Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-06

| n to the entry upon, over or under or the
use or occupation of any street, lane or alley
| or any part thereof, for any purpose by passen,
| ger or street railway companies or by com.
| panies operating passenger or street RAILWAYS
| and providing reasonable regulations pertain.
ing thereto for the public convenience and
| safety.
Section l-Be 1t ordained and enacted BY the
| city of Pittsburg. in Select and Common Coun.
| ellis assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
| enacted by the authority of the same, That all
| passenger or street railway companies and all
| companies operating passenger railways or
| street railways, which shall hereafter obtain
| by an ordinance duly passed and approved, the
consent of the city to enter upon, over or un-
| der, use or occupy any Of the Streets lanes
| alleys or highways or parts thereof within this
city for any purpose shall, upon passage and
| have and be declared to possess the right under
| this general ordinance to enter upon over or
| under, and to occupy and use the same under
| and subject to the following regulations:
First-Every such company, before construct
| ing passenger or street railway or any exten-
| sion, branch or alteration thereof, shall file
with the Department of Public Works plan
showing the location of its proposed tracks,
sidings, turn-outs and switches the pattern of
its rails and the kind and character of founda-
tion or roadbed proposed to be laid. In case
such company proposes to use conduit or sub
way through which motive power shall be sup
piled for the traction of cars, such plans shall
show the size, location and manner of construc-
tion of such proposed conduit or subway, the
width and position of the slot or opening there
in, and in case such company proposes to use
any overhead means or system whereby motive
power shall be supplied for the traction of cars
such plan shall show the size character and 10.
cation with respect to the roadway or curb line
OF the posts, poles, or other supports proposed
to be placed in any street. lane, alley, or high
way or part thereof, and to be used to MAIN
tain or support such overhead means or system,
and the said plans shall be subject to the ap-
proval of the Chief of the Department of Pub
lie Works or of the Committee on Public Works.
Second-Every such company, construct
ing railway or any part thereof, shall lay its
lines of track of the standard width gauge
between rails, and in such manner that the top
of its rails shall be level with the surface of the
roadway of the street upon which it is laid.
Thiru-Every such company shall lay and
construct pavement upon the space within its
tracks and one foot outside thereof, under the
supervision of the Chief of the Department of
Public w orks as to the time and manner of lay
ing the same, and shall keep clean and main
tain such pavement in good order, condition
and repair so long as its tracks shall be used.
Fourth-All companies operating passenger
or street railways, when crossing each others
routes, shall. with respect to each other, OBJ
serve and comply with the law of the road, ex-
cept in cases where the grade of either or both
at the point of intersection shall be on an as
cending or descending grade and in that event
the following rule Shall prevail: The company
whose car is on descending grade shall have
the right of way over Car on either lesser
descending grade, a level or an ascending
grade
Fifth-Every car shall have loud-sounding
gong, which shall be rung by the person oper-
ating the car, when approaching all street
crossings or when passing other cars.
Sixth-Where the tracks of one passenger or
street railway company cross the tracks of an
other such company and in operating cars
thereon it becomes necessary that one car
should wait in order that collision may be
avoided, the company not having the right of
way shall bring its car to full stop until after
the passage of the other company's car.
Seyenth-When the tracks of any street or
passenger railway cross at grade the tracks
OF railroad operated by steam. before the cars
OF any such railway company shall he allowed
to cross the tracks of any such railroad 1t shall
be brought to a full stop, aid it shall be the
said car. to go forward and ascertain that such
car can be passed over such crossing in safety
before such car shall be allowed to proceed.
Eighth-Each of such companies shall yield
the right of way to the fire department when
going to fires. and to the police patrol wagon
when answering calls, and if then s1gnaled by
any person in charge of any fire apparatus or
police patrol wagon, shall bring its car to a full
stop until after such fire apparatus or police
patrol wagon shall have passed such car.
Ninth-No car operated by any such CON-
pany shall be passed over any hose or other ap-
paratus of the fire department when the same
is laid or in use for the purpose of extinguish-
ing fire, unless such car be passed over the
same upon a creeper or other device approved
by the Chief OF the Department of Public
Safety. and which shall fully protect such hose
or apparatus.
Tenth-If at any time the wires or any of the
overhead devices or parts thereof of any of the
said companies shall IN any manner obstruct,
endanger or interfere with the fire department.
or any of it's employees in the proper use of It's
apparatus when called into service, the said
fire department or any of the employees thereof,
shall have the right and be at liberty to cut
down or remove such wires or devices, without
the city or any of its agents or employees being
held in any manner liable in consequence
thereof.
Eleventh-In all cases where such companies
use electricity as motive power the entire
system used and all the devices, means and ap-
of the power in all respects which shall in any
manner affect or endanger the safety of the |
public, shall be at all times kept open to the
inspection of and under the supervision of the
Department of Public Safety.
Twelfth-When and as often as may be re- |
quired by the Department of Public Safety. |
each of such companies shall furnish to said |
department a statement showing the amount |
of electro-motlve force used and the current |
strength conveyed or used upon its wires. and |
said department shall at all times have the /
right to inspect and test the same.
Section 2-ln case any of such companies
fail to secure an approval of its plans of de-
vices in any respect in manner as hereinbefore
1t shall thereupon have the right to
make application to Councils for such approx
al, and Councils may, by concurrent resolu-
ton, or otherwise, make or grant such approy-
al.
Section 3-None of such companies shall have
The right to enter upon. over or under. use or
occupy any of the streets, lanes alleys or high
ways, or parts thereof, within this city until
after such company shall have procured the
of the Councils of this city by an ordi-
nance other than this one duly passed and ap-
proved granting such rights unto such COM
1any, and unless such company shall file with |
he Controller of this city within 80 days after
he passage or approval of such ordinance it's
certificate of acceptance of all the conditions !
md provisions of this ordinance the said GER
itcate to be executed under the corporate seal
If such company, duly attested by the PreSi-
lent and Secretary thereof.
Section Zach and every person or Cor
,oration violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall pay fine of not less than ten
S10) dollars nor more than one hundred (S100)
Iollars for each and every violation of this
to be recovered summarily before
he Mayor or any Police Magistrate of the city
# Pittsburg
Section 5-That any ordinance or part of
rdlnance conflicting with the provisions of
his ordinance be and the same is hereby re-
ealed so far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into law in Councils,
his 24th day of February, A. d. 1890
H. P. FORD, President of Select Council.
Ittest: GEO. SHEPPARD. Clerk of Select
,ouncil. g. L. HOLIDAY. President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
lerh of Common Council.
Mayors office, February Is, 1880 Approved:
yM. MCCALLIN. Mayor. Attest: ROB'T
Assistant Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. 2, page 267,
tn day of March. A. D. 1890. mh5V
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