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BVyiyg LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OOTOBEB 14, 1918?
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fANCC AMBNDATORT OP AMD
tr u h ordinance entitled "An
vine? authority And consent bv
City of rMladslpliI to the construction,
nun isa operation, or. so mucn pi vne
I branch or Improved lln of th Penn
. Hallroad Onmnanr. extending from
In the said Cltv on it nresenl main
Mm at or now Fltty-slxth .treet. Phlladel-Ms-to
connection with Ita low grade lino
rd Trenton Branch, at or near Ql.n Ixch, in
Chester County, aa la located within th lim
it ct aald City, and for tho purpoa of aid
UK and enabling th conatruction thereof,
Jrorldlng upon certain term and condition
or chango and alteration of certain City
) plana toy revising tho line and grade of
, certain atreeta theron, by striking thereirom
t and vacating portlona of certain atreeta. by
i extending certain existing atreeta, by opening
certain new atreeta. and by making auch re
. vialona of Unea and trade aa may bo neces
sary to properly complete the City plana
within certain limit of the Thlrty-fuurtn
AVard of tho aald City," approved th Twen
tj -third day of November, 1908.
bectlon 1 The Select and Common Council
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain. That an
ordinance entitled An Ordinance giving au
thority and conaent by the City ot phlladel
Thla to th conatruction. maintenance end
operation ot o much of the. propoed branch
or Improved line of the Pennsylvania llallroad
Company, extending from a point In the aald
t'ttW AH It- -.-h-. .., II-. .. .... L-Ia. .,...
w . .w,ih iiiiq ei vi iivr r uix-aiJiiii
treat. Philadelphia, to conneetlona with It
grade, lino and Trenton 1) ranch, at or near
Ulen Loch, In Chester County, a la located
within the limit of aald City, aud for the
purpos of aiding and enabling the conatruo
ton thereof, providing upon certain term and
condition for change and alterations of cer
tain Cltr plan by revising th line and
grade ot certain struts thereon, by atrtklng
therefrom and vacating portlona of certain
trteta, by extending certain existing atreeta,
fey opening certain new atreeta and by making
anion revision ot lint and grade ot streets aa
way be necessary to properly complete th City
Blana within certain limit of the Thirty-fourth
Ward of th said City." approved th Twenty
third day of November, 1000. be amended and
supplemented a follow:
That Section 6 ot aald ordinance, which reads
aa follows!
Section S. No txt now or hereafter
Placed upon tho City Plan shall cross th
aid railroad at grade, and all street upon
City Plan, aa revised in aooordano with
tie provision of this ordinance, and all
treat, road and lanea now open or here
autsr opened, shall be carried over or under
Mm aald railroad. The aald Pennsylvania
Kallroad Company shall bear th entire coat
X constructing and forever maintaining all
ridge, whether overhead or undergrade, and
all tunnel upon the llnea or streets, roads or
lanea now legally or physically open, and upon
too llnea of blxty-elgbth and Sixty-ninth
txeeu, and shall agree to pay one-half ot
the entire cost ot construction, and the whole
coat ot maintenance, ot all bridges, whether
overhead or undergrade, upon the line ot all
atreet or road now upon th city Plan or
placed thereon under authority of this ordi
nance and not otherwise provided for therein,
and hereafter opened acroes the line ot th
aid railroad, whenever Councils, by ordi
nance, shall direct the construction ot auch
Bridies. AH bridge for carrying tho aald
railroad over and above atreet and road now
opened or hereafter opened ahall have a
clearance of at leaat fourteen (14) feet above
th confirmed grade ot the atreet, and all
bridge for carrying atreeta or road over and
above the aald railroad shall have a clearance
of at least twenty C-0) feet above the lop of
th rails, and shall bs designed In accord
ance with tho standard specification ot the
Department ot Public Work (Bureau of Sur
veys) tor tho designing of bridges. No bridge
of any kind or character shall be erected until
tho plan for the name ahall have been ap
proved by the Director ot the Department
.of Public Work and the Hoard ot Surveyor.
The said railroad company ahall keep Its
road, wherever It crosses the line ot any
street or road. In good order and condition at
all times, and shall rave the Cltr of Phlladel-
Jihla nannies. n tar a the said City ma? be
table therefor, from any liability or responsi
bility that may arise from tho construction or
operation of the aald railroad over or under
any of the street aforesaid, or for the longi
tudinal occupation ot Malvern avenue with a
tunnel," be. and the same le hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Section, S. No atreet now or hereafter placed
upon the City Plan shall oroia the said rail
road at grade: and all streets upon tho City
Plan, as revised In accordance with th pro
vision ot this ordinance, and all streets, roads
and lane now open or hereafter opened, ahall
be carried over or under the said railroad.
The said Pennsylvania Railroad Company ahall
bear the entire cost of constructing and for
ever maintaining all bridges, whether over
bead or undergrade, and all tunnels upon the
line of streets, roads or lanes now legally or
physically open, and the new atreet to be
opened across the main line and yards ex
tending from the Intersection of Fifty-ninth
street and Lancaster avenue to Fifty-eevehth
street and Upland Way. and tho bridge from
the east tide ot Sixty-eighth etreet to the
west side ot Sixty-ninth street, and shall agree
to pay one-half of the entire cost of construc
tion, and the whole cost of maintenance, of
all other bridges, whether overhead or under
grade, upon the linos ot all streets or toads,
now upon tho City Plan or placed thereon un
der authority of this ordinance, and not other
wise provided for herein, and hereafter opened
acmes the line ot the aald railroad, when
ever Councils, by ordinance, shall direct the
construction of said bridges. All bridge tor
carrying the said railroad over and above
streets and roads now opened or hereafter
opened ahall have a clearance of at least
fourteen (14) feet above the confirmed grade
of the street, and all bridges for carrying
streets or roads over and above the aald rail
road ahall have a clearance of at least twenty
three (23) feet above the tops ot the rails, ex
cept the bridge to be constructed across the
Main Line and yards at tho Intersection of
Flfty-nlnth street and Lancaster avenue to
Fifty-seventh street and Upland Way, which
hall have a clearance of not less than seven
teen and one-half UTH) feet over the Main
line passenger tracks and not less than twenty-three
(23) feet over the yard tracks and
the bridge on the line of Malvern avenue,
rwhlch shall have a clearance of not less than
seventeen and one-half (ITU) feet over the
'west-bound passenger tracks, and shall be de
signed In accordance with the standard speci
fications of the Department ot Public Work
(Bureau of Surveys) for the designing of
bridge. No bridge ot any kind or character
hall be erected until the plans ot the aame
hall have been asproved by the Director ot
tho Department of Public 'Works and the
Board of Surveyors. The said railroad com
pany ahall keep Ita road, wherever it crosses
he line of any atreet or road. In good order
and condition at ell times, and shall save the
City ot Philadelphia harmless, so far a the
City may fee liable therefor, from any liability
or responsibility that may arise from the con
atruction or operation ot the said railroad over
or under any of the streets aforesaid or (or
the longitudinal occupation of Malvern avenue
rwlth a tunnel.
