Chapter 342. To amend the charter of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company
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CHAP. 342.— An Act To amend the charter of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company. April 30, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the charter of the East District of Columbia. East Washington Heights traction railroad. Charter amended Route extended, etc. Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company, of the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize and permit the said company to lay down its tracks and operate its cars from its present authorized terminus at the western approach to the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, as provided in section one of the Act of Vol. 30, p. 478. incorporation; thence north on Seventeenth street east to East Capitol street; thence west on East Capitol street to Fifteenth street east, connecting with the Metropolitan Railway; also from the intersection of Minnesota avenue and Harrison street thence westerly on Harrison street to Pierce street; thence southerly on Pierce street to Jackson street; thence westerly along Jackson street to Monroe street; also northward on Minnesota avenue as laid down on the highway-extension plans, to connect with the Columbia Railway at Benning, over a route and at a point acceptable to and approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That the time within which the East Washington Heights Time for completion extended. Traction Railroad Company is required to complete and put in operation its railway be, and the same is hereby, extended for the term of two years from the eighteenth day of June, nineteen hundred: *Provided*, *Proviso*. Use of coinciding routes by Washington and Marlboro Railroad. That if within two years, from the date of the passage of this Act the Washington and Marlboro Railroad Company shall build its lines into and within the District of Columbia, then said company shall haVe the right to use such of the routes in this Act provided for as may coincide with the route provided for in the charter of the said Washington and Marlboro Railroad Company.
Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal Amendment. this Act. Approved, April 30, 1900.