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47 8 -`FIFTY-FIFTH c0NGmnss. sms. 11. cn. 468. isos. June 18.1898. CHAP. 468.-Au Act To incorporate the East Washington Heights Traction Rail- 4 road Company in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Districtof 0¢>1¤¤\>i¤- States o_/'America in Congress assembled, That James G. Berret, Archi- E?::r¥$::;i:;}o‘§ bald M. Bliss, George S. Boutwe11,Wi11ia.n1 Corcoran Hill, Bramard H*?*SM· '1`*•°**°¤ H. Warner, John A. Baker, Samuel Cross, T. E. Roessle, William H. mm"' Rapley, John T. Devine, Chester A. Snow, Charles T. Haveuner, Charles A. Barker, Henry P. Blair, Charles L. Du Bois, W. N. Morrison, Apple ton P. Clark, junior, Henry Brock, C. C. Lancaster, George H. Judd, D. C. Fountain, Thomas E. Young, Phillips Clark, Thomas J. Brown, R. F. Bradbury, Henry Naylor, all of Washington, District of Columbia; Albert W. Fletcher, Chauncey Marshall, William B. Duncan, junior, Edward C. Potter, Jacob J. Leeds, Edward H. Clark, J. P. Livingston, of New York City; Erwin C. Carpenter, J amos S. Dyett, of Rome, New York; Arthur Mahoney, of Brooklyn, New York; Philemon L. Hoadley, of Newark, New Jersey, and their associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a. body corporate under the name of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company of the District of Columbia, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal; and said corporation is hereby authorized to construct and lay down a. single or double track street railway, with the necessary switches, turn-outs, 4 and other mechanical devices, in the District of Columbia, through and along the following routes: I·¤¤¤¤¤- Beginning at the circle at the western approach to the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, at a point to be fixed by the Commissioners of the Promo. District of Columbia: Provided, That this terminus be constructed in P‘"°“g°'"‘°°°" accordance with plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, with a loop or passenger station, or both, as may be considered by them necessary for the interests and convenience of the public; thence across the Anacostia or Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, ou a bridge or trestle to be built by the said company in accordance with plans to be approved by the Secretary of Wai- ; thence along Pennsylvania avenue extended to Branch avenue; thence along Branch avenue to the Bowen road or Albany street; thence along the Bowen road or Albany street to the settlement known as Good Hope; also from the intersection of Branch avenue and the Bowen road to the District line, by ai route to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; also from the intersection of Minnesota avenue with Pennsylvania avenue extended along Miuuesotu. avenue to Harrison street; also hom the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue extended and Twentyeighth street northward to the Anacostia road; thence along said Anacostia road to an point to be iixed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia opposite the settlement known us East Washington Park. m{;°¤j;l;g)$*;;*a'5¤j Sec. 2. That when the route described coincides with that of 8 ew. _ country road of less width than sixty-six feet the railway shall be con- {Q[gQ;’_;n 0mg,,,,, structed entirely outside the road: Provided, That if at any time in the way in mghwm- future any part of the right: of way of the company shall be included within the lines of public highways, such part of said right of way shall be dedicated to the public without expense to the District of Columbia. |_i£J>H_¤:_g:]s;·:u;·$:· SEO. 3. That the said railway shall be constructed in a substantial ,,,c_ ‘ and dnmblo xnanuer, and all mils, electrical and mechanical appliances, conduits, stations, and so forth, shall be approved by the Commissioners S b of Sthe District ot;} Columbia. ar;=·¤¤ ¤¤W0·*¤¤ E0. 4. at the said eo ration shall at all times kee the s 300 L:·p¤1lKiS¤:$i£i»;,»::f between its tracks and railspsnd two feet exterior thereto ig such leonditnon as the _C0mmiSSi0D0fS of the District of Columbia or their successors may direot; and whenever any street occupied by said railway is paved or repaired or otherwise improved the said corporation shall