Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-18
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A N ORDINANCE-GRANT TO THE
"A Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester
Traction Company the right to enter upon,
occupy and use certain streets, lanes, alleys
and highways, and to lease the property and
franchises OF certain passenger and street rail.
way companies. or either, and to construct and
operate or either by means of electricity or 9TH
erwlse, passenger or street railways, or either.
Section 1-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, Allegheny and Manchester Traction
Company shall have the right, and is hereby
authorized, to enter upon any and all streets.
lanes, alleys or highways or parts thereof upon
which any or all of the following named
passenger or street railway companies,
to-wit: The Pittsburg. Allegheny and
manchester Passenger Railway Company
and the Pittsburg Union Passenger
constructed upon. procuring the consent of
SAID passenger or street railway companies re-
spect1vely and make, construct, maintain and
operate thereon such motors. cables, electrical
or other appliances and necessary or conve-
nlent apparatus and mechanical fixtures by
means of AN overhead electric system or other
wise, as said Traction Company may at any
time or times select, and as will provide for the
traction of cars over the railways of said COM
panles or any Of them, and if said Traction
Company shall determine to use electricity as a
motive power, to place, erect, maintain and use
IN on and along such Streets lanes, alleys or
highways or parts thereof, on or over which the
railways of the said passenger or street railway
companies, or any OF them now are or here
after may be constructed, such poles, posts,
supports or other devices as the said Traction
Company may from time to time select for
the support or maintenance OF any overhead or
other system, and If said Traction Com
pabhiy csbis shall at. at any time determine to use
other means orsystem for the supply or appli-
cation of power, it shall have the right to con-
struGt, maintain, operate and use, in, on, under
highways, OF parts thereof such conduits or
sub-ways, and such cables or other devices as
1t 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 and along such streets, lanes, alleys or
highways as 1t may traverse or occupy in order
to connect with the power house or houses of
said company.
Section 2-The said Traction Company shall
nave the right. and consent is hereby given to
sald company to lease the property rights and
franchises Of any and all of the aforementioned
passenger and street railway companies which
the said Traction Company may desire to oper-
ate and the said Traction Company shall have
the right and is hereby authorized to construct
and maintain and operate, or either. the rail-
way of each and every of the said companies
from which It shall secure lease or enter into
contract with for the supply of motive power.
hereby given or granted are under and subject
to the terms and provisions of general ordi-
nance OF Councils OF the city of Pittsburg. en-
titled "A general ordinance, relating to the en-
try upon. over or under, or the use or occupa-
ton OF any street. lane or alley, or any part
thereof, for any purpose BY passenger or street
railway companies or by companies operating
sonable regulations pertaining thereto for the
public convenience and safety" approved the
18th day of February. A. D. 1890, and the rights
and privileges by this ordinance given or
granted shall cease or determine only upon
the expiration of the charters of the said pas
senger and street railway companies respec-
lively.
Section 4-The said traction company. in
OF the privileges hereby granted,
shall, within 80 days after the passage and ap-
proval of this ordinance, by a writing executed
under its corporate SEAL duly attested by the
in the office of the City Controller, bind itself
that there shall be expended in good faith
within two years from date of the passage and
approval of this ordinance not less thantwelye
five hundred dollars (S12 500) per mile
in paving with block stone in manner as pro-
vided In the aforesaid general ordinance. each
and every mile of single track of any of the
street railway companies enumerated in sec
tion one of this ordinance, and which shall be
operated by or upon which motive power shall
be supplied by the said traction company, and
which is not now paved.
Section 5-That any ordinance or part of Or
dinance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed
80 far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils
his 31st day of March, A. d. 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
MCCLEARY, Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. T. page
S7, 11th day of April. A. D. 1890.