The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-15

TO USE ELECTRICITY
North Hudson County Rail
way Company Wants to
String Wires on
Grove Street.
PETITION FOR A PERMIT.
Property Owners Will Be Heard
Tomorrow by the Street
and Water Board.
PETITION FOR A PERMIT

AT the melting of the Street and Water
Commissioners this afternoon the North
Hudson Railroad Company presented this
| petition for the right to use electricity on
the Grove street line without double
track
To the Honorable Board of Street and
The petition of the North Hudson Coun-
ty Railway Company respectfully
/. Tha said corporation is organized
and existing under and by virtue OF GER
tain acts or the Legislature of the State
Of New Jersey, and is a street railroad
company owning and operating and con
trolling a street railroad or railroads IN
the city Of Jersey City, in the County Or
particularly a street railroad now located
and operated in Grove street in SAID CITY,
from the Hoboken city line to NeWark
avenue in Jersey City; and also operates
and controls a street railroad in Grove
street, from the centre line OF Newark
avenue to Wayne street; in Wayne street,
from Grove street to Gregory street; IN
Gregory street, from Wayne street to
York street; in York street, from Greg
ory street 10 Hudson street; IN Hudson
street, from York street across Exchange
place into Montgomery street; in Mont
gomery street, from Exchange place 10
Newark avenue, and in Newark avenue,
from Montgomery street to Grove street.
2. That your petitioner desires TO change
the motive power used upon its said street
railway in the streets aforesaid, and here
by makes application to your honorable
body for permission TO do so.
8. The motive power your petitioner de-
sires to use thereon is electric power, sup
piled to electric motors from overhead
wires strung on poles.
4. That the streets, highways, avenues
or public places that said permission and
from the Hoboken city line to the centre
line sof Newark avenue to Wayne streets;
Wayne street. from Grove street to Greg
ory street; York street, from Gregory
street to Hudson street: Hudson street,
from York street, across Exchange place
into Montgomery street; Montgomery
street, from Exchange place to Newark
avenue, and Newark avenue from Mont
gomery street to Grove street aforesaid;
that open such streets other than Grove
street, between the centre line of Newark
venue and the Hoboken city line no con-
sent is hereby requested by said COM
pany to construct or maintain poles, wires
trieity as the motive power for the pro-
pulsion of its cars on such streets.
.. That accompanying this petition and
the proposed location of the poles to be
erected on Grove street, between the
centre line of Newark avenue and the
Hoboken city line; said map is entitled
Map showing proposed location Of troll
ley poles on line of the North Hudson
County Railway, on Grove street, Jersey
City, from Newark avenue to the Hobo
Ken city lHie, DecGlnUGi ~, 1886 y. d.
Brush & Co., C. E. Scale 50 feet to the
inch"
s. That your honorable body will order
notice to be given of this application by
publication in one or more newspapers
published or circulating in said city, to
be designated by. your honorable body,
and by posting in five public places
therein. to be likewise designated; such
notice to be given at least fourteen days
before the meeting of your honorable
body at which this application shall be
considered. And your petitioner as in
duty bound will ever pray, etc.
Dated December 10, 1891.
NORTH HUDSON COUNTY RAILWAY.
Myles Tierney, President.
w. c. Doubleday, Assistant Secretary.
At the adjourned meeting to be held
tomorrow afternoon the petition will be
considered and invitations will be issued
to property owners TO appea and give
their views upon the matter.