That Section 8 of said ordinance, which
read as follows:
"Section .. Before thla ordinance shall be
come effective or confer any authority upon the
aid Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and be
fore the Hoard ot Surveyors may confirm any
of the revisions or changes of streets and roads
herein authorized, the said Pennsylvania Rail
road Company shall enter Into an agreement,
satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to comply
with the following conditions i To reconstruct
at Its own expense such portion of th Mill
Creek sewer a the Director of the Department
of Publlo Works may deem necessary, from a
point in Sixty-second atreet, about four hun
dred (400) feet south of Woodbine avenue,
along Sixty-second street, Malvern avenue. Six
tieth atreet Montgomery avenue and Jefferson
etreet, and thence acres property of tho said
railroad company to Lancaster avenue, near
Fifty-sixth street, and such other existing sew
ers, drainage channels, water-pipe, electrical
conduits and other municipal structures, as
may be affected by the construction ot said
railroad and tho changes of lines and grade
of streets herein authorised, together with all
necessary appurtenances and connections with
existing sewers. In accordance with plans and
specifications to be prepared by the Depart
ment of Public Works (Bureau of Surveys):
to forever maintain said sewer or sewers and
appurtenances at Its own expense wherever
they lie within the property owned by the said
railroad company; to permit Inspection of the
sum by representatives of the Department of
Publlo. Works at any time and to repair same
whenever directed to do so by the Director of
aid Department. To construct Its railroad In
tunnel from a point northeast of Lancaster
avenue, under Malvern avenue. Sixty-third
street, Oross street and Sixty-fourth street;
Provided. That there shall be no openings In
the surfaes of Malvern avenue, from the said
tunnel to a point west of Sixty-fourth street,
and to at once construct steel or masonry
bridges with floors paved with asphalt, and to
construct satisfactory approaches to the same
to the grades established under authority ot
this ordinance, at Its own expense, for carry
ing Blxty-slxth street and Ilaverford avenue,
of their full width aa now confirmed or as con
firmed under authority ot this ordinance, over
and above the said railroad ; also to at once
construct single span steel or masonry bridges
tor carrying the said railroad over and above
Blxty-elghth street and Sixty-ninth street of
tbelr foil widths as now confirmed or confirmed
under authority of thla ordinance, and to for
ever maintain all the bridges named In this
section at Its own expense. To dedicate or
agree to dedicate to the City as much of the
property owned or controlled by It as may bs
required to widen or open any street or road
now upon the City Plan or placed upon the
City Plan under authority of this ordinance
-oasr,g under or over the said railroad, to
dedicate or Indemnify the City against all dam
asms and coats for the opening of the following
streets now upon the City Plan or placed there
on tindsr authority of this ordinance- Jeffer
son street, .between Fifty fourth street ana
Montgomery avenue; Malvern avenue, be
tween 8lxtltn street and Lancaster ave
hh: Flitleth atreet. or Upland Way, be
Ssma Coleman avenue and Montgomery ave
iS letety-second street, between a point about
sour hvodred (400) feet south of Woodbine ave
Sum aavd Malvern avenue the unopened portion
fHSf-eliub street, between Lancaster avenue
u4 jierro street. Montgomery avenue, be
tween Matltth street and Jefferson street, and
itTmLch t Lancaster avenue, between Flfty
sjrttistret and Malvern avenue, as Is owned
Voaeitrolled by It. To open, grade and macad
asshts t th "? " grades confirmed Under
Zuthsvlty of tWs ordinance, and to construct
tkmlvfctmwry bridges upon th following
MJ,,im at! own expense Malvern avenue,
Cat IJmcaaUr avenue and Sixtieth street,
BUsfleth street, between Coleman avenue and
li-.-IJHmlJ" aver.us Mpntroenerv avenue. b-
twesa sfetloth street and, Jefferson street,
j3erim Wet. between Montgomery avenuo
,82- KurVli street, and tfe-unopned por
ta Kfty-al!!! htwr Lancaster
.Vera" an Jefferson street. To maintain
irv1 a manner tmtisfacuiffttp. th Director
jriTjepartruent PublW Works -upon U
r.a androaeV Was OIKB lto ". or
SIT i street ro4s substituted therefor, at
" I" tlraSValfU tM Toonstru'lton of th said
. .Sa TbV -er;lM Jtallrojd Coraaany
ORDINANCE
the opening grading or changing of grade ot
any street or road now open or upon th City
Plan, or placed upon the City Plan under
authority ot this ordinance, or upon or across
any property owned or controlled by It within
the territory covered by this ordinance, and
hall rile Its bond In the turn of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollar (S230.000) duly exe
juted under Its corporate seal. In a form satl
factory to the City Koluitor. conditlone.1 to
indemnify the City against any or all damages
ahlch may arise by reason of the constructun
ot tho stld railroad and the consequent changes
of line and grades "of any street or road now
legally or physlonlly open, and also to faith
fully comply with atl th conditions, require
ments and provisions of this ordinance, and
shall My into the City Treasury the sum ot
Iirtv (fOi dollars for printing the same," be
and the same is hereby amenued so as to read
at follows
Section 0, Uefore thla ordinance shall be
come ertrcttve or confer any authority upon
the said Pennsybanla llallroad Company, and
before the Hoard of 8urvenrs may confirm
any of the revisions and changes of streets
and roads herein authorised, the said Penn
sylvania llallroad Company shall enter Into
an agreement satisfactory to the City Solicitor,
to comply v.llh the following condition To
reconstruct at Its own expense such portlona
of the Mill Creek sewer aa the Director of
the Department ot Public Work may deem
necensary from the Intersection of Malvern and
uincater avenues to a point In the present
ewer west of the vacated Fifty-sixth etreet,
about six hundred (uu); feet north of Lan
caster avenOe, and construct a sewer from
sixty-first street and Lebanon avenue along
Lebanon avenue to Lancaster avenue, and
along Lancaster avenue to Fifty-ninth street,
and construct and maintain at Its own ex
pense a channel for drainage. In addition to
the sewer system, from Fifty-eighth street
and Lebanon avenue to the southeast side of
I pland Way, and reconstruct such other ex
tutlng ewer, drainage channel, water pipe,
electrical conduit and other municipal struc
ture as may be affected by the construction
ot aald railroad and th change of line and
grade ot streets herein authorized, together
with all necessary new sewers and inlets and
appurtenances and connections therewith and
with existing sewers. In accordanco with plana
and specification to be prepared by the De
partment of Publlo Work (Uureau of Sur
vey) i to forever maintain said sewer or
ewer and appurtenance at It own expense,
wbraver they It within property owned by
the aald railroad company or cross under the
llnea of railroad owned by It; to permit In
spection of the same by representative ot th
Department of Publlo Work at any time, and
to repair same whenever directed to do so by
the Director of said Department; those por
tlona of said sewer that are relocated within
the lines of any street or streets now on the
City Plan or placed thereon by authority of
this ordinance are to b maintained by the
City, except where they cross under the line
of tho eald railroad company; to construct Its
railroad In tunnel from a point northeast of
Lancatser avenue, under Lancaster ave
nue. Malvern avenue. Sixty-third street,
Oross street and Sixty-fourth street; Pro
vided. That there shall be no openings In
the surface ot Malvern avenue from the said
tunnel, between the portal northeast of Lan
caster avenue and a point west of Sixty-fourth
street, and to construct steel or masonry
bridge, with paved floor, and to construct
satisfactory paved approaches to tho same to
the grades established under authority of this
ordinance, at Its own expense, for carrying
Blxty-slxth street. Ilaverford avenue, Jefferson
etreet and the new street from the proposed In
tersection of Fifty-ninth street and Lancaster
avenue to the proposed Intersection ot Fifty
seventh atreet and Upland Way, of their full
widths aa now confirmed or a confirmed un
der authority of this ordinance, over and above
the said railroad, also to construct a steel or
masonry bridge for carrying the said railroad
from the east side of Blxty-elghth etreet to
the west elde of Sixty-ninth street over and
above said streets, and to relocate and re
construct bridges, with column on curb llnea
carrying It tracks, connecting with the
Schuylkill Valley Railroad, over Jefferson
street, between Fitty-thini and Fifty-fourth
streets, and to relocate, reconstruct and build
additional bridges with columns in tho centre
ot the street to carry Its main yard and tracks
over and above Fifty-second street, between
Merlon avenue and Montlcello street, and to
extend the present arch bridge over Woodbine
avenue for three tracks, with cliarances not
less than under tho present arch, or build
bridge for thrco additional tracks with clear
spans and of clearance of not less than four
teen (14) feet over Woodbine avenue, of their
full widths as now confirmed, or confirmed
under authority of this ordinance, and to for
ever maintain all of the bridges named in this
soctlon at its own expense. To dedicate to the
City as much of tho property owned or con
trolled by It aa may be required to widen or
open any street or road now upon the City
Plan or placed upon the City Plan under au
thority ot this ordinance, crossing under or
over the said railroad, to dedicate tl.o property
or Indemnity the City against all damages or
costs for the op-nlng of the following streets
now upon the City Plan or placed thereon
under authority of this ordinance: Upland Way,
between Firty-fourth atreet and Woodblno ave
nue; Malvern avenue, between Upland Way and
Lancaster avenue; Sixty-second street, be
tween a point about four hundred (400) feet
south of woodbine avenue and Lancaster ave
nue; Fifty-ninth atreet. eighty (80) feet wide,
between Nassau atreet and Lancaster avenue;
a new street seventy (70) feet wide over the
tracks and property of the Pennsylvania P.all
road, from the herelnbefoio proposed Intersec
tion of Fifty-ninth etreet and Lancaster ave
nue to the hereinbefore proroaed Intersection of
Fifty-seventh street and Upland Way; Flfty
reventh street, between Upland Way as pro
posed to bo laid out, and Lebanon avenue; Co
lumbia avenuo, fromlFUty-nlntli stieet to Lan
caster avenue, Including the Intersection of Co
lumbia avenue. Fifty-ninth street and Lancas
ter avenue; and so much of Lancaster avenue,
between Fifty-sixth street and Malvern avenue,
as 1 owned or controlled by It; and to indem
nify the City against all damage and costs for
the changes ot lines and grades of the follow
ing streets, as authorized by this ordinance:
Fifty-seventh street, from Berks street to
Lebanon avenue: Lebanon avenue, from Fifty
seventh street to Fifty-ninth street; Fifty
ninth street, from Lebanon avenue to Malvern
avenuo; Coleman avenue, from Upland Way to
a point about nve hundred and fifty (Sou) fe'et
east of Upland Way: Uplnnd Way, between
Woodbine avenue and Coleman avenuo; Mal
vern avenue, from Lancaster avenue to Sixty
third atreet; Sixty-second street, from Wood
bine avenue to a point about four hundred (400)
feet south ot Woodbine avenue, and from Lan
caster avenue to a point about five hundred
and seventy (570) feet south thereof; Oxford
street, from Fifty-seventh street to Sixtieth
street: Fifty-sixth street, from the sum
mit north of Berks street to Upland Way;
Berks atreet, from about three hundred (300)
feet east of Fifty-sixth trcct to Fifty-seventh
street; Columbia avenue, from Fifty-ninth
street to Lancaster avenue; Fifty-ninth street
from Oxford street to Nsssau street; Flfty
uventh street, from Lancaster avenuo to Nas
sau street; and Lancaster avenue, from a point
about three hundred and fifty (350) leet west
of Fifty-sixth street to Sixtieth street. To
open.crade and pave, with materials to be desig
nated by the Director of the Daprtment of Pub.
llo Works, to the lines and grades confirmed
under authority ot this ordinance the following
streets at Its own expense; Malvern avenue, be
tween Sixty-third street and Lancaster avenue,
as proposed to be laid out: Lancaster avenue,
between Sixty-second street and Sixty-third
street: Sixty-second street, between Woodbine
avenue and Lancaster avenue, and between
Lancaster avenue and a point about five hun
dred and eeventy (570) feet south thereof:
Fifty-ninth street, between Nassau street and
Lancaster avenue; a new seventy (70) feet
wide street over the tracks and property of the
Pennsylvania Railroad from the hereinbefore
proposed Intersection of Fifty-ninth street and
Lancaster avenue to the hereinbefore proposed
Intersection of Fifty-seventh street and Upland
Way; Fifty-seventh street, between Upland
Way, aa proposed to be laid out, and Lebanon
avenue. To open and grade to the lines and
Eades as authorized by thla ordinance Up
lid Way, between Woodbine avenue and
Fifty-fourth street, and to pave a strip twenty
four (24) feet In width of said Upland Way
with bituminous-bound macadam. To main
tain travel in a manner satisfactory to th Di
rector of the Department of Public Works,
upon all street and road now open to publlo
use, or upon streets or roads substituted
therefor, at all times during the conatruction
ot the said railroad.
