Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-11
B. AND O. GETS PERMIT
Beginning Of Work Of Abolishins
Grade Crossing-The Changes
Contemplated.

The Commissioners today sent to the
chief engineer Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad for his information the form Of
the permit that will be granted forthwith
for the work Of reconstructing the lines Of
the Baltimore and Ohio road within the
limits Of the city of Washington. This
marks the actual beginning of the work OF
abOlishing the grade crossings Of this city,
which have always been held as more or
less a menace to the northeastern section
of the city.
The actual issue Of the permit may be
said to date from today, as the paper is
sent to the chief engineer of the railroad
for his examination, and when his sigma
ture is affixed and 1t is returned to the Com
missioners' Office 1t will be in full force. As
the matter has been the subject of frequent
conference between the railroad authorities
and the District officials 1t is not probable
that the permit will not be signed and I'M
mediately returned.
Summary Of Work.
The form of letter in transmitting the per-
init which contains a summary OF the work
to be done follows:
Il have the honor to submit for approval
permit framed to authorize the grading of
the streets, referred to, and, also, to con-
troll the construction of certain other work
north Of L street, authorized by Congress
to be done by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, and which is now being
done, or Is about to be undertaken; also a
plat Is inclosed for transmission to the
writer, showing generally the limits and
amount OF changes proposed, the profiles On
the center line having been sent to him
several days ago. The widths to which 1t
is proposed to grade these streets is as
follows:
Florida avenue and K streets. seventy
feet road bed level; M. L. N, I'd and Sd
streets, sixty feet; Delaware avenue, forty
feet.
side slopes Of one to one, where possible.
without grading private property; vertical
slopes, otherwise.
1.-The plans for sewer and water appur-
tenances are in hand and deposits to cover
the cost of the changes will be asked when
the estimates are completed.
1T might be we'll at this time to suggest
to the railroad company that no other
plans than the general one of March Is,
1902, have been submitted for approval
and as this Is very general in its informa-
ton 1t will be necessary to submit further
for comprehensive knowledge Of what
is intended to be done in the matter of
construction. Very respectfully,
CHARLES FERNALD,
Assistant Engineer"
Objections Filed.
Within the past week objections to the
manner in which the work is to be carried
on by the railroad company have been
filed in the Office of the District Commits
sioners by the attorney for one of the prop
erty holders in the section in which oper-
atoms are to be carried on. To obviate any
difficulty in this respect the Commissioners
have inserted in the form of permit the
following provision, which is self-explana-
tory:
mo work is authorized under this permit,
the detail plans of which have not been
approved by the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia, nor Is any procedure au-
| thoriZed hereunder that shall operate to
| close any street provided by law to be
closed, unless all the property AUDITING on
the portion of such street provided to be
closed shall have been first acquired as
provided by law"
1t will be seen from the above that while
the work is to be commenced Immediately
on the Issuance of the permit 1T will be
necessary for the railroad company to sub
init to the Commissioners detail plans of
what it is proposed to do before the con-
struction of the various sections of the new
trackage can be begun.