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FIFTY-THIRD CON GRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 317. 1894 493 said Commissioners shall also have the power to make such regulations as to the rate of speed, the use of tracks, the removal of ice and snow from off the tracks, as the public interests may require; failure to com- Penalties. ply with any such requirement or regulation, or failure to stop cars before crossing the Foxhall road, shall subject the company to a une of fifty dollars for each such failure, which nne may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 2. That section six of said charter be, and the same is hereby, Tim ¤¥*~=¤¤¤<i fvr repealed: Provided, however, That the said road shall be completed to °°i]»7$ii3;`°°‘ the boundary of the District of Columbia and have cars running €.‘;','jg},°“°;;3 thereon regularly for the accommodation of the public within twelve 'p'` months and to Cabin John Creek within eighteen months after the passage of this Act; otherwise this Act shall be null and void. Sec. 3. That in order to accommodate the street railway traffic that P¤¤¤<·>¤%•>r station m. may converge at or near the Aqueduct bridge, under authority granted Aq“°d“° b"°g°‘ or to be granted by Congress. a passenger station is hereby authorized. Such station shall have ample provision for the safe, convenient, and comfortable transfer of passengers to and from the cars of the street ·railways using the same. All planstbr such station and its necessary rinntcic. approaches shall be subject to the written approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The said Commissioners shall have the _ power to settle any diiferences which may arise between the companies using the said station as to compensation or rentals or as to the necessary regulations for the control of said station. The said passenger wtsniugtml and station shall be constructed and maintained as a union passenger sta- $,°§f,‘~ff,{f’“'" H“‘]"'“’ tion, for the use of street railways only, by the Wlashington and George- - town Railway Company. Said station shall be located on land already owned or hereafter to be acquired by the aforesaid company, which land shall be bounded on the north by Prospect street, on the east by a line drawn not less than one hundred and twenty feet west of the west line of Thirty-fifth street, on the south by M street, and on the west by Thirty-sixth street northwest. Within one year from the approval of . E¤*•=¤¤i·>3 ¤¤éW¤¤l=- · this Act the said Washington and Georgetown Railway Company shall {'5'£.f"l.£.‘L.. °°”‘°` complete the said station and shall extend its tracks on M street northwest to a point not less than one hundred and twenty feet west of Thirty-fifth street, and thence into said station; and thereafter the said switching it ms. company shall cease entirely to switch cars on M street northwest. °“ M°"°°‘· Sec. 4. That the street railway companies mentioned in this Act, w§g•°ufjy,;,’j{’;m¤°¤ and hereafter all street railway companies in the District of Columbia,' respectively, shall bear all the expenses that may be incurred by the United States in making and inspecting such changes to the water mains, fixtures, or apparatus of the Washiiigton Aqueduct as may be rendered necessary by the construction or extension of such several roads; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to make all regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this section. Sec. 5. That the Act to amend the charter of the Eckington and utcriagrcn Sol- Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, approved July fifth, eighteen hun. Lj`,Q'},,,,,Z'“" "'Y dred and ninetytwo, is hereby amended by striking out in Section one, nnmatm of route beginning in line six with the words, “Beginning at the intersection °"{·{’,§‘§; p_,,5_ of ” to and including the words “ point of begiuning" in line twenty- nine, and inserting in place thereof the following: _ Beginning at the intersection of Filth and G streets northwest, east m£_;g¤;=jK¤D¤gtrf°{; along G street to New Jersey avenue and First street; thence south not-¤ms¤,¤tc. along First street northwest to C street northwest; thence east along C street (around the south side of Stanton Square by single track) to Fifteenth street northeast; thence north on Fifteenth street to D street northeast; thence west on D street to Fourth street northeast; thence south on Fourth street to C street northeast; thence west on C street to New Jersey avenue; thence north on New Jersey avenue to D street northwest; thence west on D street to First street, and to the point of beginning; also beginning at the intersection of G street northwest and New Jersey avenue, thence across New Jersey avenue to and along