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 910 FIFTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 856. 1903. to acquire, from time to time, such lands between Montana and Florida avenues, and east of the present Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, as it ma need for sidings, switches, yard tracks, with suitable struct1u·es and, ap liances, an other proper corporate purposes in connection therewith, and to use the same accordingly, sub]ect to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and a right of way one hundred feet in width for said line of railroad as it shall be located throu h and upon lands belonging to the Reform School of the District o¥Columb1a is hereby grante to and vested in said Philadel hia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company, its successors and) assi s, on such terms as the Attorney-General m-Ilulu shall prescribe: Provided, gamer, That the pprtion of said line of railroad lying south of Florida avenue within the limits of the c1ty of Washington shall be used for passenger trains only, except in cases of temporary emergency, and then for a period not exceeding twenty- four hours unless with the consent of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Joint construction. JOINT CONSTRUCTION. mvnmn crm. It is the intention of this Act that the lportion of the line of railroad above authorized lyin between the nort line of Massachusetts avenue and the north line of idorida avenue, if constructed by said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington_ Railroad Company, shall  constructed ]ointly with the said terminal company, and, with the viaduct and elevated terminal carrying the same above or over the streets and avenues of the city, be continuous with the elevated terminal and viaduct of said terminal company; and in that case the cost of said joint works shall be borne by said railroad company and said terminal company in such proportions as they may agree on, or, in case of a disagreement, as may be determined by the supreme court of the District g•£ 13::;- of  irisuclqamanner as tqapézpphrt shall qieslqribpcolf, howeylelrii ‘ the i e ia, timore an ingtonoa mpany s deem it expgdient or advisable, and shall so elect, that the whole or any rtion of the railroad hereby authorized south of the point hereinbefdre designated, on the north line of Montana avenue, should be constructed and owned by said terminal company, then and thereupon the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Com n shall acquire, by purchase, from the said Baltimore and Ohio road Company one~half of the whole then issued capital stock of the terminal company, and be entitled to subscribe for and acquire equally with said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company all thereafter issued stock of said terminal company; and, upon such election, said terminal company shall have as fu l power and authority to locate, construct., maintain, and operate said line of railroad as it is possessed of with reference to the other works, specied in this Act, to be constructed V°'·31·P·’”5· by it, or which it is authorized to construct under the said Act relating to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one. Umor: srsrron. ¤0’Q*Q¤mP¤*¤°°¥°’ ¤**· Sec. 2. That the main passenger station and terminals for the 'accommodation of the (passenger traffic of both the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company an the hiladelphia, Baltimore and lVashington Railroad Company, and the passenger traiiic of such other companies as may be moved over the railroads of either of said two companies, P'"'- P· 9*** as provided in seletion elgven, S23]! be lponstructed by said terminal com n within the area escri as fo ows, namely: three hundred feet northwest from the west side of Delaware avenue
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