Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-26
OFFICIAI-PITTsBURG.
mo. S73.1

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| A N ORD1NANCE-GRAN TING UNTO
| "A the Federal Street and Pleasant Valley
| Railway Company, its lessees, successors and
assigns, the right to enter upon, occupy and use
| certain streets and highways. and to use ami
mails, cable or electricity as q motive power,
with the right to change the same and to lease
its franchises or property or either.
Section l-Be it 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 the
Federal Street and Pleasant Valley Railway
Company, its lesSees, successors and assigns
! shall, in addition to the privileges heretofore
granted. have the right and is hereby author
ized to enter upon the following named streets
and highways, to-wit:
Beginning at point on its main line at the
intersection of Duquesne way and Ninth
street; thence along Duquesne way to Seventh
street. and thence, with the consent of the
cupy its tracks over and along the following
named streets and highways, to wit: Along Sew
enth street to Liberty avenue; thence dag
onally across Liberty avenue to Sixth avenue,
and thence along Sixth avenue to the inter-
section thereof with Smithfield street, and
upon said streets and highways use and oper-
ate its cars and to connect its tracks with the
tracks of the said railway company at the in
tersection of Ninth street and DuQuesne way,
and also connect such tracks with the track of
the Transverse Passenger Railway Company
now used by said company at the intersection
of DuqueSne way and Seventh street.
Section 1.-The said Federal street and Pleas
ant Valley Passenger Railway Company, its
lessees. successors and assigns shall have the
right and is hereby authorized to use in, under,
over and along such streets and highways
within the city of Pittsburg as it is now
hereafter may be authorized to operate its
cars, animal, cable or electric power either or
all of them, and from time to time to change
from one to the other over the whole or any
portion of the route of said company it shall
also have the right and is hereby authorized to
erect maintain, operate and use an overhead
ali frr0
over and along such streets and highways as it
now is or hereafter shall be authorized to oper-
ate Its cars and in such streets and highways
maintain and use such posts poles or other
supports as said company may deem convent
ent for the support or maintenance of such
overhead system. Provided. however. that
all the rights granted by this ordinance shall be
under and subject to the provisions
ellis of the city of PiItsGurg entitled "a general
ordinance relating to the entry upon. over or
under. or the use or occupation of any street,
lane or alley. or any part thereof. for any pur-
pose by passenger or street railway companies,
or by companies operating passenger or street
railways, and providing reasonable regulations
and safety" approved the 18th day of Febru-
airy, A. d. 1890
Section 3-Whereas, the Councils of the city
of Pittsburg have heretofore granted unto the
Transverse Passenger Railway Company the
right to construct, maintain and operate its
railway with single or double lines of track
from the intersection of Smithfield street and
Sixth avenue; thence along Sixth avenue to
Liberty avenue; thence across and along Lib
erty avenue to Seventh street, and thence along
Seventh street to the southern end of the North
Side bridge;
And, whereas, the rights of the Transverse
Passenger Railway along the aforementioned
portion of its route have been transferred to
and have become vested in the Allegheny Trac-
tion Company;
And, whereas the Federal Street and Pleas
Passenger Railway (OmnanV N
pursuance of contract by it made on June Z,
1888, in relation to the use of that portion Of
the route of the Transverse Railway Company
before mentioned have since that date been
using said portion of said route;
Now it is provided that the rights and privi-
leges granted by this ordinance in so far as
they relate to the entry upon, use or occupation
of said streets and highways included within
the route of the Transverse Passenger Railway
as aforesaid are only granted subject to the
provisions of said contract.
Section 4-The Federal Street and Pleasant
Valley Passenger Railway Company shall have
the right anc consent is hereby given to said
company to lease its property and franchises
or either to any incorporated traction or motor
power company which may desire to operate
the railway of said company.
Section 5-The said Federal Street and Pleas
ant Valley Passenger Railway Company shall
proyai of this ordinapee pave with block Stone
the space between the tracks and one foot out
side thereof along such portion Of its route as
is not now paved.
Section 6-That any ordinance or part of Or
dinance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be, and the same is hereby repealed,
SO far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into n law IN Councils
this 3lst day of March, A. u. 1890.
H. P. FORD. President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD. Clerk of Select
Council. GEO. l. HOLIDAY, President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayors Office, April 5, 1890. Approved: |
VIM. MCCALLIN, Mayor. Attest: W. H. Nc |
CLEARY, Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. Z, page 3S3,
10th day of April. A. D. 1890.