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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 190. 1908. 24}) widen the roadway of any street or streets in which said track or tracks arle to be lalid, such wgdening shall be done by said Commissioners, the cost an ex nse o such widenin, includin the la in of C°*FS»*’*°··*°‘”P°¥d new sidewalks, the adjgsbtment of all underground codstructidngand bym1lmdc°mpuuf of every public appurtenance, shall be borne by the railway companv constructing such tracks, and the said railway com any shall deposit Dewitwith the co ector of taxes of the District of Columlbia in advance the estimated cost of changing or widening the said street or streets, the work to be done by said Commissioners; and whenever, at any future mF¤g¤¤ improve time, the Commissioners deem it necessary to widen the roadway of BD ` any street or streets occupied by the extensions herein authorized, _ said railway company shall bear one-halt the cost of widening and b,§§‘,§§§’;,,*j,‘;‘jjj;§d‘° improving such street or streets, to be collected in the same manner l as the cost of laying or repairing pavement lying between the exterior rails of the tracks of said street railroad and for a distance of two feet exterior to such track or tracks is collectible, under the provisions of $,*;ll°;,{*°¤,Q,Q)°°S*· section five of an Act entitled "An Act to provide a ermanent form'p` ` of government for the District of Columbia," approved) June eleventh, cig teen hundred and seventy-eight. `Ec. 10. That whenever in the construction of any of the tracks r£d*g¤¤*¤¤¤* 0* herein authorized it is necessary, in the opinion of the Commissioners 8' of the District of Columbia, to improve, by paving or otherwise, the roadway of any street occupied b such track or tracks, said company shall adjust the grade of its tracks to the new grade of the street or streets, the cost thereof to be borne by the said com any in the same 00**- manner as the cost of paving between the exterior ofp the tracks of the street railroad com nies as referred to in the preceding section. Sec. 11. That tg; arrangement of all tracks herein authorized ‘,{.$Lg';§8*;“°¤ ff; within the lines of the plaza in front of the Union Station shall be in em., ou. to Bs api accordance with the plans approved by the Commissioners of the Dis- §‘§,°,§,S_ by C°""'“°` trict of Columbia, and all work of construction and extension herein authorized shall be executed in accordance with plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and under a permit or rmits from said Commissioners. Sign. 12. That existing transfer arrangements between the Wash- C(m[;<;,¥;,°li*¤¤ C¤¤¤l= ington Railway and Electric Company and the Metropolitan Coach Transfers with Company, a corporation of the District of Columbia, shall not be ter- llQ‘§’l‘.;l'?,‘§{§.’,‘].(l(§$l,§7`,"}§. minated, except by authority of Congress; and unless said Metropoli- *°Sjggmgab" M mw tan Coach Company shall, within one year after the passage of this mi- vénwm mqmrm. Act, substitute motor vehicles to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, for the herdics now used by it, its right to operate its line shall cease and determine: Provided jizrt/aer, T iat mlgn all transfers issued by the Metropolitan Coach Company shall be prop- " erly dated and punched as to time limit as provided by rules and regulatnons to be made, altered, and amended from time to time by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and that unless said transfers are so dated and punched the Washington Railway and Electric Company shall not be required to receive them. _ Sec. 13. That the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company h§,§"{§’§{‘§.§Y °‘ °" and the Capital Traction Company be, and they are hereby, author- giggjgg *° ized and re uired, jointly, to construct, maintain, and operate, by ` overhead trdlley, temporary railway tracks for passenger service from the Union Station to the intersection of Delaware avenue and C street north, said tracks to be constructed within sixty days from the date dgm of °°¤¤”“°· of the approval of this Act, in accordance with plans approved by the Plans sppmvec by Commissioners of the District of Columbia, said trac to be main- °°'“““’°’°°°”‘ tained by said companies to the satisfaction of said Commissioners, and to be removed by said companies after the construction of the R°m°"“*"*"`°*‘l“· permanent street railway tracks herein provided for within thirty days