Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-24
ELECTRICITY FOR THE P, A. & M.

| The Motive Power 20 be Changed Before
July, 1S91-Au Ordnance Decided UpOu
Last Evening-AH the Branches of the
P, A. & M. Included.
The subcommittee of the Allegheny
Street Railway Company, consisting of II,
c. Lowe, Arthur Hunter. c. A. Muehlbron-
ner, C. w. Neeb and ex-oficio member j,
h. Lindsay, President of the Select Council,
met last evening, with Mr.. Lindsay in the
chair, to consider the ordinance granting the
Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Street
Railway the privilege of changing its
motive power.
The lobby was full of citizens ofthe North
side, most of whom lived in Woods
Run or vicinity, who were desirous that the
committee and the railway officials should
arrive at some satisfactory conclusion where
by they would secure rapid transit Scat
tered among the members of the committee
were representatives of the railway, promi-
nent among whom were William Finn,
Colonel W. A. Stone, Alex. Neeper, J. H.
Dalzell, President Of the Pittsburg, Allie
gheny and Manchester, George B. Hill and
William Graham. A number of other Coun-
cilmen and persons interested in the Pleas
ant alleY were also present.
Two ordinances were before the committee
for consideration. The first was submitted
by the representatives of the railway, and
included all the suggestions made by ]. R.
Henricks of the Eleventh ward, which
were that the company should extend its
line to the present terminus of the Union
line, and that the Woods Run citizens
should only be charged 3 cents fare; also
that only single track be used on Bidwell
street and Rebecca street, using instead
Allegheny avenue. 1t also gave the CON-
pany the privilege of going up School street
to Robinson, and thence along Robinson to
Federal street.
The other ordinance was prepared by the
the committee, and gave the company the
right to use cable or electric power on all its
branches in Allegheny except on Western
avenue, and specified that only cable line
should be used on that thoroughfare Mr..
Lowe objected to the latter clause, as did
Mr.. Dalzell, who stated that the company
had about decided to build an electric road.
He also stated that the company was willing
to pave between the tracks and foot and a
half on each side with block stone, or what
ever material Councils might suggest.
Mr.. Muehlbronner asked what proportion
of the cost of paving the entire street the
road would stand if the city should make
such a move. Mr.. Finn replied on behalf
of the corporation that to pave between the
tracks and foot and half on each side
would cost the company about $500, 900, and
it would be hardly fair to ask them to as
sumo any more expense.
Herbert Du Puy, a resident of Western
avenue, asked permission to speak, and
stated that nearly every resident of that
thoroughfare was opposed to an electric
road. He said prominent officer of the
road had told him in the hallway that the
company intended to put in a cable road,
and that the people on Western avenue did
not desire to have iron poles placed in front
of their houses. On motion of Mr.. Neeb the
restrictions in regard to the use of a
cable line were stricken out. Sew
eraI amendments were inserted compell-
ing the company to replace pipes
or sewers which they may displace at their
own expense and under the supervision of
the City Engineer, also that the work of
changing the motive power shall be COM
menced before July 1, 1890, and finished
before July 1, 1891. A clause was also in
serted compelling the P, A. & M. and the
Pleasant Valley to use the same tracks on
Ohio street between Federal street and
Union avenue. The ordinance as amended
will be reported to the general committee.