shall be completed within
five years from the passage of the act.
The street in the section of the city
near the union station will be elevated
quite materially. The elevation will ex-
tend east as far as North Capitol Street
and the Government Printing Office.
The Baltimore and Potomac Railway is
empowered to construct its railway from
a point on the present line near the cross
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elevation provided in the law already
passed, providing for the elimination of
grade crossings, thence curving toward
the north over Virginia Avenue crossing
over First Street southwest at Delaware
Avenue at a point about forty feet above
grade. thence curving to the northward,
crossing over Canal Street and South
Capitol Street. and thence into a tunnel
under the intersection Of Street with
New Jersey Avenue southeast and along
under New Jersey Avenue to C and
Streets to the intersection of First
Street. thence along First Street north
TO ID or f Street northeast, thence curv-
ing to the eastward. and crossing under
the Massachusetts Avenue plaza and the
site of the proposed station to form a con-
nection with the tracks of the Baltimore
and Ohio in the station. These tracks
from the south will come into the station
twenty-five feet below the grade of the
other tracks and the ground level of the
station.
The tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio |
and Pennsylvania Railways to the north |
will run from the station on Delaware |
Avenue elevated above the streets to Flor |
Ida Avenue. across Florida Avenue on q |
plate girder" or masonry bridge thence |
and curving to the east to |
New York Avenue. thence in a general |
enthusiastically direction to the Wash
ington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio |
Railway. The southern lines which pass |
through the tunnel into the station, are
to continue from that point on an upgrade |
until they reach the level of the northern
lines, but on the same streets as the
present tracks. The Pennsylvania line
from Baltimore will swing west and Join
the Baltimore and Ohio main line outside
and to the northeast of the city, instead
of coming into the city over the present
route east of the Eastern Branch to the
station.
The PennsylveIia station will be abol-
ished and the ground occupied by it In
the Mall will be given back to the Gov
from which 1t was obtained
The present Baltimore and Ohio station
at the corner Of New Jersey Avenue and
C Street northwest will be abolished also,
and Delaware Avenue will be opened from
Avenue south to the Cap
itol, thus making access between the east
ern and western portions of the city much
easier, |