Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-19
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Select Council Passes Some Ordinances
Which Are Ready for Indorsemcnt by
Common Council on Friday-No Time
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Select Council Passes Some Ordinances
Which Are Ready for Indorsemcnt by
Common Council on Friday-No Time
Wasted in the Way of Doing 1t.
A special meeting of Select Council was
called yesterday afternoon for the considera-
ton of new or unfinished business The
Committee on Corporations had met early
in the afternoon and recommended several
street railway ordinances, which were taken
up first in order.
A. c. Robertson, of the Thirty-ffth ward,
presented an ordinance granting to Larimer
and Lincoln Street Railway Company the
right to use certain streets and highways,
and moved that the rules be suspended and
the ordinance be put upon first, second and
third readings and final passage.
Before the motion was adopted Mr. Keat-
ing objected on the ground that the right of
way had already been granted over these
streets.
The ordinance was defeated by vote of
% noes to 2 ayes. Messrs. Doyle and Rob-
ertson voting in the affirmative.
Mr.. Robertson next presented an ordi-
nance granting certain rights to the Els
worth Street Railway Company.
Mr.. Warmcastle moved to take up two
other street railway ordinances in connec-
tion with this one and act upon all at once,
to save time. The call of the roll on the
ordinance resulted in vote of % noes to l
aye. Mr.. Robertson voting afirmatively.
The ordinances granting to the Kegley
Avenue and Roup Street Railway Company
and the Central Transit Railway Company
were then taken up separately and disposed
OF, the vote on the former being % noes to 1
aye, and on the latter 25 noes TO l aye, Mr..
Robertson voting afirmatively each time.
An ordinance granting to the Pittsbure
and Birmingham Traction Company the
right to enter upon and occupy certain
streets, to lease the property and franchises
of certain passenger and street railway
companies and to construct and operate, BY
means of electricity or otherwise, passenger
and street railways, was then taken up and
adopted by vote of "a ayes to / no, Mr..
Braun voting in the negative.
Section 1 of this ordinance provides
that the Pittsburg and Birmingham Trac-
tion Company shall have the right to use
and occupy all streets upon which the Pitts
burg and Birmingham Passenger Railway
Company, the Southside Passenger Railway
Company or the pittsburg and Ormsby
Passenger Railway Company now operate.
They shall have the right to construct and
maintain system of cables or electrical
apparatus, with the necessary conduits or
overhead wires, for motive power, and to
change its system when desired. Section
2 gives the company the right to lease
the property or franchises of the passenger
railway companies mentioned or to
contract with them for supply
of power. The third section
allows the company to contract with
other companies for a supply OF power, and
Section 4 binds the company to the
general ordinance relating to street railways
for the public safety and convenience.
Section binds the company to expend in
good faith, when its tracks are relaid and
within two years from the date of the
passage of the ordinance, not less than
S12, 500 per mile in paving with block stone
each mile of single track of the street rail-
ways mentioned in the ordinance. Section
6 authorizes the Public Works Department
TO employ persons to supervise the work of
OF the railway at the company's
expense, and relieves the city of damages to
persons or property by any accident that
may occur during the progress of the work.
Before adiourning Select Council ap-
proved the contracts made by the Depart
ment of Awards, and adopted resolution
to pay several small sums to city employees
due from last year, but unpaid on account
of the deficiency in city finances.