Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07
OFFICIAL-PITTSBURG.
mo. 342. I

mo. 1927
A N ORDINANCE-GRANT TO THE
IA Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction Com
pany the right to enter upon occupy and use
certain streets, lanes and highways, and to lease
the property and franchises of certain passen-
ger and street railway companies, or either, and
to construct and operate, or either, by means OF
electricity, or otherwise, passenger and street
railways, 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 Pittsburg and birmingham Traction Com
pany shall have the right, and is hereby author
lied to enter upon any and all streets, lanes,
alleys or highways, or parts thereof within the
said city of Pittsburg upon which any or all Of
the following named passenger or street railway
companies to wit: Pittsburg and Birming-
ham Passenger Railroad Company, the
southside Passenger Railroad Com
Pany and the Pittsburg and Orms-
by Passenger Railroad Company now are or
may hereafter be constructed upon procuring
the consent of said passenger or street railway
companies respectively and make construct
maintain and operate thereon such motors.
cables, electrical or other appliances and neces-
sary or convenient apparatus and mechanical
fixtures by means of an overhead electric sys-
TEN or otherwise, as said traction company
provide for the traction of cars over the rail-
ways of said companies. or any of them and
II said traction company shall determine to use
electricity as a motive power, to place. erect,
lanes, alleys or highways or parts lhereof, on
or over which the railways of the said passen-
ger or street railway companies or any of them,
now are or hereafter may be constructed such
poles posts, supports or other devices as said
traction company may from time to time select
for the support or maintenance of any over
head or other system, and If said traction
company shall at any time determine to use
cable or other kind of power or any other means
or system for the supply or application of
power, it shall have the light to construct
maintain, operate or use in or under or along
SAID Streets lanes, alleys and highways or parts
thereof. such conduits or subways and such
cables or other devices as it may select for the
application or supply of power; and it shall at
any time or times have the right to change its
kind of power or system for the application or
supply OF power; and the said traction company
shall also have all the rights and privileges
herein given In. on. under, over or along such
Streets lanes, alleys or highways az 1t may ira
verse or occupy in order to connect with the
power house or houses of said company
Section 2-The said Pittsburg and Birming-
ham Traction Company shall have the right,
and consent is hereby given to said company, to
lease the property, rights and franchises of
any and all of the aforementioned passenger or
street railway companies which the said trac-
tion company may desire to operate and the
said Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction Com
pany shall have the right and is hereby au-
thorized to construct. maintain and operate, or
either, the railway of each and every of the
said companies, from which it shall secure a
lease or enter into contract with for the supply
of motive power.
Section S-If the said Pittsburg and Birminp.
ham Traction Company shall hereafter at any
time contract with any other passenger or
street railway company or companies or other
transportation company to furnish or supply
power for the traction or operation of cars over
the railways OF any of the said companies which
shall be constructed with the consent of Coun-
ellis of this city, the consent of the city is here
by given to such future contract or contracts
and the said Pittsburg and Birmingham Trac-
in fn anal n %
m1cally and conveniently carry out such con-
tract or contracts as it may hereafter make, IS
hereby given In, on, under, over and along the
streets, lanes alleys or highways Of this city
included within the routes of any and all of
such companies and the branches and extern
sions thereof, and which shall be constructed
as aforesaid, all the privileges and powers given
to it in the first section or this ordinance on the
streets, lanes, alleys and highways therein re-
ferred to-
Section 4-All the rights and privileges here
by given or granted are under and subject to
tie terms and provisions of a general ordi-
Ia ce, 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 part, tnefeoi ior any purpose by passenger or
Grating passenger or street railways and pro-
viding reasonable regulations pertaining there
to for the public convenience and safety" ap-
proved the 25th day of February. A. d. 1890,
and the rights and privileges by this ordinance
given or granted shall cease and determine
only upon the expiration of the charters of the
said passenger and street railway companies re-
spectively.
Section 5-The said Pittsburg and Birming-
ham Traction Company in consideration of the |
rights and privileges hereby granted, shall,
within 3O days after the passage and approval
of this ordinance, by writing executed under
its corporate seal, duly attested by the proper
officers of said company. and to be filed in the
office of City Controller, bind itself that there
shall be expended in good faith, when its
tracks are relaid and within two years from
the date of the passage and approval of this |
not less than twelve thousand five |
hundred dollars tsl2, ,5OO) per mile in paving |
with block stone in manner as provided in the |
aforesaid general ordinance, each and every |
mile OF single track of any of the street rail- !
way companies enumerated in section l of this |
ordinance which shall be operated, or upon |
which motive power shall be supplied by the said |
and Birmingham Traction Company, |
tracks as are now paved with block stone
Section 6-The Chief of the Department of |
P ublic Works shall have the right to employ |
and place suitable persons to supervise the |
work of construction of said railroad author |
lied Ey this ordinance at the cost and expense |
Of said company and in no event shall the city |
Of Pittsburg be held liable for any damage to
person or property that may occur in any man.
ner or under any circumstances during the |
progress of the work thereon.
Section THAT any ordinance or part Of ordi-
nance 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 a law in Councils
this 2ist day of March. A. D, 1890.
H. P. FORD, President of Select Council |
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD, Clerk of Select
Council. w. A. MAGEE. President of Com
non Council pro. tenn. Attest: GEO. BOOTH, |
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayors office. March "a, 1890. Approved:
VIM. MCCALLIN. Mayor Attest: W. H.
Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book. vol. Z, page
'55 3lst day of March, A. ID. 1880.