That Section 7 of said ordinance, which reads
as follows:
Section 7 The authority herein granted for
the construction of the said railroad shall ter
minate and becomo null and void If the eald
railroad Is not completed within ten years from
the date of the approval of this ordinance,"
be, and the same Is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The dedication of property to the
City and the work in connection with the
opening, grading and paving of streets, building
ot sewers and other municipal structures, and
building of bridge which. the said Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company obligates Itself to carry
out along Its main line from Fifty-fourth
street to Sixty-third street and Woodbine ave
nue, shall be started within three months after
the date ot confirmation of the City Mans by
the Hoard of Surveyors, and completed within
two and one-half years from tho date of said
confirmation, excepting that the widening of
the bridge over Woodbine avenue shall bs
completed within seven years after date of
said confirmation. The dedication of property
and the work in connection with the opening,
grading and paving of streets and building
of sewer and other municipal structure, and
building of bridges whloh the said Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company obligates Itself to carry
out along Its said branch or Improved line from
Sixty-third street and Malvern avenue to the
City Line at Cobb's Creek, nesr Woodbine ave
nue, shall be completed within five years,
and the construction of the tunnel under Mal
vern avenue shall be completed wltnln eight
years from the date of the approval of this
amendatory and supplementary ordinance. The
relocation ot tracks and construction of bridges
necessary to permit the City to change the
grade ot Fifty-fourth street, from Jefferson
street to Upland Way, as placed upon the City
Plan under authority of this ordinance, and
this amendatory and supplementary ordinance,
of Jefferson street, 'rom Fifty-third street to
Fifty-fourth street, shall be completed within
seven year from the date of the approval ot
Bectlon 3. The Department of Public Work
(Board ot Surveyor) I hereby authorized to
revise the line and grades of ail streets and
roads now open or upon the City Plan adjacent
to th said branch or Improved line or affected
by Its construction between Fifty-ninth street
and Cobb's Creek, or affected by any changes
of th location or grade ot th Pennsylvania
Railroad, between Fifty-second street and
Woodbtn avenue, caused by or mad In con
nection with the construction of th aald
branch or Improved line; to make the follow
ing change In the City rises. To striks from
the City Plaq and Vacat th following trets-Sixty-saeond
street, from a point about four
hundred (400) feel south of Woodbine avenu
to Malvern avenue; Upland Way, from Wood
bin avenu to Malvern avenu, Montgomery
avenu. a the earn now appears on ths Clly
Plan, from Malv.rn avenu to Fifty-fourth
street; Jefferson street, from Montgomery ave
nu to Flftr-fourth atnW LaUanoo avsnu.
ORDINANCE
front Montgomery avnu to Flfty-nlnth treti
Firty-teventh itrett, from Jefferson tret to
llerk treet. Fluy-sixth street, from Lan-
ft'r-iTnl, J ,rK" 'treat. tret,
Irom Flfty.ixth street to Fllty-seventh street
Columbia avenue, ., jU. jurterson atreet, a
hw located, to Fifty-fourth street, Fifty
ninth street, aa now located, from Oxtord
street to Columbia avenue, except such por
tions of said street a may 11 within th
lines of new street hereinafter authoiltea.
lo place upon the City Plan th following
street. Sixty-second street, fifty (JU) leet
wide, from a point about lour hundred 4uo)
feet south of Woodbine avenue to Lancaster
?i,uV,.ul.nd w"' vnty (TO) feet wide,
rrom Woodbine avenue to Malvern avenue;
Upland 'Way, eighty (oj feet wide, from Mal
lf" "vonu . ' Fltty-fourth street. Flity
seventh atreet, eighty tso) leet wide, from
upland Way, aa neretnbclore proposed to be
i?Lhi2u!,on01,'rk.J,,r't' lfty-hlnlh street,
eighty (80) feet wide, irom Nassau street to
Laniaster avenue, the Intersection ot Colum
bia avenuo, Flity-nlnth street and Lancaster
avenue, a new street seventy (7u) feet wide,
?1!S. i? Jf" nd propel ty of the 1'ennsyl
jama Railroad Company, from the hereinbe
fore proposed Intersection of Hfty-nlnth street
Hhd Laiunster avenue to the hereinbefore pro
posed Intersection of Fifty-seventh street and
upland Way, llerk street, sixty too) feet
wide, from Fifty-sixth street lo Ifty-seventh
street, Fltty-slxth stroet, seventy (70) feet
wide, from Berks street to Upland Way, Mont
gomery avenue, seventy (70) feet wide, from
Jl'Jy-Jourth atreet lo L pland Way. To widen
Ilfty-fourth street to eighty (80) feet, and
revise the grade from Jelicrson street to Up
!anr way. as placed upon the City Plan
und" , authority of this ordinance; Up
!?ld Way' .lo vnty (70) feet, and revls
the grauo of tame between Voodblne avenue
?.. ..M'v?rn: ""! to widen Fifty-ninth
street to eighty (Ml) feet, and revise the grade
.f. ? between Nassau street and Oxtord
street. To revise the grade, of Lancaster ave
5H' rl?"1 a P0,nt about three hundred and
8ft?iJS0 '" wo: of Fifty-sixth street to
Sixtieth street; Malvem avenue, from Lan
caster avenue to Flfty-nlnth street; Sixty
second, from Woodbine avenue to a point
about four hundred (400) leet south ot Wood
bins avenue; Coleman avenue, from Upland
way to a point about live hundred and fifty
fo. feet east of Upland Way: Flfty-nlnth
street, from Malvern avenue to Lebanon ave-nu,i-ruaIlon
avenue, from Fifty-eighth street
to Flfty-nlnth street; Fifty-seventh street,
from Lebanon avenue to Berks street, and
-rom Lancaster avenue to Jefferon street: Co
lumbia avtnue, from Lancaster avenue to
Sixtieth atreet: Jefferson street, from Fifty
third street to Fifty-fourth street; Nassau
street, from Fifty-seventh street to Flfty
nlnth Btrcetj Oxtord street, from rifty-seventh
street to Sixtieth street: Fltty-slxth street,
from Montgomery avenue to the summit in
Ilfty-slxth street, north of Berk street:
Berks street, from Fltty-slxth treet to a
point about three hundred (300) feet east ot
Flfty-lxth street: and to make eueh other
revlsiona In the llnea and grades of streets,
and to lay out such new streets, within the
territory bounded by City avenue on the north.
Fifty-fourth street on tho east, Lansdown
avenue on the south, and Cobb's Creek on the
west, a may be necessary to complete the City
Plan in that vicinity.
Bectlon. 4. The location and grade ot ths
said branch or Improved line shall be sub
stantially aa nhown upon a plan and profile
which, before this ordinance shall have any
effect or confer any authorlt' upon the said
railroad company, shall bo approved by the
proper officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and the proper official of tho City
and filed In the Department ot Publlo Work
(Bureau ot Surveys), and said plan and pro
file are hereby substituted for the plan and
profile approved and tiled pursuant to Section
two (2) ot the ordinance which this ordinance
supplements and amends.
Section B. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany ahall covenant, promts and agree to
tho following condition:
First. To equip and operate electrically th
Malverr Avenue Tunnel and that portion of
tho proposed branch or Improved line ot rail
road between Flfty-nlnth etreet and City Line
at Cobb's Creek.
Second. That, inaamuch aa It 1 claimed by
tho railroad company that tho electrical opera
tion ot a classification freight yard of the type
proposed Is at the present time In more or less
of an experimental stage, it will not placo In
service tho new freight yard proposed between
Fifty-fourth street and Malvem avenue until
four years after the date of tho approval of
this amendatory and supplementary ordinance,
and that before said new freight yard or any
part thereof lplaced In operation the question
of tho motive power to be used therein shall
be submitted to a board consisting of threo
members, one member ot said board to be the
Honorable Edwin S. Stuart, one to be chosen
by the railroad company, and tho third by the
two so chosen. Vacancies, if any. In said
board, shall to flllod from time to time by
tho parties originally selecting them, except
that In the ense of the office provided herein
lo be filled by the Honorable Edwin S. Stuart,
tho vacancy shall be filled by the Mayor of
the City from a list of flvo names presented
to him by the Overbrook Club and tho OVer
brook Association. The decision of the board,
or a majority of them, shall bo made In the
light of Information and experience then
uvnllable, and. subject to the approval of the
Publlo Service Commission of tho Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, shall be binding and
conclusive upon the railroad company and the
City. Provided, lion ever, that the decision of
the board shall not operate as a waiver ot any
rights of sild City or said railroad company
in regard to the motive power which shall
thereafter be used In the operation of said
yard.
The railroad company will make necessary
and reasonable experiments and demonstra
tions In said yard of systems of motive power
for eald board to assist ltin reaching a de
cision. .
Third. After the passage of this ordinance.
no steam locomotive shall be stored or
parked, and no roundhouse or railroad coaling
plant or repair shop shall bo constructed west
of Fifty-fourth street to City avenue and
along the proposed branch or Improved line
within the City limits.
