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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, IQIS.
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M ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORD
Mm sntl'.lert, "An ordinance to author!
ORDI-
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tm PMHwiMittt rtatimait (?nmrany to con
struct snf maintain it new bridge over Main
street and Green Ian. Mit of. and In lieu
and substitution for, the present bridge over
Mam street, In We Twenty-first Ward, ap
proved IJwember 24, 1P1.''
ne-.tto 1 The Select and Common Councils
Sot the City ot Philadelphia do ordatn. That th
lint rovlo of Section 1 of an ordinance ap
freveo Dmtr SI, 1M4, entitled "An ordl-
to authorize th Pennsylvania nallroad
Company to construct and maintain a. new
IrrMaje aver Main street and Oreen lane, east
I, and In lieu and substitution for the present
rfdita over Main street. In th Twenty-first
r"rd." which reeds aa follows) Provided, That
too ald nan brldfe shall have a clear head
Teem ot not les than thlrtr (SO) feet above
the physical trade of Main street and a clear
headroom of not leaa than thlrtr (80) fee
above the physical trade ot Green lane, and
that the superstructure of the present bridge
over Main street ahall be removed when the
iww bridge la completed and put In service,
ami thai tho plana of the new bridge shell be
approved by the Director of the Department of
lmblto Woika before any work la done under
authority of thla ordinance, be and the earne
la hereby amended an aa to read aa follow
"rovlded, That the aald new brldre ahall span
Main atreet and Oreen lane with concrete
arches, affording a clear headroom ot not leu
than sixteen (10) feet above the phyilcal (trad
of Main atreet at .the curb lines, and a clear
headroom ot not less than fourteen (14) feet
above the phyilcal trade of Green lane at the
curb line, and that the auperatructura ot the
present brldite above Main atreet ahall be re
moved whan the new brldre ! completed and
rut In service, and that the plana ot the new
rldice shall be approved by the Director of the
Department ot Publlo Work before any work
la dona under authority ot thla ordinance.
'Approved this 2Tth day ot iter. A. D. 101B.
... hudoumi nuANtoi.Ni.jiMx
No. BTO. Mayor ot Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCB TO AUTHORIZE TUB
opening of Twenty-sixth atreet, from Thomp-
m to Maater atreet.
motion 1. The Select and Oommon Council!
C the City ot Philadelphia do ordain. That the
Department ot 'Publlo VV'arka be authorised and
directed to notify the owners ot property over
assd through which Twenty-sixth atreet, from
Thompson to Maater atreet, will pass that at
the expiration ot three months from the data
of aald notice aald atreet will be required for
yobbo use.
Section 2. The Mayor of the City la hereby
authorised and directed to enter security, on
behalf ot ttoo city of Philadelphia, for the
payment of any damages which may be aa
sesssd by reaaon of the opening ot said rtreett
upon Use filing of aald bond, and at the ex
plratlon of the. aald three months, the Direc
tor ot the Department ot Publlo Works shall
forthwith proceed to open aald street.
Approved the 10th day of June,A. D. 1915.
rudoLfiI biaAntcknburg,
wo. 080. Mayor of Philadelphia,
AN ORSXNAJN029 TO AUTHORIZE Tint
opening of Church lane, to Ita full width,
from Limekiln pike to Twentieth street.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain: That the
Department ot publlo Worka be authorlied
and directed to notify the owner of property
over and through which Church lane, to Its
full width, from limekiln pike to Twentieth
atreet. will paea. that at the expiration of
three months from the date ot said notice aald
atreet will be required for publlo use.
Section 2. The Mayor of the City Is hereby
authorised and directed to enter security, on
Ibehalf ot the City of (Philadelphia, for the pay
ment of any damages which, may be assoeaed
by reason of the openlnr of said street; upon
the filing ot said bond, and at the expiration qf
the aald three months, the Director ot the De
partment of Publlo Works ahall forthwith pro
ceed to open said street.
Approved the 10th day of June. A. D. ISIS.
RUDOLPH BINKENBURO,
Ma. 603. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ' OHDrNANCE TO AUTHORIZE TUB
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
to lay and maintain a railroad siding or track
op Noble street, wast of Twelfth street. In
the Fourteenth ward.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia, do ordain. That the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company be.
and la hereby authorised to lay and maintain a
railroad track or siding from a point of con
nection with their northernmost track on Noble
street, about two hundred and sixty (200) feet
west of Twelfth atreet and running west for a
distance of about one hundred and twenty (ISO)
feet in front of, and parallel to, the property
of the Rebman Real Estate Company, on the
north side of Noble street as shown on plan on
Hie In the (Bureau of Surveys) Department of
Publlo Works: Provided, That the work herein
authorised shall be done under the supervision
and direction of the Department of Publlo
Works (Board of Highway Supervisors) and
that said siding shall be removed upon the
passage of an ordinance to that effect, without
any expense to the City of Philadelphia and
without any recourse for damages against said
City, either property, personal or otherwise,
and that the sum of fifty (SO) dollars shall
first be paid Into tho City Treasury for the
publication of this ordinance.
Approved this 3d day of June. A. D. 1015.
.. RUDOLP1I B'ANKENBURO.
No. 871. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO REVISE TUB LINES
and grades of that portion of tho City plan
bounded by South street, Delaware river,
rejron avenue and Schuylkill river.
Section o. The Select and Common Councils
of the City ot Philadelphia do ordain: That
the Department ot Publlo Works (Board of
Surveyors) be authorised to resurvey and re
vise the lines and grades ot that portion of the
City plan bounded by South atreet. Delaware
liver, Oregon avenue and Schuylkill river, and
to make new plana thereof.
Approved the 27th day of May, A. D. 191B.
J1UUUU-II IfUAAKCNlIUKB,
No. 873.
Mayor of Philadelphia
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE CURTAIN
transfers in the annual appropriations to the
various bureaus In the Departments of Publlo
Safety, Publlo "Works, Wharves. Docks and
Ferries, Health and Charities, Supplies,
Clerks of Quarter Sessions, City Commission
ers. Sheriff. City Treasurer, and Clerks of
Councils, for the year 101 B.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain: That the
City Controller e authorlred to make the fol
lowing transfers In the annual appropriations
to the various Departments, for the year 1015:
"Department of Publlo Health and Charities,
Dlrector'B Office: From Item S, for the support
eg children committed by the Juvenile Court,
eta. fifty thousand (GO.000) dollars. Bureau of
Charities: From Item 80 (e), tor care and keep
ot children on City piers during the heated
term-wages and supplies (our hundred (400)
dollars. Department ot Wharves. Docks and
Ferries: From Item 1 (a), salaries one thou
sand two hundred and forty (1,340) dollars:
from Item 4 (a), salaries, nine hundred (UOO)
dollars: from Item 8 (a), salaries, one thousand
and eighty iLOSO) dollars. Department of Sup
plies (Taxes): From Item 2, stationery, eta.,
one thousand (1,000) dollars. (Lighting): From
Item 11, towel service, etc., one hundred and
fifty (180) dollars. Civil Service Commission:
From Item 8(a), cleaning and toilet supplies,
. twenty-five (28) dollars; from Item 6 (a), furni
ture, three hundred and fifty (860) dollars.
Sheriff: From Item 1 (d). Sheriffs Juries, three
hundred (800) dollars) from Item 2 (h). Sheriff's
posts, etc, one thousand (1,000) dollars. City
Treasurer: From Item 4 0), Interest on new
loans, eighty-eight tbousar.d nine hundred and
tttlrty-elght (83,968) dollars and eighty-four.
(64) cents,"
To the following:
DEPARTMENT CftT PUBLIC BAFETT.
BUREAU OF POLICE.
Km S. To pay salaries of officers and
patrolmen reinstated, by order of Su
preme Court, as follows: Hugh Galla
gher, one thousand four hundred and
thirty-one (1.431) dollars; William T.
(Robertson, seven, hundred and eighteen
fllS) dollars; Jacob J. Marbet, eight
hundred and three (80S) dollars and
seventy (70) oents; James J. McOov
era, four hundred and forty-four (444)
dollars and seventy-fire (75) cents:
Marlon A. Fleming, five hundred and
sixty-four (594) dollars: Theodore
Menke, one thousand six hundred and
thirty-two (1,832) dollars; Eugene But
cher, one thousand seven hundred and
seven a, 707) dollars: Henry T. Oar
nett, two thousand two hundred and
seventy-four (2,274) dollars; Monroe
Rides, one thousand seven hundred
and forty-seven (1,747) dollars and
sixty-fire (85) cents; Thomas T. Jones,
four hundred and seventy (470) dol
lars; Ambrose P, Lakjer. five hundred
and sight (608 dollars and alghty (80)
cents, James J. McFarland, two thou
sand and fifty-two (2,052) dollars;
William X Kunxlg, one thousand six
hundred and seventy-six (1,076) dol
lars and forty (10) cents: Albert O.
Schleicher, one thousand two hundred
and eighty-one (1,281) dollars and fif
teen (15) cents; Leonard McOarvey,
four thousand nine hundred and ninety
eight (4.998) dollars and thirty-nine
(3P) cents. Total, twenty-two thousand
three hundred and eight dollars and
eighty-four cents 122,300.84
Item 26 (b), Purchase of pulmotors and
oxygen tsnka,nlne hundred and twenty
five dollars D29
ELECTRICAI. BUREAU.
Item 17 (d) Installing a fire alarm box
at Mt Slnal Hospital, one hundred
and twenty-five dollars... tl25
PEPAUTMBNT OF PUBLIC WORKS,
BUREAU OF HIOHWATS.
fm It (a). Transportation, meals, com-
Mumciiiiun service ana lavtruilDCi
two thousand dollars..
