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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 353. 1901. 767 CHAP. 353.-An Act To provide for eliminating certain grade crossings on the February 12.1901- line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Compan, in the city of Washington, —""“"`""`_" District of Columbia, and requiring  company to depress and elevate its tracks, and to enable it to relocate parts of its railroad therein, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofltepresentatioes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Baltimore and Poto- %1¤{fi¢¤<>f C¤1¤{1¤1i,i¤· mac Railroad Company be, and it_ is hereby, empowered, authorized, mmipxiliidiiogi ° and required to revise, change, and improve the alignment and rude E,§;“;}{,‘;f,§é’“e,g* of its railroad, and to relocate parts thereof within the cit of Sash- giieciéd- _" ingiton, in the District of Columbia, as hereinafter provided], to wit: eginning at a point in its present tunnel under Virginia avenue near . tR€1<>¢¤¤1<>¤¤i¤¤<=k¤. the intersection of Eleventh street southeast, and extending thence by ° °‘ a continuation of said tunnel, with a width sufficient for not less than two nor more than four tracks, along and under Virginia avenue to the west side of Second street southeast; thence in the open, with a width sufficient for four main tracks, along what would be Virginia avenue if extended through reservation seventeen, now called Garfield Park, to another section of Vir 'nia avenue as now opened at South Capitol street; thence along saidllast-mentioned section of Vir inia avenue to a connection with its present four main tracks and ri gt of way near Delaware avenue; thence continuing said four tracks song and on said Virginia avenue and Maryland avenue to the Potomac River; and also from points on said last-described line, that is to say, from east of Sixth street southwest; thence by a curved line with three— tracks crossing over Sixth street southwest, Maryland avenue, and B street southwest, to and upon thatportion of the Mall hereinafter described; and from a point west of Seventh street southwest by a curved line, with three tracks over Seventh street southwest, Maryland avenue, and B street southwest, to and upon said portion of said Mall, with such grade, and at such elevations, with reference to the streets of said city, and on such locations as are shown on plans and profiles prepared b said railroad company, and approved by the Commissioners of the lgistrict of Columbia, and as hereinafter specified; it being the urpose of this Act that the said railroad shall be located under - Sixth street southeast, Fifth street southeast, Fourth street southeast, Third street southeast, and Second street southeast, in a tunnel as aforesaid; that New Jersey avenue shall be carried over said railroad on an iron or steel bridge; and that said railroad shall be carried over South Capitol street,·De1aware avenue, First street southwest, Second street southwest, Third street southwest, Four-and-a-half streetisouthwest, Sixth street southwest, Seventh street southwest, Maryland avenue, and B street southwest, and that Ninth street southwest, Tenth street southwest, Eleventh street southwest, and Twelfth street southwest shall be carried over said railroad on iron or steel bridges. The railroad shall also be carried over Water street southwest. REMOVAL or TRACKS Enom SIXTH, K, AND CANAL STREETS. Sec. 2. That the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company be, m§§¤¤§$h¤fK¢r?:g and it is hereby, required to remove its present eastern connection camimees. ’ between its passenger station and its line on Virginia avenue via Sixth treet, including all tracks on Sixth street, and its western connection via Maryland avenue, and to change and relocate its tracks connecting · with the new terminus contemplated by this Act, in the manner authorized and provided by the preceding --_- section hereof, and as shown on the plans and profiles in said section referred to, and also shall remove its tracks from K street and Canal street, east of New Jersey avenue southeast; and said tracks which are to be abandoned shall be removed within sixt days after the new track is ready for use, and the roadway of said Sixth street between B street south and B street north