Source:Dedication-1899-1900-121
"Dedication of Douglas street, between Shady avenue and Murray avenue." Pittsburgh city dedication, 1899–1900, no. 121. Made May 10, 1899; accepted and approved June 26, 1899. Ordinance Book 12, p. 457. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1899–1900, appendix, pp. 38–39, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1900 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordcommon1899).
No. 121.
DEDICATION—Of Douglas street, between Shady avenue and Murray avenue.
We, the undersigned owners of all the property abutting on Douglas street, between Shady avenue and Murray avenue, as located at a width of fifty (50) feet by ordinance of Councils, approved January 18th, 1899, and recorded in Ordinance Book vol. 12, page 262, do hereby dedicate and set apart for public use as a public highway forever said Douglas street between the points mentioned, and we do hereby waive and [sic] all claims for damages by reason of the taking and appropriating of said street for highway purposes.
And we do hereby authorize the city of Pittsburgh, through its proper officers, to take possession of said street and treat it the same as any other opened highway of the city of Pittsburgh.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 10th day of May, A. D. 1899.
| Hugh Murphy, | [Seal] |
| Jno. H. Aufderbeide, | [Seal] |
| Henry W. Freese, | [Seal] |
| Leonard G. Woods. | [Seal] |
City of Pittsburgh, ss.
Personally appeared Leonard G. Woods, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that the signatures attached to the foregoing dedication are the genuine signatures of the persons represented, and that they are the owners of all the property abutting on said street between the points mentioned.
| Sworn and subscribed before me this 10th day of May, A. D. 1899. W. C. Gearing, Ass't City Clerk. |
} | Leonard G. Woods. |
In Councils June 26th, 1899. Read, accepted and approved.
John S. Lambie,
President of Select Council.
Attest:
E. J. Martin,
Clerk of Select Council.
J. Guy McCandless,
President of Common Council.
Attest:
W. C. Gearing,
Clerk of Common Council.
