Chapter 317. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway.”August 23, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Washington and Great
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CHAP. 317.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway.”August 23, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Washington and Great. Falls Electric Railway Company, D, C. Charter amended. Vol. 27. p. 326. That the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company,” approved July twenty ninth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out all that part of the first section of said Act commencing with the word “beginning,” in line seventeen, and ending with the words “is to run,” in line forty-nine, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
Beginning at a passenger station to be erected and maintained on theLocation and construction changed. square bounded by Prospect, Thirty-fifth, M, and Thirty-sixth streets, northwest, as hereinafter provided for; thence westerly along Prospect street to or near Thirty-eighth street northwest; thence westerly and northerly on land to be acquired, except at street crossings, by said company to and across the Foxhall road; thence At the end of Section one add: Every car shall be brought to a fullCrossings.
Vol. 27. p. 329. Inspection regulations, etc. stop before crossing the Foxball road. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to inspect, or to cause to be inspected, from time to time, the cars operated on said road, and to require of the said company that all cars and stations shall be of the first class, and shall be maintained in good condition, and that ears shall be run according to schedules which shall accommodate the public; the 493 said Commissioners shall also have the power to make such regulations as to the rate of speed, the use, of tracks, the removal of ice and snow’ from of the tracks, as the public interests may require; failure to complyPenalties. with any such requirement or regulation, or failure to stop cars before crossing the Foxhall road, shall subject the company to a line of fifty dollars for each such failure, which line may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. That section six of said charter be, and the same is hereby,Time extended for construction. *Proviso*. Completion. Vol. 27, 333. repealed: *Provided, however*, That the said road shall be completed to the boundary of the District of Columbia and have cars running thereon regularly for the accommodation of the public within twelve months and to Cabin John Creek within eighteen months after the passage of this Act; otherwise this Act shall be null and void. Sec. 3. That in order to accommodate the street railway traffic thatPassenger station at Aqueduct bridge. may converge at or near the Aqueduct bridge, under authority granted or to be granted by Congress, a passenger station is hereby authorized.
Such station shall have ample provision for the safe, convenient, and comfortable transfer of passengers to and from the cars of the street railways using the same. All plans for such station and its necessaryPlans, etc. approaches shall be subject to the written approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The said Commissioners shall have the power to settle any differences which may arise between the companies using the said station as to compensation or rentals or as to the necessary regulations for the control of said station.
The said passengerWashington and Georgetown Railway to build. station shall be constructed and maintained as a union passenger station, for the use of street railways only, by the Washington and Georgetown Railway Company. Said station shall be located on land already owned or hereafter to be acquired by the aforesaid company, which land shall be bounded on the north by Prospect street, on the east by a line drawn not less than one hundred and twenty feet west of the west line of Thirty-fifth street, on the south by M street, and on the west by Thirty-sixth street northwest.
Within one year from the approval ofExtension of Washington and Georgetown tracks. this Act the said Washington and Georgetown Railway Company shall complete the said station and shall extend its tracks on M street northwest to a point not less than one hundred and twenty feet west of Thirty-fifth street, and thence into said station: and thereafter the saidSwitching to cease on M street. company shall cease entirely to switch cars on M street northwest. Sec. 4. That the street railway companies mentioned in this Act,Expense of changes, water mains, etc. and hereafter all street railway companies in the District of Columbia, respectively, shall bear all the expenses that may be incurred by the United States in making and inspecting such changes to the water mains, fixtures, or apparatus of the Washington Aqueduct as may be rendered necessary by the construction or extension of such several roads; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to make all regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this section.
Sec. 5. That the Act to amend the charter of the Eckington andEckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company. Extension of route changed. Vol. 27, p. 65. Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended by striking out in Section one, beginning in line six with the words, “Beginning at the intersection of” to and including the words “point of beginning” in line twenty-nine, and inserting in place thereof the following: Beginning at the intersection of Fifth and G streets northwest, eastExtension to Fifteenth and D streets northeast, etc. along G street to New Jersey avenue and First street; thence south along First street northwest to C street northwest; thence east along C street (around the south side of Stanton Square by single track) to Fifteenth street northeast; thence north on Fifteenth street to D street northeast; thence west on D street to Fourth street northeast; thence south on Fourth street to C street northeast; thence west on C street to New Jersey avenue; thence north on New Jersey avenue to D street northwest; thence west on D street to First street, and to the point of beginning; also beginning at the intersection of G street northwest and New Jersey avenue, thence across New Jersey avenue to and along 494 G street to North Capitol street, thence north on North Capitol street to New York avenue, connecting with the main line and the North Capitol street branch; also beginning at the intersection of G and Filth streets northwest; thence south on Fifth street to Louisiana avenue, thence along Louisiana avenue to Sixth street west; thence south along Sixth street to B street northwest; thence west on B street (over its own tracks for such a distance as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall determine) to a point to be located by the said District Commissioners near the east curb line of Seventh street northwest, and returning by the same route to Fifth street northwest.
Also by inserting in Section two after the wordIncrease of capital. “hundred” the words, “and fifty.” Also by inserting in Section three, as amended, after the words “twoCompletion. Vol. 27. pp. 66, 445. years” the words, “and three months.” Sec. 0. That Congress reserves the right at any time to alter, amend,Amendments etc. or repeal this Act. Approved, August 23, 1894.