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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 354. 1901. 775 First street east to the north line of C street north; thence by said north line of C street north to the east line of North Capitol street; thence north by said east line of North Capitol street to the south line of Massachusetts avenue; thence by a straight line to the intersection of the west line of First street east and the south line of H street north; thence to the point of beginning, or so much of this area as may be found to be necessary for ro er terminal facilities and agreed upon between the Baltimore and) Ohio Railroad Com any and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: Provided, That no portion of any Pwvivv- ·_ street shall be closed under authority of this Act until said railroad prgiigii; nriijzepiieviiif company shall have secured control of the roperty abutting upon P““°"· said portion to be closed, it being the intent hereof that no property owner shall be deprived of egress from or ingress to his pro erty. The main lines of railroad connectin said new terminals and) terminal ,uL*{;;'g;>g(*‘$g§é*$g;; tracks with the present lines of railroad of said \Vashin ton Branch and ingials and present said Metropolitan Branch shall be located as follows: %<`rom the south h“°s' side of H street said lines shall run by a masonry viaduct of width sufficient forrfive tracks, but not exceeding in width eighty feet, with such turn-outs and sidings to adjoining roperty as may at any time hereafter be constructed under the &l1tEO1‘1lZy of this Act, northerly along _ the middle of Delaware avenue to the north line of M street; thence northerly still in Delaware avenue, with live main tracks, but with the right to locate and construct sidings in Delaware avenue to and into adjoining prolperty, including all of square numbered seven hundred and forty-eig t, and crossing Florida avenue overhead bv means of a two-span plate-girder bridve, or by masonry arches, to the north side of Florida avenue; thencegby diverging lines crossing over New York avenue by means of a two-span plate-girder bridge or bridges over the same, or by masonry arches; the one line, with two or more tracks, by the most practicable route in a general northeasterly direction, to a point of connection with the lpresent tracks of the Washington Branch _ Railroad north of Winthrop eights Station, and the other line, with two or more tracks, in a northerly direction by the most practicable route, to a point of connection with the present tracks of the said Metropolitan Branch Railroad at or near Rhode Island avenue extended. _ Sec. 2. That said companies be, and each of them is hereby, author- h§{,°g,‘?§j§,‘{§ °’ "°““°' ized and empowered to ocate, construct, maintain, and operate, outside of the city limits and south of V street, yard tracks, switches, roundhouses, shops, and other structures necessary or proper for the accommodation of locomotives and cars for the conduct of its business or for the purposes of a freight yard; and also to locate, build, main- :‘§'&“°h "“°k °' tain, and operate, beyond the city limits, a branch track or “Y” for the passage of trains directly to and fro between the Metropolitan Branch and the Washington Branch without entering the city: Pro- `rided, That said roundhouses and shops shall be located wit in said "Y" as far eastwardly as in the judgment of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia it is practicable. Sec. 3.. That to accomplish the ur oses of this Act the following- ,,tSgi’°°‘“'”b°V“°“'°d· named streets in the subdivision ofpEckington east of the right of way · of the‘Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall be completely vacated and abandoned by the public and closed to public use, namely: Q, R, Third between New York avenue and Florid)a avenue, Fourth, Fifth, and Randolph streets; S and Seaton streets west of Sixth street; and Sixth street south of U street and Seventh street between New York avenue and Brentwood road shall not be opened. The Brentwood road shall also be closed between S street and Florida avenue. New York avenue and Florida avenue shall be carried under said railroad, as provided in the first section of this Act. T and V streets shall be carried under by a subway, or over the Metropolitan Branch Railroad by a bridge or viaduct. Between E‘°"“°d °’°*°k°·