12.000
,ltm 20 It). Construction of a temporary
curb, to be laid along the edge of the
present temporary driveway, on the
line of Forty-njntn street, between
Gray's and Botanlo avenues, Including
the necessary repavlng end Incidents!
work, two thousand five hundred
?-flars
Item , Draining; or grading of that
H. section bounded bv Cobb's Creek.north
side of Thomas avenue, the northern
end ear tern llnea of Cobb's Creek Park
way, and the southern side of Haiti
seas avenue, for mosquito prevention,
saw tttousand five hundred dollars....
Bas 4fl. Abatement of mosquito breeding
iSilfH 1 it on private properties, one
WSSSm dollars . .. ,
""' BUREAU OK-iStmVKrs.
fairs S (a),. Pamphlets, magazines and
tuWitUneous, two hundred id fifty
. r -. - ... ii : ,iyi':.-
5,500
M.50O
1,000
1250
300
WO
600
5. POO
100
1.000
loo
S e, Jtvpairs lu aiiu uvw vi uw,
nuiu Hire hundred dollars ........
(as si L. Recording deeds and dedication
sFtreeU. five hundred dollars.......
aunt If (a). Transportation (district Sur
eeters). Kvs hundred dollars. , ......
Item A (bj. Hire, storags and care of
ki.-, trMrlcs and automobiles, two
,i Ksuasftd five hundred dollars.. .....
JMm. c. Cfeamng offices, one hundred
,r Rfuilr nf toots and lnstru-
t anal uist.ellaneous. one thousand
sllara .. ,,",!::
11 TTanafiarisiiou inn iuis yvma
ffl ..as hundred dollar ... .
it I, Truniportatlou and uilseel-
'seeou f. xamlnU3D of sewers), four
. Bre.1 V.llnr ... . ; ,
1IVI ,- Hruslrs la Plant and lu,W?it
,ri,i..H tiV art hanirsU Obi-
400
v
ORDINANCES
Item IR (b). Transportation and miscel
laneous (sewage disposal), five hundred
dollars, ...., ! o00
BUREAU OP CITY PROPERTY.
Item 11 (g). To make alterations and fit
up ltoom No. 440, City Hall, or thou-
sand dollars . ...... $1,000
Item IS (1). Printing for bsnd concerts, ...
one hundred dollars .... ,,..,.. 100
DHPARTMKNT OK WHARVES. LMJCKS AND
FEP.R1E8.
Item 2 (a). Carfare, transportation,
freight, expressage. drayage, postsge,
communication, advertising, printing,
stationary, tpeclal and miscellaneous
tervlces and supplies, seven hundred
dollars I7(0
Item 2 (c). Purchase and maintenance of
an automobile. (Provided, The present
Detrolter 2-A. now In possession of the
Department, be exchanged In part pay
ment ot new machine), two thousand
dollars ., . ., 2,000
Item 2 (d). Installing an Interconverslng
system in the Department's offices In
the Bourse Building, two hundred and
fifty dollars , ., ,. ..... .... . . Sflp
DEPARTMENT OF HBA.LTH AND CHARI
TIES DIRECTOR'S OFKIOB.
Item 6. Toward expenses of Annual
Meeting of the National Association
frr the Studv nnd Prevention nf Intent
Mortality, In November, 1013, two
thousand dollars
$2,UW
KURHAU OT C1IAJUT1LS.
Item 80 (e). Care and keep of children
during the heated term wsges and
surpnee, tour tnourana uouars
DHPARTMBNT OF SUPPLIES.
(TAXES).
Item S, Furniture, furnishings. eto.,.
(CIVIL SERVICE).
Item 2. Towel service ,.,.,,.
Item 3. Office furnishings, etc 1
(LIGHTING).
Item 12. Furniture and office supplies.,
IKOIJCE).
I4.UK)
$1,000
$M
, 8.V)
$150
Item 04. (Purchase ot motorcycles.
tour tnousana aonars
IHKUtWlTm.
$4,000
Item 10 (h). Purchase ot cinders, for
use on country roads and crossings,
six thousand dollars 16,000
(8UR.VBT6).
Item 18. Printing, engraving, litho
graphing, binding and towel service,
fire hundred dollars
Item 14. Stationery, photographic,
draughting, scientific, educational, me
chanical, engineers' and electricians'
supplies, etc., one thousand dollars....
Item 10. Hardware, tools, lumber, etc.,
$500
1.000
1,000
one thousand dollars
Item 18 (a). Miscellaneous, five hun
dred dollars 1
Itsm 18 (b). Rubber goods, pocking and
wearing apparel, two hundred dollars.
Item 18 (cj. Corner stones, five hun
dred dollars
CLERK OF QUARTER 8ESSjNS
Item 1 (c). Counsel tees and Incidental
expenses allowed by Judges ot Court ot
Oyer and Terminer In trial of homicide
cases to attorneys appointed by Court
under provisions of the act of Assem
bly aDTjroved (March 22 1WY7. fwn
600
200
600
tnousana dollars
I7TTV r.rMTjaTr,wi7"tia
S3, OOt)
Item 1. So as to provide for the employ
ment ot six children's agents and In
vestigators, from June 1, 1916, at the
rate of one thousand fle hundred
(1,500) dollars per annum each, and
one supervising Investigator, at the
rate Of gl.ftOA ner nnntim frsim -Tun 1
1815, six thousand three hundred dot-
, "US
Item 10 (c). For extra clerks, six thou
$6,800
sand dollars
Item 82 (e). Support of chllren com
6,000
mitted by the Juvenile Court as
charged upon the County, sixty thou
sand dollars 60,000
Provided, That the City Commission
ers are hereby authorised to draw, and
the City Controller to countersign,
warrants against this Item for bills
contracted since January 1, 1015, nnd
also for bills contracted In 1914, as fol
lows: St. Vincent's Home, two thou
sand nine hundred and ninety (2,900)
dollars and forty-one (41) cents; Cath
olic Childien's Bureau of Phlladel
pola. two thousand nine hundred and
twenty (2,920) dollars and thirty-nine
(80) cents; the St. John's Orphan Asy
lum, two thousand two hundred and
fifty-eight (2.258) dollars and sixty-two
(62) cents; the Philadelphia Protectory
for Boys, one thousand two hundred
and eight (1,208) dollars and eighty
one (81) cents; the Catholic Home for
Destitute Children, one thousand four
hundred and forty-six (1.446) dollars
and ninety-four (04) cents: St. Jo
seph's Protectory, Norrlstown. three
hundred and forty-one (341) dollars
and eleven (11) cents; the House of the
Oood Shepherd, W. P.. eighty-nine (SO)
dollars and eighty-four (84) cents; St.
Vincent's Orphan Asylum, Tacony,
forty-nine (49) dollars and seventy
(70) cents; the House of the Good
Shepherd, Germantown. forty-five (45)
dollars and forty-three (43) cents; 8t.
Mary Magdalene de Pass! Home for
Italian Girls, eighteen (18) dollars and
fifty-seven (57) cents.
SHERIFF.
Item 1 (o). Extra clerks, one thousand
three hundred dollars 11,800
. , CITV TREASURER.
Item 1 (b). Salary and wages for extra
help, five hundred dollars 1500
Item 1 (c). Expenses Incident to the sale
ot loans, one thousand dollars 1,000
CLERKS OF COUNCILS.
Item B (a). Celebrating Fourth of July,
six thousand dollars 18000
Approved the 29th day of May, A. D. 1915.
RUDOLPft BLANKENBURO,
No. 078. Mayor of Phtladelnhla.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND Di
recting tho Director of the Department of
Wharves, Docks and Ferries to expend a
portion of the two hundred and fifty thou
sand (250,000) dollars appropriated to said
Department by Act of Assombly approved
July 25, 1018, for the construction of a
wooden bulkhead along the Schuylkill
river.
Whereas. By Act of Assembly approved
July 25. 1913. the sum of two hundred and
fifty thousand (250,000) dollars was specifi
cally appropriated to the Department of
Wharves, Docks nnd Ferries of the City of
Philadelphia, for the Improvement of Harbor
facilities, and It was provided In Section 2
of said Act that "the moneys so appropriated
shall only be expended aa authorized and
directed by the Councils of the City ot Phila
delphia": And Whereas, The said Department of
Wharves, Docks and Ferriea has advertised.
In accordance with the law, for building &
wooden bulkhead along the eastern bank of
the Schuylkill river, from Penrose Ferry
bridge to about the foot of Hoyt street, and
is prepared to award a contract for the same
to the lowest responsible bidder, and desire
to use a sum not exceeding twenty-five thou
sand (25,000) dollars out of the said appro
priation of two hundred and fifty thousand
(250,000) dollars In part payment for the
work to be done under said contract.
Section 1, The Select and Common Coun
cils of the City of Philadelphia do ordain.
That the Director of the Department of
Wharves, Docks and Ferriea be. and Is here
by authorised and directed to use a sum not
exceeding twenty-five thousand (25,000) dol
lars out of the sum of two hundred and fifty
thousand (250,000) dollars aa appropriated to
said Department by the Act of Assembly ap
proved July 26, 1918, said sum to be ex
pended as a part payment for the purpose of
building a wooden bulkhead along the east
ern bank of the Schuylkill river, from Pen
rose Ferry bridge to about the foot of Hoyt
street.
Approved the 7th day of Mav. A. D 1915.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO,
No. 078. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE A CER
tatn transfer In the annual appropriation
to the Departments of Clerks of Councils
and City Treasurer to provide expenses In
cident to the temporary removal of the
"Liberty Bell" to the Panama-Pacific Ex
position at Ban Francisco.
Section 1. The Select and Common Coun
cils of the City of Philadelphia do ordain.
