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west from the west side of Delaware avenue
measured at right angles thereto; thence
by line parallel with Delaware avenue
and 300 feet therefrom northeasterly to a
point in the south line of street northea st :
thence by straight line northeastwardly
to point in the intersection Of the west
line OF Delaware avenue with the south
line OF l. street northeast; thence eastward
iy, along the south line Of L street north
east. to point in the intersection with the
west line Of I'd street northeast; thence
south. along the west line of I'd street
northeast, to point about eighty feet north
OF the north line Of II street northeast;
thence by line parallel with and distant
800 feet measured at right angles thereto
eastwardly from the east line Of Delaware
avenue, enthusiastically to point in the
north line of Massachusetts avenue; thence
by the said north line of Massa chusetts
avenue to the point Of beginning.
Inc terminal station contemplated by this
act shall cost not less than four million dol
lars and shall be monumental in character
and the plans thereof shall be subject to
the approval Of the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia.
And for the purposes of said passenger
station and terminal said terminal COM
pany Is fully authorized and empowered to
acquire. take and use all the lands and
property lying within said area, or so much
thereof as 1t may deem necessary: Provid-
ed, That on the westerly side Of said rail-
way station sufficient land for a street not
less than forty feet in width shall be dedi-
SotSu " tAc olStIlCt VI SOIuInDla Dy the
said railroad company and said terminal
company.
Viaduct.
Sec 3. That the viaduct leading north
wardly from the passenger station and ter
minal between the south side of L street
and the north side of M street may occupy
SO much Of the bed of Delaware avenue as
lies west of line drawn parallel with the
east building line Of said avenue and forty
feet westwardly therefrom: Provided, how
ever That said terminal station and via
duct shall be so constructed as to permit
II. K, l. and M streets and Florida avenue
to be passed and continued under the same
through openings or spaces Of sufficient
clearance to permit the use of said streets
and avenues in the form and manner and Of
the dimensions shown and indicated on the
plan and profiles agreed upon between the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the
terminal company. and the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad Company and the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia, and
filed in the office of the Engineer Commits
siOner; and the said terminal company shall
also grade and pave the said passageways
isfaction Of the Commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, but thereafter the MAIN
tenance Of the pavements and roadways
shall be provided for as In the case Of other
public highways in the District of Colum-
bia.
Said viaduct shall be of sufficient width
to carry, in addition to the tracks author
lied by said act relating to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, approved Feb
ruary r. 1901, such tracks as may be re-
quired to accommodate the traffic Of the
said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com
pany, and one or more freight tracks for
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
to be located on the west side thereof.
Yards and Switches for Terminal Co.
Said terminal company is also expressly
authorised and empowered. subject to the
approval of the Commissioners Of the Dis
| trict OF Columbia. to acquire and become
possessed Of such lands in the District of
Columbia, outside the city limits, as may
be fsen tine to TINA uesded Tor the pur-