The Washington times., 1904-06-29
PLAN Of FILLING
PLAZA STREETS
Commissioners Send Seized
ule to the B. q O.
WILL OCCUPY A LONG TIME
Station Cannot Be Made Ready to Ac-
commodate People Coming to
Next Inauguration.

a letter written today by Col John
Biddle, District Engineer Commissioner.
makes it plain that the facetious boast
of Baltimore and Ohio engineer that
the new Union Station might be com
pleted by March I. 1865, never had any
Justification in fact
No surmise can be obtained as to the
probable date of the completion Of the
structure, but the officials do not deny
that II will be impossible to have L
ready for the people next inauguration
Day.
The letter sent to Engineer Strouse, of
the Baltimore and Ohio Company. today
informed him of the plan to be followed
In filling in the streets of the plaza site
so as TO Inconvenience the public as lit
tie as possible. The plan is as follows:
On Delaware Avenue.
i. Begin filing in Delaware Avenue
northeast, at a point about $50 feet
south of the south line Of f Street.
where the nil will be about - feet, run
ming to 10 feet of fiji at d Street This
area filled as wide as present condi-
tons permit, will contain about 1900
cubic yards, and leaves D Street open at
present grade
80. FIJI Delaware Avenue. between c
and d Streets. between parking lines.
volume of ill estimated at 1000 cubic
yards.
3. Fill North Capitol Street. between
parking lines, from Massachusetts Ave
nue. to G Street, leaving Massachusetts
Avenue open. This area contains about
1900 cubic yards.
Il. FIJI North Capitol Street, between
and + Street, leaving both Z and f
Streets open. the width of fill being be-
tween the center line and east parking
line OF North Capitol Street holding
toe OF slope 8 feet from east building
line by crib work II feet high making
volume Of fill about 1900 cubic yards
This plan leaves 50 feet Of space untitled
on the west side for use OF the ware
houses abutung.
North Capitol Street.
5. Fill North Capitol Street from ID to
Z Streets, between parking lines. leav-
ing ID and f Streets open. the volume
Of MI being about 10000 cubic yards.
The volume Of earth deposited to this
point will amount to $500 or 80. 600 cubic
yards, ana at least two months Will be
occupied with the work.
The temporary Baltimore and Ohio
tracks viii have been by that time in
stalled and the present Delaware Ave
nue. tracks through the plaza aban-
GCned.
IF after the next two months il is
found advisable TO acquire more space
l0i dumping, + Street. between New
Jersey Avenue and North Capitol Street
might be included. economically, as il
viii enable considerable work to be
done on North Capitol Street and in
crease the available I'll area by about
5000 cubic yards.
A Tentative Plan.
This sequence of operations is as
definite as can be fixed st this time,
although it must be understood to be
tentative only, as it is practically GER
tain that as work progresses circunl-
stances viii Of necessity require con-
siderable modification in the plans
The authorities will insist, however,
that Massachusetts Avenue shall re-
main entirely open until II Street is
restored to traffic and that the present
Baltimore and Ohio tracks adjacent to
ltesaware Avenue, near T. Street shall
be removed from interfering with the
progress of the fill very soon after the
new track is established along the new
street west of the terminal limits