That the City Controller be authorized to
make the following transfer In annual ap
propriations, for the year 1915, viz.: City
Treasurer; From Item 4 (s) Interest on new
loans, twenty-nine thousand (20,000) dollars;
To Clerks of Councils, Itsm 8, to provide for
the expenses of transporting the "Liberty
Bell" to the Panama. I'aclflo Exposition In
San Francisco and the cost of maintaining
caretakera of the bell while at the Exposi
tion. The said amount to be expended un
der the supervision and approval of the Joint
Special Committee authorized by resolution
spprored April 10, 1016.
Approved the 24th day of May, A. D. 1015.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO,
No, 880, Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
City Commissioners to employ an architect
to draw plans for and supervise the work
of altering and furnishing the Vaux School
building for use of the Municipal Court,
and providing for his compensation,
Section 1, The Select and Common Coun
cils of the City of Philadelphia do ordain.
That the City Commissioners Is authorized
to employ an architect to draw plana and
specifications for alterations, rspalrs to, fur
nishing of and superintending the work In
cident to fitting up the old Vaux School
building. Twelfth and Winter streets, for
use of the Municipal Court,
Section 2, The said City Commissioners
are hereby authorized to draw and the City
Controller to countersign, warrants for the
payment of (he services of said architect,
the regular and established fees authorized
by the American Institute ot Architects, to
be charged to and paid out of Itsm S (n)
of the appropriation to the City Commis
sioners, Approved the 26th day of 'y. A. D. 191$.
RUDOLPH IlLANKKNBURa.
No. 881. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
I rradlng of Addison, Alden, Allman, Amsr
can, Annsbury. Bailey, Rambrty, Benszet,
Blgler Delsncey, Delphlne, Elkhart. Ettlng.
Ueventb. Eighteenth, Frailer, Fifteenth,
Fifty-fourth Flfty-nintli. Garnet. Greene,
Henry, Hancock. Howard, Irving. Klngsley,
Lycoming. Madison, Marston, Marvlne. May
field, Moore, Mulberry. Newklrk, Opal, pent
ridge. Plum. Pratt, porter. Reed, Regent,
Retta, Ringgold, Rodman, Shunk, Smedley,
Sprlngbank, Sydenham, Sixteenth, Seven
teenth. Tasksr, Third. Tenth, Thirteenth,
Twenty-seventh Twenty-ninth, Thirty-first,
Thirty-fourth. Wakellng. Wanamaksr. War
nock, Westvlew and Wlllard streets, Alle
gheny. Chester. Germantown. Hasel. Klng
sesslng, Larchwood. Llndley, Medary. Ore
gon, J'ssMisll. Rising Sun and Wlndrlm ave
nues, Hunting Park avenue extension) Cobbs
Creek Parkway and Limekiln pike.
Section 1 The Select and Common Councils
of the city nf Philadelphia do ordain
TM so urpariiueni w jrueiw wwu as
ORDINANCES
authorised to enter Into contracts for grading
th following streets to the established grade
of the City, with the necessary drains, etc.,
vis: Addison street, from Fltty-elghth to
Fifty-ninth street i Alden street, from Arch
to Cherry street; Allman street, from Sixty
fifth to Sixty-sixth street, American street,
from Clarkson street to Olney avenue; Anns
bury street, from Fourth to Fifth street I
Bailey street, from Allegheny avenue to Wll
lard street; Bambrey street, from Tasker to
Morris street; Ileneiet street, from Ardlelgh
street to Creshelm Valley Drive; Blgler
street, from east house line of Thirteenth
street to point connecting with the grading of
Fifteenth street, with rieceeeary retaining
wall; Delancey street, from Sixty-second
street to Cobbs, Creek Parkway; Delphlne
street, from American to Fifth street ; Elkhart
street, from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-fifth
'reel : Ettlng street, from Allegheny avenue
Jo Wlllard street; Eleenth street, from Oreen
lane to Champlost street; and from Wlngo
hocking to Louden street, nshteenth street,
from Huntingdon street to Pulaski avenue;
Frailer street, from Vine street lo West
minster aenue; Fifteenth street, from south
house line of Oregon avenue to the south
house line of Illgler street; Fifty-fourth street,
from Springfield avenue to Florence avenue;
Fifty-ninth street, from Cedar ntenue to Tine
street) Garnet street, from Chelten avenue to
Medary avenue; Greene street, from Carpenter
to Westvlew street; Henry strret, from School
Isne to Mldvale avenue; Hancock and Howard
streets, from Porter to Shunk street; Howard
street, from Fisher avenue to Tabor street:
Irlng street, from Fifty-ninth to Sixtieth
street; Klngsley street, from Pechln to Mitch
ell street; Lycoming street, from Sixth lo
Marshall atreet; Madison street, from Ettlng
to Marston street: Marston street, from Alle
gheny avenue to Wlllard street; Marvlne
street, from Wlngohocklng to Courtland
street: Mayfleld street, from Twenty-fourth
to Ringgold street! Moore street, from Tenth
to Eleventh street; Mulberry street, from sum
mit about three hundred feet northeast of
Harrison to Wakellng street; Newklrk street,
from Tasker to Morris street; Opal street,
from Chelten avenue to Medary avenue; Pent
ridge street, from Fifty-seventh to Fifty
eighth street; Plum street, from Jefferson
street to Torresdale avenue: Pratt street, from
Willow to Charles street! Porter street, from
Third to Fourth street: Reed street, from
thlrty.fltth to Thirty-sixth street, with a re
taining wall at the intersection of Thirty-fifth
and Reed streets nnd the reconstruction of
sewers rendered necessary thereby; Regent
street, from Sixty-fifth to Sixty-sixth street!
Retta street, from Rochelle street to Tark
Line; Ringgold street, from Indiana to
Elkhart street; Rodman street, from Fifty
eighth to Fifty-ninth street; Shunk
street, from Front to Second street, nnd from
Fifth to Sixth street; Smedley street, from
Llndley avenue to Fisher's lane; Sprlngbsnk
street, from Westvlew street, southeast to
property of Anna M. Smith; Sydenham, Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets, from Llndley
avenue to Fisher's lane; Tasker street, from
Thirty-third to Thirty-sixth street: Third
street, from Rltner to Porter street; Tenth
street, from Wlngohocklng to Louden street:
Thirteenth street, from south house line of
Oregon avenue to north house line ot Blgler
street, and from Rockland to Louden street;
Twenty-seventh street, from Allegheny ave
nue to Wlllard street: Twenty-ninth street,
from Morris street to Snyder avenue: Thirty
first street, from Tasker street to Maiden lane;
Thirty-fourth street, from Reed to Moore
street; Wakellng street, from Hawthorne to
Valley street; Wanamaker street, from Lans
downs avenue to Media street: Warnock
street, from Wlngohocklng to Courtland street;
Westviow street, from YVtssahtckon avenue
routhwcstwardly to property of Anna M,
Smith; Wlllard street, from Twenty-sixth to
Marston street: Allegheny avenue (south side
walk), from Twenty-eighth to Twenty-ninth
street; Chester avenue, from Sixty-fifth lo
Sixty-sixth street: Germantown avenue, from
about two hundred and fifty feet southeast of
Chestnut Hill avenue to about one hundred
nnd fifty feet northeast of Chestnut Hill ave
nue: Hazel avenue, from Fifty-eighth to
Fifty-ninth street; Klngsesslng avenue, from
Fifty-sixth to Ithan street; I-archwood ave
nue, from Fifty-eighth to Sixtieth street and
from Sixty-second street to Cobb's Creek
Parkway: Llndley avenue, from Fifteenth to
Eighteenth street; Medary avenue, from
Lawntown avenue to Twelfth street; Oregon
avenue, from Delaware avenue to Twenty
third street; Paschall avenue, from Sixty-fifth
to Sixty-sixth street; Rising Sun avenue, from
Warnock to Ninth street; Wlndrlm avsnue,
from Tenth to Twelfth streot; Hunting Park
avenue extension, from Broad street to Hunt
ing Park avenue and from Bristol to Fifteenth
street; Cobb's Creek Parkway from Spruce to
Pine street, and from Sixty-fifth street to
Florence avenue: Limekiln pike, from Chew
street to Godfrey avenue and from Chelten
avenue to about two hundred feet southeast ot
Cora street. The cost of said work to be
taken from the grading Items in the appropria
tion to the Department of Public Works, Bu-
i reau or lttgnwaya, in an cases wnere the ma
I terlal required to excavate or fill any legally
opened street within six blocks ot the streets
I' herein authorized to be graded can be Inter
changeably used, the Director of the Depart
ment of Publlo Works shall advertise for and
. award the contract so that the same shall be
embodied In one and the same contract. Pro-
and the contracts awarded to the lowest re
sponsible bidders.
All ordinances or parte ot ordinances Incon
sistent herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved the 27th day of May, A. D. 1910.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO.
