The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-12
John Wanamaker.
PUBLIC NOTICE.

| 10 iCItOHt u HtUg ONfsSS''s-
| Take notice that on the thirtieth day o
| April, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, tn
| Board of Chosen Freeholders OF the County o
! Burlington will meet at The Court House, II
| the town of Mount Holly, in said county, a
ten O'Clock in the forenoon of said DAY, 10 con
slider the application of the New 1olk anC
Philadelphia Traction Company for consen
and permission to construct, operate ant
| maintain street railway, OF single or double
| track of the gauge OF four 1eet elghG anu on'
half inches to be operated by motors driver
| by electricity from overhead wires, spehu
| ed on poles, and commonly called the over
head or trolley system IN, over anu upon ur
| OF the County of Burlington, to-w1t, over the
| following roads The improved road extend
ing from the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Inc
| station called Florence, in u northwestern
and westerly direction to ana through the sci
| Element OF Florence and the dividing line De
| tween Florence Township and burlington
Township: the improved road leadlpg ION
| the sOutherly line OF the city OF Burlington
| through the Township OF Burlington, 10
| point in said improved road where the road
| that leads to Edgewater Park LEADS out o.
same, being q distance on said improved roaC
of about $50 feet the improved road leading
| from the westerly boundary OF the City o.
| Beverly, through Beverly township ana the
| settlement of Delanco. to and through the
| Township OF Riverside, to the FennSylVdnia
| Railroad crossing at riverside station the
| improved road extending from point neal
| the Pennsylvania Railroad station IN Gne BOZ
ough of kiverton, through the sa1d Borough
of RiVertOn, to and through the ToWnShlp o.
Palmyra paralleling the Pennsylvania Rail
| road TO point in the said township OF "a. fat
| myra just west OF the West Palmyra station
where said improved road crosses the tracks
| OF the Pennsylvania Railroad at right angles
and extends thence in a souther1y ana south
westerly course to the easterly end of The
bridge over Pensauken creek, which sale
creek is the dividing line between Camden
and Burlington Counties, ana over the 1ol
lowing bridges and culverts
| In The City of Burlington the following
bridges: Bridge over As SIS creek ai, i,
Columbus Road or Bridge street; bridge on
West Federal street. known as "Londor
| Bridge" AZ feet by 4 feet brick culYert or
| High street I42 feet south from the northerly
line OF Wetherill street; a IL feet brick arch
All 8 feet south from the southeny line of Ash
ton street; d feet by feet box culvert on
| the southerly curD line of Second street;
In the Township of Burlington bridge 46t
feet westerly from the centre OF Washington
street, a feet brick arch 1856 feet westerly
| from the centre OF Washington street.
In the Township of Beverly. a 5 feet arch
1882 feet westerly from the westerly side o.
| road known as Perkins Lane iron bridge
over Rancocas Creek, known as the Defiance
| Draw Bridge, which bridge is located half In
Beverly Township and half in Riverside
Township.
In the Township of Riverside, an iron bridge
| 24OS feet northeasterly from the easterly side
of the road know Taylors Lane.
In the township of Palmyra, an iron bridge
9l5 feet from the easterly side line OF the most
| easIerly street in Riverton and the easterly
half of an iron bridge over PenSauken Creek
said bridge being partly in the County of Bur
lington and partly in the County of Camden.
The following bridges and culverts on the
road from White Horse to Bordentown: The
south half of the iron bridge over the Cross
wicks Greek =; the culvert just south of the
road to 1rovevile; the culvert 1900 feet
north of Mile hollow; the culvert at Mile
Hollow the cuIvert on Park Street 1900 feet
from Main Street; the iron bridge over Black s
Creek on the road from Bordentown to Bur-
lington the box culvert on the line between
Fieldsboro and Bordentown Township; the
box culYert 1900 feet southwest of Fieldsboro
line the wooden bridge just east OF Mansfield
Township line; the wooden bridge or sluice
on the line between Mansfield and Borden
town Townships; the culvert 1900 feet north
east of the crossing OF roads from Kinkora to
Hedding: the box culvert 2000 feet northeast
of the Kinkora branch Iailroad the barrel
culvert 1000 feet northeast of the Kinkora
branch railroad; the creek culvert just
west of the Kinkora branch railroad
the iron bridge over the dividing
Townships the box culvert $500 feet northeast
of the road from Florence to Columbus the
box culvert 1900 feet northeast OF the said
Florence road the box culvert just west OF
the road from Florence to Bustleton and the
bridges on the road from Florence to Burning
ton, viz, bridge about $40 feet south of the
road to Florence Station, and Dulty'S Bridge
in accordance with descriptions and maps
filed with the petition and making q part
thereof. which said maps can be seen at the
County CLERKS office in Mount Holly.
And also for consent and permission TO con-
struct the necessary turnouts and switches
along said lines, and to erect the necessary
poles Tor sustaining the proper ana necessary
wires to convey the electricity to the motors
to drive the cars over said tracks and railway,
and also for the location of the tracks, rails,
sidings, crosse vers, turnouts, switches, poles
and wires of said line of railway, contormably
to the said routes,
map or description of said routes, showing
also the proposed location OF the rails tracks
sdings, turnouts, crossovers and switches, and
the location of the poles, or conduits, having
been filed with the Clerk of the said The
Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of
Burlington, and that at the time and place
aforesaid, hearing will be accorded and
granted to all persons interested therein.
Take notice further, that the said petition
was filed with the Clerk of the said The Board
of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Bur-
lington on the eighth day April, A. d. 1898
that the name OF the corporation presenting
the said petition is the New York and Phila-
delphia Traction Company; that the charac
ter of the road intended to be constructed,
operated and main tanned is an electric street
railway that the motor power to be used IS
electricity, and that tn, streets, roads, high
ways, public places. bridges and culverts
through and over which the same will be oper-
ated in said county, are as above particularly
set forth.
BY order of the Board o; Chosen Freeholders
of the County OF Burlington.
Attest: WILLIAM fl. MITCHELL,
JOHN II. ANTRIM, Clerk. Director.
Dated Mount Holly, April sth, A. d. 1898.