Bectlon 0. Before this ordinance shall be
come effective or confer any authority upon
the said Pennsylvania Railroad Company, nnd
before the Hoard of Surveyors may confirm
any of the revisions or change of streets and
roads heroin authorized, the aald Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, which has duly entered
Into an agreement to comply with the condi
tion contained In Bectlon Six (0) of the ordl
nance to which this Is an amendment, shall
enter Into a supplemental agreement sat
isfactory to the City Solicitor to com
ply with the conditions contained In said
Section Six (6J as amended and supplemented
by Section One (1) of this ordinance, and with
conditions contained In Section Five (5) of this
ordinance. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany shall also agree not to claim any dam
ages for the opening, grading or changing of
grade of any street or road now open or upon
the City Plan or placed upon the City Plan
under authority of this ordinance, or of th
ordinance to which thla 1 amendatory, upon
or across any property owned or controlled by
It within the territory covered by the above re
cited ordinance, as amended by this ordinance,
and having filed Ita bond In the sum of two
hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) dollars,
duly executed under Its corporate seal. In a
form satisfactory to the City Solicitor as pro
vided In the ordinance to which this Is an
amendment, shall file an amended bond In the
sum of two hundred and fifty thousand (230,.
O00) dollars, duly executed under Its corporate
seal, In a form satisfactory to the City Solic
itor, in lieu ot and substitution for ths said
bond heretofore filed, conditioned to indemnify
the City against any and all damages which
may arise by reason of the construction of the
said branch or Improved line and the conse
quent changes of lines and grade of any
street or road now legally or physically open,
or opened under authority of thla ordinance,
and also to faithfully comply with the condi
tion, requirements and provision of the eald
ordinance approved the twenty-third day of
November, 1003, aa herein amended and sup
plemented and shall pay Into the City Treasury
the prim ot fifty (50) dollars for printing this
amendatory and supplementary ordinance.
Section 7. It Is hereby understood and
agreed that neither the purpose nor Intent, nor
the obligation of this contract, If and when
approved by the Publla Service Commission of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, la such
a to Impair or In any wise affect the exercise
by aald commission of any of the power
vested In it by the Publla Service Compssy
law, approved July 26, 101S.
Approved the EUhth day of July, A. D. 1015,
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO,
No. 1128. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE CETU
tain tracts of land In the Twenty-first Ward
for an extension of Falrmount Park.
Bectlon 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain. That
all (hose three certain tract of land In the
Twenty-first Ward, one of them bounded on
the northeast, the east and the southeast by
Falrmount Park, on the south and the west by
Henry avenue and Hermit street, as now laid
out on the City plan, and on the northwest by
land late of Frederick Mlley and land now or
lata of Henry Root, Jr., another of them
bounded on the southwest and the southeast by
Falrmount Park and on the north by Henry
avenue, and the third bounded on the east, the
south and the west by Falrmount Park, on the
northwest by Hermit street and on tho north
east by Wlssahlckon avenue, are hereby ap
propriated for publlo park purposes for an ex
tension of Falrmount Park.
Section 2. The Mayor Is hereby authorised
nnd directed to enter security, in the nam of
the City of Philadelphia, for the payment of
any damages that may be awaidea by reason
of the appropriation of said land for publlo us,
and upon the entry of said sscurlty the Com
missioners of Falrmount Park tr requested to
take possession of said land,
Approved th Sixteenth day of July, A, D.
1015.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO,
No. 1I2L Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO STRIKE FROM TUB
City plan Third atreet, from Luierne trt
to Pike street, and Plka etreet, from Third
street to American street, In th Thirty-third
Bsctlo'n 1, Th Select and Common Council
ot the City of Philadelphia do ordain. That th
Department of Publla Work (Board of Sur
veyors) be authorized and directed to itrtk
from the City plan Third atreet, between Lu
zerne street and Pike street, and Plk street,
between Third street and American street. In
th Thirty-third Ward Provided. That th
Philadelphia and Retdlng Railway Company
shall first file an agreement, satisfactory to
the City Solicitor, Indemnifying th City from
any and all damages by reason of th striking
of aaid street from th plan.
Approved the Sixteenth day of July, A. D.
RUDOLPH BIUNKBMBUKO,
No. UM. aayC
0RDIXAM0M
AN OTIDINANCB TO REGULATE TUB
operation ot motor buae In the Cltv of Phila
delphia and providing tor th licensing there-
.sjcllon 1. The Select and Common Council
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain. That lor
the purposes of this ordinance a motor bu I
denned to be any motor-propelled vehicle oper
ated In or upon the atreet ot the City for th
purpose of carrying passenger lor hire. Pro
vided, Thkt nothing In thl oralhancs shall
apply lo any street railway car or motor-pro-pelled
vehlile used exclusively for slght-soelng
purposes or to any motor-propelled vehicle
which Is rented or hired Irom a fixed stand In
the stteet or Irom a publlo or private garage,
the aestlratlon of which Is soieiy unoer tno
alrectlon of th passenger or passenger trn-
""i'"1 increin, or 10 any moior-propeuej
vehicle the ihrgc or far for transportation
In wmch la not rlxed, but Is determined nnd
ii'tulHtid by a meter attached to such vehicle.
Proviaed, turther. That nothing in thl ordl
nanco shall artect, amend, or repeal any of
the, previsions of the ordinance ot July lSth,
iwii, with respect to omnibuses carrying not
less th.in thirty (JO) nor more tnan lorty 0)
IMacengrra, ror the purposes of thla ordi
nance the word "driver" Is affined to moan
the pet ton jperatlng a motor bus.
Section 2. That no motor bus shall be oper
B.WJ Jn. PT "J"1" the, streets of the City of
Philadelphia Unless a license be first obtained
by the owner, lessee or bailee, from the De
partment ot Putllo Saiety (Bureau of Police).
Application for a license nhall be mado to said
Bureau pf Police upon a lorm provided by It,
and shall give the name, age, and rrsldenoe
or the person or persons applying therefor. If
a turtnoMhlp or association, the names, ages
an residences of the person or persons com
losing such partnership or association , If a
corporation, the corporate name and placo of
Incorporation, with the names and residences
ot the officers. The applicant shall also stato
whether he Is the owner, lessee or bailee ot
the motor bus sought to be licensed, and the
experlonce and qualifications aa a driver ot
motor vehicle ot th parson who Is to operate
salr motor bus, the route or routes over which
It Is proposed to operate such motor bus, to-
ether with such other Information as the said
ureau of Pollco may require. A separate
application shall be filed tor each motor bus
to be licensed. In which such motor shall be
described by giving the name of the car, fac
tory number, motor number, and the Stat
license number, together with the number ot
persons. Including the driver, who are to be
carried thereon. Kvery application shall ba
acknowledged before a notary publlo or other
perton duly authorized to administer oaths.
Whenever an application 1 presented to said
Buroau ot Police ft shall either approve or re
ject the application. But It the application
be approved no license shall issue until the
applicant present to said Bureau ot Police (1)
a certificate from the City Solicitor that tho
'bond or bond hereinafter required have been
filed In his office: (2) a receipt or receipts of
the Receiver of Taxes for the payment of the
license fee hereinafter required. All licenses
Issued hereunder shall be In lorce tor one jvar
from tho first day ot July In each year, sub
ject to the right of revocation by the said
Bureau of Police as hereinafter provided, and
no license shall Issue except that It expire on
the first day of July next ensuing.
Section 3. That In order to insure the safety
of the publlo, it shall bo unlawful for tho
owner, lessee or bailee ot any motor bus to
operato or cause or permit auch motor bus to
be operated nor ahall any license be issued
hereunder until and unless the owner, leaeee
or bailee shall have given and thero Is In full
force and effect during the whole time of
operation of such bus a good and sufficient
bond In the sum of two thousand flvo hun
dred (2,500) dollars for each bus licensed.
Tho eald bond to have such surety or sureties
and to be In such form as may bo approved
by the City Solicitor, with whom the sold
bond shall be filed. Such bond ahall be given
to the City or Philadelphia, and shall by Its
terms be conditioned (1) for the faithful per
formance ot each and every provision ot thl
ordinance: (2) that any person or persons who
may be Injured or damaged In person or In
property by the operation of such bus may
sue under such bond In the name ot the City
of Philadelphia, and recover thereunder such
damages as they may have sustained.
Section 4. That before any such license ahall
Issue the person or persons, firm, association
or corporation applying for the same shall pay
to the Receiver of Taxes, ot eho City of Phila
delphia, for the uso of said City," the sum ot
arty (50) dollars tor each motor bus to be
licensed. Provided, That one-half only ot the
above sum shall be charged In tho case of
license Issued after the first day of January
and before the first day of July In each year.
The fee for each driver's license shall bo one
(1) dollar, which shall Include the cost ot a
badge and Identification card hereinafter re
quired. Bectlon 5. When an application Is approved
and the applicant has complied with the pro
visions of Sections U, 3 and 4 hereof, nnd the
said Bureau of Police Is rattened as to the good
character of tho applicant and that the motor
bus to be operated la a proper nnd safe vehicle
for the transportation ot passengers, it shall
Isuie a license to such applicant, together with
an identification card. Bald Identification card
shall be ot suitable slzo for each motor bus
licensed. Said Identification card shall glvo
tho description of the holder of said license, his
ago, and the description ot the car, tho name
of the owner, Icbsco or bailee, hi residence
the serial number of the license, the number
ot persona said bus la permitted to carry, and
the route or routes over which the motor bus
Is to be operated. Bnld Identification card Is to
be attached to said bus so that the same may
be easily read by any person therein, and It
shall be unlawful to .operate any bu unleBS
raid Identification card Is attached thereto In
the manner specified, and shall bo presented
tor Inspection upon the request of any police
officer or other person desiring to examine the
same. , ,
In addition there shall be Issued a badge and
Identification card to the person who has been
named In the application, under the provision
of 6ectlon 2 hereor, as the driver of said motor
bus. Said badge shall bo circular In shape, ap-
Croxlmately two Inches In dlamctor, and shall
o Inscribed with the words "Licensed Driver
No. , Philadelphia" (setting forth the serial
number), it shall be worn In a conspicuous
manner by the person to whom It Is Issued at
all times while such person Is operating or In
charge of any moto' bus. It shall be unlawful
for any person having procured a driver's li
cense to permit any other person to wear hi
badge or catry his Identification card, and It
shall bo unlawful for any person while oper
ating or In charge of a motor bus to wear tho
fbadgo cr carry tno Identification card of anoth
er driver so licensed.
