Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
ORDINANCES

lon and Improvement OF subways. tunnels
railways. elevated railways and other transit
FOR the payment Of Interest and sinking FUND
rharses .acoruinG and which may acc accrue os
and until the expTation Of one gnr
Ssar JS,r aet The completion 81 tne haye T been in
rurredl. to the following items:
Item gi0 noan). Toward the
ment OF n subway railway In
Broad street from League
island to oluey avenue. with
four-track capacity between
McFerran and Spruce streets.
with the necessary branch
lines northeast and north
twenty-four million two hun
dred nlnety-two dollars and an, so, ma
Item "e 2ii ffn!i doanj. Toward the ~ ~ '' ~
ment Of an elevated railway
from Front and Arch streets
TO Rhawn street. via Front
street. Kensington avenue to
one hundred thirtV.six i. 'tbeu.
three dollars and ninety-one ,,o ,s, n,
Item 3l2 Qoanj' Toward the
ment Of a doubie-track sur
face passenger railway. be
ford avenue and oxford ave-
nue.; thence along Oxford
avenue. Castor road. Bustle-
thence from the intersection
Of Bustleton avenue and
Verree road through private
extension Of Verree road to
road and ,Worthlnaton road:
thence along Worthington
road and Southampton road
to the Byberry and Ben
sary curves. switches grad
ing and widening OF roads;
construction. of bridges and
ertv in connection therewith.
nine hundred forty-three
teen n' dollars s ' and eighty J
Item 1e a1s seGIs uoan, Toward the ''''0'''''
ment Of an elevated railway,
9ssinnnS fie;h anS aarGet &. GF nsae staeets H5 or
at or near Thirtlefh and
Chestnut streets. and ex-
tending thence to Darby.
four million two hundred
thousand dollars ........... 1900. 900 W
Item PA Qoan). Toward the
construction and improve
extending beneath the Park
wgG,o way from point of con, con,
Street Subway at T or % near
mount Park @ near the the Green
street entrance, and an ele-
waited railway connecting
north 20 over Twenty-ninth
nue. or street, together with
borough, which extension
may be In whole IN part
way. seven million Ave hun ..
dred thousand dollars: -. 1000 900. o.
construction and improve
ment of subway railway
street and Locust street
forming a delivery loop and
connecting with the Broad
Street subway at or near
Arch street. and at or near
Locust street six million
thousand Ave hundred eleven
dollars and ninety-two cents 6,l97,5l1 0
Item 2le Qoan). Toward the
eonstruetlon and Improve.
Councils should hereafter
! determine that the same
| should be erected. as a con-
nection between the elevated
! railways leading to Frank
| ford and 70 Darby, such sub
| Chestnut street. five million
Item ~ tioanj, Toward i9s
! In connection with the con
OF the sforegong subway
other transit facilities, one
million nine hundred twenty
ty-hve dollars and twenty
one cents ...,...... l,J2O bD0 :
Provided, That any surplus or balance r,
naming in any. Of the aforegoing item
after the completion Of the work there
tion OF the work in any of the other Item
! whereunder there has not been sufficier
money provided to complete that particuls
work.
Section 9. Insofar as the same is incol
! sistent with this ordinance, the ordlnan,
approved July 90 1915. entitled IAN Ord
nance to make an appropriation to the d
| partment of City Transit out Of the sixt
seven million, one hundred thousand (67
10O.0 .00O) dollar loan, authorized by ordi7ant
approved June 20, 1916, to be used towaI
the construction and improvement of sui
ways, tunnels, railways; elevated railwa,
ment of Interest and sinking fund charges,
! Is hereby repealed.
| Approved the 3Oth day OF Decembe
A. d. 1919.
| THOMAS r. SMITH.
CNo. 1920 Mayor of Philadelphia