No. 982. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
paving of Albanus, Allman, Bailey, Bambrey,
Camac, Catharine, Chew, Conestoga, Delan
cey, Dltman, Elkhart. Ettlng, Eleventh, Fra
iler, Front, Fourth, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth,
Hadfleld, Hancock, Howard, Lesher, Lycom
ing, Madison, Malcolm, Marvlne. Marston,
Mayfleld, Media, Mulberry, Orlanna, Pine,
Porter, Regent, Ringgold, Ruscomb. Shunk,
Smedley, Second, Sixth, Seventh, Sixteenth,
Sixty-fourth, Tasker, Third, Tenth, Twenty
fourth, Twenty-seventh, Thirty-first, Wana
maker. Warnock. Water, Wlllard and Wish
art streets, Duncannon, Fisher, Greenway,
Klngsesslng, Olney, Paschall, Warner and
Whitby avenues. Cobbs Creek Parkway, Park
Line Drive, Front and Newklrk streets,
Flske avenue, Retta and Spencer streets,
Roumfort avenue, Walnut and Hermit streets,
Germantown, Rising Sun, Lincoln and Willow
Grove avenues.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain: That
tho Department ot Publlo Works be authorized
and directed to enter Into contracts with com
petent pavers for paving the following streets
with the best quality of refined natural asphalt,
using vitrified brick gutters when and where
deemed necessary by the direction ot said De
partment, viz.; Albanus street, from York
road to Thirteenth street; Allman street, from
Sixty-fifth to Sixty-sixth street; Bailey street,
from Allegheny avenue to Wlllard street; Bam
brey atreet, from Tasker to Morris street;
Camac street, from Louden to Rockland street;
Catharine street, from Sixty-second street to
Cobbs Creek Parkway; Chew street, from
Maccher to Second street; Conestoga street,
from Larchwood avenue to Addison street; De
lancey street, from Sixty-second street to
Cobbs Creek Parkway; Dltman atreet, from
Wakellng to Howarth street, and from Pratt
to Granite atreet; Elkhart street from Twenty-fourth
to Twenty-fifth street; Ettlng street,
from Allegheny avenue to Wlllard street ; Elev
enth street, from Courtland to Louden street;
Prazler street, from Vine street to Westmins
ter avenue; Front strret, from Porter to Shunk
street, and from Louden atreet to Rising Sun
avenue; Fourth Btreet, from Rltner to Porter
street, and from Wlngohocklng to Cayuga
street; Fifty-fourth street, from Springfield
avenue to Florence avenue; Fifty-fifth street,
from Klngseeslng avenue to Woodland avenus;
Hadfleld street, from Fifty-third to Fifty-eighth
street; Hancock and Howard streets, from
Porter to Shunk street; Lesher street, from
Brill to Rrldge street; Lycoming street, from
Sixth to Marshall street; Madison street, from
Ettlng to Marston street; Malcolm street, from
Fifty-third to Fifty-seventh street; Marvlne
street, from Wlngohocklng to Courtland street!
Marston street, from Allegheny avenue to Wll
lard street; Mayfleld atreet,from Twenty-fourth
to Ringgold street; Media street, from Sixty
fourth to Sixty-fifth street; Mulberry street,
from summit about three hundred feet northeast
of Harrison to Wakellng street; Orlanna street,
from Wlngohocklng to Cayuga street; Pins
street, from Sixty-second street to Cobbs Creek
Parkway; Porter street, from Third to Fourth
street; Regent street, from Fifty-fifth to Fifty
sixth street, and from Sixty-fifth to Sixty-sixth
street; Ringgold street, from Indiana to Elk
hart street; Ruscomb street (opened por
tion), from York road to Broad street; Shunk
street, from Front to Second street, and
from Fifth to Blxth street; Smedley street,
from Ruscomb street to Fisher's lane; Second
street, from Ashdale atreet to about one. hun
dred and sixty-five feet north of Fisher ave
nue; Sixth street, from Tabor street to about
ninety feet south of Somervtlls avenue. Sev
enth street, from Cayuga to Courtland street;
Sixteenth street, from Ruscomb street to
Fisher's lane. Sixty-fourth street, from Lans
downs avenue to Media street; Tasker street,
from Thirty-third to Thirty-sixth street!
Third street, from Rltner to Porter strset;
Tenth street, from Wlngohocklng to Loudon
street, and from Luzerne to Lycoming street;
Twenty-fourth street, from Snyder avenue to
Wolf street, Twenty-seventh street, from Al
legheny avenue to Wlllard street, Thirty-first
street, from Tasker street to Maiden lane;
Wanamaker atreet, from Lansdowne avenue to
Media street Warnock street, from Wlngo
hocklng to Courtland street; Water street,
from Fisher avsnue to Tabor street; Wlllard
otreet, from Twenty sixth to Marston strest,
Duncannon avenue, from York rosd to Broad
street, Fisher avenue, front York road to
Broad street, Greenway avenue, from Sixty
seventh to Sixty-eighth atreet; Klngsesslng
uvenus, from Fifty-sixth to Ithan atreet; Ol
ney avenue, from Sixth to Broad street: Pas.
ehall avenue, from Fifty-fourth to Fifty-fifth
treet. and from Sixty-fifth to Sixty-sixth
street; Wagner avenus, from Tsbor to Tenth
r treet, Whitby avenue, from Fifty-second
street to the Philadelphia and West Chester
Railroad, Cobbs Creek Parkway, from Spruce
to Pine atreet, and from Cathartns street to
Washington avenus) Cobb's Creek Parkway
Ipavs the unraved portion and repave the por
tion paved with brick with the necessary re
setting of curb), from Thomas avenue to
Triple street, Park Line Drive, from Walnut
lane to lljrtter street.
The following streets with vitrified firs clay
or shale bricks or blocks, viz.; Seventh sties C
from Courtland street to the Boulevard; Front
street, from Tabor street to Clarkson avenue;
Newklrk street, from Tasker to Morris street!
Flake svsnue, from Cresson to Dobson strest
The following streets with special hillside vitri
fied bricks, viz.: Ketta street, from Keen el le
strset to Park line; Spencer street, from Wen
ton avenue to Twenty-first slreeti Rourrjort
avenus, front aeraaoatown avenue to Boysr
'to feilewla strests wit fesse4 asHi
ORDINANCES
blocks, vis. i Walnut street (lower lsvsl under
brides), from Twenty-fourth west to bulkhead;
Hermit street, from Terrace to Dexter street!
Germantown avenue, from Mermaid lane to
Creshelm Valley drive. Rising Sun avenue,
from Warnock to Ninth street.
The following streets with an eighteen (18)
foot centre atrip ot bituminous macadam,
r,ater-bound macadam shoulders and vitrified
brick gutters, viz, Lincoln avenue, from
(Springfield avenue to Ablngtan nvsnue; Willow
drove avenue, from Germsntown avenue to
Seminole street. The portion of the work to
bo psld for by the City shall be taken from
the Item for Intersections, in th appropria
tion of the Department of Publlo Works, Bu
reau of Highways. The conditions ot the con
tracts shall be that the contractors shall col
lect the cost of paving from the owners of
property respectively fronting on said streets,
and shall enter Into an obligation with tha
City to keep said streets in good fepstr for
five years after the paving Is finished Pro
vided, That ssld streets shall be first dedi
cated or Properly Opened, and that the Director
of the Department of Public Works shall ad
vertise for proposals for paving said streets
and award the contracts to the lowest respon
sible bidders, nnd that the owners pt property
fronting ssld streets shall not be charged more
than tha contract price.
All ordinances or porta of ordinances Incon
sistent herewith be, nnd the same are hereby
repealed,
Approved the 27th day of May, A. D. 1015.
RUDOLPH BLANKRNnt'Rn,
No. OKI. Major of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHOIUZE THE
construction of sewers In certain sections of
the city,
Section t. The Select and Common Coun
cils of the City ot Philadelphia do ordain.
That the Department ot Publlo Works be au
thorized to enter Into contracts for tha con
struction of newers In Allman atreet, from
EVlgewood to Sixty-first street: American
street, from Duncannon avenue to Delphlne
atreet; Anderson and Ardlelgh streets, from
ii bout three hundred feet northwest of Mt.
Pleasant avenue to Mt. Airy avenue; Bailey
street, from Allegheny avenue to Wlllard
street; Bambrey street, from Tasker to Morris
street; Bass street, from Phll-B.llena street to
about three hundred and seven feet northwest;
Ueulah street, from Shunk street to Oregon
avenue; llnndywlne street, from Forty-first to
Forty-second street: Bridge street, from Wil
low to Charles street: Catharine street, from
Delaware avenue to Third street; Chew street,
from Fifth to Sixth street, and In the north
side (north Bide only to be assessed), from
Sixth to Seventh street; Crow son street, from
l'hll-Ellena to Dorset street; D street, from
Wyoming avenue to Rockland street: Dclan
toy strret, from Sixty-second street to Cobb's
Creek Parkway; Dover street, from Tasker to
Morris street; Elkhart street, from Twenty
fourth to Twenty-fifth street; Estaugh street,
from Palethorp to Mascher street; Ettlng
street, from Allegheny avenue to Wlllard
street; Eighteenth street, from Rockland to
Ruscomb street: Frazler street, from Vine
street to Westminster avenue: Fourth street,
from Ashdale to Albanus street; Fifty-fourth
Btreet, frsm Springfield avenue to Florenco
avenue; Firty-nlnth street, from Cedar avenue
to Tine street, nnd from Locust to Spruco
street; Garnet street, from Chelten avenue to
Medary avenue; Greenwich street, from Mar
shall to Seventh atreet; Harrison street, from
Pcnn to Lelner street; Haworth street, from
Jackson to Cottage street; Henry street, from
Walnut lane to Rlttenhouso street; Howard
street, from Llppincott to .Clearfield street:
Irving street, from Fifty-ninth to Sixtieth
street; Klngsley street, from Walnut lane to
Rlttenhouso street: Lambert street, from Som
erset street to Kennedy's Isne: Llppincott
street, from A to B street; Madison street,
from Ettlng to Marston street: Magnolia
street, from Washington lone to Tulpehocken
street; Marshall street, from Llndley avenue to
Ruscomb street; Marston street, from Alle
gheny avenue to Wlllard street; Marvlne
street, from Wlngohocklng to Courtland
street; Mayfleld street, from Twenty-fourth
to Ringgold street: Mifflin street, from
Twenty-fourth to Twenty-eighth street, Mor.