Section U. That It ahall be unlawful to carry
a greater number of persons or passengers In
any motor bus than permitted by the license,
or to operate the said bus over any route not
covered by the license.
Section 7. That It shall be unlawful for any
pel son to drive, one rate or bo In charge ot any
motor bus without first having1 obtained a driv
er's license as hereinbefore provided for.
Anv owner, lessee or bailee whose motor bus
Is operated or In charge ot a person not II
ceneod as "herein provided shall be subject, as
well as the person so operating, to a fine or
flues a hereinafter Imposed for a violation of
any ot the provisions ot this section.
Section 8. That tho owner, lessee or bailee of
a .motor bus licensed hereunder may substitute
one motor bus for another, but If such substitu
tion continue for more than seven days, a like
description of such substituted motor bus shall
be filed with said Bureau of Police as Is herein
required upon filing annllcatlon for a license to
operate a motor bus, nnd a notice of such sub
stitution shall be Indorsed upon the identifica
tion card. A fee of fifty (50) cents shall ac
company every such application for substitu
tion. Section 0. That the driver of every motor bus
shall carefully preserve and keep any article
left In such bus by a passenger. If not called
for by the owner within twenty-four hours each
and every article shall thereupon be turned
over to the Bureau of Police for safekeeping
and Identification by the owner.
Section 10. That no license shall be Issued for
the operation of a motor bus over any north
and south route unless the same shall extend
from Market street north to Olney avenue, a.
from Market street .south to the NaVy Yard, or
over any east and west route unless its ter
minal points are Delaware avenue on the east
and the County line on the west; except that a
route may be established from City Hall to
Thirty-third ana Diamond streets.
Every motor bus must be operated over Its
whole route In a continuous trip from one ter
minal point thereof to the other, and It shall be
unlawful to charge a greater tare than five
(5) cents tor a continuous ride over the wholo
route: Provided. That when a game Is being
played at either Baseball Park, such Park
may be mtde the northern terminal of vehicles
operating on North Broad atreet, and after
discharging passengers there the vehicle may
return to the terminal at City Hall.
Section 11 That there shall be attached to
every motor bu a sign upon which there
shall be set forth the main street or streets ot
the route, the terminal points,, the license num
ber of the bus, and the fare or fare charged,
and It shsll be unlawful for any owner, lessee
or bailee, driver In person In charge thereof to
charge a greater fare than that set forth on
said sign. Provided, That no ftgn shall be
carried on the windshield of a motor bus In
any way obstructing or Interfering with th
driver vision.
Section 12. That the. (Bureau of Police are
hereby authorized from time to time to Issue
rule and regulation governing the operation
ot motor busses In and upon the streets of
the City, which rules and regulations shall be
observed and obeyed by all owners, lessees and
bailees and drivers of motor buses under pen
alty of the fines hereinafter Imposed: Provided,
That no provision of'thls or sny other section
of this ordlnsnce shall be construed to exempt
any motor bus. Its owner, lessee, bailee or
driver from the general trarflo regulation now
or hereafter In force In the City, Provided,
further. That no provisions in this or sny
other section of this ordinance, shall be con
strued a prohibiting the Bureau of Police
from regulating the operation of motor busjs
or excluding the same from any street or
streets which It shall at any time consider
unsulted for such traffic, It being the Intent
of this ordinance that said Bureau In the
course ot Its general supe, vision of traffic n
the City, may from vlme to time determine
and regulate Ihe route or route over which
motor buses may be operated subject to the
provisions of Section 10 hereof, and as a part
of such regulations may exclude such buses
from any street or parts of streets.
Section 18. That the said Director of ths De
partment of Publla Safety la hereby authorised
In lils discretion to suspend or revoke any li
cense ss owner, lessee, bailee or driver granted
hereunder In the event that the person holding
such license or his agent or employe falls, re
fuse or neglects to, obey anv of the provi.
slon of this ordinance, or whereby said Di
rector of the Department of Publla Safety be
lieve that the, safety of th traveling publlo
demands auch suspension or revocation.
Section 14. That any person, firm or corpora
tlan who shall violate any of tho provisions of
Sections 2, S. 4. 6, 0. 7. 8, 0, 10 and 11 of thl
ordinance, or shall make any false statements
as to any of ths matter required to be set
forth by th said sectlcna shall be deemed
guilty of a breach of thl ordinance and ahall
be subject to a fine of not less than five (5)
nor mors than twelve (11) dollar and fifty (50)
cent for a first offense, of not less than seven
(7) dollar and fifty (50) cent nor mora than
twenty-five (25) dollars for a second offense,
and not less than twelve (12) dollars and fifty
(50) cents nor more than fifty (50) dollar tor
each subsequent offense. That any person.
fl or corporation woo ball violate any of
ORDINANCE
the rule and regulation governing th opera.
Hon ot motor buses, which may, from time
to time be Issued by the Bureau of rollc un
der authority of Section 12 hereof, shall bs
guilty of a breach ot thl ordlnanceand sub
Ject to a fine of ten (10) dollars, That said
fines shall I levied and collected as like fine
are now levied and collected by law, and that
any police officer I hereby authorlted to ar
rest tho owner, driver or person In charge of
any motor bus for any violation ot any ot the
provisions of this ordinance. , ..
Section IB. That It shall be the duly of th
City Solicitor upon being furnished with evi
dence of any violation of th provisions of thl
ordinance to sue before any msglstrate. Justice
of the peace, or court having lawful Jurisdic
tion, and to collect and recover for the use of
the City of Philadelphia the fine or fine of
such violation n tho same manner as debt
of like amount are by law recovered.
Section in. Thla ordinance shall take effect
ten days after passage.
All ordinance or part of ordinances "Incon
sistent herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved the Second day of July, A. D. 1015.
RUDOLPH ltLANKENBURO,
No. 1127. Mayqrof Philadelphia.
RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD
of Recreation to draw and the City Controller
to countersign warrant for purchase of an ad
ditional automobile nnd directing the presen
tation of thla resolution to the Mayor for his
approval or disapproval.
Resolved. By the Select and Common Council
of the City of Philadelphia, That th Board of
Recreation lie and Is hereby authorized to draw,
anl the City Controller to countersign warrant
to puichase an additional automobile, not to
exceed five hundred (500) dollars, said warrant
nnd maintenance charge to be drawn against
Item SB, (or purchase and supplies of automo
bile In the appropriation to tho Board of Rec
reation. Resolved, That the Clerks of Councils be di
rected to present this resolution to the Mayor
for his approval or disapproval.
Approved this Rth day of July. A, D. 1015.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO.
No. 1128. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THE LOCA-
tlon of electrlo lights In various wards.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
ot ths City of Philadelphia do ordain: That
tho Department of Publla Safety (Electrical
Bureau) be and Is hereby, authorized and di
rected to change the location of the following
electrlo lights: From Van Pelt and Chancellor
streets, to Van Pelt and Latimer streets; two
(2) from bath-house on Eighth etreet above
areen street as follow: One to Eighth street,
between Falrmount avenue nnd Brown street:
one to Seventh street, between Noble and But
tonwood street: duplicate from Twenty-second
and League street to Gray Ferry road and
Alter treet: one of two from Sixtieth atreet,
between Olrard avenue and Thompson street,
to Sixtieth street and Olrard avenue: from
Fifty-ninth street north of Thomas avenue to
FIfly-nlnth street, between Thomas and Whit
hy avenues; from Cumberland street, between
Franklin and Eighth streets, to Cumborlatil
street, between Eighth and Ninth streets: from
Somerset street, between Trenton avenue and
Memphl Btreet, to Somerset street, between
Trenton Tivenuo and Amber street: from west
side of Ridge avenue, north of Nlcetown lane,
to directly opposite on east side of Ridge ave
nue: from Thirty-fourth street', between Race
street and Powelton avenue, to Thirty-sixth
and Olive streets; from Twenty-fourth, be
tween Locust and Spruce etreet, to Twenty
fourth street, between Walnut and Locust
streets; from American street below Master
street to Cadwallader and Master streets; sev
enteen (17) llghtB from Race street pier to the
following locations: Walnut Btreet. between
riftleth nnd Ftfty-flrst streets: Tenth end
Rockland streete; Tenth and Ruscomb streets;
Bensaltm pike and Lower Bjberry road; Twenty-first
and Rlttenhouse streets: five (5) Spring
Garden street bridge, upper deck; Vine street,
between Twenty-second and Twenty-third
streets; Oermantown avenue, south of Wlssa
hlckon Creek; Chestnut street bridge: Sixth
street nnd Chelten nvenue; Rising Run avenue,
between Northeast Boulevard and Tabor road:
Chadwlck street, between Tasker and Morris
streets; Springfield avenue, west of Baltimore
Central Railroad; sixteen (10) lights from
Chestnut street pier to the following locations:
Two (2) Klngsesslng Recreation Centre: Elev
enth street, between Ellsworth street and
Waehlnctrm avenue; Ilaverford arnTGIrard ave
nues; Twentieth street and Oregon avenue:
Twentieth and Johnson streets; Twentieth
etreet and Erie avenue: Snyder avenue and
Swanson street; Oxford street, between Sixty
first and Sixty-third streets ; Church lane and
Twentieth street: Chelten avenue, west of York
road; Broad and Butler streets; Forty-eighth
and Spruce streets ; Fitty-elghth and Samom
streets; Ludlow street, between Fortieth and
Forty-first streets - McKenn street, west of
Twenty-third street: from Thomas avenue and
Ithan Hreet to Fifty-sixth nnd Thomas 'ave
nuo: from Sixteenth street north-of Chestnut
Btreet. to Peventeenth nnd Ranstend streets.
