Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-08
mo. 243.I

N ORD1NANCE-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
property and franchises of certain passenger
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 Pfttsburg, 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-
Pay, way companies to wi wit: & The Market T Street
Company, the Peoples Street Railway Com
pany, the Duquesne Street Railway Com
pany, the Craig 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 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
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
or maintenance of any overhead or other sys-
tenn, ana 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 it may select for the applca-
tion or supply of power, and it shall at any time
or times have the right to change its kind of
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 h-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 deslIe to operate, and the said Duquespe
Traction company shall have the right. and is
hereby authorized to construct, maintain and
operate, either, the railway of each and every
OF the said companies from which it shall Sc
cure 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
or 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 or 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 highways
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
on the streets, lanes alleys and high
ways therein referred to.
Section 4An the rights and privileges
hereby given or granted are under and sub
ordinance, 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. TOR any purpose by
or 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. $780, and the rights and privileges by this
ordinance given or granted shall cease and de-
termine only upon the expiration of the char.
ters of the said passenger and street railway
respectively
Section 5-The said Duquesne Traction
Company, in consideration of the rights and
privileges hereby granted, SHALL within 90 |
lays 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 |
iled in the office of the City Controller
bind itself that there shall be expended |
in good faith within two years from the |
late of the passage and approval OF this or |
finance not less than twelve thousand five |
hundred dollars (Sl2, 5000 per mile in paving |
with block stone in manner as provided IN the |
aforesaid general ordinance each and every |
nile OF single track of any of the street railway
enumerated in Section l of this or |
finance which shall be operated or upon which
motive power shall be supplied by the said Du-
Iuesne Traction Company.
Section 6-That any ordnance or part Of Or
finance conflicting with the provisions of this
10 far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils /
his 9th day of February. A. d. 1890.
II. P. FORD, President of Select Council
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD, Clerk of Select
Jouncil. G. L. HOLIDAY. President of
Common Council. ATTEST: GEO. BOOTH,
,lerk of Common Council.
Mayors Office February 2S. 1890. Approved:
VIM. MCCALL1N, Mayor. Attest: w. H.
dCCLEARY. Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book. vol. Z, page 27I.
tn day of February, A. D. 1890. mh7-32
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