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

| AN ORDINANCE to set aside additional
funds for the construction of bridge On
an agreement with the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company for the payment of part of
| the cost thereof.
Whereas, BY ordinance approved Septens
ber 5. 1919. the Director of the Department.
of Public Works was authorized and directed
Of a bridge, on lino Of ,Forty-ninth street
over the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington Railroad and the OF sixty thou
aand go, 000) dollars was set aside in Item
1aH Qoano for the cost thereof;
syivsnia Railroad Company then led to
agreement by the corporate manasement OF
the said Coapany to enter ter into @ the C9ntracS tS
bridge and its appurtenant work provided
the fe T5sds 5 OF o Tsros5
And Whereas. The entry OF tho United
States into the war made it impossible to
or at the present time TO construct it for
the originally estimated cost: ,.
travel makes It necessary to proceed with.
out further delay with tho construction OF
ocnbsr nt5s 20. isiG, the Board cf suTveSors was
iilness; lines ard grades OF Forty-nInth street be-
PsSchS yHngS Snd nS the GnGstsr
Raway, RrTSn and tT' of Grs%a Avenue bet%e"s H"s
Forty-ninth street and Fftty.sccond street.
and G"G appuTtsnant %mfsTs Work We OF the additi"nsi
width OF Forty-ninth street between Pas
and and Ss f4ssf of the
} Gray's avenue, between Forty,nnth street
a and Fiftieth street is essential , to the con,
accommodation of the increasing traffic over
: tho same; thercforc,
|. ellis Of the city Of Philadelphia do ordsim
\ That the Director Of the Department of Pub,
y directed to enter into contracts for the
: grading, Improvement and appurtcnant, wort
:, | nue. and the Chester branch OF the PhiladeI
e phia and Reading RAILWAY and OF Gray
! FIfteth street, to their newly opened widths
7 7 rma rspair OF any buildings that may occup,
= wholly or in part the newly opened portion
o u Section f N :. That the sum of twenty thou
:; dollars and thirty-lve 1850 cents be set asd
!, N the spnropr'stcon TO the Sd, DSpar,ment o
:, bridges for the year 1919; Cor the bridge OF
d line of Forty.ninth street I oyer oyer the Philadei
,c including grading Improvement and appurte
y nant work. on the approaches to said brldg
10 nue. and the Chester branch Of the Philadel
m phia and Reading Railway. and in Gray
!. Fiftieth street; Provided. That in the even 'si
IL OF the said bridge and appurtensnt wor
II and in the ordinance approved September a
iSl6 for its sDt oGs'rPSGH nf Pbn o hg Director
r authorized. at his discretion, to use tS
balance or any portion thereof for the com
pletion of any OF the bridges now authorize
- Section g. That the Director OF the Dc
f. partment OF Public Works be, snd is hereb
n. authorized and directed to advertise for mr.
" posals and to award contracts as pTovide
A. in existing ordinances and laws for the cor
y strurtIon OF the said bridge and sDpurten n y
o. work In accordance with plans and specific
tions TO be prepared by the Dcpa rtinent :
he | Public Works bureau Of Surveys) and
ig also authorized 10 appoint assistants an
* inspectors as may be requisite and 10 pa
@, | iii expenses for salaries, soundinys insps,
10 lions tests, transportation and incidepts
M expenses not otherwise provided for out :
nd the appropriation for the cost Of said bridge
r. INA is authorized to negotiate and tpIs
INTO an agreement with the PennsyIvs nj
nd Raiiroad Company by which the snid Cor
I'd many shall bear an equitable proportion :
ri me cost OF the said bridge and itJ appurt.
by nant work; and is authorized TO Join in 20,
i'd trant with any persons or corporations /
ch ne eonstructiou OF the said bridge ~
ne aamsnurfrrant Work for Witch said pe rson Y I
nd eorporaiions shall contribute portien Of Ii
~ cost ~