Approved this (Uh 1av of Julv. A. D. 1015.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO.
No. 1120 Mayor of- Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to lay nnd
maintain a siding connection from Its
tracks on Twenty-fifth street at the Inter
section of Reed street to a point of con
nection with property of Daniel B. Mc
Allister on the east side of Twenty-fifth
atreet at southeast cornor of Reed street.
In the Thirty-sixth Ward: allowing the
same rights and advantages on the said
siding connection under a certain agree
ment between the City of Philadelphia and
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for
the elevation of the tracks along Twenty
fifth street as now appertain to a certain
siding connection to be abandoned, the
same as If the said siding connection had
been made prior to tho execution and ap
proval of eald agreement.
Whereas Daniel B. McAllister Is the owner
of a certain siding connection with the track
of the Pennsylvania Railroad at tho north
west corner of Twenty-fifth and Dickinson
streets for the use of his coal yard, which
have been In operation for upwards of fif
teen years: and
Whereas. Tho said Daniel n. McAllister In
the event of the elevation of the tracks along
Twenty-fifth street will be entitled to certain
right and advantages appertaining thereto,
under a certain agreement between the City
of Philadelphia and tho Pennsylvania Rail
road Company for the elevation of said
tracks as provided In an ordinance approved
the fourteenth day of February, A. D. 1014:
Whereas. The said Daniel B. McAllister Is
desirous of removing his coal yard to the
southeast corner of. Twenty-fifth and Reed
streets and having there constructed a siding
connection similar to that which will be re
quired at the proeent location. Twenty-fifth
and Dickinson streets, in the event .of the
elevation ot said track: and
Whereas. The said Daniel B. McAllister Is
desirous of abandoning the siding connection
at Twenty-fifth and Dickinson treeta. to
gether with all the rights and advantages
appertaining thereto under the agreement aa
aforesaid, and having the same rights and
advantages under the said agreement at
tach to tho new siding connection to be con
structed at Twenty-fifth and Reed streets,
the same as If the said new siding connec
tion had been constructed prior to the exe
cution and approval of the said agreement
between tho City of Philadelphia and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the ele
vation of said tracks.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of ths City of Philadelphia do ordain, That
authority be and Is hereby granted the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company to lay and main
tain a siding connection from its tracks on
Twenty-fifth street, at the Intersection of Reed
street, to a point of connection with the prop
erty ot Daniel B. McAllister on east side of
Twenty-fifth street at southeast corner of
Reed street. In the Thirty-sixth Ward, aa
shown on the plan filed In the Department of
Publlo Works (Bureau of Surveys). The
said siding connection to be laid under the
supervision of the Department of Publlo
Worke i Hoard of lllshwav Supervisors): Pro
vlded, That said siding be removed at any
time upon the passage by Councils of an
ordlrance to that effect, without any recourse
against the City of Philadelphia for damages,
either property, personal or otherwise. And
provided further. That before exercising any
privilege under the authority of thla ordinance
the said Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall
first pay Into the City Treasury the sum of
fifty (50) dollars to cover the cost of pub
lication hereof.
Section 2. The said Daniel B. McAllister
shall be entitled to the asms rights and ad
vantages on the said siding connection under
a certain agreement between tho City of
Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for the elevation of track along
Twenty-fifth street as provided In an ordi
nance approved the fourteenth day of Feb
ruary. A. D. 1014, as now appertain to his
certain siding connection at Twenty-fifth and
Dickinson streets, to be abandoned, the same
a If th said siding connection had been con
structed prior to the execution and approval
of said agreement.
Section S. It I hereby understood and
agreed that neither Ahe purpose nor Intent
nor the obligation ot this contract. If and
when approved by the Publla Service Com
mission of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, I such aa to Impair or In any wis
aRect the exercise by said Commission of any
ot the power vested In It by the Publlo Serv
ice Company Law, approved July 20, 101",
Approved thl Thirtieth day of July, A. D,
1015.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO,
N ! Mayor of J'hlladelphla.
AN ORDINANCE TO rONDEMNA"T.OT OF
cround In the Forty-second Ward for pub
lla park purposes as an addition to Hunt
ing Park
Section 1 The Select and Common Coun
ells of ths City of Philadelphia do ordain,
That by virtue and In pursuance of the au
thority vested In them by the fourth section
of an Act of Assembly, approved May 1R
inwi, iiivj uv avivvi WIH4 apiTuiJriaie xor PUQ-
llo park purposes, as an addition to'Huntlng
Park, all that certain lot or piece of ground
In the Forty-second Ward bounded by Ninth
street, Wlngohocklng street and The Boule
vard, containing about one-tenth (1-10) of
acre
Section 2. That the Clly Solicitor la her.
by directed to file In th Court pf Quarter
Sessions, on behalf of th City, a petition for
th assessment of damages, and setting forth,
therein the ground herein selected and ap
propriated Approved th Blxtesnth day of July, A. D,
1015,
IIUDQLPH liLANKKNBURO,
No. 1124 Mayor of Philadelphia,
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND Di
recting the Board of JUcreatlon to Imme
diately enter upon and take possession of a
certain plot of ground, situated In th 81th
Ward, sslected and appropriated a Ply
ground and open publlo piac tor Mi bealitt
ORDINANOM
and njoyment of th peopl 'lrv,7' nnd,T
ordinance approved December 2, 1014.
Whereas the Select and Common.CouncIl of
th City of Phlladelpnla. by ordinance ap
proved th 2d dsy of December. 1014, ,'
tor a playground and open nubllo plc for
th health and enjoyment of in, wofl all
that certain lot of piece of ronV,,,",e1 ,n
the 34th Ward of the Clly t Philadelphia.
Section 1. The Select and Common Coun
cil of th City of Philadelphia do ordain, Tha
th Board of Recreation b nd it 1 hereby
authorized and directed to immediately enter
upon and tske possession of ld lot or Piece
ot ground, ellusted In the 84th Ward of the
City of Philadelphia, described as follow.
Beginning at ftstn and Westminster avenue,
thence along Westminster avenu 402 leet !
inche lo 61th street, ihence northwestwardly
alona37th street 74 feet 8j4 Inches to I""1!
tnence Westwardly parallel on a line parallel
with Callowhlll street, 7J feet u, inches to a
point, thence northwestwardly parallel on a
line with 57th street 114 feet 2H Inche to
point, thence northeastwardly 17 feet iv
inche to a point In th south sla of Haver
lord street (said point being 7 feet U Inche
west of 67th street), thence northwestwardly
along ilaverford atreet 120 feet to a point,
thence DouthTitstwaraly Ml feet 8'A Inches to)
h point, thence westwardly on a line parallel
with taliowhlll street 20u feet 0V4 inches to
a point in tho east line of rath "reel thence
southwardly 28u leet loii Inches to Westmin
ster avenue and place ot beginning.
Approved thl Eighth day of July, A. D.
1 nUDOLni BLANKENBURO,
No. 113L Mayor ot Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE- TO AUTHORIZE THE
laying of water-pipe In Wastburn, Emlcn,
Johnson. Media, Mllnor, Twenty-Uth and
Schiller streets; Delaware, Gibson and Green
way avenues; the Boulevard, Horsham and
Byberry turnpike, and Mitchell street. ,
Soctlon 1. The select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain. That
the Department of Public Worka be authorized
to lay water pipe In Kastburn street, from
Limekiln pike to Twnty-flrt atreet; Emlen
street, from Allen' Ian to a point two thou
sand feet northward: Johnson street, from tor
rest avenuo to Limekiln turnpike; Media street,
from Blxty-fourth to Simpson street; Mllnor
street, from Comly to Homestead street;
Twenty-sixth street, from Allegheny avenue to
Wlllard street; Schiller street, from II street
to summit; Delaware avenue, from Mifflin
street to Snyder avenue; Gibson avenue, from
Eighty-first to Elghty-aecond street, aud Green
way avenue, from Sixty-third to Sixty-fourth
street; the Boulovard (north side), from Rising
Bun avenue to Front street; Horsham and By
berry road, from Bustleton turnpike to Worth
ington road: and Mitchell street, from Parker
avenue to Clnnamlnson lane.
Approved thl Ninth day of July, A. D. lOlfi,
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO,
No. 1132. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE TO SET ASIDE A PLOT OF
ground belonging to the City of Philadelphia,
bounded by Clearfield street. Twenty-seventh
street, Chalmers avenue and Twnty-elghth
street, for an athletic field for the use of the
employes of the City ot Philadelphia.
Bectlon 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain. That
the plot of ground In tho Thirty-eighth Ward,
situated as follows: Bounded by Clearfield
street. Twenty-seventh street, Chalmers ave
nue and Twenty-eighth street, be and the ramo
Is hereby set aside, for an nthletlo field for tho
use ot the employe of the City of Philadel
phia, Provldod. That If tho said plot of
pound shall at any time hereafter be required
by tho City for reservoir or for any other mu
nicipal purpose, possession shall be surren
dered upon the passage ot a Resolution or Or
dlnsnce to that effect.
