Chapter 69. To authorize and require an extension of the street railway lines of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 69.— An Act To authorize and require an extension of the street railway lines of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, and for other purposes.February 25, 1913.[[S. 4681](/us/bill/62/s/4681).][[Public, No. 383](/us/pl/62/383).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Washington Railway and Electric Company to extend tracks.Location. That the Washington Railway and Electric Company of the District of Columbia be, and it is hereby, authorized and required to construct an electric street railway beginning where its present tracks on Wisconsin Avenue intersect Macomb Street northwest; thence along Macomb Street to Massachusetts Avenue; and thence along Massachusetts Avenue in a northwesterly direction to the District line: *Provided*, That said*Proviso*.Overhead wires. railway shall be constructed and operated by overhead electric system.
Sec. 2. That the street railway extension provided for in sectionCommencement and completion. one hereof shall be begun within six months after the approval of this Act, and shall be completed, with cars running thereon, within a period of two years from said date, and the said Washington RailwayGuarantee. and Electric Company shall, within sixty days from the date of the approval of this Act, deposit with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia the sum of one thousand dollars to guarantee the construction of said extension within the prescribed time, and if said extension is not so completed, with cars running thereon, within the prescribed time, said one thousand dollars shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia. 680 Sec. 3.
Deposit for cost of inspection, etc. That in addition to the deposit hereinbefore referred to, the said company shall deposit such further sum or sums as the commissioners may require to cover the cost of inspection and the cost of changes to public constructions or appurtenances in public highways caused by the construction of said extension. Sec. 4. Plans, etc., to be approved by Commissioners. That all plans of location and construction of said extension shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all excavations in public highways shall be made under permits from said commissioners and subject to regulations prescribed by them.
That said extension shall be constructed in a substantial and durable manner, subject to the inspection of said commissioners, and all changes to existing constructions and appurtenances in public space shall be made at the expense of said company. Sec. 5. Rights and duties. That the said Washington Railway and Electric Company shall have, over and respecting the extension of its line herein provided for, the same rights, powers, and privileges that it has by its charter and amendments or by law over and respecting its other routes, and shall be subject in respect thereto to all the other provisions and requirements, duties, and obligations of its charter and Grading adjacent highways.amendments and of law.
That in addition to the obligation placed upon said company by its charter and law regarding the maintenance of the space between its rails and tracks and two feet adjacent thereto on each side thereof the said company shall, in connection with its track construction and simultaneously therewith, grade the highways through which its tracks shall be extended under the provisions of this Act for a distance of two feet outside of the outer rails of its tracks to such section and profile as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall bear and defray all of the costs of such grading, which shall be done to the entire satisfaction of said commissioners.
Sec. 6. Amendment. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, February 25, 1913.