The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-06
Large Shipments of Material
Are Already Here.
BUT LITTLE WORK YET BEGUN
Demolition of Buildings Marking the
Path Of the EngineeTS-Changed
Plans.

Plans.
Preliminary 20 beginning the actual
work of construction. the railroads
which are to enter the new Union Sta
tion, when that structure is ready 70 re-
ceive them, have piled up on the various
sites of buildings and along the routes
Of the lines. material valued at about
1900 GEO. and more is expected within
q the next few days. And as a fitting
close 10 a week in which the work has
been advanced, more than at any time
since the plans were accepted, two car
loads OF steel Orders were received
yesterday. one for the proposed Bal
timore and Ohio freight depot at Eek
p ington and the. other for the big bridge
which is to span the Potomac near tho
present Long Bridge.
These leads were added to the ma
terial already on the ground, which
consisted o. brick and stone. drainage
pipes. lumber. lime, and cement, tuD
neling and other machinery, small en-
gines, and the thousand and one other
things that must be on the ground be
fore a big engineering feat is begun
and is now scattered over all Of tbs
route which the tracks and tunnels arc
s to follow.
The piles Of this materials begin OF
q the Potomac flats at the Washington
end OF the new bridge, where tempo
i rary sidings have been laid, and where
the contractors for the Pennsylvania
Railroad are erecting small machin,
shops in which the steel parts of In,
bridge are to be put together, as the
work % construction proceeds.
These shops, simply one-story shacks
. are located on the river front, to tn,
left OF the Southern terminals. As yet
/ however, none OF the general engineer.
of the Pennsylvania are on the scene, tn,
shops being constructed. on plans pre-
pared at Chester by Division Engineer J
E. Stuart, who is making frequent trip:
TO the city, but who has not yet es-
tabllshed his headquarters here.
At the Bridge.
From the stone piers Of the bridge
and the busy fats where the workme.
are getting ready to begin operations
the distance to the other parts of IN,
square bounded by the river. Twelfth
Fourteenth and Ninth Streets, is no
far. Citizens walking over this TERRITORY
would not know that anything out Of TIT
ordinary was going on except for The
part of the scheme for receiving freight
which is soon to be used in enlarging tn
yards. This square is 10 be used as
part Of the scheme for receiving freigh
yards for trains from the South. and a
: the approach 10 the tunnel, which is I,
pass under the east front of the Capito
Massachusetts Avenue.
Except for the demolition of several
structures Of no particular importance
work on this square has not yet begun
No work has been done to the triangu-
lar plot between c and D Streets and
!. Virginia Avenue. but or the sites Of The
proposed structures at South Capito
Street and New Jersey Avenue a mum
Der of buildings have been RACED and
gangs OF men are ct work on others.
No move has yet been made to begin
work on the tunnel which is TO go IN
der the Capitol grounds from frs
Street TO Massc chusetts Avenue an(
thence into the Union Station, but prep
arations are under way TO begin thi.
work. Nothing has as yet been done L
the navy yard tunnel, except TO MAKE
preliminary measurements for thC
changes that are TO come later.
Station Site.
Probably the busiest part.of the who'll
system is the site Of the Union Station
itself. which Is bounded by Massachu
sets Avenue. K Street. Second. an
North Capitol Streets. When the con
domination proceedings were begun Their,
were more than 300 dwellings. when Ia,
10 be condemned. or these only eight,
remain. The others have been sol,
and most OF them have been removed
under the contracts which compel tn,
buyers to remove the structures in thir
~ days from the time they are pur
chased. Laborers are busy constantly
and grading has begun on the land va
Gated. The site OF the station is TO D,
general distributing point for material
and carloads are soon to be dumped
there. Preliminary work for the ex
cavations has been going on al inter
cepting streets for more than twt
r months.
The Baltimore and Ohio has had II
engineer In charge OF the work at tn
freight delivery yards al Florida an'
New York Avenues and the freigh
terminal at lexington for severa
weeks. This engineer IS Z. F. Strauss
and he is making much progress Il
cleeGning up the sites for construction Il
begin. AS yet the work has not gon
any further than the grading and IN
Installation Of several lines of drain
age piping. Mr.. Strauss said. however
that his men are making satisfactor,
progress.
Changed Plans.