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 68 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 144. 1892. between its tracks, and two feet outside of its tracks in such condition as may be required by said Commissioners. _ Mctivepcwer- Sec. 2. That said company may run public carriages propelled by pmvsm. cable, electric, or other mechanical power: Provided, That_ 1f electric wires or cables be used within the limits of the city of Washington, Electric Wim f<>l>¤ the wires shall be placed underground, and the power used shall be ““°"' g'°“'“L subject to the approval of the said Commissioners; but nothing in this act shall allow the use of steam power or any motor which shall in its operation cause any noise or other disturbance which in the judgment of said Commissioners shall be inimical to the public safety or comfort: cmsmgs. Provided further, That for the purpose of making a continuous connection the said company shall have the right to cross all streets, ave- Use or coinciding nues, and highways necessary for this purpose: Provided, That when- of any duly incorporated street railway company in the District of Columbia the tracks shall be used by both companies, which are hereby authorized and empowered to use such tracks in common, upon such T,,,.m,_ fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the event the said companies fail to agree upon equitable terms, either of said companies may apply by petition to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, which shall immediately provide for proper notice to and hearing of aH parties interested, and shall have power to determine the terms and conditions upon which and the regulations under which the company hereby incorporated shall be entitled so to use and enjoy the track of such other street railway company, and the No geumi qmpping amount and manner of compensation to be paid therefor: And provided }’,l§§§‘§_°“ °°'“°‘°‘”g fhrther, That neither of the companies using such tracks in common shall be permitted to make the track so used in common the depot or general stopping place to await passengers, but shall only be entitled to use the same for the ordinary passage of its cars, with the ordinary Edsting mmm. halts for taking up and dropping off passengers: Provided, That this shall not apply to or interfere with any station already established on any existing lines; that said corporation is authorized and empowered USB of tuck, of to propel its cars over the line of any other road or roads, which may cther lines- bein the alignment with and upon such streets as may be covered by the route or routes as prescribed in this act, in accordance with the mpms, ea. conditions liereinbefore contained; and that this corporation shall construct and repair such portions of its road as may be upon the line or routes of any other road thus used; and in case of any disagreement with any company whose line of road is thus used, such disagreement may be determined summarily upon the application of either road to ‘ any court in said District having competent jurisdiction. Whenever more than one of the tracks of said railway shall be constructed on any of the public highways in the District, the width of space between the tracks shall not exceed tour feet, unless otherwise ordered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. five cents per passenger for any distance on its route within the District of Columbia, and the said company may make arrangements with. all existing railway companies in the District of Columbia for the interryemo. change of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided, That within T‘°"°‘°· the District limits six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents. Annual Rpm. Sm:. 4. That said company shall, on or before the fifteenth of J anu- C,,,,,,,,,,,_ _ ary of each year, make a report to Congress, through the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of the names of all the stockholders therein and the amount of stock held by each, together with a detailed statement of the bonded and other indebtedness and the receipts and expenditures, from whatever source and on whatever account,`ior the preceding year ending December the thirty-first, and such other facts as may be required by any general law of the District of Columbia, which report shall be yeriiied by ailidayit of the president and secretary of said company and if said report is not made at the time specified, or
 * 8- ever the foregoing route or routes may coincide with the route or routes
 * ·,,,,_ Sec. 3. That said company shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding