The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-19
PUBLIC NOTICE.
To aOhom 1t may concern.

~ UftOHt u Usty CONCSFh
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, to con-
slider the application of the New York and
Philadelphia Traction Company for consent
and permission to construct, operate and
maintain a street railway, of single or double
track, OF the gauge of four feet eight and one
half inches, to be operated by motors driven
by electricity from overhead wires, suspend
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
ana westerly direction to ana through the set
Element Difference ana the dividing line be-
tween Florence Township and Burlington
Township; the improved road leading from
the southerly line OF the City of Burlington,
through the township of Burlington, toi "A
point in said improved 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 and the
settlement of Delanco, TO and through the
Township OF Riverside, to the Pennsylvania
Railroad crossing at riverside station the
improved road extending from point near
the Pennsylvania Railroad station in the Bor-
ough OF R1verton, through the said Borough
OF R1verton, to ana through the Township of
fainyra; parallel1ng the Pennsylvania Rail
road TO point in the said Township of Pal
myra, just west OF the West Palmyra station,
where said improved road crosses the tracks
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad at right angles.
ana extends thence in 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 Creek AT
Pearl street; bridge over the same creek at
Columbus Road or Bridge street; bridge on
West Federal street, known as "London
Bridge" ~ feet by feet brick culYerts on
High street l42 feet south from the northerly
line OF WetherilI street; q ID feet brick arch
Ais feet south from the southerly line OF Ash
ton street; IA feet by feet box culvert on
In the Township of Burlington a bridge $50
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 feet arch,
1852 feet westerly from the westerly side OF
road known as Perkins Lane iron bridge
over Rancocas Greek, known as the Delanco
Draw Bridge, which bridge is located half in
beverly Township and half in Riverside
In the Township of Riverside, an iron bridge
a4 "a teet northeasterly from the easterly side
OF the road know as Taylor's Lane
In the township of Palmyra, an iron bridge
9lo rect from the easterly side line of the most
sSa easier street In Riverton and the easterly
hall OF an iron bridge over Pensauken Creek
SAID bridge being partly in the County OF Bur-
hngton ana partly in the County OF Camden.
Inc Following bridges and culverts on the
road from White Horse to Bordentown; The
south half of the iron bridge over the cross
Wlcks Greek; the culvert just south of the
Ioau 70 1roVeVllle; the culVert 1900 feet
north OF Mile hollow the culvert at Mile
HOLLOW the culvert on Park Street 1000 feet
from main street; the iron bridge over Blacks
Greek on the road from Bordentown to Bur-
llngton the box culVert on the line between
hdelos3 2 and Bordentown Township; the
box culYert 1900 feet southwest of Fieldsboro
Inc; the wooden bridge just east OF Mansfield
downsnip llnei the wooden bridge or sluice
on the line between Mansfield and Borden
town Townships; the culvert 1900 feet north.
east OF the cross lg OF roads from Kinkora to
Holding; the box culvert 2OO0 feet northeast
Of the klnkora branch railroad; the barrel
oulyert 1000 feet northeast of the Kinkora
olancn railroad; the creek culvert just
the iron bridge over the diy1dIne
line between Mansfield ana Florence
townships the box culvert 25O0 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
Inc road from Florence to BustIefon. and the
bridges on the Dad from Florence to Burlng-
ton, VIZ, a bridge about $40 feet south of the
~ 70 lorenzo station, and Dulty's Bridge;
"a accordance with descriptions and maps
nled with the petition and making a mart
tfnereoI' winch 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 sWi1 ches
atTIag saio INES, ana to erect the necessary
poIes Tor sustaining the proper ana necessary
wires TO convey the electricity to the motors
70 9flVe The cars over said tracks and railway
anu also for the location of the tracks rails
sloings, crossovers, turnouts, switches, poles
and wires of said line OF railway conformabiy
10 the said routes,
map or description of said routes showing
also the proposed location OF the rails or trucks
sid1ngs, turnouts, crossoYers and switches, and
the location of the poles or conduits, having
Deen hled with the Clerk of the said The
Board OF Chosen Freeholders of the County Of
burlington, and that at the time and place
aforesaid, a 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 ana PhiIa-
deIpnla 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 culyerts
through and over which the same will be oper-
set forth.
By order of the Board of Chosen Freeholders
OF the County of Burlington.
Attest: WILLIAM H. MITCHELL
JOHN Il. ANTRIM, Clerk. Director.
Dated Mount Holly, April sth A. d. 1895.