Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/820

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768 F1FtrY-six*rH oononmss. sms. 11. ou. ssa 1901. shall be provided with a modern pavement at the expense of said railroad company, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Station building- STATION BUILDING. —l¤¢=¤ti¤¤- Sec. 3. That in order to accommodate the increasing passenger, mail, express, and other traflic in the city of Washington the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Comcpany shall have an be possessed of the right, which is hereby grante and conferred, to occupy and use, on the conditions hereinafter mentioned, that portion of the Mall · lying between B street southwest and B street nort west as the southerly line of said B street northwest is hereinafter `deiined, and between the west line of Sixth street and a line drawn parallel therewith and three hundred and forty feet west thereof, and to erect and maintain thereon a station building and appurtenances, train sheds, and tracks and sidings in connection therewit suitable and adequate for the con- “,gS{<g;  ;¤Y· venient accommodation of said traffic; and the said Baltimore and PPotomac Railroad Compan shall, in connection with its occupation and use of the portion of tile ~Mall herebygranted, locate, construct, and maintain beneath its tracks and structures on the line of West Capitol street, as shown on the city maps, a substantial arch or arches not less than two hundred feet in width, as a public passageway for vehicular and destrian traffic (as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the Uistrict of Columbia), which s all be so constructed as _ to afford roadways and sidewalks; and the said company shallalso pave the said assageways at the time of their construction to the satisfaction of the Cldmmissioners of the District of Columbia, but thereafter the maintenance of the pavement and roadways shall devolve ucpon the bu%>g;hew·. of smivn said District of Columbia. The station building to be erecte on the g' Mall shall cost not less than one million five hun red thousand dollars, 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 1{;r·rv?v·ight G ta by the Secretary of War: Prmiided, That uponthe lands on the Mall m_?.,ur§au_ °°° hereby granted to the use of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company no freight depot, warehouse, or other structure, exceptsuch as is necessary 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. rnmromnr TRACKS. m;%§;g;y“{mgf;S_ l°Y Sec. 4. That if it should at any time be deemed necessary or advisable, in the construction of the works herein authorized, to lay temporary tracks on any street or avenue to accommodate the business of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company pending the completion of such works, the said comdpany maly lay such temporary tracks, subject to the approval and un er the irection of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall remove the same and restore every such street or avenue to its former condition, to the satisfaction of said Commissioners, within sixty days after the time fixed for the completion of the works herein authorized. Rnmovan or °F1sH commission BUILDING. b,}',`,§§§g_ C°mmi”*°“ Sec. 5. That the United States Fish Commission building and appur- —r¢¤¤<>v¤1 <>f- tenances, now located on that part of the Mall hereby granted to said _ _ Baltimore and `Potomac Railroad Com any, shall be removed there- "°b““d‘“g· from and rebuilt on the said Mall west of) the portion thereof so ranted to said railroad company, under the directions of, and according to plans approved by, the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army;