The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-26
PUBLIC NOTICE.


Take notice, that on the thirtieth day OF
April, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, the
Board of Chosen Freeholders OF the County OF
Burlington, will meet at The Court House, In
the town of Mount Holly, in said county, at
ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, 10 con-
slider the application of the New York and
philadelphia Traction Company for consent
and permission to construct, operate ana
maintain street railway, of single or double
track, of the gauge of four feet eight ana one |
half inches, to be operated by motors driven |
by electricity from overhead wires, spend
ed on poles, and commonly called the over
head or trolley system, in, over and upon the
following named roads, bridges and culVertS |
of the County of Burlington, to-wit, over the
following roads: The improved road extend
ing from the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the |
station called Florence, in a northwesterly |
and westerly direction to ana through the set |
Element OF Florence and the dividing line be-
tween Florence Township and burlington
Township; the improved road leading from
the southerly line OF the lily OF Burlington,
through the Township OF Burlington, 10
point in said i'm proved road where the road
that leads to Edgewater Park leads out OF
same, being distance on said improved road
OF about $50 feet the improved road leading
from the westerly boundary OF the City OF
Beverly, through Beverly township ana the
settlement of Delanco, to and through the
Township of Riverside, to the Pennsylvania
Railroad crossing at Riverside station: the
improved road extending from a point near
the Pennsylvania Railroad station IN the Bor-
ough of Kiverton, through the said Borough
of Riverton, to and through the township OF
Palmyra paralleling the Pennsylvania Rail
road TO point in the said Township OF Pat
mVra, lust west OF the w est IdlmyIa SldJlOn,
where said improved road crosses the tracks
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad at right angles,
and extends thence in a southerly and south
westerly course to the easterly end OF the
bridge over Pensauken creek. which said
creek is the dividing line between Camden
and Burlington Counties, and over the FOL
lowing bridges and culverts:
In The City of Burlington the following
bridges Bridge over Assiscunk Greek at
Pearl street bridge over the same creek at
Columbus Road or Bridge street, bridge on
West Federal street, known as "London
Bridge; AZ feet by feet brick culyerts on
High street I42 feet south from the northerly
line OF Wetherll street; a ID feet brick arch
All 8 feet south from the southerly line of Ash
ton street; a ~ feet by feet box culverG on
the southerly curp line of Second street;
In the Township of Burlington bridge AGO
street; 5 feet brick arch 1856 feet westerly
from the centre of Washington street.
In The Township OF Beverly. feet arch,
1882 feet westerly from the westerly side OF
road known as Perkins Lane iron bridge
over Rancocas Creek, known as the Delanco
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 as Taylor's Lane.
In the township OF Palmyra an iron bridge
9l5 feet from the easterly side line OF the most
half OF an iron bridge over Pensauken Creek,
said bridge being partly in the County of Bur
nnguon anu party IN lIe county OF Camuen;
The following bridges and culverts on the
road from White Horse to Bordentown: The
south halt of The iron bridge over the Cross
wicks Greek the culvert just south of the
road to " rovevile; the culvert 1906 feet
north of Mile Hollow; the culvert at Mile
Hollow; the cuIvert on Park Street 1000 feet
from Main Street; the iron bridge over Blacks
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 1000 feet northeast
If the KinKora branch railroad: the barrel
oulvert 1909 feet northeast of the Kinkora
branch railroad; the creek culvert just
the iron bridge over the dividing
line between Mansfield and Floreenc
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, a bridge about $40 feet south of the
road to Florence Station, and Dulty's Bridge;
filed with the petition and making 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 for 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,
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,
sidingS, turDOutS, 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 Free holders 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 ana Phila-
delphia Traction Company; that the charac-
ter of the road intended to be constructed,
operated, and maintained 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 OF Chosen Freeh olders
OF the County of Burlington.
Attest: WILLIAM II. MITCHELL,
JOHN I'll. ANTRIM Clerk. Director.
Dated Mount Holly, April Sth A. ID. 1898.