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FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 856. 1903. 913 Ninth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth streets and New York avenue, shall be opened across the railroads constructed under authority of this Act between Florida and Montana avenues; and said Ninth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth streets, when and as o ened, shall be carried above the railroads by suitable viaduct bridges, the cost whereof, with their approaches within the limits of the right of way, shall be paid by the terminal company, but shall be maintained as in the case of other public highways in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the 'l`°"°°°· altimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall make adequate and suitable provision for carrying T street over the railroad right of way to the west line of Seventh street east in a manner satisfactory to the Commissioners. And the terminal company shall construct the neces- New York avenue. sary tunnels or viaducts to permit New York avenue to be carried with its full width between rking lines over their rights of way as herein authorized; and shalldill said avenue to a like width to the grade approved for said avenue for the purposes of this Act across said rig t of way and westward to Florida avenue, and shall sup rt, the sides of said avenue with embankments or retaining walls whgrever it abuts upon property belonging to said railroad, and nothing contained in the rovisions heretofore made for the vacating of Third street and Bientwood road across said avenue shall operate to close said avenue in any wa as a public thoroughfare at its full established width: And p1·0vid;zdafurt}ze1·, That the Baltimore and tozvgfsgeing E°¤¤8· Ohio Railroad Company shall de icate to the District of Columbia ` the necessary land to widen Eckington place on its east side to its full width in accordance with the recorded plans for street extensions, and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company shall dedicate to the District of Columbia the necessary land to form a western exit from Ivy street to Canal street as shown on the plan filed by said company as required by this Act. Also, in the ,,,Sj§°“*°"°'“°°‘°d city of Washin(gton the following-named streets are hereby vacated, abandoned, an · closed, to wit: Ivy street between South Capitol street and a point two hundred and twenty feet east thereof; Second street northeast, between N street and Delaware avenue, and, between the north side of M street and the south side of L street, so much of the bed of Delaware avenue as lies west of a line drawn parallel with the east building line of said avenue and forty feet westerly therefrom; also all parts of streets included within the area of the terminal herein described, except H and K streets, it being the intention of this Act that all streets, avenues, wa s, and alleys within i the area to be occupied and used for said terminalvand terminal tracks shall be completely vacated, abandoned. and closed, and the use thereof and of any public reservation or street spaces of the United States within said area be granted to the compan constructing such terminals for the purposes of the same, except that H and K streets shall be carried under said terminal and terminal) tracks substantial} in accordance with the plans agreed upon between the Baltimore andy Ohio Railroad Company, the terminal company, and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Waship/gton Railroad Company and the Commissioners of the District of lumbia, and filed in the office of the Engineer Commissioner. Masssonnsmws Avrzxrm PLAZA. ,,.’Q,,‘§,i,”,Q‘,,§,,*,{f‘*°"“ The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby author- auitgglflegifu °f md ized and directed to cause all streets, avenues, ways, and alleys to be closed as provided in this Act, and in accordance with the intent thereof; and also to lay out a circle or plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and Delaware avenue, and to lay out and open streets leading to such circle, and to change the lines of certain other adjacent streets and of Ivy street, as shown on a plan filed in the office vor xxxu, rr 1——58