Chapter 203. To permit the Pintsch Compressing Company to lay pipes in certain streets in the city of Washington
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CHAP. 203.— An Act To permit the Pintsch Compressing Company to lay pipes in certain streets in the city of Washington.May 19, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Commissioners of District of Columbia. Pintsch Compressing Company may lay pipes. the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to grant to the Pintsch Compressing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and having a plant located in square two hundred and sixty-nine in said city, permission to lay pipes for the distribution of the gas manufacturer at its plant for the purpose of furnishing light to railway cars and the gas buoys of the United States Light-House Board in the following-named streets in said city of Washington, to wit:
From the works or plant of said company in Location. square two hundred and sixty-nine along Maryland avenue to Sixth street west; thence along Sixth street to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad depot; also continuing along Maine avenue to Third street west, and thence along Third street to B street north, thence along B street north to First street west, thence along First street west to Indiana avenue, and thence along Indiana avenue to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, and also across Thirteenth and B streets to the yards of the Southern Railway; also from their said plant or station along Thirteenth-and-a-half street southwest, or along such other street or streets as agreed upon, to the Potomac River; that said pipe lines shall be laid under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That said Pintsch Compressing Company shall furnish said Security for compliance with permit. Commissioners with bond or bonds or such other security as they may require to guarantee the strict compliance with the permit that may be granted said company, and to insure the complete restoration of all pavements and other public or private property disturbed in laying said pipe line as aforesaid. Sec. 3. That said Pintsch Compressing Company shall also lower or Relaying, etc. relay any pipes whenever directed to do so by said Commissioners by reason of a change in the grade of the streets or the construction of any public works therein.
Approved, May 19, 1896.