Source:Ordinance-1907-1909-344
"An ordinance approving and accepting the dedication of Pittock street, from the northerly line of Shady Avenue plan, Twenty-second ward, to line dividing properties of Hallett and Sneathen." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1907–1909, no. 344. Passed June 22, 1908; approved June 26, 1908. Ordinance Book 19, p. 430. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1907–'08–'09, appendix, p. 180, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1909 (Google Books gMBEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598897; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecordselect1907, Pghmunicipalrecordcommon1907; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_88fcf2e6-8930-4b97-bb30-9304c2bdec25/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_74745bca-2dd9-49c4-966c-b425de211c1e/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_d0d559de-551a-4f89-83f2-bea82b4f18f7/).
No. 344
AN ORDINANCE—Approving and accepting the dedication of Pittock street, from the northerly line of Shady Avenue plan, Twenty-second ward, to line dividing properties of Hallett and Sneathen.
Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the City of Pittsburgh in Select and Common Councils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the authority of the same, That the following dedication of Pittock street, from the northerly line of Shady Avenue plan, Twenty-second ward, to line dividing properties of Hallett and Sneathen, shall be and the same is hereby approved and accepted:
Dedication of certain land for a public street to be known as Pittock street, extending from the northerly line of Shady Avenue Plan, Twenty-second ward, to line dividing properties of Hallett and Sneathen.
The undersigned, being the owner in fee simple of all the land hereinafter described, does hereby dedicate and set apart for public use, as a public highway, forever, all the following: A piece of ground to be known as Pittock street, bounded and described as follows, to wit: The center line of Pittock street shall begin on the northerly line of the Shady Avenue plan, in the Twenty-second ward, laid out by the Shady Avenue Land Company, at its intersection with the center line of Pitock [sic] street, as laid out in said plan; thence by the center line of Pittock street produced, as laid out in said plan, in a northerly direction, parallel to and at a distance of 250 feet from the center line of Sanford avenue, as laid out in said plan, to the line dividing the properties of Hallett and Sneathen; and said Pittock street shall be of a width of 50 feet.
And I do hereby waive any and all claims for damages which I may have, or which may accrue to me by reason of the taking and appropriating of the said ground for street or highway purposes, as shown upon a plan hereto attached and made a part hereof, and I do hereby authorize the City of Pittsburgh, through its proper officers, to take possession of the said land hereinbefore described and treat it the same as though opened and acquired by and under an Ordinance of Councils duly approved.
EBENEZER HALLETT. (Seal)
Witness:
JOHN D. BIGGERT.
County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, ss:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, Ebenezer Hallett, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that the signature attached to the foregoing dedication is the genuine signature of the person represented, and that he is the owner of all the property therein dedicated.
EBENEZER HALLETT.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of June, A. D. 1908.
ROBERT CLARK,
Assistant City Clerk.
Passed June 22, 1908.
Approved by Mayor June 26, 1908.
Ordinance Book 19, page 430.
