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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the south side of Eager street eight feet west from the intersec-

tion of said south line with the west line of Beuren street and

running thence by a straight line to the intersection of the north.

line of Madison street and the west side of Beuren street; and

thence with the west side of Beuren street to the south side of

Eager street; and thence with the south side of Eager street to

the place of beginning; provided, also, that said Western Mary-

land tidewater railroad company shall not acquire or use any

property of the Northern Central railway company south of

Eager street that shall interfere in any way with the most easterly

track of the Northern Central railway as now constructed; sixth,

the said Western Maryland tidewater railroad company shall build
a stone retaining wall of suitable thickness on the north side of

and parallel with the proposed main track of the said Western.

Maryland tideAvater railroad company between Charles and Saint

Paul streets; the said wall to be not more than sixteen and one-

half feet in height above the base of rail of said Western Mary-

land tidewater railroad, and shall extend the full length of the

property of the Northern Central railway company between.

Retaining

Charles and Saint Paul streets, it being understood that the base

walls.

of rail of said Western Maryland tidewater railroad shall not at

any point between Charles street and a point one hundred feet

west of the west building line of Saint Paul street, measured at

right angles thereto, be any higher than the base of rail of the

most northerly track of the Northern Central railway between.

said points; a brick wall not less than two feet in thickness shall

in like manner be built by the said Western Maryland tidewater

railroad company on the south side of and parallel with the pro-

posed main tracks of said Western Maryland tidewater railroad

ocmpany, and extending from Charles street to a point one hun-

dred feet west of the west building line of Saint Paul street,

measured at right angles thereto; said brick wall to be of the

same height as the stone retaining wall; and the two walls thus

built shall be covered the entire length of the brick wall with

iron beams, properly secured, Avith brick arches laid between the

same in cement, or other similar construction satisfactory to the

engineer of the Northern Central railway company, it being under-

stood that the extreme height of said structure to be so con-

structed by the said Western Maryland tidewater railroad com-

pany shall not exceed eighteen feet above the base of rail as above

mentioned at any point; the faces of said walls shall not be more

than twenty-six feet apart, measured horizontally at the base of

rail of said Western Maryland tidewater railroad, and the retain-

ing wall may have a batter on the face not to exceed one inch to

the foot of vertical rise; the brick wall shall be laid to a true

face and plumb on each side, and the whole structure shall be

built in a substantial and workmanlike manner.