The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
DUBLIC NOTICE.

Public Notice is hereby given by the Board
OF Chosen Freeholders of the County of Bur-
lington, that the Monmouth Traction Com
pany, a corporation existing under the laws of
the state OF New Jersey, and majority of its
Board OF Directors, have this day, to wit,
March l, 1898, filed with the Clerk of the said
Board a petition bearing date the 18th day of
February, 1898, applying for permission to
construct, operate and maintain, and for the
fixing OF the location of the tracks or rails and
poles of single track street railways of the
gauge OF five feet to be operated by the mo-
tive power OF electricity, extending through
and over the following named roads, bridges
and culverts of the County OF Burlington, TO
wit. over the following roads The improved
road, extending from the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, at the station called Florence, in a north
westerly and westerly direction to and
through the settlement of Florence and the
dividing line between Florence Township and
Burlington Township; the improved road
leading from the southerly line OF the City of
Burlington through the Township OF Burling
ton and then between and through the Town
ships OF WillingborO ana Beverly to the cas-
terlY end of the draw bridge over the Rance
cas- Creek at Bridgeboro; 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; and
over the following bridges and culverts
The southerly half OF a bridge over Cross
wicks Greek in the road leading from Borden
town to Trenton southeasterly fIom the settle-
ment OF w h1te Horse; stone culvert in said
road go feet southerly from its intersection
with the road leading to Groveville; brick
arch culvert in said road three eighths Ola mile
northerly from the forks OF the Crosswieks
Road; stone culvert in said Road at Mile
Hollow a brick and stone culvert over Thorn
town Creek in Park street in the City of Bor-
dentown; bridge over Blacks Creek called
Horner's Bridge; westerly half of covered
bridge over Cross wicks Greek at Cross wicks
stone arch culvert on the road from Cross
wicks to BordentOwn, POO feet southwesterly
from the Methodist Episcopal Church corner
in Crosswiczs stone and iron bridge in said
road from Crosswicks to Bordentown 1900 feet
fhn do, cffs ,,..t,
culvert over Thorntown Creek in Elizabeth
Street in the City OF Bordentown; stone arch
culvert in the Bordentown Road southwest of
Horner's Bridge; stone arch culvert in said
Bordentown Road near the easterly boundary
OF the Borough of Fieldsboro; stone culvert
in said BOrdentown Road { Mfller's Ice Pond:
bridge in. SAID Bordentown Road at or near
the brickyard of S. Graham & Company;
sluice 100 feet eaSterly from last said bridge
masonry box culvert in said BOrdenIOwn
Road next southwesterly from bridge last
mentioned; wooden trunk in said BordentoWn
Road near kinkora Crossroads; stone arch
culVert IN said BordentowD Road about two
hundred feet southwesterly from the road
leading to Kinkora Station; box culvert in
said Bordentown Road, the next southeasterly
from the last mentioned culvert brick arch
culvert in said Bordentown Road 1856 feet
southwesterly from the Kinkora Branch of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Iron bridge in
SAID Bordentown Road at the KnickerbOcker
Ice Pond; stone arch culvert in said Borden
town Road, being the next southeasterIy from
last mentioned bridge; brick culvert in said
Bordentown Road, at or near the intersection
OF the York Road brick or stone cuIvert in
River Road from Florence to Burlington,
about 1900 feet easterly from Dulty's Bridge (;
Bridge in said River Road known as Dulty's
Brldge; stone parapet or railing at the east
erly end OF Pearl Street Bridge over Assiscunk
Creek burlington, on the southerly side
thereof; culvert or trunk in the Bordentown
or burlington Road about 1000 feet southwest
erly from Florence Crossroads Bridge in dam
in Assiscunk Creek at Mitchell Avenue Bur-
Hngton; Bridge in Washington Avenue, Bur-
hngton, known as London Bridge; stone cu!-
Beverly about thousand feet southwesterly
from their intersection; brick or stone cuIvert
near the intersection of the Bridgeboro Road
with road leading TO Beverly in the last named
road; stone culvert in road leading from Bev-
erly TO Delanco near DeKnight's pond Bridge
over Rancocas Greek at Delanco, known Us
Delanco Bridge; Bridge in road leading from
Riverside to Riverton over Swedes Run pipe
culvert in last said Road 54I feet east of New
Albany Road bridge in last mentioned road
over the Pompeston Creek Bridge in Bridge
boro Road over Tanners Run; brick and
stone culvert in Brtdgeboro Road fifty feet
easterly from Wood Lane bridge In Bridge
Doro Road between properties of Heisser and
Adams; bridge over the RancOcas Creek at
Blidgeboro known as the BTidgeboro draw
bridge in accordance with descriptions and
maps filed with said petition and making a
part thereof, which said maps can be seen at
the County Clerks office.
And notice is further given that the said
Board of Chosen Freeholders OF the County of
Burlington has fixed Tuesday, the Fifth day
of April, 1898, at the hour OF ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, at the Court House in Mount Holly,
as tne time and place when and where said
Board will consider said application and petit
ton, and give hearing to said Company and
such persons as may be interested IN said APP
plieation upon the subject matter in said petit
ton mentioned and contained and that at
the time and place sofxed and designated, the
said, the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the
County of burlington, Will consider said ap-
plication and give q hearing thereon.
By order of the Board of Chosen Freehoders
OF the County of Burlington.
Attest: WILLIAM H. MITCHELL,
JOHN III. ANTRIM, Clerk. Director.
Dated, Mount Holly, Mar. !, IS9S.