The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23


tieth. and viaducts at Twenty first,
Twenty-second, Twenty-sxth and First
ay enue. At the Louisville and Nashville
station, the train shed is to be
raised and the tracks be reached by SUBJ
ways leading from the present brick sta
tion building. and by steps ascending be-
tween the different tracks. Between Four
teenth and Eighteenth streets on the north
side of themain lines, the warehouse
tracks will be reached from either end
by track descending at / per cent grade.
In this way these tracks will remain
nearly as at present. The Louisville and
Nashville freight depot will remain un-
disturbed except perhaps that the plat
form at the east end may be shortened,
so as to connect the tracks serving the
Morris avenue warehouses. because these
ira cks are not to cross Twentieth street
as at present.
"A. G. s. Railroad--From Thirteenth
street to Twenty-fifth street the Alabama
Great Southern tracks are to be on the
same grade, as those of the Louisville and
Nashville At the west end they run out
to their present grade at point near
Tenth street. From Twenty-fifth street
eastward the main tracks run on nearly
level grade to the Southern railway cross
ing, then run out on l per cent ascent
to their present grade at a point near
Thirty-f1rst street. The Alabama Great
Southern passenger trains will. as at pres
ent, reach the Terminal station over the
curve on the Southern railway In reach
ing the Alabama Great Southern freight
depot conditions are similar to those for
the warehouse tracks on the Louisville
and Nashville between Thirteenth and
streets. the connection being
made by a track descending on a / per
cent grade eastward from Fourteenth
street.
Southern Railway-That portion of the
Southern railway here included lies be-
tween Thirty-second street and the Ter
Ininal station. leaving the present grade
at a point near Thirty-second street and
descending on / per cent grade to the
Alabama Great Southern crossing: thence
running level to First avenue and as
cending between First and Fourth ave-
nues to the Terminal station on a per
rent grade. Possibly some of this / per
cent grade can be overcome by lowering
the Southern portions of the tracks within
the Terminal station. No valid grant
or franchise to the Southern railway for
the use of Powell avenue has been found.
as the Southern railway tracks on Powell
avenue east of Twentieth street are used
for business that can be equally well
handled at other points. and as the re-
noval of these tracks from Powell avenue
west of Twentieth street will greatly
cheaDen and facilitate the construction
of underpasses at Twentieth, Eighteenth
md Fourteenth Streets, 1t is planned that
he Southern railway tracks are to be
from Powell avenue west of
Twentieth street. If not thus removed it
would be neeessarya to make elevated
structure from Twenty second street over
Twentieth and Eighteenth streets, then
n IN pnfnt Gfyfaanfb
street. The Southern railway tracks east
IF Twentieth street and their freight depot
and other freight facilities are but little
changed.
To Move Seaboard Depot
"Seaboard Air Line Railroad-It Is pro-
posed to remove the Seaboard tracks from
Avenue A west of Thirty-second street and
TO locate them in Powell avenue from
Thirty second street to Twenty fourth
street: also to move their freight depot
and yards from Twentieth street to their
1wn property on Twenty-fourth street.
IF this is not done it will be necessary to
elevate the Seaboard tracks on Avenue A
east of Twentieth street on steel struc-
ltre or to put such police regulations
On the switching of cars as to reduce the
langer to a minimum. II the Seaboard
racks remain on Avenue A between
Twentieth and Thirty-second streets the
cost of each viaduct will be materially
by adding one square TO its
ength. and by increased length OF APP
with greater consequential dam
ases. because the approaches in that case
would begin near Avenue or Alley A,
instead of Avenue A. There is but little
Or no property damage for approaches be-.
ginning at Avenue A. The Seaboard
freight wards are at present limited;
whereas in the location proposed tbe Sea-
board owns property allowing for almost
unlimited expansion. Their freight depot
at Twenty fourth street would be easily
accessible.
.sThirteenth Street-Thirteenth street
is not at present opened, but can be
opened by underpass depressing the
street about 81 feet at the railroad
tracks. The north approach may be
made almost level and the south ap-
proach with 3 per cent grade. This
provides for 12-foct clearance only
"Fourteeenth Street-It is proposed
to depress Fourteenth street about s
feet at the tracks. BY constructing
the pavement on First avenue, north.
and First avenue. south, both approach
es can be made very gradual and at
most they would not exceed 3 per cent
grade
Eighteenth Eighteenth street
Is to be depressed about 4 feet at the
tracks, both approaches having about
per cent grade. The property damage.
II any, at this crossing will be con-
fined to the power house of the Bir-
Railway. Light and Power
The approach from Eigh-
teenth street to the Alabama Great
Southern freight depot will be SO grad
ual as to be satisfactory.
twentieth Street-At Twentieth
street the depression will be l u feet at
the tracks, with approaches per cent
on the north and per cent on the
south. The amount of this depression is
limited by the AZ foot storm sewer
lying near the surface and by the fact
that this point is, even at the present
grade, frequently flooded during rains.
Property damage will be reduced to a
minimum and apparently will he con-
fined to the south side of the rail-
roads.
Twenty first Street-Twenty-f first
street now has substantial steel Via
duct, with 4 per cent and AZ per cent
approaches. The main tracks are to be
raised about ION feet; as the other
tracks are not to be raised, the APP
proaches can be heightened. thereby
making possible grade of per cent
on the north approach and per cent
on the south approach, both beginning
at the same points Sat present.
Elevation on 22d Street
Twenty second Street-On Twenty
second street the tracks are to be eie-
vated abou: 5 feet. so that the pres