Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-10
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A N ORDINANCE-GRANT TO THE
N Duquesne Traction Company the right to
enter upon, occupy and use certain streets,
lanes, alleys and highways, and to lease the
and street railway companies, or either. and
to construct and operate, or either by means
of electricity or otherwise, passenger street
railways, or either.
Section BE it ordained and enacted BY the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun-
ellis assembled, and 1t is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same, That the
Duqesne Traction Company shall have the
right. and is hereby authorized to enter upon
any and all Streets lanes, alleys and highways,
or parts thereof upon which any or all of
the following named passenger or street rail-
way companies, to wit: The Market Street
Railway Company, the Boyd Street Railway
Company, the Peoples Street Railway Com
pany, the Duquesne Street Railway Com
the Highland Street Railway Company,
the Larimer Street Railway Company. the
Howe Street Railway Company. the Wilkins
burg Street Railway Company, the East End
Street Railway Company and the Williamsburg
and East Liberty Street Railway Company now
are, or may be hereafter constructed upon pro-
curing the consent of said passenger or street
railway companies respectively, and make, con-
struct, maintain and operate thereon such mo-
tors, cables. electrical or other appliances and
necessary or convenient apparatus and mechan-
ical fixtures by means of an overhead electric
system, or otherwise, as said traction company
may at any time or times select and as will
provide for the traction of cars over the rail-
ways of said companies or any of them, and IL
said traction company Shall determine to use
electricity as n 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 CON-
panies or any of them now are. or hereafter
may be constructed, such poles. posts. supports
or other devices as the said traction company
may from time to time select for the support
inf of fhar
TEN, 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 right to construct maintain, operate and
use in, on, under or along the said streets,
lanes, alleys and highways or parts thereof
such conduits or subways. and such cables or
other devices as 1t may select for the applica-
tion 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 as it may traverse or
occupy in order to connect with the power
house or houses of said company.
Section THE said Duquesne Traction Com
pany shall have the right ana 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 traction company
may desire to operate, and the said Duquesne
hereby authorized to construct, maintain and
operate, or either the railway of each and every
OF the said companies from which it shall Sc
cure p lease or enter into contract with for
the supply of motive power
Section 3.-If the said Duquesne Traction
Company shall hereafter at any time contract
with any other passenger or street railway COM
pany or companies or other transportation COM
pany to furnish or supply power for the traction
operation of cars over the railways of any of
the said companies which shall be constructed
with the consent of Councils of this city, the
consent of the city is hereby given to such
future contract contracts; and the said
Duquesne Traction Company in order to en-
able it to economically and conveniently carry
out such contract or contracts as it may here
after make. IS hereby given in. on, under, over
and along the streets, lanes, alleys or high ways
of this city included within the routes of any
and all of such companies and the branches and
extensions thereof. and which shall be con-
structed as aforesaid, all the privileges and
powers given to it in the first section of this
ordinance on the streets lanes, alleys and high
ways therein referred to.
sSeetion All the rights and privilege
hereby given or granted are under and sub
iect to the terms and provisions of a general
ordinance, entitled "a general ordinance
relating to the entry upon, over or under, or
the use or occupation of any street, lane or
alley any part thereof. tor any purpose by
passenger street railway companies, or by
companies operating passenger or street rail-
ways and providing reasonable regulations per-
tanning thereto for the public convenience and
safety Approved the 25th day of February,
A D. 1890 and the rights and privileges by this
ordinance given or granted shall cease and de-
termine only upon the expiration of the char
teTs of the said passenger and street railway
companies respectively.
Section 5-Tbe said Duquesne Traction
Company, in consideration of the rights and
privileges hereby granted. shall. within 30
days after the passage and approval of this
ordinance, by a writing executed under
its corporate SEAL duly attested by the
proper officers of said company and to be
filed in the Office of the City Controller
bind itself that there shall be expended
in good faith within two years from the
date of the passage and approval of this or
dinance not less than twelve thousand five
hundred dollars (sl2, 5O0) per mile i'll 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 railway
companies enumerated in Section l of this or
duance which shall be operated or upon which
motive power shall be supplied by the said Du-
quesne Traction Company.
Section 6-That any ordnance part of
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 a law in Councils
this 9th day of February. A. D. 1890
H. p. FORD, President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD. Clerk of Select
Council. G. L. HOLIDAY. President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayors Office, February Is. 1890. Approved:
WM. MCCALLIN, Mayor. Attest: W. H.
Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. T. page I'll,