Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30
N0,THANK YOU, MA'AM
Common Council Does Not Jump With
Eagerness at Mrs. Schenley's
OFFER OF A NEW PARK ENTRANCE.
The Ordinance Covering PawnbrOkers is
Passed Finally.
RIGRTs OF WAY FOR ELECTRIC ROADS

Councils met yesterday afternoon, and the
lower branch acted as if they were not par
ticularly in love with Mrs Schenley's offer
Of 10 acres of land for park entrance for
$4,000. MI. Bigham, from the COMMITTEES
on Parks, presented the ordinance, but
raised the point that the articles of agree
ment with Mrs. Schenley should be printed
with the ordinance, and on that account
thought that the matter should be laid
over.
Mr.. MacGonigle wanted to indefinitely
postpone. He thought that enough money
had been spent on parks until the streets in
the East End were fit to travel over. Chill
dren and women were dying from diseases
springing from the poor streets.
Mr.. Finn agreed with Mr.. MacGonigle.
The park was luxury, and there were yet
many necessities to be procured. He, as a
member from the Southside, could not vote
to buy park entrance he would never use
while workmen in his ward were compelled
to carry lanterns when going to their work
at night. -
Mr.. w. A. Magee spoke, of the rates of
the land offered. 1t made no difference to
the gentlemen who had spoken; they could
get on railroad and 60 where they pleased;
the poor nan couldn't. But he could go to
this park for cents 1t would be mistake
to refuse this option, and it would be re-
gretted In years to come.
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
The motion to indefinitely postpone con-
sideration of the ordinance was carried by a
vote of 10 ayes to IA noes. a-.
Controller Morrow, in speaking of the
matter, said that the motion to indefinitely
postpone, if it was not reconsidered at the
next meeting of Councils. would result in de-
ferring any further action untilthe new Coun-
ell organized next April.
After the Schenley Park ordinance was de-
feated Mr.. Magee made several motions to
adjourn, but failed to secure majority and
Common Council kept on doing business.
The pawnbrokers' ordinance was taken up
and. although it was vigorously opposed by Mr..
MCGEE, it was passed by vote of 81 to 2
Messrs. MCGEE and Shannon voting in the neg
ative.
Mr.. Robertson, Chairman of the Committee
the following ordinances, which were passed
under suspension of The rules and concurred
in by Common Council: Granting rights of way
to the Duquesne Electric Railroad along Ellis
and Highland avenues; granting rights of way
to the Larimer Avenue Railroad with the priv
Ilege of selling or leasing its franchise along
Union to Broad. to Frankstown, to Lincoln, to
Mayflower street. provided the Citizens Trac-
tion Company agrees to the use of Broad street
Dy THIS company: granting right of way TO the
Howe Street Railroad, with leave to sell or
lease its franchise, along Howe to Emerson, to
Arabella to Denniston. to Walnut to College;
granting rights ofway to the Union Line Street
Railroad Company, a feeder of the Birmingham
inn rvf11 11n On Va
len, to Second. to Asteroid, to Washington to
Brownsville, to Carson.
The ordinance granting Rea & Co. the right
to lay switch track on Try street, from First
to Second avenues. which has been under con-
sideratlon in the Select branch for nearly two
years, wa s passed by bare majority of one.
REIMBURsING THE CHIEF.
Mr. Heating offered joint resolution auth
orizing the Controller to issue warrant of
Sl32S 25 in favor of E. M. Bigelow to reimburse
him for expense incurred by his trip to London
for the purpose of receiving Mrs. Scheniey's
offer of land for the park entrance and the
Carnegie Library Site. The resolution explains
that Mr.. Bigelow invited Messrs James B.
Scott and T. b. Carnahan, Esq. to accompany
and assist him, and their expenses are included
in the amount asked for The resolution was
referred to the Finance Committee.
The following ordinances were passed finally
in Select Council: Authorizing the Chief of the
Public Safety Department to purchase prop-
erty in the Twenty-frst ward for garbage fur
mace purposes: authorizing the construction of
sewers on Woolslayer alley and Mour street;
Aurelia street, from Landwehr street to Den
niston avenue; Lexington avenue, from Penn
avenue to Reynolds street; Plum allev, from
Forty-eighth to Fiftieth streets; Euclid street,
from Jackson to Margaretta streets; Wright's
alley, from South Twenty-fourth to South
Twenty-fifth streets; Shakespeare street and
Benefits alley; grading, paving and eurbing
Atlantic avenue, from Penn avenue to Liberty
street: Iorley street, from Friendship avenue to
Pearl street; grading Rose street, from Devil
liers to Addison streets; relocating Thirty-third
street, from Penn avenue to Liberty street;
vacating portion of an alley in the Twenty-frst
ward; opening Lexington avenue from Penn
avenue to Reynolds street; Window street
from Brownsville avenue to the Twenty-sev-
enth ward line; Kent alley from Fifty-second
to McCandless streets; Fifty-rourth street from
Keystone to Celandine streets; Duncan street
from Station avenue to Fifty-second street;
Spring alley from Thlrty-second to Thirty
third streets; Wick street from Colwell to
Reed streets; Wright's alley from South
Twentieth to South Twenty-firs streets; Syl-
van avenue from point $50 feet east of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to a point 400
feet eastward; Cabinet alley from Thirty
eighth to Thirty-ninth streets.
In Common Council an ordinance was pre-
sented granting the Oakland Square Electric
Light Company the right of lighting in the
territory bounded by Fifth avenue, Craft
street, Halket street, Frazier street. Sylvan
avenue, street intersecting Sylvan avenue
avf11 1Sfra