The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-13

AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
Hudson Telephone Company to lay conduits
and cables therein through certain streets of
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, by
the Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
city, do ordain as
Section THAT permission is hereby granted
eonduits and cables therein for the purposes
of said Company, commencing at the corner
Of Ocean, avenue and Myrtle avenue; thence
through Myrtle avenue to Jackson avenue;
thence through Jackson avenue the whole
length thereof and any extension of the same;
Brunswick street: Brunswick street from
Grand street to Hoboken avenue; Thorne street
nele avenue from Academy street to Leonard
street, Bergen avenue, Wayne street, Church
street, Sip avenue to Summit avenue, Summit
avenue from Newark avenue to Communipaw
avenue, Academy street, Baldwin avenue,
Fairmount avenue, Belmont avenue, Virginia
avenue, Bidwell avenue, Fulton avenue, Walk
err avenue, Wade avenue, Gator avenue, Ocean
avenue from Eye avenue to Thompson street,
Old Bergen Road from Thompson street, Nc
Adeo avenue from Jackson avenue to Old Ber-
Section 2-The free use Of said conduits shall
pose of carrying the wires of any telephone or
fire lines owned or controlled by the city OF
's session nH s-That an Said Company shall be re-
sponsible for, and, upon notification, repair any
damage done to property, both PUBLIC and prl-
vate. in laying and maintaining said condults
and cables, and shall, for the purposes OF
such notification, file with the Clerk of this
Board it's postoffice address.
Section EThat if said Company or any of
its officers, servants or agents shall neglect
to comply with any Of the provisions her rem
forfeit and pay a penalty OF one hundred dol
lars for each offense and a further penalty
of twenty dollars for each days delay in fail
ing to comply with any such provision.
Section 5EThe said Company shall. without
charge, install tele phones for TO tn the r local c use $ Of
ment as shall from time to time be designated
by resolution of this Board or its successors.
Section 6-That said Company shall file with
the Comptroller of Jersey City, between the
first and fifteenth days of January of each
wear. a statement Of the gross earnings re-
eeived from subscribers In Jersey City next
previous to the first day of January; and in
each and every year when any dividends, are
paid to stockholders on the capital stock of
said Company, to pay to the Comptroller OF
the City two per cent. on such earnings re
ceived during such year, as compensation for
the franchises granted by the City and used
by the Company.
Section THAT the conduits herein permit
ted to be laid shall be underground eonduits
similar to that already laid by said Company
in Montgomery street and Newark avenue, and
in further accordance with the provisions or
the ordinance under which said conduit was
laid, and all appliances necessary thereto
Section S-That all costs and expenses Incl
dent 10 the Introduction. passage and publica-
ton of this ordinance shall be paid by The
Hudson Telephone Company, ana such amount
therefor as is estimated by the Clerk of this
Board to be necessary shall be deposited with
that officer on demand.
The FOREGOING ordinance WAS pdSseu ny Inc
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners May
23d, 1899, and was presented to His Honor the
Mavor for approval May oath. 1899. 1t was
returned by that officer, with his objections,
which said objections were presented to the
Board of Street and Water commissioners at
a regular meeting of said Board, held on May
s1st, 1899, and laid over,
At a regular meeting of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners. held on June 9th,
1899. the objections of His Honor the Mayor.
above referred to. were taken from the table
and a motion chat the ordinance do now
mass Notwithstanding the objections of His
Honor the Mayor, was adopted by the affirm
ative vote of all the members of the Board,
five in number. -
geo T. BouToN, Clerk.