The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-30

of Bullet Lane: thence along the south side
of Bullet Lane % q corner: thence along
other lands Of Lloyd TO the Turner lot,
and with the line of thai lot TO the begin
ming. containing 121 sq. rods. AT the corner
Of the Main street and Bullet Lane stood
a frame store building with a dwelling
house adjoining, which wll be remembered
by most Of our older people a. still stand
ing in 1863. The north wall Of the store
stood 20 feet north of the wall OF the pres
ent dwelling Of Ewalt Richman and
abutted on the south line Of the Bullet
lane.
In 1897 Lloyd sold to Israel r.. Clawson
a rectangular parcel containing one acre
of land, fronting on Main street. one chain
and fifty links, and comprising the
property now owned by u. y. Humphreys.
A. +. Ricbman and John Hanes. also
fronting on East avenue. The southern line
of this parcel was described as running
along a one rod road Ballet Lance the
northern boundary being the present lane
between the Humphreys. Richman and
Hanes properties. and the Bprton and
hotel properties concerning which line
there appears to be 10 dispute.
Upon this lot stood the dwelling house
and out buildings formerly occupied by
Israel r. Glawson. and after his death
by mis- son William 5. Clawson, until his
death, and afterward until the spring Of
1865 by William b. Kirby. In 1866 It was
torn down by the defendant TO make room
for buildings.
In 1907 Lloyd sold to Risley another par
eel of 7 acres which was apparently the
last Of Lloyd's land. lying on the Bullet
Lane back of the first mentioned lot. and
eoDIpricinU all ~. ma rlv all +ha land now
lying between East avenue and the Bridge
man line. and between the railroad ald the
land first conveyed to Risley. In the deed
the northern boundary Of this tract Was
described as the middle Of the Bullet Lane.
This tract, and tie store and dwelling
house tract first conveyed, are now owned
by Jos. X. Riley, except the lots sold by
him to l'ichman, f. Wallace and others.
and the portion thrown into the street as
described further on.
The Hotel property then comprie ed the
hotel grounds as they now are, together with
the land now comprised in the row OF int
proved and nnimproyed building lots on
East avenue from the IIanes lot to the rail-
road. After the purchase of the Clawson
properly by the defendant III 1864, he sold
off to Jacob i. Kelley. then the owner Of
the hotel property, all that portion Of the
original Clawson tract lying east Of his
present rear fence, and this, together with
all the landsup TO the present railroad lot.
remained connected with the hotel prop
erty until sold by Mr.. Kelley and his exec
utor by sundry conyeyances to different III
diyidnals. The lands on East avenue
above the railroad were Shull land and
passed TO the present owners by different
conveyances not necessary TO reeite.
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East avenue and Bullet Lane was, as above
| shown. as follows: Fronting on Main
street and ON the south side Of Bullet Lane
the Risley store and dwelling house lot.
the store standing 2G feet further north or
into Bullet Lane than the present Richman
house, and forming the south line of the
road at that point. Fronting on Main
street and opposite the Risley lot was the
Clawson property, enclosed by a fence N
the Main street and Bullet Lane fronts.
The deeds of that period all refer to the
Bullet Lane as a zone red road, and des-
ignate it as Bullet Lane, and it is des-
cribed in all the deeds down to 1865 as Bull
let Lane. As to It's actual width between
the Risley store and the Clawson fence, the
testimony of witnesses on the trial. inelud-
ING old witnesses who were acquainted
with the locality as far back as 1929 and
longer, is that it was narrow. very mar
row. ''about 20 feet wide and was so
without change from the earliest reco!lec-
ton until 1865. This testimony WAS SO
practically unanimous as to be conclusive.
In the year 1920 on application 10 the
Court of Common Pleas of Salem county.
the court appointed six surveyors OF the
highways 10 lay a public road from a point
ON the present Pole Tavern road to Woods
town street. The surveyors met, and the
return of their proceedings of record at
Salem c~ertifies that they laid a road com
mencing at a stake near the house of Jona-
than Dickinson, running thence by Sundry
courses to a stake in Josiah Shulfs field /:
(supposed to be at the angle of the roads
in front of Reeves Flitcratts present resi-
denee and farm housel running thence to
Woodstown street; Corning what is now
| known as Elm street then returning to
the stake in Josiah Shull's field. and ruA-
ming another course over lands Of Shull
and on the line between the lsisley land
(being the lots herein above m%entioned)
the Hackett land (the hotel lots on Ballet
Lance and the Clawson land, TO Woods
town street and down the middle of billet
Lane. The road is described as three rods
(49L feet) IN width. 1t was in evidence
and not denied that this road was opened for
travel as laid by the surveyors, though
not to its full width: hut that as
to that point lying between the Risley store
and the Clawson fence, including the
ground Wherein the celIarway now stands,
there was never any widening or alteration
of the street from 1920 until 1867 the
only change made being the erection OF a
brick front To the Risley store IN 1886 or =,
| which extended out into the road to the
same line as the old structure. In 1sG4-5
the defendant purchased the Glawson
property, tore down the dwelling and out
buildings, removed the front and 4 portion
of the side fence, and erected his present
store and dwelling, with tie eellarway
leading to the basement as a part Of the
original structure and set his present curb
line. which has remained unchanged to
this time. In 1866 Joseph X. Riley, then
owning the Risley property opposite, built
a dwelling on the south side and four teet
away from the Risley store, and tore down
the Risley store, widening the street at that
point. At that time there were no dwell
ings on Bullet Lane. as it was still desiS-
mated. aud all the improvements on this
street were made subsequently.
The plaintiffs Oh the trial offered to prove
that the defendant in the erection of his
building. set the wall in the bounds ofthe
old street as it had existed priorto and since
1899; in other words, into the used portion
of Bullet Lane. To prove this they offered
three witnesses, Damon r. Dickin-
son, the carpenter who built the store
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