Source:Ordinance-1895-399
"An ordinance approving, confirming and locating certain streets, avenues and alleys, in the City of Pittsburgh, as laid out in a certain plan known as a Plan of Part of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards, approved by Councils, November 14, 1887, the names of said streets, avenues and alleys being as follows, to wit: Amber street, Baum street, three unnamed alleys, Coral street, Onyx street, Conrad street [now Pacific avenue], Herman street [now Atlantic avenue], Marietta street [now Mignonette street], Penn avenue, Kirkwood street, Broad street, Harvard street, Rural street, Rippey street, Margaretta street, Black street, Hays street, Stanton avenue, Jackson street, McCully street, Dunn [now Hampton street], Broadway [now Bryant street], Callowhill street, Bothwell street, Bunker Hill street, Cromwell street, Brilliant street, Martha street, Park [now President alley], George [now Greenwood street], Vine [now Venango alley], Bishop street, Palmer alley, Scott [now Standish street], Catherine alley [now Conewago alley], Maria [now Manhattan street], Leon alley, Adelphia street, Sarah [now Syracuse street], Gael alley, Summit [now Witherspoon street], Java alley, Baker street, Ballard alley, Seely street, Butler street, Autumn street, Hiland [now Highland avenue], Euclid street, St. Clair street, Mellon street, Negley [now Portland street], Negley avenue, Pacific street, Fairmount street, Wayne street, Pendleton street, Cameron street, Lloyd street, Mirage street, Cumberland street, O'Connell street, Bayne street, Maddock [now McKenzie street], Haights street, Ann [now Antietam street], Garrison [now Gallatin street], unnamed alley, from Maria [now Manhattan street], to Leon alley, Chislett street, Swan alley, Jancy street, Snow alley, Morningside avenue, Kalamazoo alley, Rebecca street, Elgin street, Jamaica alley, El Paso street, Nolo alley, Ursina avenue, Hawthorn street, McKee street, Woodbine street, Third [now Trinity street], Dragoon alley, Second [now Adelphia street], First [now Livingstone street], Marietta street, East [now Elmwood street]." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1895, no. 399. Passed Mar. 25, 1895; approved Mar. 30, 1895. Ordinance Book 10, p. 245. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1894–5, appendix, pp. 141–143, J. M. Kelly Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1894). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Press, Apr. 19, 1895, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 141563193), Apr. 20, p. 2 (Newspapers.com 141563230), and Apr. 22, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 141563445).
No. 399.
AN ORDINANCE—Approving, confirming and locating certain streets, avenues and alleys, in the City of Pittsburgh, as laid out in a certain plan known as a Plan of Part of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards, approved by Councils November 14, 1887, the names of said streets, avenues and alleys being as follows, to wit:
Amber street, Baum street, three unnamed alleys, Coral street, Onyx street, Conrad street [now Pacific avenue], Herman street [now Atlantic avenue], Marietta street [now Mignonette street], Penn avenue, Kirkwood street, Broad street, Harvard street, Rural street, Rippey street, Margaretta street, Black street, Hays street, Stanton avenue, Jackson street, McCully street, Dunn [now Hampton street], Broadway [now Bryant street], Callowhill street, Bothwell street, Bunker Hill street, Cromwell street, Brilliant street, Martha street, Park [now President alley], George [now Greenwood street], Vine [now Venango alley], Bishop street, Palmer alley, Scott [now Standish street], Catherine alley [now Conewago alley], Maria [now Manhattan street], Leon alley, Adelphia street, Sarah [now Syracuse street], Gael alley, Summit [now Witherspoon street], Java alley, Baker street, Ballard alley, Seely street, Butler street, Autumn street, Hiland [now Highland avenue], Euclid street, St. Clair street, Mellon street, Negley [now Portland street], Negley avenue, Pacific street, Fairmount street, Wayne street, Pendleton street, Cameron street, Lloyd street, Mirage street, Cumberland street, O'Connell street, Bayne street, Maddock [now McKenzie street], Haights street, Ann [now Antietam street], Garrison [now Gallatin street], unnamed alley, from Maria [now Manhattan street], to Leon alley, Chislett street, Swan alley, Jancy [sic] street, Snow alley, Morningside avenue, Kalamazoo alley, Rebecca street, Elgin street, Jamaica alley, El Paso street, Nolo alley, Ursina avenue, Hawthorn street, McKee street, Woodbine street, Third [now Trinity street], Dragoon alley, Second [now Adelphia street], First [now Livingstone street], Marietta street, East [now Elmwood street].
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 streets, avenues and alleys marked, laid down and located on a plan known as a Plan of Part of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards, City of Pittsburgh, and approved by Councils November 14, 1887, and recorded in Bureau of Engineering and Surveys in a Plan Book, marked "Street Plans Approved," page 9, a copy of which is hereto attached, shall be and are hereby approved, confirmed and located, as laid out in said plan; the names, limits and widths of said streets, avenues and alleys, being as follows, to wit:
Marietta street (now Mignonette street), from Euclid street to Fairmount street, at a width of forty (40) feet; not to be located or confirmed between Negley avenue and Fairmount street.