All ordinances or part of ordinances Incon
sistent herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved this Ninth day of July, A. D. 1015.
RUDOLPH BLANKENBURO,
No. 1133. Mayor of Ph!!adelphla.
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE
Square at Eighth and Oermantown avenue a
"vandegrlft Square."
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
ot the Ctty of Philadelphia do ordain: That the
Square at Eighth nnd Oermantown avenue be
nnd the same Is hereby designated as "Vande
grlft Square." '
Approved this ISth day of July. A. D. 1015.
RUDOLPH BlNitENBUlio,
No. 1134. Mayor of Philadelphia.
LAIN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATETfOII
pork purposes plot of ground bounded by
Frankford avenue. Palmer street, 6apvlva
street nnd East Columbia avenuo, to be
called "Palmer Park."
Section 1, The Select and Common Councils
ot the Olty of Philadelphia do ordain: That by
virtue and In pursuance of the authority vested
In them by act of Assembly, they do hereby se
lect and appropriate for park purposes as on
open place for public health the rjlot of ground
bounded by Frankford avenue. Palmer street.
Sepvlva street and East Columbia avenue, to
be known as "Palmer Park."
Eectlon 2. That the Mayor be nuthorlted and
directed to enter security In tho name of the
City of Philadelphia for the payment of any
damages that may be awarded by the reason
of the taking of said ground. Upon the filing
of said bond possession ot the same shall be
taken.
Section 3. That the City Solicitor be directed
to Institute the proper proceedings, on behalf
of the City of Philadelphia, for the taking of
said property.
Section 4. That upon th City of Philadel
phia acquiring possession of said ground, to
be known ns "Pnlmer Park." the Bame shall
he turned over to the care and custody of the
Commissioners of Falrmount Park.
Approved thl 21st dav nr Julv. A. D. 1015.
. .... BUDOLPH BLANKENBUnO,
JNfc1185. Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND Di
recting the Director of the Department of
Wharves. Docks anl Ferries to expend cer
tain sum out of the appropriations made by
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Im
provement of port facilities.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
?l t?. Cltr ot Philadelphia do ordain: That
the Director of the Department of Wharves.
Docks and Ferries be nnd Is hereby authorized
to use the unencumbered balance of the two
hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) dollars
appropriated to eald Department by Act of
Assembly approved July 25, 1018, amounting
to seventeen thousand (17,000) dollars, and a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand (50,000) dol
an iuu 5 iV0 hundred and. fifty thousand
(250,000) dollars appropriated to said De
?ttrtmoT '7 A? of Assembly approved June
?' . 5.'. 'or '" Purpose of continuing the
construction of a wooden bulkhead along the
Schuylkill River between Penrose Ferry Bridge
nnd Passyunk avenue, and a further sum not
exceeding seventy-five thousand (75,000) dol
ViS'i1!11 two hund""l and fifty thousand
(250 1.000) dollars appropriated to said Deport
ment by Act of Assembly approved June 10.
1015. for widening nnd deepening the ship
channel of the Delaware River between Sus
quehanna avenue and Cambria street.
Approved the 8th day of July. A. D 1015
No. 1137.
nuiAjx.ru JILANKENBURO.
mayor oirnuadelphIa.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PUl
chase of a plot of ground for railroad access
Pumpa.ngB,BB.fronW,Ulp,nent "' ,w Queen x
-.Stl,,0!J..!- T.h.?$ect "nd Common Councils
f ti.".. 'lY,.? Philadelphia do ordain: That
the City Sol cltor be directed to examine title
to all that certain, lot o? triangular p"ece of
land situate nnd lying In the Thlrty-elghth
Ward of the City if Philadelphia: Beginning
R-.'U? "S 'r ,flt":tlon of the .oulhek.t
UiMf J 8-.ch0?I Hou- ,8ne' a" ,he "" ' now
plotted on the confirmed City plan. 00 feet
wide, with the southwesterly right of wav
line of the Norrl.town Branch of the PhTlo
delphla. Oermantown and Norrlstown Rail
road: thence extending southeastwardly along
the aald right of way line and 33 feet distant
from the centre line thereof 125 feet to
point, thence extending northwestwardly by r
diagonal line along ground now or late of
Wm. Welghtman et a!., of which thl. I. I
part. 133 feet 10 inche. to a point In the
southeastwardly line of the aforesaid School
House lane, as now laid down on the city
Plan, said point being also In the .outheast
wardly line of property of the City of Phil",
delphla; .thence extending northeastwardly
along said boundary of said lane and alsb
the southeast boundary line of the property
of the City of Philadelphia 48 feV touX
first mentioned point and place of beginning
containing 8000 square feet of land, and if
he approve, to cause a conveyance of the .Ami
o the' city of Phlladelphl.f the co.t not mS
J0"1.. "vel? h"nlred (700) dollars, to be
charged against Item 170 (loan) In the aS!
prpprlatlon to the Department of PubI?o
Work. Bureau of Water, for coal atorag and
stoker equipment and appliances for the Queen
?n.JKu5!!.p,n B,a,l.on' wain the purchase
Rea'dlni 'naHwyT frm ,h Ph"""Pa 3
Approved the 21st day of July, A. D 101B
NO. 1133. n".rfr
" y.n jjnii -IV AUTHORIZE Trim nr.
rector oi me Department of Publlo Bafetv to
expend certain loan balances for rewirs and
Section 1. The Select and Common fotinoit.
of the City ,of Philadelphia! do ordain? Ttat thS
Director of the Department of Publla Bafer?
1 hereby authorised to expend any balance. iX
Items 140 and 170 (loan)!, T the approprlStliS
to the Department of Publlo Safety Bureau or
rollce) for alteration and repair to nolle
stations- any balances in Items 100 inSi?8
(loans) In tho appropriation to the DeB.??ii.
of Publlo Safety (Bureiu of Flro) fo?.iter2i
tlonasuid repair to fire houses. "-
..sunt herewith bo 'anTth. 0.anT.an.CrV &
repealed.
same are hereby
Approved the eighth day of July. A n inn
. . nnooLwi Wnnburg1015-
No. 11S0.
Mayor of Phiud.inbl.
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE rtv
Paving of Montrose. Sixteenth TwentiJS?"
VT annfr Van ' nd sansom ."rwtina
Point Breexe avenue, to bo raid out r itilS
163 (loan) In the appropriation to ths n
wVy"11 0t VaWt Work. (Bureau ?!?:
Section 1 The Select and Common rvunit.
of th City of Philadelphia do ordiln Thati!
Dir.-ctor of th. Department of JbllS'wS?ks hi
authorised to enter Into rontracta Tfor repavlSS
tha following street with asphalt, warren Is
ameslte. unlinlt or filbertlne. with 4tHri.4
brick gutter, vlj : Montrose, sireet, from Fit
teiith street eastward to dead indV ' "
The following streets with asphalt and .-raits
block, between th trcksT vis i BiitSZSPk
street, from Vlns to Aroh .tresis Twenty..ih
,J.let,f?mrk.er V MorrhVstreet!n,y ,,h,h
The following street, with vitrified block. vlx.i
rit2na,'".'-t-- 'r. -..fl? to . M .ooroltr.. '
.",,,Ti ,!V ! wvivn wittl W004 block Vlw
T.SL.-JSfi 'r.om Chstnut..to09B,nVJoI
Itre.t,' BM"n lttttl 'rewVto Epghtb
m following .street with aphalt and wh.r.
ecessary vltrlred brick, gutttn TaneV irranlu
locks between th track.. Including the rit
oeatlon of curb to th. new lfn. vTx.t PoTSt
tr.. av mi lun n,.... . '. 7" ! UIO(
Bnee avenue. Irom Twr-ntv rU !iX-u
fourth treet. ' " twenty.
OHDlNANORg
rartmwt of rubllo Work, BureaT
t-SSSWtttaiff
Approved th. thirteenth day of J,
LUo.nvDounlS,SS
AiN ORDINANCE To RRV1SP tTTCI
and grade ot th tertltwVkE..?.1'
-' -r v m
norougn street, Frankford rT.-L"
?x.rE.?eV.rn&
Wh'e&rft'. &J!$K!W
Commonwealth of ltrnn,ylvahl,;!K?!
ty of lite Act of A.MS.iJ.fViM
naa required the City of Pnliadi,,h 1
rJJtnih2?,iy.B pl" w h, coffin
ment and disposal ot th seaaV of J
And Whereas, the hemtin. i.. ....
an Item of nve hundred thoS..T ,Si J
lars ior the construction ot lnterr
along Frankford Creek, mni i nlS?:
Pc",i5r, Mwcr ,0 conduct th. irJSJ
nbl. site, for treatment and Vo'r Sl2..31
the Delawarn lllv.r i. '?
certain revision In the .tree. iT.,"!?? 1
pn thl territory. In order to weiiSi1
Section 1. The Select and CommA, i
of the Cltv nf phii.it.i.T-'.1
the Department of I'ubVlo Works vmJ
Surveyors) bo authnriii :.'
and grade of that part ot th at. I
by Roxborough atreet, Frankford CrVil
ford avenue, Adam, avenue, CsySiV '
N street, Erie avenu and thVS-
a width ot seventy (70) feet WhtitJ
from Richmond street to Amber
from the Connecting rt.n.. F."
avenue. Pike atreet, from Franifn.
to Kenalnaton avenue rrankfora
Approved the (Sixteenth day of JoVr'JJj
TjTrnnt Tit- ,- . .... r vu
No. 1141. MarUAo7'rS:
AN ORDINANCE SELECTlNGANlT
the PennypAck Crock, in tb tm
W)fll DSB o tvarV BV.4 ...
ehlhi-i.t. .r.V-"." "".P"De I
dlrectlpg the Commissioners ot
i i upBume me cu.ioay and i
of the snme.
