Chapter CCCLXIII. to authorize the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad Company to run Trains and transport freight and Passengers within the District of Columbia
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CHAP. CCCLXIII.— An Act to authorize the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad Company to run Trains and transport freight and Passengers within the District of Columbia.June 8, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That it shall be lawful for theThe Orange, &c., R. R. Co., may carry passengers and freight in the District of Columbia. Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia, to exercise its functions as a common carrier, and transport passengers and freight within the District of Columbia, and for this purpose shall have authority to run343FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 363, 364. 1872. locomotives and trains upon and over the bridge which has been constructedThe Orange, &c., R. R. Co., may run trains over bridge of the Baltimore, &c., R. R. Co.; by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company across the Potomac river at the western terminus of Maryland avenue, in the city of Washington, upon the terms and conditions prescribed in the act of Congress granting to said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company the privilege to construct and operate said bridge; and the said Orange,may lay track in Maryland avenue, &c.;
Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad Company may put down a single track along Maryland avenue from its western terminus to its intersection with the Washington canal, now in process of being filled up, and thence by a curve southwardly along the ground heretofore occupied by the said canal to the intersection of D or E streets south, as may be determined by the engineer in charge of the public buildings and grounds, and thence along one of said streets by a tunnel under the public grounds east of thetunnel;
Capitol building, upon such route and in such manner as the said engineer may prescribe, to Second or Third street east; thence along said Second or Third street to the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; and the track of said railroad company, except so much thereof as is laid in the said tunnel or its approaches, shall conform to the grade of the streetsto conform to grade of streets.Damages. occupied as above, as shall be prescribed by the board of public works; and any damage caused to the property of individuals by the construction of said railroad shall be paid by said Orange, Alexandria, andOne-half of certain cost to be paid.
Manassas Railroad Company: *Provided,* That the said Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad Company shall pay to the District of Columbia one-half of the cost of arching the Washington canal from Maryland avenue to the street on which the said railroad track enters the tunnel aforesaid: *And provided further,* That nothing herein contained shall be construedRight to establish a depot on, &c., not given. to grant to said company the right to establish a depot along said avenue or streets until consent for the same has first been obtained from the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That Congress shall have the right to regulate the rates of fareCongress may regulate passenger fares and freight charges. collected by said company from passengers, and the rates of charge for the transportation of freight per ton per mile for all freight passing into the District of Columbia on said railroad shall be not more than the rates charged per ton per mile on that part of the said Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas railroad not in the said District; and that all property ownedProperty of the road in Washington to be taxed. by said company within said District shall be subject to taxation by the proper municipal authority, and Washington city shall be considered as a terminal point, and entitled to all the privileges and facilities of any other terminal points on said road.
Sec. 3. That said railroad company shall give to other railroad companiesOther railroads may use the tunnel. connecting therewith the right to pass through and use said tunnel, on such reasonable terms as may be agreed upon between the respective parties or Congress prescribe. Sec. 4. That this act may be at any time amended or repealed byAct may be altered, &c. Congress. Approved, June 8, 1872.