Source:Ordinance-1932-204
"An ordinance accepting the dedication of certain property in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same 'Forest Glen Road,' and accepting the grading, paving and curbing thereof." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1932, no. 204. Passed July 5, 1932; approved July 13, 1932. Ordinance Book 44, p. 631. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1932, appendix, p. 144, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1932).
No. 204
AN ORDINANCE—Accepting the dedication of certain property in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same "Forest Glen Road," and accepting the grading, paving and curbing thereof.
Whereas, the Sheffield Land Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Pennsylvania, having its domicile in the City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny in said Commonwealth, and Wilson R. Flint and Elizabeth L., his wife; Charles B. Jarrett and Marjorie W., his wife; Elmer J. Harrison and Eva L., his wife; Howard L. Meyers and Ethel J., his wife; William J. McMoil and Emma J., his wife, and Edward L. Patton and Elizabeth H., his wife, all of the City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, the owners of the property hereinafter described, have executed and delivered to the City of Pittsburgh their certain Deed of Dedication bearing date of June 23rd, 1932, now on file in the Bureau of Engineering of said City, wherein they have conveyed said ground to said City for public highway purposes; and
Whereas, the Sheffield Land Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Pennsylvania, having its domicile in the City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny in said Commonwealth, and Wilson R. Flint, and Elizabeth L., his wife; Charles B. Jarrett and Marjorie W., his wife; Elmer J. Harrison and Eva L., his wife; Howard L. Meyers and Ethel J., his wife; William J. McMoil and Emma J., his wife; and Edward L. Patton and Elizabeth H., his wife, have graded, paved nad [sic] curbed the Street dedicated in the Deed of Dedication, between Beechwood boulevard and the southerly terminus thereof, at their own cost and expense; and
Whereas, it is desired that the City of Pittsburgh accept said improvement as a part of the City's system of improved highways; 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 said Deed of Dedication be and the same is hereby accepted and the Bureau of Engineering is hereby authorized and directed to place the same on record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, etc., in and for the County of Allegheny.
Section 2. The ground, so as aforesaid conveyed to said City for public use for highway purposes is hereby appropriated and opened as a public highway in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Dedication and shall be known as "Forest Glen Road," the same being described as follows, to-wit:
All the ground lying within the lines of Forest Glen Road in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as said Forest Glen Road was laid out as a private road, 26.0 feet in width, in the Forest Glen Revised Plan No. 1, by the Sheffield Land Company, of record in the Recorder's Office of Allegheny County in Plan Book Volume 33, Page 27.
Section 3. The grading, paving and curbing of said "Forest Glen Road" between Beechwood boulevard and the southerly terminus thereof is hereby accepted and declared to be a public improvement of the City of Pittsburgh.
Section 4. The Department of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to enter upon, take possession of and appropriate said described ground for a public highway and directed to treat the said Street as other improved highways of the said City, in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 5. That any Ordinance of 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 July 5, 1932.
Approved July 13, 1932.
Ordinance Book 44, Page 631.
