Public Law 52–252

That the charter granted to the Brightwood Railway Company by an act of Congress approved October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same is, amended as follows:

“That within six months from the date of the approval of this act,

To use overhead electric power.

the said Brightwood Railway Company shall equip and operate its existing line with the overhead trolley system of electric motive power, and shall thereafter maintain the road in first-class condition. That

Equipment.

the road shall be supplied entirely with new cars of the most approved pattern, which shall be run as the public convenience shall require, but not less frequently than one car every fifteen minutes from each end of the. line, between five o’clock ante meridian and twelve o’clock midnight.

“Sec. 2.

That within twelve months from the date of the approval

Extension of tracks.

of this act the said Brightwood Railway Company shall extend its tracks to the District line, as provided in the. original charter of said company, and shall operate the new portion of the line in the same manner and under the same conditions as hereinbefore provided for the operation of those portions of the road already built. The said company

Branch line.

shall also construct and maintain a branch line, beginning at a point, to be located by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, west of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track on Fifth street in Takoma Park; thence along Fifth street to Umatilla street; thence west along Umatilla street to and across Piney Branch road, and thence to Brightwood avenue by such route as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall approve. Said branch line shall be operated by the overhead trolley system; and when the company lays its double track from Brightwood to Takoma Park said tracks shall be laid on one side of the said road; the ears used shall be first-class in every respect, and the schedule of the running of cars shall be subject to the approval of the District Commissioners, but ears shall be run as often as one every fifteen minutes between the hours of five o’clock ante meridian and twelve o’clock midnight. Work on the said branch road shall be

Commencement and completion.

begun within two months and completed, with cars running thereon, within one year from the date of the approval of this act.

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“Sec. 3.

That in the event that the company should not be able to

Condemnation proceedings for right of way, etc.

come to an agreement with the owner or owners of any laud through which the said road may be located to pass, or upon which any necessary buildings may be required to be located, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, for its roadway, and of so much as may be necessary for buildings, and so forth, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such purposes.

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“Sec. 4.

That any failure to comply with any of the provisions of this

Forfeiture on failure to comply.

act shall work a forfeiture of the original charter of the said Brightwood Railway Company. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

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“Sec. 5.

That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act.”

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