Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

with the expectation that practicable and
cheap system for storage battery power on
street cars will soon be perfected. Then
such batteries will be used, the overhead
wire will be taken down, and the great ex-
pense for open conduits for street railway
lines will be avoided.
READY TO OBEY THE LAW.
The ordinance for the Duquesne Electric
Light and Power Company says that the
company will hold itself ready to comply
with any regulation which may be made BY
CITY Councils compelling the placing of all
electric wires underground.
The new company, Mr.. Magee said, in
tended to furnish electric power for the run
ming OF the machinery, as well as for the
making of light. He thinks that the motive
feature in electric business is likely to be-
come highly important in very short time.
The motor or power house Will be q big al.
fair, but he was not able to say where it will
be. He thought i! likely that there would
be more than one. MIR. Magee said he did
not know when the ordinance was intro
duced. It had been kept very quiet, but
undoubtedly was marked up for passage.
Andrew C. Robertson, Chairman of the
Committee on Corporations, was asked what
he knew about the new concern. He said:
81 did not knowsthat such an ordinance had
been introduced in Councils until l saw it
among other measures before our committee
to-day. 1t made my eyes stand out when 1
did see it. L don't know when 1t was pre-
sented in Council. It must have been at
the last meeting, for it was not on our COM
mittee table before that l have no doubt
it will pass. l know nothing about the In
tentions of the company except what are
shown in the ordinance itself" Mr.. Robert
son indicated some of the conditions OF the
ordinance, but nothing in addition to what
was given by Mr.. Magee.
The rumors of approaching electric COM
petition on a big scale, which have been
floating about for a month past, now GER
tainly seem to be verified by the bringing
of these ordinances into Councils. They
may be taken up at special meeting.
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS.
Besides approving these two ordinances,
the committee also acted on numerous street
railway ordinances introduced at the last
meeting of Councils. The ordinances grant
ing the Arlington Avenue Street Railway
Company, the Bradford and Ninth Street
Railway Company, the Jane Street Railway
Company and McKain Street Railway Com
pany rights over certain streets and alleys
of the Southside, were afirmatively recon-
mended. The ordinance for the Southside
bridge, from the foot of Ross street to the
foot of South First street, was also affirm
atively returned to Councils. An ordinance
granting the Greenfield Avenue Railway
Company the right of way on Greenfield
avenue, between Second avenue and Lytle
avenue, was afirmstively returned to
Councils.
The ordinances granting the Knoxville
Street Railway Company, the Schenley
Park and Postoffice Railway Company and
the Pittsburg and Mt. Lebanon Railway
Company rights to use certain streets were
referred to special committee of five. The
Hill Top Railway ordinance was taken up,
but as the ordinance merely bore its title
and did not specify where the line was to
run, action on it was postponed.