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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS.166, 167. 1895. 717 zto construct and lay down a single or double track railway, and to Emusm Ofmck operate the same as provided in the Act incorporating said company, ` westerly along Rhode Island avenue to North Capitol street, to connect with the tracks of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, and thence southerly on said street over the tracks of said lastmentioned company to F street; the price for the use or purchase of said tracks to be fixed by the board of directors of said companies, and on their iailure to agree as to the price it shall be fixed by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, upon petition to be tiled on the equity side of said court by either company. The said extension shall be completed within the time hereinbefore provided for with reference to _ the original line of said railway: Provided, That nothing in this Act §,T§§§,;d Wim not shall operate to authorize the erection of overhead wires within the ¤¤¢1¤·>ri¤¤d· limits of the city of Washington. ’ SEO. 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act R°P°°l· are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. That Congress hereby reserves the right at any time to alter **‘”°“‘*”‘°“‘·°*°· or amend or repeal this Act. · Approved, March 2, 1895.· CHAP. 167.-An Act To authorize the Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway March 2, 1895. Company, of Maryland, to extend its line of road into and within the District of i Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Washingtoxi and ,,,Q'°'·’i°“ °‘ C°‘°¤· Marlboro Electric Railway Company, incorporated by an act of the Washington and general assembly of Maryland, entitled “An Act to incorporate the ,EL‘;,""f,f; Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company/’ and so forth, ¤¤r¤<¤¤¤i1w¤y,¤t¤. _ approved on the eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby authorized to construct and lay down a street railway, with the necessary switches, turn—outs, and other mechanical devices, in the District of Columbia, and run ears thereon through and along the following routes: · Beginning at and on the southeasterly boundary line of the District Rwtciuthe county. of Columbia where the line of railway of said company within the State of Maryland shall reach the same, and running thence by Suitland°road, Bowen road, and Branch avenue, or other practicable route which may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to con— nect with Pennsylvania avenue extended; thence by and with said avenue to and across the tracks of the Baltimore and Chic Railroad on Railroad avenue; thence along Railroad avenue to Naylor road and by the same to the Anacostia River; thence across the Anacostia River by a steel or iron truss bridge resting on masonry piers built parallel Bridge. to the direction of the current, with pile or other secure and approved foundations, and with spans not less than' those of the Pennsylvania avenue bridge, and with a wide drawspan over the channel. The plans ' of said bridge shall be approved in writing by the Secretary of \\'ar, Swretary of WM and the bridge shall be built by said company over and above the tracks t° “"”'°"° *’l“"‘ m' of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in such manner and at such height as not to interfere with the use of said railroad; and thence to R¤¤¤>i¤¤¤<¤· my the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street southeast by a route to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; thence north on Fifteenth street east, to Florida avenue; thence northwesterly on Florida avenue to Seventh street northwest; also, when the proposed extension of Pennsylvania avenue shall have been completed to Bowen road, then the route of said railroad may be extended irom the intersection of Branch avenue therewith to Bowen road, and by further practicable route as maybe approved by the Cont missioners of the District of Columbia to the boundary line of the said - _ District at or near the Suitland road: Provided, That such extension {Q23Q0n_