The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-10
CITY ORDINANCES.


An ORDIN ANCE
"A Appropnatng Certain Portions Of Broad
street for the Purposes of Public Drive, Carriage
way, OF Avenue. as Authorized by Act Of Assembly
approved March %, 1885,
tho City of Philadelphia do ordain, That under the
requirements of an act Of Assembly approved the
23d day of March, 1866 the following described por-
tions of Broad street be and the same are hereby
appropriated and dedicated to and for the uses and
purposes of public drive, oarriage-way, street, or
avenue, to wit: From the Delaware river ut League
Island TO Washington (late Prime street, and from
Willow street to Fishers lane, and that the said
portions of Broad street shall be paved and macada
mlzed with dimensions and IN manner as follows, TO
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District of Penn, and from Columbia avenue to
Fishers lane the carriaReway shall be seyentyseyen
feet and the intervening distance that u.s. from the
nue., the carriage-Way shall be afty-seven feet
between the ourDs
the maoadam drive shall be thrtyone feet wide
and upon the portion north OF ow street shall be
twentyseven feet wide, measured equally upon each
side OF the centre line of street, and that the samo
shall be Oonunuous in each of the sections that is
not intercepted with cobble-pavlng at street inter
sections.
The space upon each side OF the macadamlzed drive
extending 10 the curbs shall be paved with cobble
stone or such other paving as may be desired by the
owners of property fronting thereon subject to tho
approval Of the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. Pro-
vded that no change in the character of paving shall
be allowed unless such change shall extend at least
the length of one block or square. The line between
the macadamizing and oobble pavement TO be pro-
tected by couase of cubica granite blocks as speci-
fed for the Improvement of Broad street now in
progress nortn OF Columbia avenue.
And the Chief Engineer ana Surveyor is hereby
authorized and directed TO so modify the specica-
ton and contract for macadamlzing Broad street
north OF Columbia avenue to Germantown road SO
that the width OF the shall correspond with the
dimensions herein fixed and determined.
Section 2 The curbng, paving, and macadamizng
upon the portions OF Broad street herein and hereby
appropriated shall be zone, excepting the street in
tersecons at the expense of the of pro perty
fronting thereon, in accordance with specifications
prepared by the Chief Engineer and surveyor, COM
| peted to his satisfaction and acceptance and kept
good order and repair by the contractor perform
ing the work Tor the term OF three years alter COM
| pleton Provided the cost of said macadamzinR
shall not exceed three dollars, the cobble stone
paving one collar per square yard, aud the ourbing
| eighty cents per linear foot.
section g. No contract shall be made or work done
under the provisions of this ordinance until the Select
| and Common Councils of the city OF Philadelphia
shall by ordinance, 30 direct and the necessary ap-
preparation to pay for intersections therefor is duly
| made.
| WILLIAM s. STOKLEY,
President OF Common Council,
Attest
BENJAMIN ii. HAINEs,
Clerk OF select Council.
| JAMES LYND.
President of Select Council.
| Approved this fifth day of July, Ammo
| Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty
MORTON MoMICHAEL,
79lt Mayor of Philadelphia.