Evening star., 1899-02-10
MANY LOCAL BILLS
Action Taken by the Senate District
Committee.
EXTENSION OF RAILWAY LINES
Measures Relating to Streets in the
Suburbs.
HOURS OF POLICEMEN

HOURS OF POLICEMEN
| The Senate committee on the District of
Columbia met this morning and acted on a
| large amount of business of local interest.
| The Metropolitan railway extension and
| Capital railway bill, both of which have
| passed the House, were acted upon favor
| ably with amendments. The committee
| voted to extend 11th street and New Hamp-
| shire avenue, and these bills will be at
| tached as amendments to other street ex-
! tension bills. The bill for the extension of
| underground electric lighting conduits was
| acted on favorably and will be reported as
| an amendment to the District appropriation
| bill.
| House bill $3.50, to quiet land titles in the
| District, considered, as was the Capital
| Traction extension bill, but they were both
| laid aside. to be again considered by the
| committee at its next meeting Senate bill
| 53S7, to regulate the hours of service of po-
| licemen in the District, was acted on ad-
| versely and laid on the table
The Capital Railway Bill.
The Capital railway bill is known as
House bill 10667 and is amended by a num-
| ber of new provisions. AS amended it au-
| thorizes the Anacostia and Potomac River
Railroad Company to change it's name to
| the Washington City Railway Company and
| allows it to purchase the "Capital Railway
! Company and in the case of such purchase
| the time is extended for twelve months
| from the date of the passage of this act in
| which 1t may complete the said road
| Amendments to the Bill.
| Other amendments of this bill follow:
| Sec. B. That the Anacostia and Potomac
River Railroad Company is also hereby au-
| IL crized to purchase or lease the property
| and franchise of the Brightwood Railway
| Company; Washington, Woodside and For
est Glen Railway and Power Company of
| Montgomery county, Maryland, and the
| City and Suburban Railway Compa.y of
| Washington; and the said companies
| hereby authorized to sell or lease to the
/ said Anacostia and Potomac River -.ail-
| road Company all their property and fran
| chises. And the Anacostia and Potomac
| River Railroad Company is hereby author
| lied to issue its bonds, secured by mort
| gage of the whole or any part of property
! and franchises now owned to be ac-
| quired, and stock for the purchase and re-
| trement of the outstanding obligations and
| stock of the said companies, and for such
| Improvement in the construction as the
| lines of said companies may require in
! der to be placed in first-class condition.
| Provided, that the bonds and stock of the
| Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
| Company thus to be issued shall not in the
| aggregate exceed the sum of Sl50,000 per
| mile of single track for the tracks thus
| purchased and leased.
Sec. 4. That the purchasers of the Belt
| Railway Company and their assigns
| also hereby authorized to extend their dou-
| be-track road from 11th and streets
| northwest southerly along 11th street to
| Louisiana avenue north, there to connect
! with the present tracks of the Belt Rail
| way Company
| Sec. >. That the time for completion of
I the tracks authorized to be built by section
| of an act entitled An act to extend the
| routes of the lexington and Soldiers Home
| Railway Company and of the Belt Railway
| Company of the District of Columbia, and
| for other purposes approved June 10, 1886,
| is hereby extended to one year from the
! date Of the passage of this act.
| Sec. g. That the owners Of the property
and franchises of the Belt Railway Com
| pany hereby authorized to construct a
| double-track electric railway from the
| northern terminus of the 18th street line
| eastwardly along Grant avenue to a juno
| ton with the BrightWood Railway Com
| pany: Provided, That the overhead electric
system shall not be installed south of Flor
ida avenue.
sec. I. That the Aracostia and Potomac
| River Railway Company is hereby required
| to begin within three months and complete
within twelve months from the date of the
passage of this act the installation on all
| its lines within the city of Washington,
| now regularly opera ted by horse cars, of
| the underground electric system, substan-
| TALLY similar to that used by the Metropol-
| itan Railroad Company: And provided fur
| ther, That through service of electric
cars shall BE- regularly operated from Con-
| gress Heights at least as far as 11th and
| streets northwest, and that more than
| single fare shall be charged for a continu-
| GUS ride over this route, and that free
| transfers shall be given to any passenger
| desiring the same for a continuous ride in
| the general direction any con-
| Meeting routes of the Anacostia and Po-
| ami
| tai Railway Company, and the routes for
| merly owned and operated by the Belt
| Railway Company.
| Sec. s. That the owners of the property
| and franchises of the Belt Railway Com
pany hereby authorized to operate their
| cars over the tracks of the City and Sub
| urban Railway Company from the point of
| inters ection of the tracks of the two COM
| panies at 4th and G streets northwest
| westWardly on G street to 11th street
| northwest.
with the duly authorized route or routes of
! any other duly Incorporated street railway
| company in he District of Columbia both
| &C mpanies shall use the same tracks upon
| such fair and equitable terms for such use
| of tracks and power as may be agreed
| upon by said companies. In the event said
| companies shall fail to agree upon aduita-
| Bile terms, either of said companies may ap-
ply by petition to the Supreme Court of the
| District of Columbia which shall hear and
| determine the matter in due form of law
| ana the decision OF the Supreme Court of
| the District of Columbia shall be final and
| without appeal"
An additional section provides that the
above company shall pay to the District
| of Columbia in lieu of personal taxes upon
personal property per cent of its gross
| earnings per annum on its lines within the
| District. Its real estate shall be taxed as
other real estate in the District
| The company is also authorized to ex-
| tend tracks along the following route: Be
| ginning at the intersection of Con-
| necticut avenue extended and Philadelphia
| street. thence westerly on Philadelphia
| street to its intersection with Tenleytown
! road, thence northwesterly to Trenton
| street, westerly to 4+th, northerly to Vallejo
| westerly to 47th, northerly to Flint and
| westerly to Boundary avenue thence