Evening star., 1901-02-04
Senate Agrees to Conference Reports
on the Two Measures,
PEN NSYLVANIA STATION
B. and O. Tracks to Connect at
Rhode Island Avenue Extended.
o T H E r G H A N e E S

Conference reports on the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio railway bills were
made to the Senate late Saturday after
noon and adopted.
The conferees disagreed to the House
amendment fixing the cost of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station and in its place
agreed on the following provision:
The station building to be erected on
the Mall shall cost not less than $1,500,00O,
inclusive of the car sheds, which shall be
of ornamental or monumental character,
and shall be designed, so far as practicable,
so as not to impair the appearance of the
Mall; the plans thereof to be approved by
the Secretary of War: Provided, That upon
the lands on the Mall hereby granted to
the use of the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road Company freight depot, warehouse
or other structure, except such is neces
sary to its use as the site of a passenger
station, shall be erected; and that no tracks
except such as are necessary to the service
of such passenger station, shall be laid or
operated on said land
All other House amendments to the bill
were agreed to by the conferees.
Is. and o. Track Connections.
The conferees agreed on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad bill by adopting all the
House amendments except those numbered
one and two. The line of road which the
bill as passed by both Senate and House
provided should connect with the present
tracks of the Metropolitan branch railroad
at or near Z street is made by the cen
ferees to connect at or near Rhode Island
avenue extended.
The conferees agreed on changes that
make section and part OF section 8
of the bill read as follows:
Sec. :. That said companies be, and
each of them is hereby, authorized and en-
powered to locate, construct maintain and
operate outside of the city limits and
south of 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,
maintain and operate, beyond the city
limits branch track or "Y'' for the pass
age of trains directly to and fro between
the Metropolitan branch and the WASH
ington branch without entering the city:
Provided, That said roundhouses and shops
shall be located within said ''Y far
eaStWardly as in the judgment of the Com
missionerS of the District of Columbia it
is practicable.
Streets and Roads Abandoned.
Sec. 3. That to accomplish the purposes
of this act the following named streets in
the subdivision of lexington east of the
right of way of the Metropolitan branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany shall be completely vacated and
abandoned by the public and closed to pub
lie use, namely: q, r, Sd between New
York avenue and Florida avenue, 4th 9th
and Randolph streets; and Seaton streets
west of 9th street, and 9th street south of
u street, and 9TH 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 rail-
read, as provided in the first section of
this act Z and V streets shall be carried
under by a subway or over the Metropoli-
tan branch railroad by bridge or via
duct"
The part of the bill providing that the
company shall pay for such portions of
the bridge carrying 7 street over the tracks
of the company is agreed to after being
made to read as follows: That such por-
tions Of the structure carrying T and V
streets over or under the tracks Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company as
lie within the limits of the right of way
of said company shall be built and paid
for by said company, &c.