rls street, from Twenty-ninth to Thlrtlfth
street, and from Sixth to Seventh street:
Mulberry street, from summit about two
hundred and eighty-three feet northeast of
Harrison street to Wakellng street; N street,
from Sedgeley avenue to Kensington ave
nue; Newklrk street, from Tnsker to Morris
street; Ogden street, from Twenty-ninth to
Thirtieth street; Opal street, from Chelten ave
nue to Medary avenue; Orlanna street, from
Cay-iga to Wlngohocklng street: Oros street
from Walnut lane to Rlttenhouse street; Pine
street, from Sixty-second street to CoWs
Creek Parkway; Pratt street, from Glenlock to
Dltman street: Regent street, from Sixtieth to
Sixty-first street; Ringgold street, from Mifflin
to Moore street, and from Indiana to Elkhart
street; Rlttenhouse street, from Oros to Henry
street; Rockland street, from Fourth street to
the Boulevard and from Fifth to Sixth street;
Rublcam street, from Second to Third street;
Sheridan street, from Washington avenue south
to dead end; Sliver street, from Jasper to
Helen street: Smedley street, from Lindley
avenue to Fisher's lane; Spencer street, from
Stenton avenuo to Twenty.flrst stroet; Sterner
street, from Jasper to Helen street; Sydenham,
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, from Llnd
ley avenue to Fisher's lane; Slxty-41rtt street,
from Klngsesslng avenue to Chester avenue;
Slxty-nlntn street, from Sherwood road to City
avenue; Seventy-first street, from Paschall
av enue to 'P., B. and W. R. R. ; Taylor street,
from Moore to Mifflin street: Trinity street,
from Sixtieth to Edgewood street; Third street,
from Sulla to Rockland street; Twentieth
street, from Spencer street to Ooairey avenuel
Twenty-seventh street, from Allegheny avenue
to Wlllard street; Twenty-eighth street, from
Hunting Park avenue southwardly across pri
vate property to the P., O, and N. R. R., con
tinuing southwardly under said railroad to
Marston playground, and across Marston play
(ground to intersection of Wlllard and Marston
streets; Thirtieth street, from Tasker to Mor
ris street: Thirty-first street, from Tasker to
'Morris street: Thirty-fourth street, from Reed
to Tasker street: Thirty-fifth street, from Reoi
to Harmer street: Warnock street, from Wlngo
hocklng to Courtland street: Wlllard street,
from Twenty-sixth to Marston street; Wood
stock street, from Somerset street to Kennedy's
lane: Yocum strest, from Sixty-seventh to Six
ty-elghth streetr Chester avenue, from Sixtieth
to Sixty-first street; Eastwlck avenue, from
Fifty-ninth to Sixtieth street: Greennay ave
nue, from Sixty-seventh to Slxty-elgnth street;
Larchwood avenue, from Fifty-eighth to Six
tieth street, and from Sixty-second street to
Cobb's Creek Parkway: Llndley avenue, from
Fifteenth to Eighteenth Btreet; Ogontz avenue
(west side, west side only to be assessed),
from Medary avenue to Godfrey avenue;
Springfield avenue, from Fifty-ninth to Six
tieth street; Stenton avenue, from Spencer
to Sullivan street; Wyoming; avenue (south
side, south side only to be assessed), from
tr to Whltsker street; Cobb's Creek Park
way, from Spruco street to Catharine street:
Sherwood road, from Slxty-elxth street to a
point on the southerly side of Sherwood road
and western boundary of Morris Park;
Northeast Boulevard (south side, south side
only to be sssessed), from Mascher to Front
street; Broad street (east Bide), from stream
north of Sixty-ninth avenuo north to Sixty
eighth avenue north: Broad street (west side),
from stream north of Sixty-ninth avenue
north to summit south of Sixty-eighth avenue
north; Carlisle street, from Haines street to
three hundred and forty-five feef south ot
Sixty-eighth avenue north; Fifteenth street,
from Haines street to three hundred and sev
enty feet south of Sixty-eighth avenue north;
Haines street, from Broad to Fifteenth street;
Oak lane, from Twelfth to Thirteenth street;
Old York rosd. from Sixty-ninth avenue north
to Sixty-sixth avenue north; Sixty-eighth ave
nue north from Broad street to ninety feet
west ot Fifteenth street; Sixty-ninth avenue
north from Thirteenth to Booed street; Thir
teenth street, from Sixty-ninth avenue north
to Oak lane.
Section 2. That the Director of the Depart
ment of Publlo Works shall advertise, accord
ing to law, announcing that bids will be re
ceived for the sewers above authorized, and
be shsll allot thsm to the lowest responsible
bidders, and It shall be a condition of tha
said contracts that the contractors shsll ac
cept the sums assessed upon the lines of said
sewers In manner and form authorized by ex
isting ordinances, and any excess over and
above the said assessment, in addition to that
provided for by ordinance, ahall be charged
to any Item for the construction of branch
sewers In the appropriation to the Department
of Publlo Works (Bureau of Surveys): Pro
vided, That In all cases where the property on
the lines ot the sewers herein authorized la
assessed at suburban rates the owners of
property shall first file an agreement to ray
the regular frontage charges: Provided, how
ever. That the Department of Publlo Works
Is authorized to construct the sswers in D
street, from Wyoming avsnue to Rockland
street; Brosd street (east side), from stream
north of Blxty-nlnth avsnue north to Sixty
eighth avenus north; Broad atreet (west side),
from stream north ot Sixty-ninth avenus north
to summit south of Sixty-eighth avenue north;
Haines strset, from Broad atreet to Fifteenth
street; Oak lane, from Twelfth street to Thir
teenth strset; Old York road, from Blxty
nlnth avenue north to Sixty-sixth avenue
north; Sixty-ninth avenue north, from Thir
teenth street to Broad street, and Thirteenth
street, from Blxty-nlnth avenue north to Oak
lane, without the agreements being required,
but no permits shsll be Issued for tho drain
ers of any nronertles on the lines nf km
streets until the regular frontage charges shall. I
be paid i and Provided, That no assessment!
shall be charged for the sewer on Twenty
eighth street, from Hunting Park avsnue
southwardly to the Intersection of Wlllsrd and
Msrston streets, where the same Is built upon
undedlcated portion of the street and where
the properties are not assessed at full city
rates, but no permits shall be Issued for the
drainage ot properties on the lines of said
sswer until ttu (rootage charges shall have
been paid, and that the Msyor Is hereby au
thorized to enter security on bebslf ot the
City of Philadelphia, for the payment of any
damages by reason of the construction ot said
sewer through private property In the bed ot
Twenty-eighth street from Hunting Park ave
nue southwardly to the P. Q, and N, R B,
flection 8. Tbst ths Director of the Depart
ment of Publlo Works Is authorized to pay for
Inspections, borings and expenses Incidental to
the work of constructing ssld branch sswers
from the Item for ths construction of branch
sewers.
Approved the 26th day of May. A. D. 1918.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO,
No. 086. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE KXE
cutlon of a contract between the City of
Philadelphia, the Connecting Railway Com
pany) and the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, Isssee ot the Connecting Railway Com
pany, provided for th) sbollehiaeat of grade
crossings at Highland, aeaolnols, HartweU
and Chslten avenues, for the csaetructlon of
a brides on the line of ths Counseling Rail
way across Horttsr street, gad for such pur
poses authorizing ths placlog use the City
slaa, ths striking from the City pis, ths
vacation, widening and revision of toe lines
and grades of streets, and (or (Ke opebiag
Mai xjfcisfea! obaiisM ( streets, la U Twee
ORDINANCES
ty-seeond Ward, upon certain terms and
conditions.
Section 1. The fleteet and Common Councils ;f
the City ot Philadelphia do ordain That the
proper officers of the City of Philadelphia be,
and they are hereby authorized to execute for
and on behalf ot the said City and under Its
corporate seal a contract with the Connecting
Railway Company and the Pennsylvania Ball
road Company, lessee ot said Connecting Rail
way Company, In tha following formi
THIS AOnEEMENT, made this day
of In ths year of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and between the
CITT of PHILADELPHIA, hereinafter celled
the "City" party of the first part, and TUB
CONNECTING RAILWAY COMPANY on THE
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY,
lessee of said Connecting Railway Company,
hereinafter called the "Pennsylvania Com
panies," parties ot the second part. . ,
WHERDA8. The ipartles hereto desire to abol
ish the crossings at grade on the railroad ot
the Connecting Railway Company at Highland,
Seminole. HartweU and Chelten avenues, and
to have constructed a bridge to carry said rail
road over Hortter street. In the Twenty-second
Ward, and have duly negotiated concerning nnd
definitely agreed upon the terms nnd condi
tions for said contract and are about to exe
cute the ssma accordingly.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT
WITNESSETH, That for and In consideration
of the premises and the privileges and advan
tages to esch of them thereunto moving and
the mutual covenants hereinafter contained and
set forth, the said parties hereto have mu
tually covenanted and agreed for themselves,
their successors and assigns, and by these
presents do severally covenant and agree to
and with each other aa follows!
First, The ssld City covenants, promisee and
agrees to revise the lines and grades ot the
following- streets! Highland avenue, from a.
point about 200 feet southwest of Navahoe
street to Seminole avenue; Seminole avenue,
from a point about 210 feet northwest ot High
land avenue to Gravers lane, and Chelten ave
nue, from Pulsskl avenue to Morrla street; to
revlie the lines and grades and open Hortter
street, from McCallum atreet to Pelham road;
Navahoe street, from a point about 175 feet
northwest of Hlghlsnd avenue to Evergreen
avenue; and Evergreen avenue, from a point
about 175 feet northeast of Navahoe street to
Navahoe street; to place upon the City plan
and open a new street, not lees than sixty (00)
feet wide, to be called St, Martina lane, from
the Intersection of Highland nnd Seminole ave
nues to Gravers lane, nnd to strlko from the
City plan and vacate such portions ot High
land avenue, from Seminole avenue to St.