Penn avenue, from Euclid street to Rebecca street, at a width of sixty (60) and one hundred (100) feet.
Kirkwood street, from Euclid street to Negley avenue, at a width of forty (40) feet.
Broad street, from Euclid street to Negley avenue, at a width of forty-five (45) feet.
Harvard street, from Euclid street to Negley avenue, at a width of thirty (30) feet.
Rural street, from Euclid street to Negley avenue, at a width of forty (40) feet.
Rippey street, from Euclid street to Negley avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Margaretta street, from Euclid street to Fairmount street, at a width of thirty-three (33) feet; part relocated at a width of fifty (50) feet, from Euclid street to Clearview street (now vacated), by Ordinance of Councils approved November 7, 1883, and August 7, 1888; and part from Clearview street (now vacated) to Fairmount street, not to be located or confirmed.
Black street, from Euclid street to Fairmount street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; now relocated at a width of sixty (60) feet, from Highland avenue to Rebecca street, by Ordinances of Councils approved August 7, 1888, and July 1, 1892.
Hays street, from Euclid street to Fairmount street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; part from Negley avenue to Clearview street relocated at a width of fifty (50) feet, by Ordinance of August 1, 1888; part from Clearview street to Fairmount street not to be located or confirmed.
Stanton avenue, from Euclid street to first angle west of Woodbine street, at a width of sixty (60) feet.
Jackson street, from Euclid street to Wayne street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; part from Negley avenue to Wayne street not to be located or confirmed.
McCully street, from Highland avenue to Morningside avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Dunn (now Hampton street), from Morningside avenue to Chislett street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; part from Haights street to Chislett street not to be located or confirmed.
Hampton street, from Chislett street to Highland avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Broadway (now Bryant street), from Highland avenue to Negley avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Callowhill street, from Highland avenue to Negley avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Bothwell street, from Highland avenue to Negley avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Bunker Hill street, from Highland avenue to Cumberland street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Cromwell street, from Highland avenue to Cumberland street, not to be located or confirmed.
Brilliant street, from Cumberland street to Wayne street (now vacated), not to be located or confirmed.
Martha street, from Chislett street to Third (now Trinity street), at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Park (now President alley), from Ann (now Antietam street), to Chislett street, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
George (now Greenwood street), from Ann (now Antietam street), to Adelphia street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Vine (now Venango alley), from Ann (now Antietam street), to Chislett street, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Bishop street, from Ann (now Antietam street), to Chislett street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Palmer alley, from Ann (now Antietam street), to Chislett street, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Scott (now Standish street), from Ann (now Antietam street), to Chislett street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Catherine (now Conewago alley), from Ann (now Antietam street), to Chislett street, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Maria (now Manhattan street), from Ann (now Antietam street) to Chislett street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Leon alley, from Ann (now Antietam street), to Chislett street, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Adelphia street, (part formerly Second street), from property line to Morningside avenue, at widths of thirty (30 and fifty (50) feet.
Sarah street, (now Syracuse street), from Marietta street to property line, at a width of thirty (30) feet.
Gael alley, from Chislett street to property line, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Summit street (now Witherspoon street), from Chislett street to Ann (now Antietam street), at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Java alley, from Ann (now Antietam street), to Haights street, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Baker street (part formerly Morningside avenue), from Butler street to Haights street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Ballard alley, from Chislett street to Haights street, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Seely street, from Haights street to property line, at a width of forty (40) feet.
Butler street, from O'Connell street, westwardly, to a point, at widths of forty (40), fifty (50) and sixty (60) feet.
Autumn street, from Chislett street to property line, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Highland avenue, from McCully street to Bunker Hill street, at a width of sixty (60) feet.
Euclid street, from Coral street to Cromwell street, at widths of forty (40) and fifty (50) feet; part from Coral street to Rural street relocated at a width of fifty (50) feet by Ordinance of March 1, 1886, and part from Bunker Hill street to Cromwell street not to be located or confirmed.
St. Clair street, from Amber street to Cromwell street, at widths of forty (40) and fifty (50) feet; part from Amber street to Penn avenue relocated at a width of forty (40) feet by Ordinance of March 1, 1886; part from Penn avenue to Rural street relocated at a width of fifty (50) feet by Ordinance of February 27, 1891; part from Bunker Hill street to Cromwell street not to be located or confirmed.
Mellon street, from Rural street to Cromwell street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; part from Rural street to Margaretta street repealed by Ordinance of December 21, 1892; part from Bunker Hill street to Cromwell street not to be located or confirmed.
Negley avenue (now Portland street), from Stanton avenue to Cromwell street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; part from Bunker Hill street to Cromwell street not to be located or confirmed.
