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 912 F IFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 856. 1903. for the purpose, and thereon to construct, maintain, own, and operate yard tracks, switches, roundhouses, shops, and other structures to adequately accommodate the handling, shifting, housing, storing, cleaning, and re `ring of the locomotives and cars of such companies as shall be entitldd to use the said passenger station and terminal; and also to establish, maintain, and operate the necessapytracks connecting f d_ the same with the tracks on Delaware avenue: ovided, That said aemieig ° mm roundhouses and shops shall be located as designated on plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and filed in the office of the Engineer Commissioner. naurxmomc Aivo omo muxcnr TRAFFIC. hég¤!¤<>¤?¤ f¤‘;£11= Sec. 4. That in order to provide terminal facilities for the freight mtretiiie dire icuii: traffic of the Baltimore an Ohio Railroad Company in lieu of those '°°"· which said company is now authorized to have within the area to be V°*·3‘·P·"‘- occupied by the passen er station and terminal, described in the Act · relating to it, approvedgFebruary twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company be, and it is hereby, authorized and empowered (in, addition to the power and authority conferred upon it by the provisions of said Act relating to it, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one) to locate, construct, maintain, and o rate tracks, switches, sheds, warehouses, other struc- I¤E¤ki¤s'¤>¤· tures, and facilities necessary or proper for a freight-delivery yard and terminal in Eckington, in, over, and upon the bed of Quinc street and Third street between New York avenue and R street, andy in and u n the property bounded by New York avenue, Florida avenue, Igkingtou lace, and R street, outside the limits of the city of Wash- In city 1i¤¤i¤ ington; and, also within the city of Washington in, over, and upon the bed of Second street between M and N streets and in and u n squares · seven hundred and eleven, seven hundred and twelve, andpseven hundred and thirteen; and also to extend its tracks and switches north of Vstreet on the east side of the main tracks of its Metropolitan Branch Railroad to Rhode Island avenue extended; and said company is hereby authorized to a uire, by purchase or condemnation, as provided in this Act, the larlds and property necessary for the additional freight facilities above mentioned. _ · srnmrrs TO an vAc41*m>. °"°°"”°*’°"°°°'°“· Sec. 5. That to accomplish the purposes of this Act the following- V°‘·*”·P-”5- named streets, in addition to the streets vacated, abandoned, and closed by the provisions of said Act relating to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, I¤ E°*‘°€*°¤· are hereb vacated, abandoned, and closed, to wit: In Eckington, T street shall be closed between the west line of Seventh street and the right of way of the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company; Thomas street from the west line of Seventh street westward; Seaton street from Sixth street to Seventh street; S street from Sixth street to the Brentwood road; Brentwood road from the west side of Seventh street to the south side of S street; Third street from the south side of R street to Florida avenue; Quincy street shall be closed and abandoned: Provided, That no streets or avenues shall °°' be closed or abandoned under the provisions of this Act or of the Acts relating to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com n, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, until allaofy the property abutting on the streets or avenues, or portions thereof, provided to be closed in said Acts, shall have been acquired by said railroad company or companies mmm to be 1 or the terminal company referre to herein, either by condemnation or mEq_ ° "` purchase, as hereinafter provided. No streets or avenues, except