Martins lane; and St, Martins lane, from High
land avenue to Gravers lane, aa do not lie
within the lines ot tho said new St. Martins
lane, and so much of the bed of Woodlawn
street as may Us within the widened and re
vised right-of-way of the said Pennsylvania
Companies.
Second. The City hereby covenants, promises
and agrees to prepare plans and specifications
for. nnd to carry out, the grading, paving or
repaying and setting and resetting of curbs to
the lines and gradta established under author
ity of thla ordinance, the construction, recon
struction, alteration or removal ot all sewers,
water and gas mains, electrical conduits and
municipal structures and street Improvements
and their appurtenances, in so far as they may
be affected or are made necessary by the work
provided for In this contract and ordinance.
Upon tho approval ot said plans and specifica
tions by the Chief Engineer ot the Pennsylva
nia Companies, the Director ot the Department
of Publlo Works ot tho City shall advertise for
proposals and enter Into contracts to be ap-.
proved by tho Chief Engineer of the Pennsyl
vania Companies, for the work covered by tha
said plans nnd specifications, and slid work
shall be carried out by and under the super
vision of the City. The raid plans, specifica
tions and contracts shall be Identified by the
signatures ot the said Director, the Chief En
gineer ot the Bureau of Surveys and the Chief
Engineer of the Pennsylvania Companies, and
shall be filed and preserved In the Department
of Public Works, snd copies shall be furnished
to said Pennsylvania Companies.
Third. The Pennsylvania Companies hereby
covenant, promise and agree lo lower the grade
of their tracks from a point about 1,100 teet
south of to a point about 1,000 feet north of
Highland 8tatton as now located, and from a
point about 000 feet southeast ot to a point
about 1,800 feet northwest ot Chelten Avenus
Station.
Fourth. The Pennsylvania Companies further
covenant, promise and agree to prepare plana
and specifications for, end to carry out, all tho
work necessary to construct bridges, with
masonry abutments, with steel or concrete
superstructures, to carry Highland, Seminole
and Chelten avenues over their tracks with an
overhead clearance of not less than 17 feet 0
Inches, to construct a footbridge with suitable
stairways and approaches over and above
their tracks on tho line ot HartweU avenue,
to construct a bridge with masonry abutments
and with columns on the curb lines and steel
superstructures to carry their tracks over and
above Hortter street, and to readjust the
bridges carrying their tracks over and above
Gravers lane with an overhead clearance ot not
less than 14 feet. Upon the approval of said
lans and specifications by the Director of the
ispartment of Public Works, the Pennsylvania
Companies shall advertise for proposals and
enter Into contracts, to be approved by the
Director of the Department of Public Works,
for the work covered by the said plans and
specifications, and said work shall be carried
out by and under the supervision of the Penn
sylvania Companies. The Bald plans, speci
fications and contracts shall be Identified by
the signatures of the Chief Engineer ot the
Pennsylvania Companies, the said Director,
and the Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Sur
veys, and shall be filed and preserved by the
Pennsylvania Companies, and copies shall be
furnished to the said City,
Fifth. The Pennsylvania Companies further
covenant nnd agree that In the event of the
passage ot an ordinance of Councils at any
time in the future authorizing and directing
the opening o! HartweU avenue, between Sem
inole avenue and St. Martina lane, said com
? antes will raise the grade ot their tracks at
he crossing of said avenue to an elevation ot
at least plus 357.4 City datum, will dedicate
to the City so much of the property owned by
them as will He within the lines of said ave
nue aa confirmed under authority ot this
ordinance, will pay the entire cost of raising
the grade of eatd tracks outside the lines of
said, avenue, and will pay one-halt the cost
of constructing a bridge to carry said tracks
over and above said avenue, and ot all work
appurtenant trereto within the right-of-way
of said railroad: In consideration whereof the
City agrees that, upon the completion of the
work authorized In this contract, the said
Pennsylvania Companlea may close the cross
ing of their tracks at grade on the line of
said HartweU avenue against public travel and
keep the same closed until Counctls shall, by
ordinance, authorize the opening of said Hart
well avenue and the construction of a bridge
to carry the tracks of the said railroad over
and above the same.
Sixth. It la hereby understood and agreed
that the City shall pay one-half the cost and
the Pennsylvania Companies one-halt the cost
of all the work incident to the change of the
lines and grades of Highland. Seminole and
Chelten avenues, the change of the lines and
grades and ths opening and grading of Ever
green avenue, Navahoe street and the new St,
Martin's lane, within the limits described In
this contract; the changes of the grades of the
railroad and the reconstruction of tracks, tele
graphs and telephone lines, and station facili
ties and their appurtenances, on the new grades
from a point about 1,100 feet south of to a
point about 1.600 feet north ot Highland Sta
tion as now located: ot constructing a bridge
to carry Highland and Seminole avenues over
nnd above the tracks of the said Pennsylvania
Companies: of constructing a footbridge, with
suitable stairways and approaches over and
above said tracks on the line ot HartweU ave
nue: or readjusting the bridge carrying the
tracks ot the said companies over and above
(Gravers lane; of grading Gravers lane and
macadamizing a 16-foot wide roadway therein
from Seminole avenue to St, Martin's lane;
of lowering the grade of the railroad and re
constructing the tracks, telegraph and tele
phone lines, station facilities snd their ap
purtenances on the new grade authorlred uflder
authority of this ordlnsnca from a point about
000 teet southeast of to a point about 1.300 feet
northwest of Chelten Avenue Station; of con
structing a bridge to carry Chelten avenue over
the tracka nf the said Pennsylvania Com
panies; and ot all the work Incident to and
necessary for the opening and paving ot
Hortter street within the right of way of the
satd Pennsylvania Companies, the grading of
the said JfortUr street, between Pelham road
and McCallum street, and of constructing a
bridge to carry the said railroad over and
above said Hortter street, except the cost of
work Incident to or necessary for changing the
location, grade or construction of the private
siding ot the Germsntown Strsm Company be
yond the limits of the right ot way of the said
Pennsylvania Companies at or near Hortter
atreet: Provided, That all changes or Improve
ments to existing stations and appurtenances
other than those required to adapt the present
traffic facilities and appurtenances to the new
condition shall be wholly paid for by the said
Pennsylvania Companies.
Seventh. The various portions of the work
authorized and provided for by this contract
and ordinance shall be done under the super
vision of ths Director of the Department of
Publlo Works, or such engineer aa shall be
designated by him for that dutv. and the Chief
Engineer of the Pennsylvania Companies. Thsy
shall confer with each other In respect to the
plans and specifications for the various parts
or portions of the work, and In respect to the
fierformance of the work, at alt times during
he preparation and progress of the same; and
each ahall upon notice from ths other of any
fault or failure of any party, firm or corpora
tion holding contracts for any part ot sstd
work, promptly proceed, to secure full compli
ance with the plans and specifications pertain
ing thereto. In accordance with tha provisions
Of the contract.
The Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Com
panles Is authorized to employ such engineers,
assistants, draughtsmen, engineer corps snd In
spectors as may be necessary to prepare or ex
amine plana and specifications and to Insure
the prompt snd efficient execution of the work,
and to Include all expenses for salaries, trans
portation, office and incidental expenses of
said engineering force, and the costs of tests
and Inspection not otherwise provided for. In
the cost of ths work,
Ths Director ot ths Department of Publlo
Works Is hereby authorized to appoint such en
gineers, assistants, draughtsman, engineer corps
and Inspectors as may be required to enable
the Department of Publlo Works to prepare or
examine plans and specifications, to properly
Inspect the work during progress of conslrdo
tlon and to prepare the necessary certificates
and other documentary records of the work.
All expsnsss for salaries, transportation, office
and incidental expenses of said engineering
force, and the expenses of Inspection and tests
mads by the same and not otherwise provided
for, ahall be included In the coat of the work.
In case of sraorsency work In maintaining
railroad or highway travel, snd other casts
whets necessary, not covered by contract, the
Chief Englnser of ths Pennsylvania Companies
shall havs authority to employ laborers, hire
rMoUlnsrv and purchase materials to perforin
such work, a lsbor force account and an ac
count of the materials so, used ahall he kept
end, after approval by the Chief sJnglnesr and
Ptreeisr the Department TeSll Wsrk
0RD1NAN0WB
of ths City, shall be paid by the Pennsylvania
Companies and Included In the cost of the
W?ncsses of emergency work In protecting and
maintaining municipal structures I" other cases
where necessary, and In such clj" J WJ;
upon the hlghwsys as may not be covered by
contract, the Director ot the .Department of
Tubllc Works la hereby authorized to employ
laborers, hire mschtnery and purer.1. rnale;
rials to perform such work, and a labor force
account and an account pt the materials so
used shsll be kept and. after approval by tha
Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Companies,
shall be paid by the City and included In the
coat of the work. ,
Eighth. The City covenants and Tee to
malrtaln, at Its sole expense, the bridges to be
built under the terms of this contract to carry
Highland. Semlnols and Chelten avenues over
and above the tracks of the said railroad.
Ninth. The Pennsylvania Companies cove
nant and agree, at their sola expense, to main
tain the bridges to be constructed under tne
terms of this contract to carry the said rail
road over and above Gravers lane and Hortter
street, and the footbridge over and above tha
tracks of the said railroad on ths line of Hart
well avenue. v .
Tenth, It Is mutually covenanted and agreed
by nnd between the parties hereto tint the
City and the Pennsylvania Companies shall
each pay one-half of all costs and damages
assessed against the city by resson of the
charge of the lines and grades of Highland.