Section 1. The Select and Common"!
nf the dltv of Phllsrtelnhl. 4. .Jr? !
virtue nnd in pursuance of the author)
in ui iney uo select and spproeefjl
park purposes and for the health asI
mini nt Ihn lutnnl. fnpM,., -ii .... . T!J
tain tracts of irround. rin v-T .
authorlted to bo placed upon the Cltv !
cork nurnoscs bv ordtnanrn .r.....J
20, 11)05, and confirmed by the Wm J
veyors March 15, 1000. lying along boT
Ward, bounded generally by ceruiB
now unon the Cltv nUn nr nt..., .
crlbed as follows: One of them bttirjj
of Alcon avenue as shown itrvm ..
nlan of Fennypack Park and the centi?1
Krewstown road as tho same la haw
than co extending nnrthwnrdiw bU- Ji.
centre line of Krewstown road, the IsSi
nUn n Viniinrlatiip linn m . . "
nnnroDtiated for Mm liar nurrv,..- k.
nnnroved tho 2Cth rf.iv nf Anm ioik
rlous courses and distances thereof to i
ducod; thence istlll along the said ceftll
nf Krewstown road north 83 degrees 4 bsM
ti bwuiiu vubi nw.uifu teei 10 a point I
now or late of Uantlst Rnriiiv tJ
thence along the same south f-0 decrestl
utes 20 seconds east 2S4.700 feet to sTyl
i lie rwnuieciBv nuni-Di-way line of th
a wi i ciiui t, ajiiiu rvn.irona; incnCS SM
name me loiiowjnE courses and i
North IV) detrreeji 22 mtnnt i ......
1 DO. 087 feet: thence north 42 ri..
utes 14 second eant iRn.4ftn f ..?
north 40 degrees 13 minutes 20 secoaiail
o3,oiu ieet to a point in the south!!
of Winchester avenue : thence alrf-l
nm nnrl oli-mrr t Una i. a. J
zz:va :r.u "-.""" .v :" i? .
o.iu wiLu u, mutus. oi iuuu ieet.
fft! thenr nt 111 nlnntr 4 V.. . T
deerces. &6 minutes A3 mtnnA ,
feet to a point In the centre line oCJ
neurit uvchuo bb now open; tnence aloi
same, belntr also a hound nrv itn t .
selected and arjoronriatpd fnr imti.5"
Iose by ordinance approved ths lOttJ
of July, 1007. the following courses t5l
tances: South 37 degrees at minutes i!k3
v.tuo :ofc aoo.aiv itrei; tnence soutn Wc
3 minutes IT seconds west 174 kk f
south 5.1 rtpcrri.,.11 ftft mlnntno ftfi a. .
407,8.18 feet, and thence south S3 derrwil
In tha northeast linn nf rtntnn --
duecd: thenco alone; the same north Si
hic-o lk miliums seconds west o3,0n.i f
to a point: thence still alonr the sunt i
"iwir u linu turvinR to tne westward a
radius of DM. 514 feet. 1 nsn K(l e..i ! k .
In tho northwest line of Algon arenuea
thenco southwestwardly along the sam. lol
centre line of Krewstown mud a ih u
of beelnnlne: containing 114 acres, mow
it-no. urn uni9K.ut inern Devinmns; at mt &
of Intersection of the centre line of Pine '
ns now onen and thn ntithivir lln a tu-
fleld avenue, produced, as shown utwnTl
. i. ,' ennypacK I'arx, mem I
iuiiuiiik Bions; me une oi tno raw tHcon
avenue tlia following rniira- anA rtu
South 30 degrees 57 minutes to seconds i
i-iisj ieet: tnence aionir a line conlij
the eastward with a radiim nf r.qn f ial
feet: thtnee south SS degrees 33 mtnuSl
"Bwnui etiBi l.-a, uj reet, ana tnence au
line curving to tne southward and we
With a radius nf 700 font tn, Jh rntv- t!
Verree road a. now open; thence south'
ward along tho same, being also ths ben
line of crrounil RnlAPtArl mnA nnnmhrllw
similar purposes by ordinance approredil
4uin nay oi April, mid, tne various c
and distances thereof to n. nolnt in the 1
a curve having o. radius of 2S6.C70 fset 4
joining ine cast lino or Tabor avonus I
the north line nf nrnnt nvniin- thni 1
ward alnncf the MM orn nf iMirvn tn a noliri
1110 nunn nno or ur.nt avenue: inenc i
ine sama Tne rmiowins' nniirnAn ann aikm
North 88 degrees 26 minute. 10 secondrs
1,001,114 feet: thence along a line (tr
to the northward with a raritus nf -720 I
381,040 feet, and thenco north 59 aTJ
inn uicn wi uii,.:tu leet lo a poim n i
centre line or unaay lane as now open: n
alone the same north 77 derrees 1 ratM
seconds west 01.1.320 feet to a point JJ
centre oi line or. i-ine roaa a now
and thence n loner the same the foUi
course and distances: North 3 dall
minute 20 seconds west 320, WO feetl
north 7ft detrrnes (I minute 41 seconds!
305.033 feet; thence north 70 deplj
minutes u seconas east 1M.U.H reel: as
north 47 degree 25 minutes 0 seconn i
-tc.uuu feet: tnence north &-' degree 43 1
utpa 10 Rernntl east l.Rrr?. K04 feet, and th
north 42 degrees 32 minute. 1 seconili
340,170 feet to the place of begtnnlnrVj
talnlng 178 acres, mora or less Pr
That the appropriation by the Cltr of tsJ
herein described tract of cround shall aat
tcrfere with or abridge the fxtttlnrf.1
cnises of the Connecting Italrwajc yam
or the New York Short T.lne Railroad Coal
to construct, maintain and operate their 1
01 railroad over, across or tRrounn ins
Rectlnn 2. Th Mavnr nf the Cltv lj hi
authorized and directed to enter aecorkV
tne name of the City of rhlladelp&u,
payment 01 any damages tnat may do "
ny reason ot tne taking of saiq grou
thereupon possession of th same n
taxen tor pudus uae.
Section 3. A soon as the City shall 1
legally possessed ot the two certain tn
ground nerein described the same
Placed under control of the Commissi)
Falrmount Park, subleet to such rull
regulations n hnvn heen nr shall fr0l
to time be established by tne sam v-i
: .; . .--.:. . :' .. .. m
ffinnura tap im pim management him.
tenant' ot Falrmount Park- Provide
ever. That such control shall not exiei
street nf man's nnw iirmn the City
hereafter placed thereon as public hi!
ni'.P ,,m.. m thrmi -h tYim mmlA trMCtS.l
Section 4. All ordinances or parts ofj
nances Inconsistent horowlth be and t1
are hereby repealed.
Approved the Sixteenth day of Julr. ,
ini(t
ntJDOLPU BUaNKENBtJl
no. H42. Mayor 01 J'nn
AN ntimMlMnm rnrfc timindiri THE
and grade ot those portion of the,
iians nob. Z4Z and 213, oounaea vi
street. Rnenrer nvenile fhtirrh Ian.. '
avenu nnd Sixty-seventh avenue nort
Ejection i. 'ine Heiect ana vomnwu v
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain,
the Department of Public Works (DJi
purveyors ds and is nereoy auuwn'
revise tne line, and grades or tnos t
nt ntv Plan, MnB .ln anA n4.1. hOUD1
Uroad street, Spencer nvenus. Church
ugontz avenu ana tuxty-seventn i
and lay out on said plans such parking
ana Bmau narss as may do n.ccs-si '
yivii iiio i-iiy -,a.ii. ,-j
Approved the Sixteenth day of July. jJ
nUDOlVPH BLANKENBJj
no. iH3. Mayor ot rau
AN ORDINANCE BELEOTINa AWf
propriatlng a certain lot or piec. w s
bounded by O street, Lycoming tl
ir.ei ana Hunting j-sric avnu,
.imriy-imra vvara, ror msu
Durnoses.
Bectlon 1. The Select and. CororoosJ
en 01 th City of Philadelphia o,
That tiv virtue mtii In niimiiinni Of i
thority veated In, them by the Act of
uiy approved ilarcu z, juus, ana
1007. they do select and ancroDrlat I
age dlanosal nurnoaes sll those certar
or pieces of ground In th Tblrlj
Ward, with th buildings and lmptvv
thereon erected, described as folio
ginning at th nolnt of Intersection
centra line of O ctriet and th ceojj
01 incoming street, tnence westws
th centre Una of Lvromln street J
dr.d and fifty (650) feet to th
Of N Btreet ttienne nn.lliwinl fllong I
tre line of N street five hundred and J
nv loss) rest to th centre una 01
i-arK avenu. thence eastward along
tre lln of llllntlno- Tarlr aivenlie flV I
and Hftv iKKOV feet tn The rentr 111
tr.t. thenco aouthward along Ik
una or U straat flv hundred ana H
iDooi ieet to in centra nn 01
atreet. the first mentioned point and 1
iKinningi
Bectlon I, Th City Solicitor 1 n
r.cted to Indttut th proper proce4
b.half of th City of Philadelphia,
taklnar of said liramrtv
. Bectlon S. Th Mayor pf th City I
by authorized and Hlrenteri in enter
In th name of th City of Phllad.lp
ui paymant or any damage mat
awarded by reason of th taking of
ground and thereupon possession
same shell he tefaan ,. n.d.lle nee
Approved, th Slitsenth, day of Julr j
...RUDOLPH &LANKHMBUJ
ao. .1. Mayer of
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