Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
mo. 342.

mo 3421
N ORDINANCE-GRANT TO THE
n Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction Com
pany the right to enter upon, occupy and use
certain streets, lanes and highways. and tolease
the property and franchises of certain Dassen-
ger and street railway companies. or either, and
to construct and operate, or either, by means OF
electricity, or otherwise, passenger and street
railways, or either.
Section 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 and Birmingham Traction Com
pany shall have the right, and is hereby author
lied to enter upon any and all streets lanes,
alleys or highways, or parts thereof within the
said city of Pittsburg upon which any or all OF
the following named passenger or street railway
companies, to wit: Pittsburg and Birming-
ham Passenger Railroad Company, the
southside Passenger Railroad Com
by Passenger Railroad Company now are or
may hereafter be constructed upon procuring
the consent of said passenger or street railway
companies respectively and make, construct,
maintain and operate thereon such motors
cables electrical or other appliances and neces-
sary convenient apparatus and mechanical
fixtures by means of an overhead electric sys-
tenn or otherwise as said traction company
shall 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,
OF over which the railways of the said passen-
ger or street railway companies or any of them,
now are or hereafter may be constructed such
poles, posts, supports OF other devices as said
traction company may from time to time select
for the support maintenance of any over
head or other system, 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 light to construct,
maintain. operate OF use in or under or along
said streets, lanes, alleys and highways, parts
thereof, such conduits or subways and such
cables or other devices as it may select for the
application or supply of power; and it shall at
any time times have the right to change It's
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 a. 1t may ira.
verse or occupy in order to connect with the
power house or houses of said company.
Section 2-The said Pittsburg and Birming-
ham Traction Company shall have the right,
and consent is hereby given TO said company, TO
lease the proDerty rights and franchises of
any and all of the aforementioned passenger or
street railway companies which the said trac-
tion company may desire to operate, and the
pany shall have the right and Is hereby au-
thorized to construct. maintain and operate, or
either, the railway of each and every OF the
said companies from which it shall secure
lease or enter into contract with for the supply
Section S-If the said Pittsburg and Birming-
ham Traction Company shall hereafter at any
time contract with any other passenger or
street railway company or companies or other
transportation company 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 Conn.
cils of this city, the consent of the city Is here
by given to such future contract or contracts,
and the said Pittsburg and Birmingham Trac-
ton Company, in order to enable it to econo-
mically and conveniently carry out such con-
tract or contracts as it may hereafter 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 extern
sions thereof. and which shall be constructed