Chapter 170. to amend the charter of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 170.— An Act to amend the charter of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia.February 27, 1893. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Brightwood Railway Company may construct, etc., a branch trolley line. That the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to construct, equip, and operate, with the overhead trolley system of electric motive power, a branch line of road and to run its cars thereon through and along the following-named roads or streets in the District of Columbia:
Route.Beginning at the intersection of the Rock Creek Church road and Richmond street, in the subdivision of Petworth, and running thence 491 westerly along said Richmond street to Brightwood avenue; thence Southerly along the present tracks of the said Brightwood Railway on said Brightwood avenue, to the intersection of Marshall street with said Brightwood avenue; thence westerly along and over said Marshall street to Kenyon avenue; thence along said Kenyon avenue westerly to Fourteenth street.
Sec. 2. That work on said branch road shall be begun within sixCommencement and completion. months and completed—with cars running thereon—within one year from the date of the approval of this act. And said branch road shallEquipment, time schedule, etc. be supplied with new cars of the most approved pattern, which shall be run as the public convenience may require, and said branch road shall be maintained in first-class condition. And said Brightwood RailwayFare. Company shall charge not exceeding five cents fare for one continuous ride from any point on its line to the terminus of its main line or any of its branches.
Sec. 3. That for the purpose of constructing and equipping its saidBonds. branch line, as provided for in this act, the said Brightwood Railway Company is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds to aid in paying for such construction and equipment of its said branch line, and to secure the said bonds by mortgage or deed of trust of its right of way and all of its property of whatsoever kind, whether real, personal, or mixed, on said branch line: *Provided*, That the moneys raised on*Provisos*.Use of proceeds.Limit of bond issue. said bonds shall be used and expended only for the construction and equipment of said branch line: *And provided further*, That the amount of said bonds shall not exceed the actual cost of the right of way, construction, and equipment, motive power, and such land and buildings as may be necessary to the practical and complete operation of said branch line.
Sec. 4. That, should any part of the branch line of said BrightwoodUse of coinciding tracks. Railroad herein provided for coincide with portions of any other duly incorporated street railway in the District of Columbia, but one set of tracts shall be used when, on account of the width of the street or for other sufficient reason, it shall be deemed necessary by the Commissioners of the District, and the relative conditions of use and of charteredTerms. rights may be adjusted upon terms to be mutually agreed upon between the companies, or, in case of disagreement, by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, on petition tiled therein by either party and on such notice to the other party as the court may order.
Sec. 5. That in the event that the company should not be able toLand for roadway and buildings. come to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said branch line may be located to pass or upon which any necessary buildings may be required to be located, proceedings for theCondemnation proceedings. condemnation for the use of said company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, for its roadLimit of width, etc. way, and of so much as may be necessary for buildings, and so forth, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such purposes.
Sec. 6. That this act shall be considered as an amendment to the actCharter amended.Vol. 25, p. 560.*Ante*, p. 270. approved October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty eight, granting a charter to the Brightwood Railway Company, and shall be construed as being subject to all the powers, privileges, limitations, and conditions of said original act, except as specifically provided otherwise herein. Sec. 7. This act may be altered, amended or repealed by Congress atAmendment, etc. any time, at its discretion.
Approved, February 27, 1893.