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 5 FIFTY-FIFTH CON G1tESS.. Sess. II. Ch. -168. 1898. · 47 9 bear all the expense of improving the spaces above described. Should the said corporation fail to comply with the orders of the Commis ioners 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 V<>1.2<>.p-105- permanent form of government for the District of Columbia," approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Sec. 5. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the District of Colum- A1¢¤$il¤;¤ <>f5¤¤¤¤t¤ bia at any time, at its option, from altering the grade of any avenue, °°°°P` y “W"' 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. Sec. 6., That it shall be lawful for said railway company, its suc- 1¤¥¤=¤v¤¤·>¤¤ M ¤i> cessors or assigns, having first obtained the permission of the District °"""g '"“°m"°"' Commissioners therefor, to make all needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of said streets or places where said railway company may have the right to construct and operate its road, and , place in such trenches and excavations all needful and convenienf devices and machinery for operating said railroad in the same manner and by the means herein provided, but shall forthwith restore the street to like good condition as it was before. But whenever such ;i¤·*~¤`g¤•¤•=¤ NW trenches or excavations shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water ”°”'° ' pipes, or any subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind, then the expense necessary to change such underground constructions ‘ shall be borne by the said railway company. _ Sec. 7. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, its successors I·¤>¤¤¢i<¤· ¤f ¤¤z1¤¤. or assigns, to erect and maintain, on private grounds, at such convenient °°"’ h°"“°" and suitable points along its lines as may_ seem most desirable to the board of directors of the said corporation, and subject to the approval of the said Commissioners, an engine house or houses, boiler house, and alluother buildings necessary for the successful operation of the said ra roa . _ Sec. 8. That the line of the said railroad shall be commenced within 0¤¤·¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢ ¤¤¤ one year and completed within two years from date of the passage of °°""l°"°"' this Act; and in default of such commencement or completion within the time in this section specified, all rights, franchises, and privileges granted by this Act shall immediately cease and determine: Provided, Pnwfm. That failure to commence to construct or to complete either of the said §,2‘j{§,{° “°° *" '°""°‘ portions of the routes as provided for in section one of this Act shall operate to repeal the authority to build said portion or portions, and shall not repeal the charter of said company: Provided, however, That ;,°3¤1{£*·*°¤ *° D*·· the said railroad shall be commenced and completed within the time aforesaid from the circle at the western approach to the Pen nsylvauia Avenue Bridge to the District line as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 9. That the said company may run its cars by the overhead- Pwpellivz whertrolley electric system, or such other electric or mechanical system as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may approve. Steam power shall not be used: Provided, That if electric power by trolley be P··•»¤*¤>•·. used a return wire similar in capacity and insulation to the feed wire w#{,°§:'Qi,‘{,_°.§{'.§T'°°t'°” shall be provided, and each car shall be provided with a double trolley, and no pole of any dynamo furnishing power to the railway shall be connected with the earthé Provided further, That for the purpose of emma ¤f ¤¢r<><-=¤¤- making a continuous connection over the route hereinbefore described “t‘” the said company shall have the right to cross all streets, avenues, and highways that may be along the designated route: Provided further, VM elf *¤!°'€jH;“ That whenever the foregoing route or routes may coincide with the $.1:: $2} °°m°l g route or routes 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 fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the event the said companies fail to agree upon