Seminole nnd Chelten avenues, by reason of
the change of lines and grades and the opening
of tvergreen avenue. Navahoe .street and the
new St. Martin's Isne, and the vacation ot
portions of Illshtsnd avenue and St. Martina
lane, within the limits described In this con
tract, and ot tho cost of all property, othr
than that owned by the Pennsylvania .Com
panies, required for the reconstruction of said
tracka on the new grade as provided for By
this contract st or near Highland 8tatlon and
Chelten Avenue Station. It Is also further
covenanted and agreed that ths l"ennsylvania
Conrpanles ehall be liable for all damages and
costs arising from suoh accidents as msy be
due sololy to negligence or carelessness in rail
road operation, . ...
For the more speedy and economical adjust
ment of claims arising or to arise hereunder,
the City Solicitor, with the advice and consent
of the Mayor, and the approval ot the Penn
sylvania Companies, Is hereby authorized to
compromise, settle and adjust any or all suoh
claims, and the Director of the Department ot
rublts Works Is hereby authorized and dtreoted
to direct the drawing of iwarranta for his ap
provsl upon the City Treasurer for mien sums
as shall be required from tlmo to time for the
settlement and payment of such claims, the
amounts thereof to be taken from tho appro
priations herein provided for: Provided, That
when any claim shall be presented to or any
suit en account thereof shall be brought against
either ot the said parties, the other shall havs
the right, on due notice, to appear anu defend,
on Its own behalf, or otherwise It shall not be
bound by any Judgment or decree In tho prem
ises: Provided. That It shall be competent for
the City Solicitor to arrange with the Pennsyl
vania Companies and their attorneys for divi
sion of tho work of preparing cases for trial,
tho preparation and production or testimony,
and the conduct of hearings or trials; and all
expenses connected with the defotise ot such
claims or suits, except tha service of the City
Solicitor, or his aseoclates, or of special coun
sel to be employed on behalf ot the City, or
the services of the attorneys or counsel of the
'Pennsylvania Companies, shall be included In
and settled and raid for as part ot the expense
of the viorlc In this ordinance provlued for out
of the appropriations to be made for the pur
pose of carrying out the provisions of this
ordinance.
Tha Pennsylvania Companies further agree to
release the City from all claims for damages to
any property, owned or controlled by them,
which may be affected by reason of the revision
of ths lines and grades of Highland, Seminole
and Chelten avenues, the revision of the lines
nnd grades and the opening of Evergreen ave
nue, Navahoe street and St. Martins lane, and
the opening of Hortter strCVt.
Eleventh. It Is agreed by and between the
parties hereto that the Director of the Depart
ment of Publlo Works shall arrange with the
proper officials ot the Pennsylvania Companies
for the keeping by the City nnd by tho Penn
sylvania Companies of true and Itemized ac
counts concerning the various payments and
disbursements made, or to bo made, by each
upon all obligations, whether assumed by con
tract or In any manner herein authorized. Set
tlement between the City and the said com
panies, based upon said Itemized account, duly
certified, shall be made monthly as the work
herein provided for shall progyss, and the said
Director shall draw a warrant or warranto for
any balance that may be payable to the Penn
sylvania Companies; In like manner the Penn
sylvania Companies shall promptly pay Into the
City Treasury all such sums as may be found
to be due and payable to the City, and all
such sums shall be credited to the appropria
tion by the City and become Immediately avail
able for the work provided for herein. The
City and the Pennsylvania Companies shall
and will make prompt payments of their re
spective proportions of said cost at the times
and In the manner set forth.
Twelfth. Upon the completion of the work
provided for, all old rails and other materials
now In use by the said Pennsylvania Companies
which may not be used In the construction ot
new work shall be disposed of at publlo sale,
and the proceeds thereof ehall be credited to the
Joint appropriation. It Is also provided that
upon the completion of the work provided for,
all old paving materials and street Improve
ments removed from the work, but not actually
used for the Joint Interest, shall be disposed of
at publlo sale, and ths proceeds thereof shall
be credited to the Joint appropriation: Pro
vided. That should the Pennsylvania Companies
desire to hold any of the said old rails or other
materials so to be disposed of, an appraisement
of the value ot ths some shall be made, and
Buch appraised value credited to the Joint ap
propriation; Provided further. That should tha
City desire to hold any paving materials or
street Improvements removed from the work
and bo to be disposed of, an appraisement of
the value ot the same shall be made, and such
appraised values credited to the joint appro
priation. ,
Thirteenth. The work authorized by this con
tract shall be started within six months after
the approval, of said contract by the Public Ser
vice Commission of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, and shall be completed within two'
years thereafter.
Fourteenth. It Is hereby understood and
agreed that neither the purpose nor Intent, nor
the obligation ot this contract. It and when
approved by the Public Service Commission of
the Commonwealth ot Pennsylvania, Is such as
to Impair or In any wise affect the exercise by
the said Commission of any of the powers
vested In it by the Publlo Service Company
Law, approved Julv 28, 1013.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties here
unto have caused their respective corporate
seals to be hereunto affixed, duly attested, the
dav and yeir first hereinbefore written.
Signed, sealed and delivered In the pres
ence of:
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,
by
THE CONNECTING RAILROAD COMPANY,
by '
. , ..... President.
ATTEST:
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROSAIetCOM.
PANT,
ArrrEST: President
Secretary,"
.m?.- a T.h0 Uayo.r u 5"ebf: authorized
and directed to execute tnder the corporate
seal, acknowledge and deliver the said contract
left for the. dHto In the above contract, and he
Is further authorized to do and perform, or
cause to be done and performed, each and
everything contained ln the said contract on
the part of the City of Philadelphia to bo "one
and performed.
SECT. :i. The Department of Public Works.
Board of Surveyors, Is hereby authorized and
directed to revise the lines and grades of
Highland avenue, from a point about Sou feet
southvvest of Navahoe street to Seminole av"
rtue; Seminole tvenue, from a point about 210
feet northwest of Highland avenie to Gravera
i?i1ihi.i.Inrt,,.T "ri: trom McCallum street t5
Pelham road; Chelten avenue, from Pulaski
avenue to Morris street; to revise tho lines and
grades and to wldsn to the width of 80 feet
aiartvvell avenue, from Seminole avenue to st,
Martin's lane; to revise the lines and grades of
Navahoe street, from a point about 17B feet
northwest of Highland avenue to WerCTwn
avenue, and Evergreen avenue. fremMtai
about 175 feet northeast of NavahM street t to
Navahoe street! to place upon the City man a
atreet to be not less than 60 feet wide to i
named Bt Martins lane, from the lnte?s!
of Highland and Seminole SvinuV, to vera
lane; and to atrlke from the City plan and va!
jale such portions of Highland avenue 1.
tween Seminole avenue and St Mamiis lsn!T
and of St. Martins lans. between Highland aval
nue and Gravers lane as do not lis within K
lines or the new sixty (60) feet widest VJl!
Jin lane; and to mate auch 'other revisions
the lines snd grades of streets as mav hi -
essary to carry out the work herelrfluthirt.;
anH,U0T.COimp,e,,, '.1 City plan. autnrt"(
BBCT 4. Upon the confirmation of ths lln..
and grades of streets authoriiZt !LM "
ylsed'by this ordinance, the Directed ? !Sl
Department of Publlq Works ii TherebJ ..k
Ued end directed .to iSS thi? usual thSfl
months' notice to all owners whow rooertJ
may be affected by such revisions inV?!7
opening of Hortter etrwt from PemlrSroid
to, McCallum street; Navahoe street .J??
point about 175 feet northwest of 'llfghUnd
avenue to Evergreen avenue; Bvinnin!?
nue, from a point about 175 fset northeaster
Navahoe street to Navahoe strest. ? vXi!. ot
Bt. Martins lans. from '" lntV.hn'
Highland and Bernlne avenue. toaJSve?!
lane, or by any of the work provided JSrS
said contract or authorized by this jSiiASnA"
The Mayor U bsrebv iuthoTfieq Find IrecUd
,0. nlV yUrMtT 0n " ot " City of Phil
adelphla, for the payment of any dm.-.i I1':
which the City may 'be h,M lUhfe. thShnufJ
bs caused In carrying into effect iar or Jtf
ths work provided for ln aald coBteact oV .,V
thorized by this ordinance "", or au-
Upon the filing of aald security and nu. k.
expiation of the time lliuTo7fcs7nrtEK,t,5?
vlded for In this section, the Director f Pi
Department ot Publlo Worka sbaH l 7nT.?,J5
andtak. for publlo use such Vopertfes as iS?5
fee required to enable the woriTprVfJldid
In said contract, and all other WMkiSti,r
Ized, under the terms of this ordfnancsn 1
carried Into full and omplst T eiect to
SECT. 6. The Director of ths Department
Publlo Works t. and li hereby outhtirizld .ni
directed to advertise for proposals and n.J
award contracts, as provided byijurwordu
nances and laws, for the grading? aaviL? , i
rspavlng. and setting MdresgV'firbl
to ths lines and grades established under aS!
tliorlty J this ordinance, ths construction r.1
construction, alteration or removal of all !
era. walar and gas matas. electrical oMtduiia
and other municipal structures art attest i"
provsmeaU and fbelr aPjwwteniwe," taVident
to and njceeeery for the carrying out oftEe
work authorised under ths termsof tii.iJi
. lo arttsnlnt aiM-Vi oivs,rt ,. . V wavi
tisarlAA
tors as may be requisite and to pay ill e
OKDUfAKOBg
otherwise provided for herein, mt e .v.
ProjK!!"0" " costot suweVir"
BJlAl,
Work
Item
J
that nelthaf" the pwSos, nor tntsMnST
nhllrattnn nt tha mnl;i ..V.Ji1i"nt. 0r
ordinance. It and when approved by the fa W
Service Commission of the ComrnonwJatis
.Pennsylvania, Is suoh as to Impair or iJ "V5
wise affect the exercise by said Commit.?,
any of the power; vested tn u bri p.l,'!