Negley avenue, from Amber street to Cromwell street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; part from Amber street to Penn avenue relocated at a width of sixty (60) feet by an Ordinance of March 1, 1886; part from Penn avenue to Bryant street relocated by Ordinance December 29, 1884, at a width of fifty-seven (57) feet, and located from Bryant street to Butler street at a width of fifty-seven (57) feet by an Ordinance of July 11, 1887, and part relocated from Bryant street for a distance of 2,600 feet, east, at a width of fifty-seven (57) feet by an Ordinance of December 27, 1887.
O'Connell street, from Seely street to Butler street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Bayne street, from Riverview avenue to Butler street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Maddock street (now McKenzie street), from Seely street to Butler street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Haights street, from McCully street to Butler street, at a width of sixty (60) feet.
Ann (now Antietam street), from Park (now President alley), to Summit (now Witherspoon street), at a width of forty (40) feet.
Garrison (now Gallatin street), from Summit (now Witherspoon street), to Autumn street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Unnamed alley (now Saroney alley), from Maria (now Manhattan street), to Leon alley, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Chislett street, from Stanton avenue to Autumn street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Swan Alley, from Martha street to Jael alley, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Jancey street, from Stanton avenue to Butler street, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Snow alley, from Martha street to Jael alley, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Morningside avenue, from Stanton avenue to the Allegheny Valley Railroad, at a width of sixty (60) feet.
Kalamazoo alley, from property line to Adelphia street, at a width of twenty (20) feet.
Wayne street, from Mellon's property line to Brilliant street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; vacated by an Ordinance March 28, 1888.
Bendleton street, from Margaretta street to Stanton avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Cameron street, from Margaretta street to Stanton avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Lloyd street, from Margaretta street to Stanton avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Fairmount street, from Amber street to Stanton avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet; part from Amber street to Penn avenue relocated at a width of fifty (50) feet by an Ordinance of March 1, 1886; part from a point 212.61 feet north of Broad street to Margaretta (now Colombo street), relocated at a width of fifty (50) feet by an Ordinance of September 4, 1889, and part from Kincaid to Breedshill street vacated by an Ordinance of May 4, 1893.
Rebecca street, from Amber street to Stanton avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Conrad street (now Pacific avenue), from Coral street to Penn avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet; since relocated at a width of sixty (60) feet by an Ordinance of September 23, 1873.
Herman street (now Atlantic avenue), from Coral street to Penn avenue, at a width of fifty (50) feet.
Mirage street, from Hawthorn street to Woodbine street, at a width of forty (40) feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Amber street, from Baum street to Rebecca street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Baum street, from Coral street to Amber street, at a width of fifty (50) feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Coral street, from Baum street to Conrad street (now Pacific avenue), at a width of fifty (50) feet; not to be located or confirmed between Baum and Rebecca streets.
Unnamed alley, from Amber street to an unnamed alley between Coral and Onyx streets, at a width of twenty [20] feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Unnamed alley, from first mentioned unnamed alley to Fairmount street, at a width of twenty [20] feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Unnamed alley, from first mentioned unnamed alley to Rebecca street, at a width of twenty [20] feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Onyx street, from Euclid street to Fairmount street, at a width of fifty [50] feet; not to be located or confirmed.
Elgin street, from property line to Adelphia street, at a width of fifty [50] feet.
Jamaica alley, from property line to Adelphia street, at a width of twenty [20] feet.
El Paso street, from property line to Adelphia street, at a width of fifty [50] feet.
Nolo alley, from property line to Adelphia street, at a width of twenty [20] feet.
Ursina street, from Stanton avenue to property line, at a width of fifty [50] feet.
Hawthorn street, from property line south of Stanton avenue to property line north of Stanton avenue, at a width of fifty [50] feet; part from Stanton avenue to property line south of Stanton avenue not to be located or confirmed.
McKee street, from property line south of Stanton avenue to property line north of Stanton avenue, at a width of fifty [50] feet; part from Stanton avenue to property line south of Stanton avenue not to be located or confirmed.
Woodbine street, from property line south of Stanton avenue to property line north of Stanton avenue, at a width of fifty [50] feet; part from Stanton avenue to property line south of Stanton avenue not to be located or confirmed.
Third (now Trinity street), from property line to East (now Elmwood street), at a width of thirty [30] feet.
Dragoon alley, from property line to East [now Elmwood street], at a width of twenty [20] feet.
First (now Livingston street), from property line to Third (now Trinity street), at a width of thirty (30) feet.
Marietta street, from property line to Morningside avenue (now Baker street), at a width of forty (40) feet.
East (now Elmwood street), from Adelphia street to Nolo alley, at a width of thirty (30) feet.
Section 2. 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 25, 1895.
Approved March 30, 1895.
Ordinance Book 10, page 245.
