Chapter 281. To permit the construction of a subway and the maintenance of a railroad under the post-office building at or near Park Place, in the city of New York
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CHAP. 281.— An Act To permit the construction of a subway and the maintenance of a railroad under the post-office building at or near Park Place, in the city of New York.August 9, 1912.[[S. 7012](/us/bill/62/s/7012).][[Public, No. 259](/us/62/pl/259).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,New York City. Granted right of way for tunnels under post-office building. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, in the name and on behalf of the United States of America, to grant, convey, and release unto the city of New York, in the State of New York, for such consideration, nominal or otherwise, and upon such terms, conditions, provisos, and limitations, if any, as he shall deem proper, such temporary rights and easements and such permanent and perpetual underground rights, easements, and rights of way in, under, through, and across the property of the United States situated in the Borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, in the county and Description.State of New York, and comprising the block bounded by Broadway, Park Row, and Mail Street and also comprising part of Mail Street, as he shall deem necessary or proper for the construction and for the maintenance and operation in perpetuity of a two-track underground rapid-transit railroad running under, through, and across said property from Park Place to Beekman Street in said Borough of Manhattan, and also, if he shall deem proper, for the construction and for the maintenance and operation in perpetuity of a one-track spur or connection running under, through, and across said property from a point under Mail Street where a connection can be made with the existing City Hall loop of the so-called Manhattan-Bronx Rapid Transit Rail-road to a point under Beekman Street where a connection can be made Construction.with the said two-track rapid-transit railroad above mentioned.
The tracks of said rapid-transit railroad and of said spur or connection within the limits of said property shall be placed in subway or tunnel. The tracks of said two-track rapid-transit railroad within the limits of said property may either be placed in the same subway or tunnel or there may be a separate subway or tunnel for each track. In case the tracks shall be placed in the same subway or tunnel, such subway or tunnel may have a width of not exceeding forty feet, outside dimensions; and in case there shall be a separate subway or tunnel for each track, such subways or tunnels shall be substantially parallel with each other and on substantially the same level, and each of said subways or tunnels may have a width of not exceeding twenty-five feet, outside dimensions, and such subways or tunnels may be placed not more than twenty feet distant from each other.
The top of the roof of such subways or tunnels of said two-track rapid-transit railroad within the limits of said property shall be not less than thirty-five feet below the present established grade of the surface of the street at the intersection of the center line of Broadway with the center line of Park Place extended. The subway or tunnel for the said one-track spur or connection above described within the limits of said property may have a width of not exceeding twenty-five feet, outside dimensions, and the top of the roof thereof shall be not less than fifteen feet 269below the present established grade of the surface of the street at the intersection of the center line of Broadway with the center line of Park Place extended.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Deeds to be executed. authorized to execute and acknowledge in proper form for record within the State and county of New York, and deliver to the public service commission for the first district of the State of New York, a deed or deeds to said city of New York as authorized in this Act. Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect and be in force immediately.Effect. Approved, August 9, 1912.