Service Company Law, approved Juli In1 "Si"
All ordinances or twrt. Vt 121.2!!! ? Wi
Sedhe"w,,b b- na rSTfif3S; 1
Approved tne irth day of Ma'
?WA..Jt
k. o7. "uww'fi.5S,U3!?JM
Mayor of Phllsd.irfi
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTlIOTtrvS-vS
opening of the unopened portion of i4SS J
street, front Bltunk to Porter street: " vl
Section 1 The Select and Common 3
cub or tne city of Ph adelphla d bm.i
That the Department of pSbli Wo?v. 'v
authorized and directed to notlff the "Sn.
of property over and through which Tlh i??
opened portion ot Tercy street, from .?, -to
Porter street, will pass, that at thai?
plratlon of three months from the dat. Il
pubHo'ui.? ",a 'tr"1 ""' "Wired..,
Section 3. The Mayer of the City Is hee-.
authorized and directed to enter security!?
behalf of the City of Phlladelph'sT&'tS!
assessed by reason ot the opening of tJ
street! upon the filing of said bond, aw 11 1
the expiration of the said three mantha til "
Director of the Department of Public TWcrta
shall forthwith proceed to open said atr.J 18
Approved the 29th day of May. A. D ibis I
RUDOLnt BLANKI&BURb a j
.. No. 985. Mayor of Phllsd.iSi'..
- -ynia.
AN ORDINANCE! TO AUTIIORIZHTMw
execution ot a contract between the r?..
of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia aw
Reading Railway Company, lessee of ik?
North Pennsylvania Railroad, to ahoitSi
the grade crossing at Oreen Isne over tH
tracks of the North rsnnsylvanla RatlroML
by the opening- of Godfrey avenue and ths
construction or a bridge under the track!
"J "a" railroad! to authorize the opinio.
of Godfrey avenue and Tenth street and in!
vacatlnr of Oreen lane: to authorize tt!
execution of the work; to authorize the
Mayor to enter security for damages 2
private property. " f"
Section 1. The Select and Common Om.
ell. of the City of Philadelphia do oSuu
That pursuant to the power and authorit? &
vested In the City of Philadelphia under si2 i
by virtue of tho Act of Oeneral Asssmblr -l
entitled "An Act to authorize the no?..!!' H
cities, towna and townships. In this stats' ,'
reanertlvelv. tn ant,, .m.a m.i... "."' '.
railroad companies whose roads enter lata
their limits, whereby eatd companies mav
relocate, change or elevate their railroads'
approved the nlrth day of June, 1874: of the
rights and powers of the Railroad Company
and of all other power enabling the parties
to act ln the premises, the Mayor Is hereby
authorized and directed to enter in . ...'
tract with the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company, lessee of the North Penn li
Lniiin iiaiiiusu, lor ins anoiisnmsnt of ths
Grade crossing now existing at Green lane
and the North Pennsylvania Railroad, by
the opening of Godfrey avenue and the con
struction of a bridge under the said railroad,
and for the construction of a bridge and Its
appurtenances under the tracks of the rail,
road, and for apportioning the expense be
tween the City of Philadelphia and the Phll
adelphla and Reading Railway Company.
The said contract shall embody all the
terms and provisions of thla ordinance and
shall contain adequato covenants, ln form
and substance to be approved by the City
Solicitor, binding and obliging each of the
parties to the contract to do and perform
each nnd every of the things by them to be
done and performed respectively, under the
provisions of this ordinance, and to make the
payments toward the expenses of the work
In tho proportions herein provided for.
Section 2. The Director of the Department
of Pubtle Works Is hereby authorized and
directed to notify the ownors of property
over and through which the following atreet
will pass, to wit, Godfrey avenue, between
Seventh street and Tenth street! and Tenth
street, between Godfrey avenue and Oreen
lane, that, at the expiration of three months
from the date of said notice said streets will
be required for public use. Upon the enter
ing of security as provided In Section 8 and
upon the expiration ot the said three months,
the Director of the Department of Publlo
Works shall forthwith proceed to open said
streets.
Section 3. The Board of Surveyors be, and
la hereby authorized and directed to vacate
Oreen lane, from Tenth street eastward to
the south line of Godfrey avenue.
Section 4. The Director of the Department ot
Public Works Is authorized and directed to
propare plana and specifications for the entire
work of constructing a double-track bridge, St)
feet clear span, on the line of Godfrey avenue
under the North Pennsylvania Railroad, for
the construction of retaining walls, grading,
dratnage, macadamizing and readjustment ot
railroad sidings and other appurtenant work.
The plana and specifications for said work
shall Include all the wo.-k, the cost of which .
Is to be paid equally by the City of Philadel
phia and Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Company, and such plans and specification
shall be Identified by the signatures of th Di
rector of the Department ot Public Works and
the Chief Engineer ot the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Company. One copy of each
of the raid plans and specifications shall, upon
approval, be filed in the Department of Publlo
Worka (Bureau of Surveys), and one In the of
fice of the Chief Engineer of th) Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Company.
Upon the approval of said plans and specifi
cations, the Director of the Department ot
Publlo Works Is authorized and directed to
advertise for proposals snd enter fhto con
tracts Jointly with the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway Company for the work covered
by the plans and specifications provided for ln
this section. . . .
Section 5. The work authorized herein shsll
be generally under the supervision of the Dl
rector of the Department of Publlo Works and ,
the Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia, and
Reading Railway Company, and the Director
of the Department of Publlo Works Is hsreby ,
authorized to appoint such Inspectors as may
be required to enable the Department of Publla
Works to properly inspect the work durlnr ,
the progress ot construction. All expenses for ,
not otherwise provided for, snail be Included la
th cost of the work. . ,,
Section 6. The Philadelphia and. Reading
Railway Company shsll pay one-half of th
cost ot all work to be performed within ths
bed of Godfrey avenue, or abutting upon God
frey avenue, between the westerly rlghtf-wnr
line and the easterly property line of the said
Railway Company (extended to intersect tn
north house line of Godfrey avenue), this to
Include a bridge and Its abutments, wing walls
and drslnage: tho excavation nnd dralnag or
Godfrey avenue; the curbs, sidewalks and
macadamizing to full width between curbs: ne
necessary retaining walls foe the support t
private property on the north side of Godfrey
bv.iiii, ait riafm far it.mati to niivate prop
erty by reason of the manner of executing th
work, but not by reason of the. opening or .
Godfrey avenue: nnd any and all incidental s
work appurtenant to tn above, mira m
limits above defined.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Com
,.... hn n ..Ltif .. .,., . at remov
ing Ita existing siding track and relocating and J
reconstructing tne same in a new pusuiuu up
side of th bed of Godfrey avenue.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Com
pany shall pay one-half of the cost of can
ttructlng a driveway approach from Oodfrey
avenue lo approximately the level of it
tracks at or north of the present Green ln
rrosslng, Including the necessary grading, ma
cadamizing, drainage and any and all Incident
The City of Philadelphia shall pay one-halt 4
or tne cost or an tne uems ot wor mwM....
ated above; and In addition ahall pay the. en
tire cost of openlag, grading and surfacing
Godfrey avenue, from Beventh street to Tentn
street, outside ot the limits above defined!
and Tenth street, from Oodfrey avenus M
Green lane, Including retaining wall and other
apourtenant work, .,
The City of Philadelphia shall pay the entire
cost ot sny damages which may be caused oy
reason of the opening of the streets herein au
thorized or that may be caused by carrying
Into effect any or all of the work herein au
thorized, except as expressly stipulated above.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Corn
pany ahall pay the entire cost of any and all
work within tho limits ofvlta property except
as expressly stipulated above.
Section 7. The Railway Company shall re
lease the City ot Philadelphia from any and
an claims xor aamages it. or any corporsivM
person or persons holding property in us "
half, mav hiva bv reason at tha ooenlng
Godfrey avenue, between Seventh street an1
jenin street, or ny reason or tne execution
any work provided for herein.
Section 8. The Mayor or tho City Is hereby
authorized to enter security for any land darn
ngea which may be caused by reason of th
opening of the streets herein authorized,, oe
that may be caused by carrying Into eJ ,
any or all ot the work herein authorized. .
Section B. The coat ot the City's share c
ths work herein authorized to be charged
against Item 175, loan, ln the appropriation to
th Department of Publlo Work, Bureau of (
Surveys, ,'
Section 10. It Is hereby understood in '
agreed that neither th purpose not Intent per
the obligation of the contract authorized by I
thla ordinance. If and when approved by ths
Publlo Service Commission of the Common-
wealth ot Pennsylvania, Is such a to Impel "3
or In any wis offset th exercise by ssld Cei '
mission ot any of th power vestsd In It Pf
lh Publlo Service Company Law, approve
July 24. IMS. '
Approved the 27th day of May. A. D. 1Mb
RTlnnr.pir nf,iMvnrainiri.
No.
PM. Mayor of PhllsdslsbU.
AN ORDINANCE TO OPEN TH8 UK
opened .portion ot Oregon avenue, ffesa
Twenty.thtrd street to Delaware avenu.
Section 1. Th Select and Common CuneH
of th City pf Philadelphia do ordain, Thst
the Uspartment of Publlo Worka be authorized
and directed to notify the owners ot property
oyer and through which th unopened ports
of Oregon avenue, from Twenty-third street to
DeUwar avenue, will pass, that at th ;
plratlon of three months from the dale of M
notice said street will be required for puMM
'.tct'?n - The Mayor of th City Is her
authorized and directed (o enter security, "
behalf ot the City ot Philadelphia, for' the
payment of any datnscs which may be
tested by reason of the opening of M serseti
upon th fling of said. bond, and at the
plratlon of th aald tbre month, tb W
rector of th Department of PuMle Work
sua.. uiiuiin proceed to open aais gttf
Approved the loth day of Jan. A. D,
, . nuwurn BUANKI
ssoyvsr K