Source:Ordinance-1912-90
"An ordinance accepting the dedication of certain property for public use for highway purposes to be known as Ferree street, from Murray avenue to a point 531.04 feet easterly therefrom, in the Fourteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh and appropriating and opening the same for public use for highway purposes." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1912, no. 90. Passed Mar. 12, 1912; approved Mar. 15, 1912. Ordinance Book 24, p. 2. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1912, appendix, pp. 78–79, Gill Press, Pittsburgh, 1912 (Google Books 3DQwAQAAMAAJ, H8JEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598685, uiug.30112108223873; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1912; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_9755c542-596b-4dd3-89c2-b691bffc23ec/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_e4ba8c62-b926-4a0b-9551-625e11621a8b/).
No. 90
AN ORDINANCE—Accepting the dedication of certain property for public use for highway purposes to be known as Ferree street, from Murray avenue to a point 531.04 feet easterly therefrom, in the Fourteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh and appropriating and opening the same for public use for highway purposes.
Whereas, The Fidelity Title & Trust Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of the estate of Elizabeth Ferree McCombs, deceased, being the owners of all the property hereinafter described as being (appropriated and opened for public use for highway purposes, have) executed and delivered to the City of Pittsburgh their certain written indenture bearing date, the Twenty-fifth day of January A. D. 1912, now on file in the office of City Clerk; and,
Whereas, The said owners by said written indenture have dedicated the property hereinafter described for public use for highway purposes, and have authorized and directed the City of Pittsburgh to take, enter upon and appropriate the same for said purposes, and have forever released and discharged the City of Pittsburgh from any and all claims for damages which they, or either of them, may, or might have, by reason of the appropriation and opening of the same for said purposes, and have petitioned the City of Pittsburgh to pass an ordinance for the opening of the same, and have further waived the right to ask for the appointment of viewers or to institute any suit for or by reason of the appropriation and opening of the same for said purposes; therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the City of Pittsburgh, in Council assembled, and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the authority of the same, That the dedication by said owners of Ferree street, from Murray avenue to a point 531.04 feet easterly therefrom, in the Fourteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh, for public use for highway purposes, be and the same is hereby accepted and the said property is hereby appropriated for and opened to public use as a public highway as hereinafter described.
Beginning at a point on the easterly building line of Murray avenue at the distance of 216 feet southwardly from the southerly building line of Northumberland street; thence deflecting to the left 89° 56′ 3″ [sic] and extending in an easterly direction parallel to and at the perpendicular distance of 216 feet southerly from the southerly building line of Northumberland street for the distance of 531.04 feet to the line of property of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Improvement Company; thence deflecting to the right 90° 00″ and in a southerly direction along the line of property of the said Pennsylvania Real Estate Improvement Company for a distance of 50 feet to a point; thence deflecting to the right 90° 00′ and extending in a westerly direction for the distance of 531.00 feet to the said easterly building line of Murray avenue; thence deflecting to the right 89° 56′ 30″ and extending along the said easterly building line of Murray avenue for a distance of 50 feet to the place of beginning, as shown on a plan hereto attached and made part hereof.
Section 2. The Department of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to cause said Ferree street, from Murray avenue to a point 531.04 feet easterly therefrom, in the Fourteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh, to be opened in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of this ordinance.
Section 3. That any Ordinance or part of Ordinance conflicting with the provisions of this Ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as the same affects this Ordinance.
Passed March 12, 1912.
Approved March 15, 1912.
Ordinance Book 24, page 2.
