74 Pa. Stat. § 115.5

Current through P.A. Acts 2024-18
Section 115.5 - Land in city of Pittsburgh; consent to purchase

The consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby granted, in accordance with the seventeenth clause, eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States of America of a certain tract of land lying in the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, for use as a site for a Veterans' Administration Hospital, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the West line of Campania Avenue, at the intersection of said West line with the center line of Fishel Street; thence leaving said Avenue South 45°23'07" West, a distance of 932.73 feet to a point in the center line of an unnamed street, at its intersection with the Northerly line of East Chester Street; thence along the center line of said unnamed street North 20°15'46" West, a distance of 734.13 feet to a point; thence continuing along the center line of said street North 30°19'38" West, a distance of 198.02 feet to a point; thence South 45°26'07" West, a distance of 471.51 feet to a post, said post being a St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery property corner; thence by land of St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery and land of the City of Pittsburgh North 02°29'29" West, a distance of 1545.57 feet to a point; thence along the Northerly line of land of the City of Pittsburgh North 77°12'40" West, a distance of 1814.73 feet to a point on land of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; thence along the Easterly line of said Railroad Company land North 01°20'51" East, a distance of 1345.25 feet to a point; thence along the Southerly line of said Railroad Company land, the following courses and distances: South 88°37'09" East, 978.74 feet; South 00°07'09" East, 165.00 feet; South 88°37'09" East, 692.59 feet; South 02°28'10" East, 78.01 feet; South 80°52'09" East, 1437.15 feet, and North 07°37'51" East, 418.18 feet to the Southerly right of way line of Allegheny River Boulevard; thence along said right of way line South 79°32'31" East, a distance of 1209.74 feet to a point; thence leaving said right of way line and along the Westerly line of Pennsylvania Railroad Company land South 08°07'51" West, a distance of 173.22 feet; thence along the Southerly line of said Railroad Company land, the following courses and distances: South 78°51'09" East, 330.00 feet; South 76°52'09" East, 237.60 feet; South 69°07'09" East, 190.00 feet; South 83°09'09" East, 271.00 feet; thence along the Easterly line of said Railroad Company land North 21°27'51" East, a distance of 132.00 feet; thence along the Southerly line of said Railroad Company land South 75°17'09" East, a distance of 40.00 feet to a common corner of said Railroad Company land and land now or formerly of P. A. Caslin; thence along adjoining land now or formerly of said Caslin, the following courses and distances: South 19°12'10" West, 796.62 feet; South 88°21'08" West, 280.98 feet; South 19°12'10" West, 530.80 feet; South 64°57'10" West, 89.61 feet; South 58°27'10" West, 165.00 feet; South 51°58'20" West, 162.13 feet, and South 41°43'12" East, 355.65 feet to the center line of Verona Boulevard, a proposed street; thence along said center line and along adjoining land now or formerly of Mrs. S. Rockstein Barrett Heirs and Sisters of Divine Providence, the following courses and distances: South 46°10'16" West, 1439.91 feet; North 33°38'12" West, 13.40 feet, and South 56°21'48" West, 6.18 feet to the Easterly line of Ebel Street; thence along the Easterly line of Ebel Street North 25°16'12" West, a distance of 382.65 feet, and North 00°49'14" East, a distance of 147.17 feet; thence leaving the Easterly line of Ebel Street North 89°10'46" West, a distance of 145.85 feet; thence South 64°47'14" West, a distance of 10.15 feet to the center line of Keen Way; thence North 12°10'46" West, a distance of 51.34 feet; thence South 64°47'14" West, a distance of 139.90 feet to the Easterly line of Campania Avenue; thence along the Easterly line of Campania Avenue South 25°12'47" East, a distance of 277.46 feet to the Northerly line of Fishel Street; thence South 45°23'07" West, a distance of 53.02 feet to the Westerly line of Campania Avenue; thence along the Westerly line of Campania Avenue South 25°12'47" East, a distance of 26.51 feet to the point of beginning.

74 P.S. § 115.5

1951, April 12, P.L. 214, § 1.