446 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 447. 1898. ical power, except steam locomotives, to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and to 'carry passengers, parcels, _ milk, truck, and merchandise over and along the following routes and L°°“"‘°“· roads in the District of Columbia., to wit: Beginning at the present eastern terminus of the railway of said company as now laid down and constructed on Benning road; thence along the north side of said road, but outside of the limits thereof, to the western edge or shore line of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River; thence over the flats of said branch and over said branch by a wooden trestle bridge to the eastern edge or shore of said branch, thence to a point at or near the intersection of said Benning road with the road north of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad known as the Race Course road; thence along the said Race Course road, but outside its limits, to the Anacostia road; thence along said Anacostia road, but outside its limits,toWatts Creek; thence cast across said Anacostia road, an d, by a proper subway, underneath the tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac and Baltimore and Ohio railroads, to a point at or near the eastern corner of the District of Columbia, wi-th a branch from the intersection of said Watts Creek and Anacostia road along Anacostia road, but outside its limits, to its in ter- _ section with the eastern boundary line of the District of Columbia: §{§{"Q,*§§‘ C,,,,,,,,,, Provided, That the location of said routes and the plans and specifica- ¤i<>¤¤r¤ to “PPl'°V° tions for the construction of the said railway lines, depots, and stations pI3i2x;;` nutem shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District B¤*¤¤l*— of Columbia, and that the said company shall, whenever the flats of the said Eastern Branch shall be reclaimed, construct in the place and stead of the trestle bridge herein provided for a permanent structure, to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: 0******%*** *'°“°¥*‘· And prmvidedjlniher, That overhead trolleys shall not be used on the lines of the said company farther west on said railroad than Fifteenth E"*** °°““°°‘*°““ street northeast. That wherever electric power propulsion is adopted upon the extension herein authorized, or on any other portion of the line of said Columbia Railway Company, no portion of the electrical circuit shall be through the earth, but a return circuit of proper capacity and located similarly to the feed-wire circuit shall be provided for the electrical current, and that whenever the trolley system is used each car shall be provided with a double trolley, and that no earth connec- _ tion shall be made with any dynamo furnishing power for the road. mQ§jf;$‘§jsF“°'“'“ The said company is hereby authorized to construct a roadbed or causeway on which to lay the tracks of its railway across the flats of said · Eastern Branch from the western shore or edge to the channel thereotl _),{{:L•;_"°'°°“*Pl°‘*°" SE1:. 2. That the main line hereby authorized to a point at or near the eastern corner of the District 0l"U0lllllll)l1\ shall be completed within one year from the date of the approval of this Act, and the branch from said Watts Creek along said Anacostia road shall be completed within two years from the date of the approval of this Act.
- `=**¤¤· Sec. 3. That only one fare for a continuous ride over the route
described in the companys charter, and over the extensions hereby _ authorized or any part thereof, shall be charged for each passenger. mf_Q_};j_"*'°*’°" °‘° S1:c.4. That the said company shall have at all times the free and uninterrupted use of the line and tracks hereby authorized, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unlawfully obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said railway company with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in any manner molest or interfere with inwrs w r··‘<·r¤¤>= passengers or operatives while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said railway, or depots, stations, or other property belonging to —l*“’·*“Y· the said railway company, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such offense a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines and penalties are recovered iu said District, and all persons so oliending shall remain liable, in addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned by his orlher or their act as aforesaid ; but no suit shall be brought toenforce such nnes and penalties or to recover for any such loss or damage unless commenced within sixty days after the offense shall have been committed.
