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 722 FIFTYTHIBD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 168. 1885. n}{;5;¤¤¤¤¤¤¤*¤¤¤¤* corporation is hereby authorized to construct and lay down a street y' railway, with the necessary switches, turn-outs, and other mechanical _ devices in the District of Columbia, and run cars thereon for carrying B°“'*°· passengers, parcels, milk, and truck by and along the following route; Beginning at a point on the District line near the Potomac River, southeast of Shepherds Ferry, thence north by such route as shall be approved by the District Commissioners to the south side of the Eastern Branch or Anacostia River, thence across the same by transfer ferryto First street or South Capitol street, as may be approved by the District Commissioners, to M street, over the same route to the beginning; also commencing at Anacostia railroad tracks and Harrison street, Anacostia; thence along Harrison street and Good Hope Road, Good Hope Road extended, to the District line, and return over same route. These routes may be modified or extended at the will of Congress, and the Capital Railway Company shall comply with such modi- · iications or extensions. Wid¤¤¤z¤·•*•· Sac, 2, That whenever the roadway of any street occupied by the ' Capital Railway Company is widened, one-half of the cost of widening and the improvement of such widened part shall be charged to the - said railway company, and collected irom said company in the same manner as the cost of laying or repairing pavements lying between the exterior rails of the tracks of street railways, and for a distance of two feet irom and exterior to such track or tracks on each side thereof, is v¤i1s,p.11o. collectible under the provisions of section five of the Act entitled “An _ Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy- eight. °°¤·s¤¤¤•·*·· Sec. 3. That when the route described coincides with that of a country road of less width than sixty-six feet the railway shall be constructed entirely outside the road. C°¤•*¤¤=*l°¤- Sec. 4. That the said railway shall be constructed in a substantial and durable manner, and all rails, electrical and mechanical appliances, conduit, stations, and so forth, shall be approved by the Commissionf · ers of the District of Columbia. 'fy?¤*“**°¤ °* ’°°“‘ Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall at all times keep the space `, between its tracks and rails and two feet exterior thereto in such condition as.the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their successors, may direct, and whenever any street occupied by said railway is paved or repaired or otherwise improved the said corporation shall bear all the expense ofimproving the spaces above described. Should the said corporation fail to comply with the orders of the Commissioners the work shall be done by the proper officials of the District of Columbia, and the amounts due from said corporation shall be collected as provided by section five of the Act entitled “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia/’ approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. "'£1?h·£¤m_=  Sec. 6. That if the said railway be operated by overhead wires, the . corporation shall furnish and maintain such lights along its line as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may direct, without cost to the District of Columbia; but no overhead wires shall be constructed or used within the limits of the city of \Vashington. ·*l*¤¤¤88¤¤¤¤¤·¤*¢- Sec. 7 . That nothing in this Act shall prevent the District of Columbia at any time, at its option, from altering the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by said railway, or from altering and improving streets, avenues, and highways, and the sewerage thereof; in such event it shall be the duty of said company at once to change its said railway and the pavement so as to conform to such _grades and improvements as may have been established. ¤¤¤¤¢r¤¤ti¤¤- Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said railway company, its successors or assigns, having first obtained the permission of the District Commissioners therefor, to make all needful and convenient trenches